Atop Mount Sumeru, Denouncing Zhunti

Hearing this, the many powerhouses immediately drew sharp breaths.

Was the current Human Emperor truly so brazen? Had he no regard for his life?

How dare he curse Saint Zhunti so furiously?

Saint Zhunti's face darkened.

"So it's the wicked, muddle-headed ruler?"

"Slaughter and calamity are rife throughout your Great Shang. Why have you come to my West instead of staying in Great Shang to oversee matters?"

"Could it be that you sensed an affinity with my West and came to listen to our teachings?"

Hearing Saint Zhunti's shameless words,

Ye Xuan laughed in anger. A wicked, muddle-headed ruler? What a label to slap on me.

Saint Zhunti truly had a silver tongue. Among the powerhouses of the Primordial World,

there were indeed few who could get the better of him in that regard.

But wasn't he courting death by showing off his way with words before a transmigrator like him?

"You old scoundrel, back in ancient times, you used your silver tongue to swindle and cheat Ancestor Hong Yun and Old Ancestor Kunpeng out of their chances to become saints in the Purple Cloud Palace. Only then did you barely manage to attain the honored position of a saint."

"You still owe them that karma to this day. Have you repaid them for such an enormous debt?"

As soon as he said this, an uproar erupted among the beings of the Primordial World.

The current Human Emperor truly had guts big enough to blot out the heavens.

Though what he said was true, who in the Primordial World would dare bring it up now?

Yet this Human Emperor not only brought it up, he called Zhunti an old scoundrel and a swindler with every other breath.

He was truly killing a man and destroying his heart.

Had a dignified saint of the West just been humiliated like that?

Saint Zhunti, meanwhile, was trembling with rage.

"You-you muddle-headed ruler-"

"Shut your mouth, you white-haired old villain. Don't you know why Empress Nuwa came here?"

"Yet you stand here playing deaf and dumb. Have you no regard for the dignity of a saint?"

"When the pillar of heaven collapsed, Nuwa mended the heavens. Saint Tongtian slew the turtle with the Immortal Slaying Sword to prop up the heavens. Saint Yuanshi split the two primal forces of chaos anew with the Pangu Banner. Saint Taishang used the Taiji Diagram to stabilize earth, water, wind, and fire. All of them earned boundless merit."

"You, Zhunti, had no merit to speak of, yet you stole merit in secret. Did you really think no one knew?"

As soon as Ye Xuan said this,

Saint Zhunti's expression changed. This was truly uncanny.

His gaze toward Ye Xuan was filled with boundless killing intent.

How did this damned Human Emperor even know about that?

Nuwa's expression changed as well.

Could it be true?

She hurriedly calculated the secrets of heaven.

A moment later, Nuwa's expression changed.

It was true after all.

Saint Zhunti had indeed secretly seized much of the merit from mending the heavens.

Nuwa's expression grew furious as she looked at Zhunti.

She had come only to settle the karma of her desecration.

She hadn't expected it to lead to the theft of merit from mending the heavens.

It truly enraged her.

Looking at Saint Zhunti's darkened face, Ye Xuan couldn't help sneering.

Since you, you wretch, wanted to harm me, I won't let this rest either.

I can't beat you in a fight, but can't I outcurse you?

"Today is Nuwa's birthday. I came to worship Nuwa with a sincere heart, yet you filthy wretch stirred up a demonic wind and clouded my mind."

"That led me to desecrate Saint Nuwa. Now that Nuwa has come here in person, what? How long are you going to keep playing deaf and dumb?"

As soon as he said this,

the beings of the Primordial World were stunned once more.

Had such a thing really happened?

If it were true,

then Saint Zhunti had truly acted disgracefully.

Some things simply needed no proof.

If they had been done, then they had been done.

At most, one could briefly conceal the secrets of heaven and escape detection.

But once exposed, there was no denying them, especially before a saint.

"You white-haired scoundrel, you're nothing but a swindler and a thief. You're unworthy of the name of saint."

Ye Xuan's words were like sharp swords, plunging deep into Saint Zhunti's heart.

He was truly killing a man and destroying his heart.

His words made Saint Zhunti tremble all over.

The eyes with which he looked at Ye Xuan gradually turned scarlet.

At that moment, he was nearly driven out of his mind.

He, Zhunti, was a dignified saint. When had he ever suffered such humiliation?

This muddle-headed ruler truly deserved ten thousand deaths.

Just then,

"Amitabha!"

Saint Jieyin, who had been sitting quietly to the side all this time, intoned the Buddha's name.

The invocation was like the sound of the Great Dao, resounding through heaven and earth.

It immediately brought Saint Zhunti, who was wreathed in murderous intent, back to his senses.

He let out a turbid breath, and a hint of gravity appeared in his gaze as he looked at Ye Xuan.

"Muddle-headed ruler, cease your wild words. You hold the exalted position of Human Emperor, yet you speak such filth. It truly offends the harmony of heaven."

"Hong Yun and Kunpeng lost their positions as saints because it was ordained beforehand. How could they have escaped that calamity?"

"When Nuwa mended the heavens, I too earned merit for protecting living beings. I merely took the portion of merit that belonged to me."

"As for clouding your mind and making you desecrate Saint Nuwa, that is a complete fabrication."

Seeing Saint Zhunti deny it again and again,

Ye Xuan couldn't help sneering. Saint Zhunti truly deserved his reputation as the Primordial World's greatest scoundrel.

He really had washed his hands of everything.

Ye Xuan took a deep breath:

"Right and wrong are clear in people's hearts. However glibly you speak, you still can't conceal the truth."

"You swindled and cheated in public at the Purple Cloud Palace, finally tricking others out of a chance to become saints. After establishing the Western Teachings, you still couldn't become saints. In the end, you made the forty-eight great vows one after another, deceiving the Heavenly Dao and tricking it out of merit. Only then did you finally attain the positions of saints."

"Countless years have passed since then. How many of those forty-eight great vows have the two of you fulfilled?"

Ye Xuan wore a sneer.

"I'm afraid you haven't fulfilled a single one to this day, have you?"

"You even dared deceive the Heavenly Dao, yet you still have the gall to claim it was ordained beforehand? You truly have no shame!"

"When Nuwa mended the heavens, you two only protected the living beings of the West. When did the living beings of the East ever receive the slightest favor from you? In the end, fewer than one in ten of the East's living beings survived, and their strength was grievously diminished."

"You bear a mountain of karmic burden, yet you dare claim merit for protecting them?"

"Pah! You're nothing but a thief!"

"As for what happened today, you clouded my mind. You could deceive me, but you can't deceive Nuwa, the Three Pure Ones, or the many mighty figures of the East."

With that, Ye Xuan ignored him, turned around with a sneer, and glanced at Saint Jieyin beside him.

"Jieyin, Saint Nuwa has only come to settle the karma Zhunti owes her."

"If the two of you want to gang up on her, I won't stand for it, and neither will the other mighty figures of the East!"

As he spoke, Ye Xuan even made a show of cupping his hands and bowing toward the distant East!

"Fuck-"

The expressions of the many mighty figures in the East changed drastically.

Many of them even burst into curses at that moment.

Who was Di Xin?

He was the current Human Emperor.

He was blessed with great providence and was the current sovereign of all under heaven.

The providence he bore was no small matter.

Yet such a man had bowed to them-

Hadn't they received the Human Emperor's courtesy for no reason at all?

Did that mean they now owed the Human Emperor karma?

Fuck-

Many of them didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

The Human Emperor had cursed Saint Zhunti, unaware that he himself was the most shameless one of all-

He had merely lowered himself and bent slightly at the waist, and he had bound them to his and Nuwa's side. It truly was a clever move.

Still, this Human Emperor Di Xin was indeed quick-witted.

With a few words, he had isolated Saint Zhunti.

At the same time, he had given Nuwa an excellent opportunity.

Since they had received the Human Emperor's courtesy for no reason,

they couldn't very well make no response.

The next moment, countless presences rose from the distant East.

They answered what was happening here from afar.

The things Saint Zhunti had done, which Human Emperor Di Xin had exposed, were indeed far too dishonorable.

When Nuwa mended the heavens, the other saints had all been busy, yet those two damned fellows in the West had cast the living beings of the East aside.

In the end, the living beings of the East had suffered catastrophic losses, with fewer than one in ten surviving.

He not only had to give Nuwa an explanation,

but also had to give the many living beings of the East an explanation.

Sensing the presences of these mighty figures, Ye Xuan smiled faintly.

The more chaotic the matter became, the better.

Only if Nuwa made a full-blown uproar would he have a chance to search for the dragon corpse suppressed beneath Great Mount Sumeru.