The boundless sea of the Hung Abyss swallowed everything in its path. Dragon King Wanlan abandoned Dao Venerable Yanzhen outright and surged forward with unstoppable momentum, as though intent on crushing the newborn Netherworld Great Dao together with its master.
His million-mile dragon body was about to crash into the dark mist.
Yet Yanzhen remained utterly unhurried. He said with a smile:
"Fellow Daoist Wanlan, you once incurred a karmic debt to Baoyun in your early years, and you have yet to repay it, haven't you? Surely you haven't forgotten it, rushing off like this?"
As his words fell, Wanlan abruptly froze.
An inexplicable karmic force suddenly welled up from his body, extending into the empty space at its other end, where specks of golden light bloomed. Within that light, a copper coin slowly revolved.
Baoyun of Clear Radiance Peak slowly stepped out of the golden light, holding that copper coin between his fingers.
"Fellow Daoist Wanlan,"
Baoyun began with a beaming smile, "I have kept this debt in mind for a very long time. Since Fellow Daoist Yanzhen has brought it up today, why don't we settle it all at once?"
Wanlan's pupils abruptly contracted.
Words became reality; karma was traced to its source.
That single sentence from Shangyan Yanzhen had linked the karma between him and Baoyun. The copper coin in Baoyun's hand was its physical manifestation. "You-!" Wanlan's eyes widened in fury. When had he ever incurred a debt to Baoyun? Yet with a single utterance from Yanzhen, this karma had been forcibly thrust upon him.
The copper coin turned gently, and the karmic force upon Wanlan abruptly intensified. He felt that unless he repaid this fabricated karmic debt, he would never be able to strike at Chu Mo.
Debts must be repaid; seeds sown must bear