Inside the Jade Void Palace, a chill powerful enough to freeze Space-Time had almost taken tangible form.
Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi's Sage body was actually trembling slightly.
Not from fear.
It was from sheer fury, from humiliation he could not comprehend!
"Why?!"
"Why in the world?!"
Yuanshi's roar echoed through the magnificent palace, shaking even the Great Dao into a mournful cry.
He could not understand!
He could not understand at all!
What kind of existence was he?
Born of Pangu's Primordial Spirit, one of the Three Pure Ones, the Yuqing Saint who wielded the Heavenly Dao's power of slaughter!
He had attained the Dao after the Dragon-Han Tribulation, watched eras turn, and looked down upon the rise and fall of all living beings. He stood among the loftiest existences in the Primordial World!
And what was Hong Yun?
An unaffiliated cultivator who should have perished long ago in ancient times, a failure who had only clung to life until now by surrendering his primordial violet qi!
Even if he had stumbled into some dog-shit luck and attained primordial unity with Gu Changqing's help, he was still only a newcomer to this realm!
Yuanshi's furious strike, coupled with the might of the Heavenly Dao, had formed a double killing blow. Never mind Hong Yun, who had only just attained the Dao-even fellow Sages Jieyin and Zhunti would have had a layer of skin torn off!
Yet what had happened?
Hong Yun had emerged completely unscathed!
He had even pointed straight at Yuanshi's nose and challenged him before all living beings in the Three Realms!
This was an utterly unforgivable humiliation!
"Have I spent all these endless eras cultivating some counterfeit Sagehood?!"
Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi's Dao Heart wavered violently, and unprecedented self-doubt surged within him.
He felt as though his entire understanding