Dead silence!
Across Golden Ao Island, hundreds of thousands of Jie Sect Disciples fell into an unprecedented dead silence.
Every movement froze, every cheer caught in their throats.
They stared at that bowing figure, at the supreme being who had just proved the Dao of Primordial Unity and challenged a Sage, now offering such a grand bow to a lazy drunkard. Their minds went blank.
The debt of rebirth?
Those words exploded like Chaos Divine Thunder in the depths of every person's primordial spirit!
What weight those words carried!
For a seeker of the Dao, the hatred toward someone who severed their path was irreconcilable-they could not live beneath the same sky!
And someone who granted them rebirth was the equal of their parents! The equal of their Master!
Ancestor Hong Yun, a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal, had actually used such words toward Senior Brother Changqing!
"I... did I hear that right?"
"The Vice Sect Leader... he said he owed Senior Brother Changqing a debt of rebirth?"
"This...?!"
Zhao Gongming, the Three Xiao, and Daoist Duobao-the Personal Disciples-were utterly dumbfounded as well.
They understood better than anyone how difficult Hong Yun's attainment had been, and they understood better than anyone the weight of those words, "the debt of rebirth."
Gu Changqing's wine was extraordinarily precious.
For the disciples, being fortunate enough to taste even a little was already an immense opportunity and blessing.
But... for Hong Yun to speak so solemnly of a "debt of rebirth"-wasn't that a little too astonishing?
Unless...
A thought that made everyone's scalp prickle and primordial spirit tremble rose uncontrollably from the depths of their hearts.
Could Ancestor Hong Yun's proving the Dao of Primordial Unity have been brought about entirely by Senior Brother Changqing, from beginning to end?!
Once that thought appeared, they could