Junior Uncle is too cunning.

The five emperors frowned as they looked at the unconscious King Zhou, and said to Shang Rong, who was standing beside them with concern, "Don't worry, he's just temporarily unconscious. You can just send him back to the palace."

Furthermore, what happened today must not be revealed to outsiders.

Shang Rong, Bigan, and the others nodded repeatedly. Even if the Five Emperors hadn't given orders, they wouldn't have dared to say anything more, knowing that it concerned the Sages, and their small bodies couldn't bear the consequences.

Seeing that the Five Emperors were telling them to leave, Shang Rong and the others hurriedly helped King Zhou up and rushed outside. As soon as they stepped out, they saw Fang Hui, and a hint of gratitude appeared in their eyes. However, time was of the essence, and they dared not waste any more time. A group of people surrounded King Zhou and hurriedly headed towards the palace.

The chaos was completely silent, with occasional waves of chaotic energy surging by and disappearing without a trace.

With a bang, a figure flashed out, his hair disheveled and blood dripping from the corner of his mouth. It was none other than the Sage Zhunti who had escaped from the Nuwa Temple.

"Shameless scoundrel, take this!" Before Zhunti could even stand still, Nuwa pounced on him, the red embroidered ball in her hand like a red dragon, fiercely striking towards Zhunti.

Just as Zhunti was about to continue his escape, the figure of Tongtian Jiaozhu appeared directly in front of him, instantly blocking his path. Seeing that Tongtian Jiaozhu was about to start a fight at the slightest provocation, he dared not ask to give way. He could only pick up the Seven Treasures Tree to block the red embroidered ball that was being thrown at him and continue to flee in other directions.

Among the saints, he was only slightly more powerful than Nuwa. In a real fight, they would be evenly matched. However, he had no confidence at all against the Tongtian Sect Leader who wielded the Zhuxian Sword.

There was a boom.

The Seven Treasures Tree and the Red Embroidered Ball collided instantly, shattering the chaos and creating a small vacuum world in the center. However, it did not continue to expand and is now rapidly recovering.

Just as Zhunti knocked away the red embroidered ball and was about to continue his escape, Yuanshi Tianzun flashed over and presented Zhunti with a jade ruyi, saying slowly, "Fellow Daoist Zhunti, this path is blocked."

"Yuanshi, you..."

"Hmm? Disrespecting elders deserves a beating," the jade ruyi, which had been speaking casually, suddenly burst into a burst of bright light and struck Zhunti directly in the chest while he wasn't paying attention.

Wow……

Zhunti was directly knocked away, spitting out a mouthful of holy blood. His face became even more pale, not because of his own injuries, but because Yuanshi Tianzun's words were too hurtful.

He and Jieyin had long since left Taoism and founded Buddhism, so they were no longer fellow disciples. Besides, even if they hadn't left, it was still a long way off for Yuanshi Tianzun to claim him as an elder! He was completely shameless and spouting nonsense. However, looking at Nuwa, Tongtian Jiaozhu, and Yuanshi Tianzun who had surrounded him, he knew that this matter wouldn't end well without paying a price today.

Moreover, since his senior brother hadn't come to guide him yet, he knew he was definitely going to lose face today.

Zhunti's guess was correct. In fact, with such a big event happening in the Southern Continent, Jieyin had already been awakened from his seclusion. With the connection between him and Zhunti, he had a bad feeling and hurriedly teleported away.

But before he could even reach the Chaos, he was stopped. Looking at the Supreme Saint before him, Jieyin's earlier bad premonition was instantly confirmed.

"Where are you headed, Fellow Daoist Taiqing?"

Faced with Jieyin's obvious question, the Sage of Taiqing smiled slightly. Zhunti had Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian Jiaozhu, and Nuwa on his side, which was enough to deal with him. Therefore, he left Nanzhanbuzhou and came directly to Xiniuhezhou, just to block Jieyin one step ahead.

After all, among the saints, the one he couldn't understand the most was Jieyin, especially his cultivation of the Great Dao of Cause and Effect, which was unpredictable and no less than his own Yin-Yang Wuwei Dao.

Although he was wary, Taiqing was not afraid of Jieyin. With his strength, he was confident that he could suppress Jieyin.

"It's been a long time since I've seen Fellow Daoist Jieyin. Today I've come specifically to ask you about the Great Dao of Cause and Effect."

Although the Sage of Taiqing advocated governing by non-action, it doesn't mean he didn't know how to use tactics. It's just that his cultivation was too high, and he was too lazy to use them. All his scheming and plotting couldn't compare to the power to subdue all forces.

Jieyin's lips twitched, but it wasn't unexpected. These saints had also risen from humble cultivators to where they were today. It was only because they had lived in seclusion behind the scenes for many years that they had been deified by later generations and made to appear radiant and majestic.

But are they really that good? They just disdain to compete! Like this time, for the sake of the prosperity of Western Buddhism, Zhunti was shameless enough to launch a sneak attack. He would even kill a human emperor who had not yet become an immortal, as long as it suited his own desires.

Once you reach the level of a sage, aside from a few sages who need to be wary of each other, everyone else, whether they are mortals who have not yet become immortals or high-ranking quasi-sages, is just a pawn if they haven't become sages. They won't even feel embarrassed to scheme against sages of the same realm, as long as it benefits them.

This is the sage's self-interest, putting Heaven's will before his own; as long as it benefits him, that's all that matters. In truth, sages are the most selfish, but in today's primordial world, there are too few things to attract their attention, so they rarely get involved, and thus appear so selfless and dedicated.

However, once they encounter something that benefits them, especially something that benefits their own path, they will not hesitate to plot against the Human Emperor and the Sages, and even killing the Sages is not impossible, it just depends on how great the opportunity is.

This is why Jieyin would silently support Zhunti despite his many outrageous actions, since he and Zhunti had made many great vows in order to become saints as soon as possible.

It was precisely this advance payment that allowed Heaven to bestow so much merit, enabling him and Zhunti to successfully break through to the Saint Realm. However, compared to the Three Pure Ones, they were still just poor nobodys.

The Three Pure Ones achieved sainthood solely through the fortune of the human race and the merits left behind by Pangu, directly breaking through to the Saint Realm. Moreover, each of them possessed their own supreme treasure, belonging to the category of innate supreme treasures, which were sufficient to satisfy and suppress their great sects. Without any worries about the consequences, the three stabilized their realms soon after their breakthroughs. With the continuous support of the fortune of the human race and their own sects, their cultivation levels rose higher and higher.

He and Zhunti fared much worse. When Dao Ancestor Hongjun accepted disciples, apart from his own fellow disciples who were outer disciples, the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa were all direct disciples, and they had to beg for it.

When it came time to distribute the spiritual treasures, each of the Three Pure Ones received a supreme innate treasure. Even though Nuwa did not have a supreme innate treasure, she still bestowed upon them many top-grade innate spiritual treasures.

When it came to his fellow disciples, each of them was given only one innate spiritual treasure and nothing else.

In order to become saints, the two saints only established a sect. However, they did not have the merits left by Pangu, nor the merits of Nuwa creating humans and mending the sky. They could only make countless great vows to pre-draw on the merits in order to become saints.

In addition, the lack of a supreme innate treasure to suppress the major sect, coupled with the fact that Xiniu Hezhou is a desolate land with very few talents, has prevented the Western Sect from flourishing over the years. In fact, it has not developed as fast as the God of Wealth Sect.

They might want to focus on cultivation without worrying about anything else, but they've already made so many great vows in advance to the Heavenly Dao. Now that they've become saints, they can't just ignore their debts and try to renege on them. The Heavenly Dao doesn't care about human feelings; it's simply impossible.

So, from the Great Calamity of the Lich King, he and Zhunti began to secretly plot. As long as it was in accordance with the will of Heaven and beneficial to the Western Sect, they would do it. They finally managed to make the Lich King and the Demon King both suffer heavy losses. Before they could even rejoice, the human race had already risen, and the Taoist sect had become an unstoppable force.

However, faced with the Three Pure Ones of Taoism and a plethora of outstanding geniuses, they had no way to leave Xiniu Hezhou to spread Buddhism. That's why they plotted to spread Buddhism in Nanzhanbuzhou. After all, every change of the human royal court was a huge reshuffle. As long as their own people ascended to the throne of the human emperor, it would be an easy task for Buddhism to spread its teachings.