Hongjun Daoist ultimately owes a debt of gratitude to the saints for passing on his teachings. Apart from Hu Le, the saints were able to attain enlightenment thanks to the Great Dao of Severing the Three Corpses that Hongjun Daoist passed down.

Later, Master Hongjun taught them the method of refining emptiness and uniting with the Dao.

Based on these factors, the saints could not bring themselves to kill Hongjun Daoist.

Therefore, the saints agreed to suppress him...

"Very good... You are truly my excellent disciples!"

Hongjun Daoist knew that things had come to this point and this was his fate. He coldly swept his gaze across the faces of the Three Pure Ones.

He didn't care about Hu Le and the Taoist Zhunti's attitude at all; the key was the Three Pure Ones... these were truly his good disciples...

The Three Pure Ones ignored Hongjun Daoist's gaze. Yuanshi Tianzun glanced back at Hongjun Daoist indifferently, then turned to Taishang Laojun and said, "Eldest Brother, let's make our move now."

Laozi nodded slightly and then vanished from this world.

The next moment, after all the saints came out, Laozi, holding his flat cane, drew in the void, condensing more than a dozen talismans, and sent them into that area of ​​heaven and earth.

Immediately afterwards, that area of ​​space rapidly shrank, its entire surface enveloped in a layer of restrictive divine light.

After seeing that Laozi had sealed Zixiao Palace and Hongjun Daoist inside, Yuanshi Tianzun stepped forward, raised his hand, and pointed, condensing dozens of talismans in mid-air and embedding them into the palace.

The Purple Cloud Palace was immediately enveloped in a layer of Jade Purity Immortal Light.

The Master of the Heavens stepped forward and reinforced the Zixiao Palace with another layer of restrictions...

The Three Pure Ones then sealed away the Hongjun Daoist.

All the saints felt a sense of relief.

You see, this powerful figure had been weighing on their heads for a very long time, and now it was like a stone had finally been lifted off their shoulders, making them all feel much lighter...

The saints put away their magical treasures, bowed to each other, and then parted ways in the chaos.

All the saints returned to the primordial world. At this time, the Investiture of the Gods had come to a complete end. The army of Xiqi, led by Jiang Shang, had already entered Chaoge. Yin Shou committed suicide by burning himself in the Zhaixing Tower. Shang Tang thus perished and was replaced by the Zhou Dynasty.

King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa, enfeoffed feudal lords based on their achievements, thus beginning the Zhou Dynasty's eight-hundred-year reign...

After the saints returned, Jiang Shang went directly back to Kunlun Jade Void Palace upon hearing the news. He obtained the sage's edict from Yuanshi Tianzun, then ascended the Investiture Platform and began bestowing titles upon the gods with the God-Slaying Whip in hand.

From then on, the Heavenly Court almost completely fell into the hands of the Xuanmen (Taoist sect).

After all, most of the gods conferred this time were disciples of the two religions.

Especially the disciples of the Chan Sect, most of them were appointed to important positions...

After Jiang Ziya completed the investiture of the gods, he put away the Investiture of the Gods and the God-Slaying Whip, and returned to the Jade Void Palace to report the decree.

The Primordial Celestial Venerable ordered the White Crane Boy to hang the Investiture of the Gods in the back hall.

Upon hearing of this, the Jade Emperor rushed to the Jade Void Palace, hoping to obtain the Investiture of the Gods and the God-Slaying Whip from the Primordial Heavenly Venerable.

After all, how could he command the gods without this treasure?

However, Yuanshi Tianzun didn't even see him and directly ordered his attendant to send him away.

Obviously.

The Primordial Celestial Lord has not forgotten who instigated this calamity.

After all, if the Jade Emperor hadn't gone to Zixiao Palace to complain, the Investiture of the Gods would never have started.

But in reality, this massacre was still a consequence of the Battle of Zhuolu. Even if the Jade Emperor hadn't complained, this killing would have been inevitable.

The Primordial Celestial Venerable was merely taking his anger out on him.

But since he was the leader and saint of the Xuanmen sect, Yuanshi Tianzun had his reasons for being willful.

Not to mention that the Jade Emperor's backer, Hongjun Daoren, has already been suppressed.

Even if Hongjun Daoist were still alive, if he insisted on not handing over the Investiture of the Gods to the Jade Emperor, no one could do anything about it.

In the eyes of Yuanshi Tianzun, they were merely two gatekeepers of Zixiao Palace, puppets put forward by the Xuanmen Sect. They should just obediently serve the Xuanmen Sect. Did they really want to unify the Three Realms of the Primordial World and become the true Heavenly Emperor?

The Jade Emperor couldn't even get through the gates of the Jade Void Palace, and he felt extremely frustrated.

If they can't even get the Investiture of the Gods, then all this killing spree will have been for nothing.

No matter how angry the Jade Emperor was, he was helpless at this moment; he couldn't very well force his way into the Jade Void Palace...

After returning home, he became increasingly resentful and went directly to the outer chaos. However, when he arrived at the original location of Zixiao Palace, he was immediately dumbfounded and found that the place had now become a mass of chaos.

As for Zixiao Palace, it has long since disappeared.

He hurriedly began to deduce the secrets of heaven, only to find that there was no longer any information about Hongjun Daoren in the entire Heavenly Dao.

this……?

The Jade Emperor was immediately alarmed, recalling what had happened at Jiepai Pass.

It is said that the saints had a falling out with Hongjun Daoist and went to fight him in the chaos...

Originally, the Jade Emperor had full confidence in Hongjun Daoist, believing that although the saints were powerful, they could not possibly do anything to Hongjun Daoist.

But now that we've arrived in the celestial chaos, not only has the Purple Cloud Palace vanished, but we can't even find any information about Hongjun Daoist when we try to deduce the secrets of heaven.

In this situation, he knew what had happened without even having to guess.

Hongjun Daoist was clearly defeated by the saints, as for his life or death...?

The Jade Emperor felt a chill run down his spine when he thought about these things.

The initial anger had vanished, replaced by overwhelming fear...

"Where should I go from here in the future?"

The Jade Emperor was filled with fear and utter confusion...

Not long after, he returned to the Heavenly Court in a somewhat flustered manner, went to the Jade Pool to see the Queen Mother of the West, and told her about Hongjun Daoist. The Queen Mother of the West was also shocked and pale...

Next, these two simply started to give up, having long since abandoned all their previous ambitions...

...

Kunlun Mountains.

Jade Void Palace.

Yuanshi Tianzun sensed the Jade Emperor's departure and couldn't help but sneer. A mere page dared to dream of sharing power within the Xuanmen Sect? Utterly delusional…

However, he quickly put the matter out of his mind.

Because something happened that infuriated him.

Suddenly, he sensed that the fortune of the Chan Sect had declined sharply, as if a portion of it had been forcibly taken away.

He quickly deduced the secrets of heaven and immediately understood the cause and effect.

It turns out that among his twelve Golden Immortal disciples, Cihang Daoren, Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun, Julusun, and Puxian Zhenren had actually betrayed the sect and joined the Western Sect.

After he figured all this out, he flew into a rage and got up from his cloud bed.

The sage was furious, but he did not show it on his face.

After calming his anger, he sneered, "Well done, Zhunti! Well done, Jieyin! How dare you incite my disciples to betray our sect! I will not let you get away with this!"

He went directly to the back hall, took the Pangu Banner, and rode on auspicious clouds out of Kunlun, heading straight for the Western Sect.

This time, he made no attempt to conceal his presence.

Before he even set foot in the West, a powerful killing intent seemed to descend from the shadows and envelop Mount Sumeru...