Chapter 1126: Words Like Thunder Shake the Saints! Ancestor Hongjun

"Tai Shang, Yuanshi, Nüwa, you who are Heaven's Saints, why do you still hesitate and not act, merely watching from the sidelines?"

Ancestor Hongjun's cold voice echoed in the Outer Heavens.

The voice sounded utterly ordinary, yet to Tai Shang and the others, it rang like Heavenly Might—their Saint Positions trembled within them.

As if about to be stripped away at any moment.

A fear deep as bone marrow arose in the hearts of Tai Shang and the others.

Tai Shang and the others suddenly felt a delusion: if they could not give a proper reason, the next instant their Saint Positions would be revoked, and they themselves would become puppets.

"We believed the Twelve Yuan Chen were sufficient to suppress Luo Fu and the Twelve Ancestral Witches, hence we did not intervene. After all, we cannot coordinate with the Twelve Yuan Chen; rash involvement might backfire."

Upon hearing Ancestor Hongjun's rebuke, Master Yuanshi hastily replied, trembling with fear, while secretly glancing at Ancestor Hongjun, as if studying his reaction.

"We never anticipated Luo Fu suddenly unleashing such immense power, which led to the defeat of the Twelve Yuan Chen. Had we known Luo Fu possessed such strength, we would have acted long ago."

Master Yuanshi swiftly recounted the reasons for their inaction using Heavenly Dao power.

After speaking, he stared at Ancestor Hongjun with fearful submission, as if awaiting his judgment.

All the reasons Master Yuanshi had just given were true—none were fabricated.

At first, Master Yuanshi truly believed the Twelve Yuan Chen could suppress Luo Fu, so he did not oppose Tai Shang's decision to wait.

By the time Master Yuanshi realized the Twelve Yuan Chen might not be Luo Fu's match, it was already too late.

The moment Master Yuanshi grasped this, the Twelve Yuan Chen were instantly defeated by Luo Fu; had Ancestor Hongjun not left a trace of power within the Twelve Yuan Chen, they would already be dead in Luo Fu's hands.

Master Yuanshi was relatively loyal to Ancestor Hongjun.

He himself cultivated the Way of Following Heaven, advocating alignment with the Heavenly Dao.

And Ancestor Hongjun embodied the Heavenly Dao.

Yet Master Yuanshi did not know that among the three Saints, he alone thought this way.

Tai Shang and Pingxin Niangniang refrained from acting because they refused to strike Luo Fu—they actually stood on Luo Fu's side.

After Master Yuanshi spoke using Heavenly Dao power, Tai Shang and Pingxin Niangniang fell silent, both tacitly adopting Master Yuanshi's just-given reasons as their own excuse for inaction.

"Hmph!"

After hearing Master Yuanshi's Heavenly Dao power recount, Ancestor Hongjun said nothing more, only let out a cold snort.

That cold snort exploded in Tai Shang and the others' hearts like thunder.

Shaken by Ancestor Hongjun's snort, Tai Shang and the others felt their True Spirits and Primordial Spirits tremble, as if struck directly by lightning.

All could not help letting out muffled groans.

Clearly, this was Ancestor Hongjun conveying his displeasure to them.