At Venerable Daohé's words, the other peak cultivators of the Righteous Path all looked thoughtful.
Venerable Xuanwei of Lingxiao Dao Academy looked especially troubled, unwillingness and helplessness mingling in his eyes.
After all, Qin Changsheng had come from Lingxiao Dao Academy, and a grudge between the two of them remained unresolved.
Chen Yang's earlier guess had been right. The obsession obstructing Venerable Xuanwei's Dao Path had begun with Qin Changsheng.
Venerable Xuanwei's lineage had originally consisted of three people: himself, his master, and a senior sister.
But during the war between the Righteous and Demonic Paths years ago, Qin Changsheng had grievously wounded both his master and his senior sister.
Qin Changsheng had driven his master, a peak cultivator, into the Dao-Evasion Land.
As for his senior sister, a discussion of the Dao with Qin Changsheng had shattered her Dao heart. Her cultivation had plunged straight from the Grand Venerable Realm to the ordinary Profound Cavern, First Tier.
Had Venerable Yuehan not arrived in time to protect her, even her power of Zhen Xuan would likely have dissipated on the spot.
His senior sister was still alive, but she had fallen into a state of near-madness and could only remain within a Forbidden Ground in the Dao Academy's Little Canglan Secret Realm.
When those two calamities struck, Venerable Xuanwei had only recently broken through to the Mid-Profound Cavern Realm. His strength was a world away from Qin Changsheng's, who had already reached the peak.
Forget avenging his master and senior sister. Even if Qin Changsheng stood still and let him attack at will, he could not have injured him in the slightest.
That grudge became a knot in Venerable Xuanwei's heart, but it also became the conviction that drove him to climb the Dao Path and continually refine his cultivation