"Hm?"
"Master Dao Ancestor has summoned us again? What could this be about?"
Jieyin and Zhunti muttered to themselves.
Indeed!
Just moments earlier, the two had experienced a mysterious, wondrous sensation.
Dao Ancestor Hongjun had once again issued a decree, summoning the Xuanmen Saints to an audience at Zixiao Palace.
This came as a great surprise to Jieyin and Zhunti.
At the same time, their expressions were rather peculiar.
Normally, as the master of the Sages and the Heavenly Dao Representative, Hongjun held an exalted position.
Every summons meant an immense opportunity and honor for All Sages. Jieyin and Zhunti should have been overjoyed.
Yet at this moment, the two could not help looking somewhat reluctant.
There was no other reason!
Previously, Dao Ancestor Hongjun had summoned All Sages and ordered them to intervene in the witch-demon tribulation.
They had thought they would reap a rich harvest of opportunities, fortune, and more.
Who could have expected that, in the end, the Sages' Dao Lineages would suffer crushing losses and lose every scrap of face?
Thus, Jieyin and Zhunti could not help worrying. Was Dao Ancestor Hongjun planning to stir up something else this time?
The Western Teachings could no longer withstand any more upheaval.
They exchanged glances, both looking rather bitter.
But Jieyin was the first to recover, letting out a forlorn sigh.
"Alas... no matter what, when the Dao Ancestor summons us, we have no choice but to go."
At his words, Zhunti could only nod in silence.
The Dao Ancestor's decree had to be obeyed!
Then, still silent, the two willed themselves into motion and flew straight toward Zixiao Palace in the Outer Chaos Region.
In fact, at that same moment, Laozi in Great Luo Heaven, Yuanshi on Kunlun Mountain, Nuwa in Wa Huang Heaven, and even Tongtian