Just as Zhunti was somewhat dazed and Jieyin was overjoyed, the crowd of Great Divine Beings watching the show were first filled with doubt and suspicion because of Hongyun's recent words, and then utterly shocked that Zhunti was actually completely unscathed.

"Th… This is impossible? Zhunti is actually completely fine? Th… This is impossible!"

At this moment, all the Great Divine Beings instantly broke into an uproar, all wearing expressions of disbelief as they subconsciously gathered around, wanting to take a closer look.

"Eldest Brother, what is going on here? Although a Daluo Golden Immortal is indeed not so easy to fall, the power of Hongyun's strike with that ruler must definitely not be small. Given Zhunti's previous condition, even if he didn't fall immediately, he should have been heavily injured and waiting for his demise. How can he still be completely unscathed like this?"

Donghuang Taiyi, who had gathered forward to take a closer look, couldn't help but find it even more unbelievable, and secretly transmitted his voice to ask Di Jun.

"Someone must have secretly made a move to protect this Zhunti." Di Jun secretly transmitted his voice, his expression slightly solemn and puzzled, looking a bit absent-minded at the boundless Chaotic Void.

"Someone secretly made a move to protect Zhunti? Who has the—" Donghuang Taiyi was stunned for a moment, not reacting in time, but then seemed to understand something. Immediately, his expression also revealed solemnity and puzzlement, and he looked at the Chaotic Void, also somewhat absent-minded.

At this time, the various Great Divine Beings, including the Twelve Ancestral Witches of the Wu Clan, also vaguely understood some things. They all wore expressions similar to Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi, with strange lights flashing in their eyes and complex thoughts, making the surrounding atmosphere become very strange and inscrutable.

And under this very strange and inscrutable atmosphere, Hongyun, who had temporarily stopped attacking and stood in the Chaotic Void together with his Three Lives Body with a shifting expression, not knowing what he was specifically thinking, suddenly said nothing at all, directly fiercely swung his ruler, and attacked Zhunti together with the Three Lives Body.

"Stop. After the lecture in the Purple Heaven Palace from now on, you shall quickly leave and must not fight magical battles Beyond the Heavens." Suddenly, Hongjun's indifferent and vicissitudinous voice, filled with the majesty of the Heavenly Dao, rang out, invisibly dissolving all the offensive power of Hongyun and his Three Lives Body, rendering the Hongmeng Heaven-Measuring Ruler unable to fall even an inch further.

"It really is a Saint making a move. But although this reason is justifiable, there is also a hint of partiality toward the two Westerners in it. Previously, when the two Westerners messed around in the Purple Heaven Palace, we didn't see this Saint step forward; otherwise, how could such a thing have appeared today?" The crowd wore different expressions with complex thoughts.

However, regardless of what specific thoughts the various Great Divine Beings had, no one spoke out.

After all, in the Great Wilderness, might makes right, and this matter had nothing to do with them. They didn't bother to meddle in it and just needed to watch.

Among them, the Twelve Ancestral Witches of the Wu Clan perhaps felt that the matter had become very uninteresting, or perhaps from Hongjun's sudden intervention in the Karma between Hongyun and the two Westerners this time, they associated it with certain matters. Exchanging glances with each other, they took the lead in leaving the Chaotic Void.

At this time, Hongyun, who had already put away the Hongmeng Heaven-Measuring Ruler and the Three Lives Body, pondered for a moment, then respectfully bowed toward the Chaotic Void and said, "Dao Ancestor, the Karma of this matter arose because of the dispute over the seats in the Purple Heaven Palace. Therefore, this disciple has comprehended the secrets of Heaven and should sever the Karma here to conform to the destiny of the Heavenly Dao."

"If this disciple's action this time disturbed the Dao Ancestor's quiet cultivation and caused the Dao Ancestor to be dissatisfied, I beg the Dao Ancestor to allow this disciple to sever the Karma first. Afterwards, this disciple is willing to accept the Dao Ancestor's punishment, with no complaints even in life or death!"

"Dao Ancestor! My Senior Brother and I were only because the Western Land is barren, and acted a bit rashly. We have absolutely no intention of falling out and forming Karma with this Hongyun. We beg the Dao Ancestor to clearly discern!" How could Jieyin and Zhunti not cling tightly to the Dao Ancestor's thighs at this time? They hurriedly spoke to downplay the matter of seizing seats in the Purple Heaven Palace.

Purple Heaven Palace.

Hongjun, sitting squarely on the prayer mat, had calm, unruffled eyes that faintly reflected the Primordial World, with all living beings contained within those eyes; naturally, the situation on Hongyun's side was also included.

"Troublesome!" Looking at Hongyun, who still maintained a respectful bowing posture, Hongjun's calm and unruffled eyes flickered slightly, and there was a bit of helplessness on his face.

Hongjun had no blood relations or close ties with Jieyin and Zhunti; how could he truly be willing to help these two people?

Originally, although this matter involved the Karma of the Saint Position, and he had not yet completely merged with the Dao making it difficult to fully know the changes in the heavenly secrets, Hongjun didn't want to meddle in it at the very beginning and wanted to let nature take its course.

In Hongjun's view, although Hongyun immediately went to look for trouble with Jieyin and Zhunti after the dispersal of the Purple Heaven Palace, which was somewhat unexpected and even carried a hint of not taking him, a Saint, seriously.

However, after all, the matter inside was initiated by Jieyin and Zhunti bringing Karma upon themselves first. Hongjun believed that although Hongyun was formidable, as long as Jieyin and Zhunti wholeheartedly wanted to flee in this Chaos Beyond the Heavens, at most they would suffer a bit more hardship without any danger to their lives, so Hongjun naturally had no mind to care.

It's just that Hongjun did not expect there to be so many variables in this matter. First, Kunpeng almost cut off the vitality of Jieyin and Zhunti, and then Kunpeng got carried away with pride and was besieged and driven away by various Great Divine Beings. Finally, Hongyun used the hidden Three Lives Body and other Divine Abilities to directly leave Jieyin and Zhunti with no way out or chance of survival, which forced Hongjun to make a move to protect Zhunti.

After all, although Zhunti did not sit on the Saint Position, he was also a person destined for the Western Land, and the key to the future prosperity of the West, focused upon by Qi Fortune. For Hongjun, he could not afford any losses, otherwise, it would probably be difficult to merge with the Dao.

Yet Hongyun and the two Westerners indeed had Karma, Karma that was produced in the Purple Heaven Palace under his connivance.

Now that Hongyun made his attitude so respectful and clear, without the slightest sign of offending or disrespecting the Saint, it was not easy for Hongjun to find faults even if he wanted to.

In this way, he, Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who lectured the Great Wilderness, spread the Dao to all living beings of heaven and earth, severed all Karma, and thereby merged with the Heavenly Dao, really could not completely suppress the Karma here by the might of a Saint; he always had to give an explanation.

Thinking thus, Hongjun's figure did not move, but he had already appeared in front of Hongyun and the others.

"Greetings, Dao Ancestor!" Regardless of what thoughts they harbored, everyone respectfully bowed to Hongjun.

Hongjun made no response, only looking at Hongyun, and said indifferently, "I already know the Karma here. It indeed arose because of the seats in the Purple Heaven Palace, but what Jieyin and Zhunti did also conformed to the number of Heaven, and I tacitly allowed it. Now thinking about it, it is somewhat inappropriate."

"Since that is the case, let this Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Azure Lotus Treasure Flag, which was originally fated to be connected with the West, sever the Karma among it. It can also be considered a punishment for Jieyin and Zhunti's actions in the Purple Heaven Palace—although they conformed to the number of Heaven, they were disrespectful to the Saint."

While speaking, a small cyan banner suffused with precious light appeared and fell into Hongyun's hands.

Many Great Divine Beings among them saw this and looked at Hongyun with a bit of envy.

After all, the Treasure-Dividing Rock had not yet distributed treasures, and there were countless people present who didn't even have a single Innate Spirit Treasure yet. Now Hongyun obtained a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure first, how could it not make people envious?

Upon seeing this, Jieyin and Zhunti only felt that in the dark, some fated opportunity in the future seemed to have truly vanished just like that, and couldn't help shouting with heartbroken expressions, "Dao Ancestor, we..."

"Ah..."

Before Jieyin and Zhunti could finish speaking, a series of shrill and miserable screams suddenly erupted. Their bodies instantly became shattered beyond recognition, and strand after strand of Law and Dao wounds manifested upon their bodies, which would be difficult to repair without tens of millions of years of effort. Their Magical Power and Daoist attainment unexpectedly regressed by tens of millions of years as well.

Then, amidst wave after wave of shrill and miserable screams, the bodies of Jieyin and Zhunti fell involuntarily. In the blink of an eye, they crashed down into Mount Sumeru in the Western Land. The Dao Rhymes and divine blood within their bodies flowed wildly, as if staining the entire Mount Sumeru in an instant, appearing extremely terrifying and bloody.