As Laozi's words fell,
the vast Kunlun Mountain sank into a deathly silence.
Yuanshi stood stunned, his gaze vacant.
Only after a long while did he murmur gravely,
"This... what terrifying scheming!"
"Could that brat have used all living beings in heaven and earth as chess pieces just to obtain Great Dao merit?"
"Were quadrillions of living beings nothing more than expendable sacrifices to him?"
Yuanshi was truly shocked!
He recalled how Gu Changqing had previously gained boundless Great Dao merit.
Could that have been his ultimate goal?
But if so, the methods he had used to achieve it were far too ruthless and heartless.
Even Sages paled in comparison.
In truth, although Laozi had proposed this conjecture, his brow was deeply furrowed with disbelief as well.
There was no denying that, in the eyes of all living beings, Gu Changqing had never been someone who would stop at nothing to achieve his ends.
Could he truly have done such things?
In truth, neither Laozi nor Yuanshi could fathom Gu Changqing's thoughts.
Indeed!
Gu Changqing had long known that once the Final War of the Witches and Demons erupted, Buzhou Mountain would inevitably shatter.
After all, this was ordained by the Heavenly Dao's great momentum and could not be changed.
Moreover, Gu Changqing knew perfectly well that Buzhou Mountain was the Witch Clan Sacred Land.
His friendship with the Witch Clan should have compelled him to protect Buzhou Mountain from destruction.
Yet this matter also concerned a momentous event in the ages to come.
The severing of the connection between heaven and earth!
According to legend, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors would emerge among the humans in later ages.
It was Emperor Zhuanxu, one of the Five Emperors, who severed the connection between heaven and earth, completely cutting off