The Ten Thousand Laws are empty, but karma is not.
These eight words were among the supreme truths governing the workings of the Primordial World Heaven and Earth.
What was karma?
It was the most fundamental rule and order that allowed all things in the world to function.
Every cause must have an effect.
Sow a virtuous cause, and reap a virtuous fruit.
Sow an evil cause, and reap an evil fruit.
Cultivators severed their karmic ties to the mortal world as they cultivated, only to forge even greater ties with Heaven and Earth.
All of this should have been orderly, without the slightest confusion.
Yet now, as an Earth Dao sage united with the entire Netherworld Underworld and even the veins of the Primordial World's land, Houtu keenly sensed a trace of unusual disorder.
The great web of karma between Heaven and Earth, which should have been indestructible and long since stabilized, was now faintly trembling.
Invisible threads of karma were undergoing subtle disturbances that should never have existed!
This sensation was profoundly mysterious. Ordinary living beings, even Daluo Golden Immortals, would find it nearly impossible to detect unless they specifically cultivated the Dao of karma.
But Houtu was different.
United with the Earth Dao and presiding over reincarnation, she was herself one of the custodians of the greatest karmic ties in the Primordial World Heaven and Earth.
To her, this disturbance felt as though someone were haphazardly plucking strings across her body, grating and utterly discordant.
The solemn expression on Houtu's cool, exquisite face deepened.
She did not dwell on it.
No matter where this disturbance originated or what had caused it.
As an Earth Dao sage, maintaining the order of Heaven and Earth was her duty.
Hum-
The next moment, Houtu gently raised her delicate hand and