On the way back to the West, Zhunti asked, "Senior brother, why did you return one of the Four Immortal Slaying Swords to Tongtian? That was a rather fine spiritual treasure!"
Jieyin replied, "Junior brother, it's not that I wanted to return it to Tongtian. That thing is a hot potato! If the Three Pure Ones were to come demanding it, I fear we brothers would have to compensate them further!"
Zhunti recalled Tongtian's combat prowess and trembled. That pervert was too much. They were both Saints, yet he was beaten without any power to retaliate!
Zhunti knew that Yuanshi and Taishang were also formidable. None of these three were easy to deal with. If they truly joined forces and came to Mount Sumeru, he and his brother might have to give something up to resolve the matter peacefully!
Zhunti asked, "We just don't know if the Kunlun saint's fall was Taishang or Yuanshi?"
Jieyin mused, "Whether it was Taishang or Yuanshi, it is good for us. With one less Saint among the Three Pure Ones, it is still very beneficial for the development of our Western religion!"
Zhunti chuckled, "Senior brother, with the Three Pure Ones having one less Saint, why don't we take this opportunity to vigorously expand our Western religion eastward?"
Jieyin shook his head and said, "Junior brother, do not be hasty. We must not act rashly until the situation with Taishang and Yuanshi is clarified, lest we arouse the vigilance of the Three Pure Ones. This would be very unfavorable to our religion's development!"
Zhunti nodded and said, "I will listen to senior brother!"
On Kunlun Mountain, after Tongtian had persuaded the other Saints to leave, he set up the Immortal Slaying Formation before the mountain. Then, he said to Zhenyuanzi, "I trouble fellow Daoist."
Zhenyuanzi nodded and replied, "Rest assured, fellow Daoist. With your Immortal Slaying Formation and me here, no one can enter Kunlun! Fellow Daoist should go and see brother Yuanshi."
Tongtian nodded and headed towards Yuqing Palace.
In Yuqing Palace, after Tongtian returned, he saw Taishang transferring Taiqing origin to Yuanshi.
Tongtian stepped forward and said, "Eldest brother, let me do it. Second brother is doing this all for me!"
Taishang, seeing Tongtian return, said, "They have all left."
Tongtian nodded and replied, "They have all left. Jieyin and Zhunti even tried to force their way in, but I stopped them."
Taishang nodded, then withdrew, allowing Tongtian to transfer origin to Yuanshi. Taishang knew that if Tongtian did not do something for Yuanshi, Tongtian would surely feel distressed.
After Taishang left, Tongtian continued to transfer Shangqing origin to Yuanshi. With the addition of Taiqing origin and Shangqing origin, Yuanshi's weakness caused by his self-inflicted severing of his Great Dao quickly improved!
Yuanshi slowly opened his eyes and said, "Third brother, that's enough. You don't need to keep transferring origin to me anymore!"
Tongtian seemed not to hear him, and Shangqing origin continued to flow into Yuanshi. Yuanshi frowned and shouted, "Third brother!"
Taishang also spoke, "That's enough, third brother!"
Only then did Tongtian reluctantly stop.
Tongtian looked at Yuanshi and said, "Second brother, why did you have to do this? I only needed to leave Kunlun! We have cultivated for so long to reach this point, and now you..."
Tongtian choked back his words, but both Yuanshi and Tongtian knew what he meant.
Yuanshi sighed and said, "Third brother, the clash of Great Daos is not so simple. This is a struggle between two Great Daos, and it is not easily resolved. You don't know, but when we were discussing the Dao, I actually had the thought of attacking you. I knew then that things were not that simple."
Tongtian heard this and said, "Second brother, at that time, I also had the thought of attacking you. If eldest brother hadn't intervened, my Great Dao would have likely gone berserk!"
Yuanshi, upon hearing this, turned to look at Taishang and said, "Eldest brother, you must know that the clash of Great Daos cannot be resolved by merely leaving, right? Yet you did not say so, but instead instructed Chen'er to have third brother leave."
Tongtian looked at Taishang in confusion. He had initially thought that persuading him to leave was merely Qilin Chen's idea, but he did not expect Taishang to have a hand in it.
Taishang remained silent. Seeing that Taishang did not speak, Tongtian said, "Eldest brother!"
Taishang looked at Tongtian and Yuanshi, and finally nodded. He had not expected his selfish intentions to be seen through by Yuanshi. Yuanshi looked at Taishang and asked in confusion, "Eldest brother! You shouldn't have done this!"
Taishang sighed and said, "But what could I do? Are you asking me to tell one of you to abandon your Sainthood?"
Yuanshi suddenly shouted, "But can you bear to watch third brother and I turn against each other?"
Tongtian was greatly startled. He had never seen Yuanshi speak to Taishang so loudly!
Taishang also shouted, "But what could I do? One is my second brother, and the other is my third brother. Am I supposed to tell one of you to sever your Saintly Dao and then watch your eons of cultivation go to waste? I cannot do it! I cannot! I cannot! Do you know? What can I do? What can I do!"
Tongtian stared blankly at Taishang and Yuanshi, not understanding why his two elder brothers were arguing. However, from their conversation, he understood that it was due to the clash of his and Yuanshi's Great Daos.
Seeing the red-faced and agitated Taishang and Yuanshi, Tongtian said, "Eldest brother! Second brother, please stop arguing. What exactly is going on? What do you mean by brothers turning against each other? I don't understand!"
Only after Tongtian spoke did Yuanshi and Taishang stop.
Taishang looked at Yuanshi, who had become weaker due to their argument, and felt a pang of remorse. He said, "Second brother, I apologize. Eldest brother knows he was wrong!"
Yuanshi coughed a few times, his voice softening, and said, "Eldest brother, although this Great Dao is what we have pursued for eons, I do not wish to lose eldest brother and third brother because of it! If one day I were to kill third brother because of this Dao, I cannot imagine what I would become. Eldest brother, do you know!"
As Yuanshi spoke, tears streamed down his face.
Taishang looked at the weeping Yuanshi, who was also on the verge of collapsing, and quickly stepped forward to support him. He said, "Eldest brother knows! Eldest brother knows! You should recover first. Severing your Great Dao has been a great burden on your body!"
After Taishang finished speaking, he found that Yuanshi had already fainted. Taishang looked at Yuanshi lying in his arms and sighed. Perhaps he had truly made a mistake.
Seeing Yuanshi faint, Tongtian looked at Taishang, at a loss.
Taishang shook his head at Tongtian and said, "Second brother is fine. He was already weak, and his emotions were unstable just now, so he fainted. He will be fine after some rest!"
Only then did Tongtian feel relieved and asked, "Eldest brother, what were you and second brother talking about? Why were you and second brother so emotional? I listened but couldn't make heads or tails of it!"