"Elder Brother, could it be that you haven't lifted the concealment you placed on Gungun?" Because of Houtu, Nuwa's relationship with Gungun was indeed rather poor, and she had reason not to conceal Gungun's Heavenly Secrets. With that in mind, Yuanshi asked Laozi.
Laozi shook his head, waved the Fly-Whisk in his hand, and said calmly, "Once you all had tacitly agreed to lift the concealment of its Heavenly Secrets, I followed suit."
"Then what's going on?" Yuanshi asked.
"I don't know either."
"Junior Sister?" Yuanshi turned to Houtu and asked.
Houtu pondered inwardly, thinking of someone-Luo Hou!
But she could never tell All Saints about something like that, so she said, "Gungun's position as Heavenly Emperor has been acknowledged by the Heavenly Dao. It's also the Netherworld Emperor and once served as Human Emperor, bearing the fortune of the Three Powers-Heaven, Earth, and Humanity-all at once. Could the Heavenly Dao be preventing us from divining its circumstances?"
Hearing Houtu's words, All Saints exchanged thoughtful looks and nodded.
Indeed, that was possible.
Although Saints were omnipotent, the Heavenly Dao still stood above them. If the Heavenly Dao did not wish them to divine the Heavenly Emperor's circumstances, then naturally they could not.
"Even if we can't divine where it is now, how did it escape? Don't tell me the Heavenly Dao helped it with that too! Surely that's impossible!" Tongtian exclaimed.
"Bring that fake Gungun here and question it. Then we'll know," Yuanshi said. Then he turned around with Houtu and the others. With a hum and a flash of divine light around him, he resumed his previous demoness appearance.
Then Yuanshi flicked his sleeve, and space rippled. Clone Gungun, which had been sent flying by Houtu's aura, slammed its back into the barrier at the island's edge, and slid