At Tongtian's words, all three people present fell silent.
Clearly, they had never expected this to be the truth of the matter.
That realization had plainly left all three of them silent as well.
Indeed, just as Tongtian had said, this was an exceedingly difficult decision to make.
Had it been an unfamiliar world, they naturally would not have given it so much thought. After all, none of it would have had anything to do with them.
But with the Lotus Lantern World before them, they had to give the matter more consideration.
After all, most of the figures in this world were effectively their juniors. If the two worlds truly merged, and what Tongtian feared actually happened, the heartache might well kill them.
None of them had any experience with something like this.
Thus, there was no way to guarantee whether, should the great merger truly occur, the people of this world would absorb their counterparts in the Primordial Great World.
Or would it be the other way around?
Although the people of the Primordial World would most likely have the advantage, how could anyone be certain of such a thing?
What if one of their own disciples was absorbed by their counterpart in the Lotus Lantern World?
At that thought, everyone's heart grew heavy.
After roughly half an hour, Taishang Laozi could only sigh helplessly.
"I believe we had best discuss this matter with Dao Ancestor Hongjun."
"This matter is too far-reaching. With only ourselves, it will be difficult to see its deeper implications."
"Dao Ancestor Hongjun is different. After all, he has already united himself with the Heavenly Dao and controls part of the Primordial World's Heavenly Dao."
"This Lotus Lantern World, however, has no Heavenly Dao. Thus, no matter how we look at it, with the