Without realizing it, Laozi and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi had already offended every Sage except Hongjun.
Even Laozi and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi themselves had not realized this.
For Zhunti and Jieyin, this was a disaster out of the blue.
But suspecting the two of them was only natural.
After all, who could have imagined that Houtu would deal such a ruthless blow to her own descendants?
Laozi was in his cultivation grounds, plotting how to deal with Nuwa, when he suddenly felt a chill.
"Someone is about to make a move against me!"
Laozi silently lowered his head, gazing viciously in the direction of Wa Huang Palace.
It must be you!
Since you want to move against me, don't blame me for being ruthless!
Meanwhile, Xu Tong remained engrossed in his cultivation.
The Chaos Bead already contained many laws, but they were nowhere near enough. He still needed to incorporate more laws into it.
That meant he needed Innate Spiritual Treasures-and plenty of them.
"All the Innate Spiritual Treasures that have appeared in the world already have owners. Finding a way to obtain them won't be easy."
Xu Tong was rather troubled.
He did not want to break off his seclusion, either. If he wanted those Innate Spiritual Treasures, he could only obtain them through other people.
Now that the Three Pure Ones had severed their ties once again, Laozi and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi could no longer be relied upon.
That left only Houtu and Nuwa.
Nuwa did indeed possess quite a few Innate Spiritual Treasures, but most of them carried heavy karmic entanglements.
Someone like Lingzhuzi was entirely out of the question.
Houtu seemed to have quite a few of the Witch Clan's Innate Spiritual Treasures.
The Witch Clan had already dwindled considerably, and their latest scheme had also brought