Great Luo Heaven, Eight Scenic Palace!
At that moment, Xuandu looked puzzled.
"Master, why did Ancestor Hong Yun suddenly become the Interception Sect Deputy Leader?"
He put the question to his master, Laozi.
Hearing this, Laozi gazed toward the Interception Sect without turning his head.
"Naturally, he exchanged his primordial violet qi for the position."
"Heh, the last strand of primordial violet qi in the world now belongs to Gu Changqing."
Laozi spoke calmly, with neither sorrow nor joy.
Yet a barely perceptible trace of disappointment flashed through his aged eyes.
To say he had no interest in that primordial violet qi would naturally have been a lie.
Laozi had considered devising a plan to secure the primordial violet qi for the Human Sect and pave the way for Xuandu's future.
He simply had not expected that, just as the thought occurred to him, Tongtian had already "succeeded."
This left Laozi with mixed feelings.
Beside him, Xuandu's face was also filled with envy, jealousy, and resentment.
"Hmph, that Gu Changqing really is lucky, to be held in such esteem by Martial Uncle Tongtian."
Both were of human origin, yet Gu Changqing and Xuandu now stood worlds apart-one in the heavens, the other on the ground.
The resentment in Xuandu's heart grew ever stronger.
Kunlun Mountain, Jade Void Palace!
Yuanshi was beside himself with rage!
He slapped his Sage throne, making it bang again and again.
His Sage might swept outward, shaking the entire Jade Void Palace. The Twelve Golden Immortals fell as silent as cicadas in winter, not daring to utter a word.
"Good, good, good!"
"Third Brother, you truly have schemed well."
Yuanshi spoke through gritted teeth, every word brimming with immense fury.
Infuriating!
Utterly infuriating!
The Chan and Jie Sects had always fought openly and schemed in