"Master truly was magnificent! That demon was no match for him!"
"He deserved it! We were here listening to the scriptures and learning, and never provoked him at all, yet he came running over to show off for no reason. Thankfully, the Old Ancestor stripped away his old hide, or who knows how many people he would have deceived."
"He spun such extravagant tales earlier that I thought he must be formidable. Who would have thought he would prove so worthless?"
"All that flashy nonsense really wasn't worth a damn..."
Beneath the divine World-Building Tree, amid the agarwood grove, everyone had their own thoughts upon witnessing this scene.
Without exception, however, they all spontaneously came to believe that the visiting demon was unimpressive, and the Dao Path he preached was nothing special either.
This conviction was clear and upright, free of all doubt. With the Ye Family Old Ancestor's flight from the scene, the influence of his preaching was finally dispelled entirely.
Li Ling, however, had no intention of letting him go.
"You come and go as you please. Do you really think this is a place where you can run wild?"
His voice entered the void and, drawn along by the karmic connection between them, reached Ye Hengsheng's ears like thunder crashing over his head.
Ye Hengsheng snapped angrily, "Li Ling, don't push me too far!"
"I'm pushing you too far?" Li Ling laughed, not even bothering to argue.
The other man had clearly attacked and provoked him first, yet now he was accusing Li Ling of going too far?
Still, Li Ling understood that the man's arrival, though seemingly coincidental, had actually been inevitable.
Ever since he had sought to expand the Incense Accumulation Sect's reach and develop his own power, conflict between them had become unavoidable.