Jiang Changsheng's gaze pierced through the seawater and found the Time Sequence Immortal Lord. Wrapped in a ball of red light, he was flying toward the surface. Before him floated a black needle the length of a forearm, radiating an endless aura of ill omen.
He did not stop the Time Sequence Immortal Lord from merging with the Chaos Divine Needle. That had been his intention all along, and even after seeing Jealous Punishment, he had not changed his mind.
Though he could not see through Jealous Punishment's strength, Jealous Punishment clearly could not harm him. The senses of a Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal were beyond the imagination of mortal beings. Besides, if Jealous Punishment truly possessed such strength, he would not be wasting his breath here.
Jealous Punishment went on to speak of other powerful lineages in the Great Thousand Worlds. Though those lineages, unlike the Immortal Dao, had not come from beyond the Great Thousand Worlds, some among them would still grow powerful enough to threaten the Great Dao Will.
"What do you think is the purpose of the Great Thousand Worlds? To endlessly give rise to living beings, for those beings to endlessly seek to challenge the Great Dao... what, in the end, was the Dao that created all things for?" Jealous Punishment suddenly asked. He appeared to be asking Jiang Changsheng, but in truth, he was asking himself.
Jiang Changsheng could not give an answer. He could only say, "I can accept the Chaos Divine Needle for now."
Upon hearing this, Jealous Punishment immediately rejoiced and laughed loudly. "Good, good, good! Someone is finally willing! Those foolish fools rejected me one after another, and what happened? Each died more miserably than the last! If I could take control of the Great Dao Will, the Immortal Dao