At a time when Hongyun's words and actions caused the situation to become very complex, subtle, and unspeakable, Donghuang Taiyi in the Heavenly Court revealed a faint, inexplicable smile, the specific meaning of which even he himself did not know.

Immediately, Donghuang Taiyi spoke softly: "Although this Hongyun is not straightforward enough in his words, he hasn't lost the proud backbone of an Innate Gods and Demons, and he possesses a certain boldness. I previously thought he wouldn't create complications, but now it seems I still underestimated him a bit."

As his voice fell, Donghuang Taiyi turned to look at Di Jun: "Big Brother, do you think the Dao Ancestor will manifest? What should the aftermath be after the manifestation? And how should our Demon Race support Hongyun?"

Hearing this, Di Jun did not answer immediately. Instead, he watched Hongyun, who maintained a bowing posture, through the sky-observing treasure mirror. After meditating for a moment, he slowly spoke: "It is hard to guess what is on the Dao Ancestor's mind, but under the current circumstances, if the Dao Ancestor does not appear, it will inevitably damage the majesty of the Saint and make the title of Dao Ancestor somewhat unbefitting of reality. It will inevitably hinder his preaching to three thousand people and spreading the Dao across the Great Wilderness."

"As for how the situation will develop after he appears, it is hard to say. However, judging from Hongyun's actions back in the Chaos Beyond the Heavens, for the most part, he should stop when he ought to and will not act too impulsively. There should be no opportunity for our Demon Race to step onto the stage, and whether or not to support him is no longer important. Therefore..."

Di Jun paused, taking the Heavenly Court as his eyes and merging his spirit with the Golden Dragon of Fortune on the Heavenly Court. Taking the posture of overlooking the Primordial Land, he watched Hongyun use his words to implicate the situation, causing the Qi Fortune and the hearts of the people within the Primordial World to fluctuate, thereby faintly giving birth to some slight changes in the heavenly phenomena. An unusual light flickered uncertainly in his eyes.

After a moment, Di Jun continued: "Therefore, the Demon Race does not need to deliberately support him. As long as we continue to act as if nothing has happened, without deliberately suppressing the Demon Race's Qi Fortune and people's hearts, and temporarily let him incite the turbulence of the Primordial World's Qi Fortune to an even greater extent, everything ultimately still depends on how Hongyun responds next."

"Moreover, Hongyun may not necessarily dominate the changes in the situation next. Those fellows from the Wu Clan don't know what they are plotting, and their style of action exudes eeriness. If they jump out to stir things up, I won't feel surprised at all. It is better for us to act as bystanders and watch the show for now."

Hearing this, Donghuang Taiyi nodded slightly and continued to stare at the sky-observing treasure mirror, awaiting subsequent developments.

...

"Hahaha... This Hongyun has guts, I, Gonggong, like him!" Inside Pangu Hall, Gonggong burst into laughter because of Hongyun's performance, his Battle Intent soaring. He then turned his head to look at Dijiang: "Big Brother, if this Hongjun comes out, how should we make our entrance? Should we strike instantly and directly blow up this Old fellow's head?"

"If you, Gonggong, had this ability, our Wu Clan would have long since dominated the Great Wilderness, and why would we need to care about that Hongjun? Since you have no brains yourself, stop talking nonsense here and disrupting Big Brother's train of thought." Zhurong looked at Gonggong with the gaze of looking at an idiot, dealing a wave of critical damage.

Thus, water and fire were incompatible, and they started arguing again.

Dijiang couldn't be bothered to deal with these two blockheads and simply looked at the remaining Ancestral Witches: "Judging from Hongyun's actions and performances back in the Chaos Beyond the Heavens, he should stop when he ought to and will not be too impulsive to leave Hongjun in an awkward position. At that time, we will act according to circumstances, intervene, and meet this Hongjun who is known as the Dao Ancestor in the Great Wilderness..."

Just as Dijiang's side was discussing some matters, over at Hongyun's side, who had been bowing all along, heavenly flowers suddenly rained down, golden lotuses surged from the earth, celestial maidens scattered flowers, profound music drifted faintly, and a wondrous phenomenon of Purple Qi coming from the east for thirty thousand miles manifested in the the void above his head.

With the appearance of these phenomena, the slight changes in heavenly phenomena that Hongyun had previously caused by implicating the situation with his words—causing the Qi Fortune and people's hearts within the Primordial World to fluctuate and faintly giving birth to changes—instantly vanished, and the entire Primordial World instantly returned to normal.

After that, the phenomenon of the Purple Qi coming from the east for thirty thousand miles went straight to the Chaos Beyond the Heavens, condensing into a road. The heavenly flowers and golden lotuses seemed to turn into a carpet, and the flower-scattering celestial maidens seemed to act as guides, leading an old Daoist from the depths of the Chaos Beyond the Heavens.

The old Daoist walked forward slowly, possessing the ability to shake the heavens and earth and tread upon people's hearts. His might suppressed the heavens and earth, forcing all living beings in the world to feel awe and reverence in their hearts.

At the same time, the old Daoist seemed slow, but in reality, in the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of Hongyun, gazing at Hongyun with an indifferent expression, just like the Heavenly Dao.

Naturally, this could be no one else; it was precisely Dao Ancestor Hongjun!

Hongjun actually did not really want to manifest and show his face, but Hongyun's bold utterance of directly calling out his name was indeed somewhat unexpected to Hongjun, instantly shattering his thoughts and intentions that Hongyun would not want to create complications and would be prepared to swallow his anger and hush the matter up.

Originally this was nothing; this time he had made his move secretly. Even if Hongyun knew the exact reason, what could he do? Not paying attention to him would suffice.

Furthermore, he was a Saint, and a Saint conforms to the Heavenly Dao. Regardless of the reason, making a move was the will of heaven, and naturally the Heavenly Dao would operate accordingly without violation. He fundamentally did not need nor have any necessity to pay attention to Hongyun and thus explain anything.

The Great Wilderness respects strength; bullying and plotting against you were all matters of your own Qi Fortune, so where was the need for any explanation? How could he, Hongjun, who had walked all the way from the beginning of heaven and earth to the present, need to explain his actions to others?

It was just that since he walked the path of embodying the Dao, he needed to consider some other matters. Coupled with the fact that the Wu Clan had set up earth treasure mirrors everywhere across the Primordial Land through Pangu Hall, making it impossible for him to shield them, matters here had already spread widely across the Great Wilderness.

This caused the effect of Hongyun's words to be infinitely magnified, implicating and inciting the Qi Fortune and people's hearts within the Primordial World. Even if he, the Dao Ancestor, no longer wanted to pay attention to Hongyun, he had no choice but to manifest and show his face to meet Hongyun.

At this moment, Hongyun naturally did not know what was on Hongjun's mind. After Hongjun appeared, he bowed again toward Hongjun: "disciple Hongyun pays respects to the Dao Ancestor!"

"Rise. I have already manifested; what business do you have?" Hongjun asked indifferently.

"May I ask the Dao Ancestor, has this disciple ever offended the Dao Ancestor?"

"You are respectful and polite to the Saint, so naturally you have not offended the Saint."

"May I ask the Dao Ancestor, is there anything this disciple has done wrong that has made the Dao Ancestor dissatisfied with this disciple?"

"Since you have not offended the Saint, the Saint naturally will not be dissatisfied."

Two questions and two answers—one asked about the Dao Ancestor, and the other spoke of the Saint. They seemed identical, but in reality, profound mysteries were hidden within.

Hongyun asked about the Dao Ancestor, referring to Hongjun himself, but when Hongjun spoke of the Saint, it did not necessarily include Hongjun himself. The profound mystery within inevitably carried a somewhat ambiguous meaning.

But Hongyun cared nothing about this, nor did he care whether Hongjun was truly giving answers that ignored the question. He simply asked once more: "Then this disciple dares to ask the Dao Ancestor once again: was the critical situation of Jieyin and Zhunti earlier resolved because the Dao Ancestor made a move to allow them to escape alive and obtain a sliver of survival?"

As he spoke, Hongyun raised his head and locked eyes with Hongjun's cold and ruthless eyes—which were like an ancient, tranquil well without ripples, bottomless, and akin to the Heavenly Dao. He did not avoid them at all, nor did he have any intention of dodging.

Seeing this, Hongjun showed no change, simply gazing at Hongyun normally, but he appeared somewhat silent and did not immediately respond.