"What do you mean by that?"

Yuanshi Tianzun instantly frowned, looking somewhat puzzled and displeased.

Laozi was, after all, the head of the Three Pure Ones and the eldest brother whom he, Yuanshi, unswervingly followed and revered; how could he allow Houtu to slander him like this?

Even if Houtu was now revered as the spokesperson for Earth Dao, she still couldn't!

Laozi and the other saints of the Primordial World all locked their gazes on Lady Houtu, wanting to hear an explanation.

"Although this Three-Headed Hellhound, a Chaos Sacred Beast, is a Great Dao sacred spirit nurtured by the long river of the Law of Death in the Underworld, it is vastly different from the Saints of our Primordial World."

"Not only has it not obtained a Saint Position of the Primordial World, nor does it possess a saintly status, at best it can only be considered a Chaos Sacred Beast born in our Primordial World."

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"We must make a distinction on this point."

"Furthermore, although this abominable creature is not a Primordial Sage, it is ultimately a Chaos Sacred Beast born and nurtured by the Underworld. It possesses great divine power and is the embodiment of the Great Dao will of the Law of Death, embodying three Great Dao paths: the Great Dao of the Law of Death, the Great Dao of the Law of soul, and the Great Dao of the Law of Reincarnation."

"If it is slain, it will inevitably weaken the Great Dao levels of the Underworld and the Underworld, as well as the foundational Origin of the Primordial World."

Facing the puzzled gazes of the Saints, Lady Houtu softly and methodically explained.

Upon hearing this, the Saints suddenly understood.

"I never expected this beast to actually embody three Law Great Daos!"

"It is simply unimaginable!"

"No wonder I sensed several different aura ripples of Laws from this beast."

Never had he thought that he, a dignified and incomparably noble Heavenly Dao Saint of the Authentic Lineage of Pangu, would fall short even compared to a newly born beast in terms of the level of Laws.

For Yuanshi Tianzun, who had always held himself in high esteem, this was a tremendous insult and blow.

After all, Yuanshi Tianzun, who prided himself on being of the Authentic Lineage of Pangu, had always looked down upon those born from wet eggs or covered in fur and horns.

Now, he had been surpassed by a vile beast, which could only be described as a silent irony.

"I wonder what Cultivation Base this Chaos Sacred Beast has?"

Laozi, however, did not dwell on this and instead asked the question he cared about most.

The other saints were also extremely curious.

"The Nine Heavens of the Saint Realm, comparable to a Sovereign-level Sage."

Speaking of this, Lady Houtu's pretty face sank slightly as she spoke with a somewhat complicated expression.

She, an Underworld Sage and the Master of Reincarnation, had not yet advanced to a Sovereign Sage, yet a Chaos Sacred Beast nurtured and born from the Underworld possessed the Cultivation Base of the Nine Heavens of the Saint Realm the moment it was born.

Lady Houtu also felt as though someone had stolen the fruits of her labor.

Originally, according to Lady Houtu's expectations, the two Outer Realm Saints of death and soul who were suppressed and slain within the Underworld were meant to replenish the Underworld's foundation, while also enhancing her own comprehension of the Laws and her Innate Roots.

Yet she never expected that, through a twist of fate, the powers of these two deceased Outer Realm Saints would combine with the countless resentful souls and ghosts within the Underworld, brewing such a freakish monster.

Hearing this, whether it was Laozi, Zhunti, Yang Mei, or Rahu, all the Saints of the Primordial World drastically changed their expressions.

"With the Cultivation Base of a Sovereign-level Sage the moment it is born, if this continues, won't the entire Primordial World end up being trampled beneath its feet?"

Duke of the East said with a look of extreme shock and dismay.

He had yet to surpass Taiyi and reclaim his authority and renown as the Chief of All Immortals!

If the authority of the entire Primordial Continent were truly usurped by an outsider Chaos Sacred Beast, Duke of the East would find it completely unacceptable.

He would rather have the Taiyi Heavenly Court continue to rule over the Primordial World.

That would still be better than having a vile beast seize the position of the overlord of heaven and earth.

"Fellow Daoists, do not panic; Brother Taiyi already has a way to capture this Three-Headed Hellhound and subdue it."

"Let us remain calm for now and patiently watch."

Lady Houtu's final sentence gave all the Saints of the Primordial World a dose of reassurance.

Indeed!

With Supreme Taiyi personally going forth to suppress it, what could a Chaos Sacred Beast with the Cultivation Base and Magical Power of a Sovereign-level Sage right upon birth possibly do?

Back then, Martial Lord, Dragon Lord, and others united several Sovereigns from past Chaos Era epochs to attack the Primordial Continent, yet weren't they repelled under the leadership of Supreme Taiyi?

They even suppressed the two Sovereigns of death and destruction.

The number of Outer Realm Saints slaughtered was no less than two hands' worth.

Thinking of such terrifying and fierce battle achievements of Taiyi, the tense heartstrings of the Saints of the Primordial World relaxed.

Even looking at the ugly, hideous, and ferocious Three-Headed Hellhound before them, they no longer felt as much fear.

Instead, they felt a bit of pity for it.

"Sigh, another foolish creature courting death by provoking the prestige of Supreme Taiyi."

"I hope that after it is suppressed by Supreme Taiyi later, it can still remain as arrogant as it is now."

Tongtian Jiaozhu shook his head, unclipped the Qingping Sword in his hand, and put it back into Biyou Palace on Jinao Island.

In the eyes of Tongtian Jiaozhu, a mere Chaos Sacred Beast with Sovereign-level cultivation was simply no match for Taiyi.

Since that was the case, why would he still be holding a Qingping Sword?

Wouldn't holding it in his hand feel awkward and uncomfortable?

Besides, what if Supreme Taiyi and Lady Houtu misunderstood?

Seeing the small actions of Tongtian Jiaozhu, the other saints also changed their expressions slightly.

They likewise quietly put away their respective Dharma Treasures.

Yuanshi Tianzun's Pangu Banner vanished without a trace.

Taishang Laozi's Taiji Diagram disappeared completely.

Zhunti and Jieyin also silently retrieved the seven-treasures wondrous brush tree and Eight Treasures Merit Pool.

Great Immortal Yangmei and Demon Ancestor Luohou went without saying.

Only Duke of the East was now caught in an awkward position where he was wrong no matter what he did.

If he blindly followed suit, wouldn't that imply he was afraid of Taiyi?

But if he didn't follow the other saints closely, what if he was misunderstood?

Furthermore, would the other saints think he was being eccentric and refusing to conform?

Thinking of this, Duke of the East also silently—

Well, he was definitely not afraid of Taiyi.

Rather, it was to avoid causing misunderstandings among the Saints.

At the same time.

What took a while to describe actually happened in a flash.

After the Saints of the Primordial World descended upon the Underworld and had a brief meeting with Lady Houtu,

in reality, only three breaths of time had passed.

At this moment, Taiyi had just captured the rule trajectories of the ultimate finishing move unleashed by the Three-Headed Hellhound, the Bottomless Purgatory.

Within the dark, bottomless, layered, terrifying, and horrifying purgatory, hellish scenes resembling mountains of blades and seas of fire were everywhere.

However, Taiyi ignored it entirely and let it pass straight through his body.

Under the intervention of the Space-Time Great Dao, all the destructive means within the Bottomless Purgatory were merely like a blade cutting across water to Taiyi, leaving no trace at all.

Three breaths after being drawn into the Bottomless Purgatory,

Taiyi suddenly opened his eyes.

Within his crimson-gold divine pupils, a towering True Breath of the Sun, blazing brilliantly like the Great Sun ascending the heavens, suddenly shot out.

"Great Sun Golden Flames, incinerate the abyss!"

"Bottomless Purgatory, be destroyed!"