Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me-Chapter 1583 - 1039 Scold_2

This is why, when Primordial Heavenly Sovereign does things, he often leaves people puzzled. Some things he does have good intentions, but when implemented, he tends to spoil them.

Such is the nature of someone with a twisted personality.

The Saint of Taiqing noticed Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s issues, worried that he would be increasingly affected by the Evil Corpse and risk being bewitched, and thus often stayed close to him, attempting to compensate for Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s character flaws with his own heartless mindset.

This is why among the Sanqing, the Saint of Taiqing was closest to Primordial Heavenly Sovereign—because Primordial Heavenly Sovereign truly had issues.

With two younger brothers, one without issues and one with, the mentally sound Saint of Taiqing naturally chose to help the one with issues.

The events of today undoubtedly proved that the strategy of Saint of Taiqing was very effective; Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s personality indeed changed and was no longer as unpleasant as before.

However, Honjan Daizu also realized that the method of Saint of Taiqing was ultimately only a temporary solution, not a cure. To fundamentally solve Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s issue, a way must be found to retrieve his Evil Corpse.

The crux of the problem lies here. Given Primordial Heavenly Sovereign’s pride, his Evil Corpse, now demonized, seems unclean to him. He would rather have flaws in his own Great Dao than reclaim the Evil Corpse, lest it taint him completely.

Such immense pride, too prideful to handle, which is why the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord has been suppressed by Primordial Heavenly Sovereign for many years without being reclaimed.

Otherwise, even if the Sanqing can’t refine the Primordial Heavenly Demon Lord, couldn’t Honjan Daizu find a way?

The key issue still lies with Primordial Heavenly Sovereign; stubbornly twisting, unwilling to reclaim the Evil Corpse, thus even if others are willing to help, there is nothing they can do.

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Empress Nuwa’s expression remained unchanged, as if she did not see the actions of the two, showing no intention of accepting their apology.

Indeed, whoever suffered such great injustice, how could they possibly accept their apologies just because of a few insincere words?

Such a price would be too light!

With Empress Nuwa silent, neither the Saint of Taiqing nor Primordial Heavenly Sovereign felt it appropriate to speak either, resulting in a tense stand-off, making the atmosphere somewhat awkward.

Fortunately, at this moment, Taoist Master Hongjun suddenly spoke, and said with a tone of reflection:

"Seeing your attitude, you’ve indeed grown over the years, not bad, there’s progress. And, your progress extends beyond just this."

"Oppressing your fellow disciples is not your first time, but this time it’s significantly better than the last, at least this time when oppressing fellow disciples you did it with your own people rather than outsiders."

These words from Honjan Daizu sounded like praise, with each sentence seemingly commending Primordial Heavenly Sovereign and Saint of Taiqing. However, to those who knew the backstory, it could only seem somewhat ironic.

Where was he praising them? He was clearly mocking them for being adept at oppressing their fellow disciples.

In just a few words, while only mentioning two Saints, he incidentally criticized the other two Saints as well.

For a moment, both the Saint of Taiqing and Primordial Heavenly Sovereign, as well as Zhunti Saint and Jieyin Saint, had faces turning from green to pale, looking extremely uncomfortable.

Today in the Prehistoric World, the only one who would dare to mock without any reservations like this is probably none other than Honjan Daizu.

The outsiders referred to by Honjan Daizu clearly were the two Saints from the West. During the war of Investiture of the Gods, Primordial Heavenly Sovereign and Saint of Taiqing collaborated with outsiders to annihilate their own brother’s doctrinal lineage. Honjan Daizu did not comment on the surface but was quite displeased inside.

Although Honjan Daizu was discontent, Primordial Heavenly Sovereign and Saint of Taiqing also felt wronged; they had collaborated with the two Western Saints when they were still disciples of the Mystic Sect.

It was at the end of the Investiture of the Gods, the Chaos World was destroyed by Leader Tongtian, forcing Honjan Daizu to show himself.

At that time, upon seeing Honjan Daizu, the two Western Saints greeted him and called him "teacher", yet the Taoist Ancestor did not accept their tribute but addressed them as fellow Taoists instead.

From then on, the two Western Saints were considered to have completely departed from the Mystic Sect.

Out of respect for the Saints, even though others found it ridiculous, they dared not laugh out loud; however, Jiang Chen didn’t have such reservations, finding it hilarious, and actually burst into loud laughter.

"Haha!"

Jiang Chen’s inappropriate laughter immediately caught the attention of many people, especially the Saint who was the subject of discussion. His gaze was the most severe, as if he wanted to devour Jiang Chen alive, yet no one dared to tell him to shut up.

Finally, it was the Upper Qing Saints who could no longer stand it and sternly reprimanded him: "Be silent! Do you think this place is somewhere you can run wild?"

Once his master had spoken, Jiang Chen could no longer laugh, but his gaze playfully observed the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign and Saint of Taiqing. Today, these two Saints have truly lost face, completely embarrassed.

Similarly, it could compel the usually face-saving Honjan Daizu to publicly diminish their dignity in front of everyone, revealing how greatly dissatisfied he was with them.

If it weren’t unbearable, he would never have done this.

"Disciples are at fault, please Master punish us."

If it were anyone else, the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign and Saint of Taiqing would surely not let them see the sun tomorrow, but since it’s the Daoist Ancestor himself speaking, no matter how dissatisfied they are, they could only endure and sincerely admit their mistakes.

"Punish you?"

"Tell me, how should your Master punish you?"

"During the Investiture of the Gods, you collaborated with outsiders against Upper Qing, and I confined you in Chaos, hoping you would remember this lesson."

"But what happened? You remembered alright, but this time not with outsiders, instead you teamed up with fellow disciples."

"Tell me, how should your Master punish you so that you actually remember this lesson?"

Honjan Daizu also felt helpless inside, as the saying goes, a son’s growth frees him from his father. Now that his disciples are capable, they have hardened their wings and no longer listen to their Master, what can he do?

Punish them? Easily said, but how to actually punish them? Saints are immortal and invulnerable, any punishment would merely scratch the surface, unable to touch their essence.

As for punishments that hurt their dignity, that can’t be done either, as Saints represent the dignity of the Heavenly Dao, how can their authority be degraded?

Therefore, shame-based punishments cannot be used on Saints.

Truthfully, if the Saints really deteriorate, Honjan Daizu indeed has no way to handle them.

"Disciples are fearful, we hope Master will calm his anger."

Seeing Honjan Daizu’s words getting more severe, not only were Saint of Taiqing and Primordial Heavenly Sovereign panicked, but also the Great Divine Transcendents who had joined them in pressuring Empress Nuwa became anxious, and they too started pleading guilty.

"Ah, you are all leaders of sects, and frankly, I should not chastise you like this, I should allow you some dignity. But look at what you’ve recently done, where is there any dignity left to speak of?"

"If I remain silent, who knows what this Mystic Sect will turn into."

"You, being ancestors, still scheme against each other, disregarding the camaraderie among disciples. If the lower disciples see this, how can they cooperate wholeheartedly?"

"Years ago, someone told me that the moral character of the world is declining. Nowadays, cultivators are becoming increasingly malevolent, murders and robbery for wealth are becoming commonplace."

"Before you could say that Jiejiao Sect corrupted the customs, but now that Jiejiao Sect is gone, not only has the atmosphere not changed, it has become even worse."

"This way, you can no longer find scapegoats, can you?"

"From what I see, the reason for the shift in customs does not lie in the myriad cultivators, but in you. As the saying goes, ’As the elders do, so will their juniors.’ You as the ancestors behave like this, how can you expect the disciples below to live in harmony?"

"Human hearts, they have decayed because of you, it’s because you have not set a good example."

The dissatisfaction of Honjan Daizu seemed to have been building up for a long time. Now finding an opportunity, he ignored the expressions of everyone present and spoke candidly, severely chastising them all.