Faced with Xu Tong's shady-merchant expression, Hongjun finally compromised.
He had no choice. He could not fight him, and forcibly taking it might push Xu Tong into a corner and make him demand the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil back. If that affected the Human Race, all his years of cultivation would go to waste again.
A cultivator undergoing Dao Integration was powerful, certainly, but if anything went wrong with the integration, he would immediately suffer the consequences. A decline in cultivation would be the least of it; even his cultivation realm might regress.
Of course, that only applied while he was midway through this stage. Once he had fully integrated with the Dao, he would no longer have so many concerns. At least within certain limits of his authority, he would not be bound hand and foot as he was now.
Hongjun made up his mind. Once he had fully integrated with the Dao, his first order of business would be to suppress this reckless Tongtian in the chaos. He could stay there until Hongjun was in a better mood.
"Have you made your decision, Dao Ancestor?"
Seeing that Hongjun still had not spoken, Xu Tong prompted him again.
"Fine. I'll give you an Innate Spiritual Treasure. I'll fetch the Innate Five Directions Banners now."
Hongjun truly had to admit defeat this time.
With that, Hongjun vanished before Xu Tong.
When he reappeared, he held five small banners of different colors, with Heavenly Dao laws flowing over them.
"These are the Innate Five Directions Banners."
Hongjun spoke irritably.
Just moments earlier, he had been forced to visit the Blood Sea and snatch the Qianyuan Water-Control Banner, one of the Innate Five Directions Banners, straight from Minghe's hands.
Yes, he had snatched it, not merely taken it.
Minghe was another fellow