And since when did the Celestials have such an expert?
Could he be an accomplice of that black-robed figure from before?
Xu Zimo had reason to suspect it, but the monkey-faced old man did not seem malicious.
"Fellow Daoist, there is no need to be nervous. I came on behalf of the Celestials to thank you," the old man said with a smile.
"Why have I never seen you before?" Xu Zimo asked with a frown.
"Forget Fellow Daoist—even the current patriarch of the Celestials likely does not know of our existence," the monkey-faced old man replied with a smile.
"This old man bears the title Venerable Heaven Saint.
"I am one of the ancestral elders left behind from the Celestials' old era."
"Since you exist, why did you allow that Forsaken One to use the terrain to harm the Celestials?" Xu Zimo asked.
"Alas, we have our own unspeakable difficulties," Venerable Heaven Saint sighed.
"Back then, my Celestial clan ruled over more than half of Eastern Dao City, our might unmatched for a time.
"Unfortunately, we offended the Sacred Court. In the end, countless experts within our clan were slaughtered.
"Thankfully, Heaven has the virtue of cherishing life. The Sacred Court did not exterminate the Celestials, but it laid down rules.
"We remnants of the Celestials sealed ourselves within the Faceless Sea and were forbidden from interfering in the Celestials' affairs."
"The Sacred Court again," Xu Zimo said, frowning.
"The Sacred Court governs the Calamity Immortal Domain. Its orders are as inviolable as imperial edicts," Venerable Heaven Saint said with a smile.
"Do not be fooled by how the various powers of the Calamity Immortal Domain now govern themselves and scheme against one another.
"But once an order from the Sacred Court descends, everyone must obey."
"That black-robed figure