The boundless starry sky.
Word of the commotion on Haotian's side soon reached Gungun and Ao Yue. After learning how he had handled the matter, Ao Yue shook his head. He was no fool; he saw through Haotian's intentions at once.
Suppressing Yao Ji beneath Peach Mountain while hunting down her three children for execution-honestly, that punishment could not be called unjust, but...
There was no way Haotian had not heard how Yang Jian had suddenly displayed astonishing might and escaped the encirclement of Bi'an and the Heavenly Soldiers. He must therefore have already realized that Yang Jian was Yan Zuo's reincarnation. Ordinary Heavenly Soldiers could do nothing to him.
Knowing this, he had still entrusted the capture to the ordinary Heavenly Soldiers of the Judicial Temple rather than acting himself. What that meant went without saying.
"He wants to stall until those children reach the natural ends of their lives. Then Yao Ji won't have to die either," Ao Yue told Gungun.
"Mm." Gungun nodded, then took another bite of the lion meat in its paw. It had to admit, authentic braised lion's head tasted truly wonderful. How did I, the great god Gungun, never discover this delicacy before?
"Fellow Daoist, are we simply going to let him do this, or should we intervene and give him a deadline to settle the matter?" Ao Yue asked.
"Hmm..." Gungun swallowed the lion meat in its mouth, then told Ao Yue, "Don't be hasty. Some things in this world can't be pushed away or dodged. This is Yao Ji's tribulation. Haotian can't protect her simply because he wants to. The natural ends of their lives... heh. I can't say for Yang Jiao, but if he wants to wait for Yang Jian and Yang Chan to reach theirs, he'll have quite a