"Laozi."
"Have you asked the humans?"
The question was softly spoken, yet weighed as heavily as billions of tons.
Like an invisible giant hammer, it slammed viciously into Laozi's heart.
The defiance on his face froze instantly.
His entire body went rigid.
Ask the humans?
What a joke!
Was there any need to ask?
What sort of reputation did the Human Sect have among humans now?
Calling it infamous, hated by one and all, would not have been an exaggeration.
To expect humanity to keep acknowledging his so-called Human Holy Sect?
That was a tale from the Arabian Nights! A fool's dream!
Of course, Laozi would not admit this.
A Sage's dignity would not allow him to retreat in the slightest.
He forcibly steadied himself, suppressing that momentary loss of composure.
An even deeper frost crept over his face.
"Hmph."
A cold snort escaped his lips.
It carried the indifference and arrogance unique to a Sage looking down upon all living beings.
"Beneath the Sages, all are ants."
"Why should we explain our actions to a swarm of ants? Why should we need their approval?!"
The moment these words rang out.
They shattered stone and startled the heavens!
Outside Kunlun Mountain, the minds of countless Mighty Experts watching this place thundered.
Everyone was utterly stunned by Laozi's words.
Shameless!
Utterly shameless!
This was no longer a matter of twisting black into white. He simply disdained to offer any defense.
He had placed himself in the position of "heaven," trampling humanity into the dust.
It is your honor to have your fortune stolen.
I am a Sage.
You are ants.
Ants have no right to question heaven!
Through the omnipresent Heavenly Dao Laws, those words instantly spread throughout the Primordial World.
They reached... the ears of hundreds of quadrillions of