The three venerables will eventually meet

“Tian…”

“Jue…”

The Old Fisherman murmured these two words, his expression initially somewhat lost.

As he repeated them, he seemed to recall something, and a faint glimmer of light flickered in his cloudy eyes.

“I am…”

“Tian Jue?”

As the Fisherman’s memory slowly recovered, the Evil Qi that had already been surging around him grew even thicker.

It even began to spread and rage outwards like a rolling black tide.

However, all the black Evil Qi, before it even reached the Heavenly Doctor, instinctively avoided him from afar.

Between the two confronting figures, a large empty space was formed.

The Heavenly Doctor was indifferent to the spreading Evil Qi, but seeing Tian Jue still in a daze, he was slightly surprised.

“His memory hasn’t recovered? Then how…”

The Heavenly Doctor’s eyes flickered, and he was about to make a move.

But suddenly, he heard a clear sound of reading from afar.

“The Heavenly Dao is profound, respecting rules and regulations.”

“I have now obtained the Dao, spreading it to Zhong Sheng.”

“The Heavenly Dao must not be violated.”

…

The Heavenly Doctor’s expression finally showed a clear change.

His eyes narrowed, and he looked in the direction from which the sound came.

“Moo!”

Without any warning, a green ox, as large as a small mountain, suddenly appeared in front of him.

Its horns were slightly raised, and its four hooves moved rapidly, as if it was galloping at high speed.

It intended to ram the Heavenly Doctor, who stood in its way, to death.

“Vile beast!” The Heavenly Doctor snorted coldly.

He did not dodge or evade, but a silver light seemed to appear in his right hand.

The silver light transformed into a thin line, flying like lightning through the green ox’s body.

In an instant, it twisted and turned a hundred times.

It had already pierced the green ox thoroughly.

At this moment, the green ox was cut into countless indiscernible fragments, yet it still maintained its forward momentum.

Scattered all over the sky.

“Condense!”

A furious roar suddenly sounded.

A moment later, the green ox, which had already been disintegrated by the Heavenly Doctor, miraculously “came back to life,” its original form suddenly reappearing from the scattered flesh and blood.

It leaped above the Heavenly Doctor’s head, its four hooves about to stomp down.

The Heavenly Doctor still did not dodge.

However, just before the green ox touched the Heavenly Doctor, its body shrank from large to small.

From a mature, strong ox, it transformed in the blink of an eye into a calf that had just been born.

Finally, it became a wisp of essence Qi, dissipating between heaven and earth.

“Tian Yu…” The Heavenly Doctor looked in the direction where the green ox had appeared, a playful expression on his face.

A transparent figure with white hair and a frail demeanor appeared there at just the right moment.

“Master!”

“Master!”

With Tian Yu’s appearance, the people of Yunshui Heavenly Palace, who had been submissive and dared not act rashly under the pressure of the Heavenly Doctor and Tian Jue, now all seemed to have found a patron.

Without any further hesitation, they kept shouting.

“Alas…”

Tian Yu sighed softly, and with a comforting wave of his large sleeve.

The screams within Yunshui Heavenly Palace temporarily subsided a few degrees, and only then did he turn his gaze to the Heavenly Doctor and Tian Jue in the field.

Clap, clap, clap.

The Heavenly Doctor clapped lightly.

“Still…”

“What a coincidence.”

Without looking at the two who were subtly surrounding him, the Heavenly Doctor merely looked up, searching for something unknown.

His face wore a thoughtful expression.

“Heavenly Doctor!”

A moment later, it was Tian Yu who finally could not hold back first.

“You’ve hidden for so many years, and you’re finally willing to show yourself?”

His voice was like thunder, filled with endless anger, constantly echoing through Yunshui Heavenly Palace.

“Hmph.”

The Heavenly Doctor merely snorted coldly, not answering.

This disdainful attitude enraged Tian Yu.

“Since that’s the case, there’s nothing more to say. Go to your death!”

“Tian Jue, why aren’t you acting yet!”

The Old Fisherman was still in a state of confusion at this time.

But with the Master’s angry roar, the two seemed to be old comrades who had cooperated for many years.

With extreme tacit understanding, the next moment, the Celestial Killing Sword unsheathed with a clang.

Even though it was only a broken sword, a monstrous Evil Qi continuously surged out from within the sword, condensing without dispersing, forming the shape of a sword.

From deep within Yunshui Heavenly Palace, a huge tremor came.

The Turtle Snake Taiyi let out a painful wail, and the Celestial Killing Sword hilt, sensing its master’s summons, was about to break free from the Guishe Monster’s body.

Just then, a blue light enveloped the entire Yunshui Heavenly Palace.

A giant blue hand pressed the restless Celestial Killing Sword hilt back down.

Taiyi let out another earth-shattering wail.

Then, as if suppressed, its voice grew smaller and smaller, and it fell back into slumber.

“Ancestral Master Hanhai?”

Throughout Yunshui Heavenly Palace, faint exclamations of surprise could be heard, one after another.

“At least there’s still one who’s clear-headed.” The Heavenly Doctor said coldly.

The next moment, the vast blue ocean in the sky suddenly contracted, condensing into a constantly swaying, seemingly about to shatter at any moment, illusory figure.

It appeared before the three of them: the Heavenly Doctor, Tian Jue, and Tian Yu.

“Greetings, Venerables.”

He spoke neither humble nor arrogant.

“Hanhai, what is the meaning of this?”

Seeing Hanhai’s strange attitude, Tian Yu suppressed his anger and asked in a deep voice.

“The murderer is right before us. Why are you not avenging the blood feud from back then now?”

“Master is right, blood debts must naturally be repaid with blood. But…”

Hanhai did not look at the Heavenly Doctor, but turned his head to look at the Old Fisherman, who held a sword in one hand and was still somewhat confused.

“But the one who massacred my Yunshui Heavenly Palace back then was not the Heavenly Doctor.”

“It was Tian Jue!”

His words seemed to carry monstrous resentment.

Hanhai’s blue afterimage swayed violently.

He glared directly at the other party, as if huge waves were constantly surging within his body.

“Hmm?” Tian Yu was slightly startled, then shook his head and sighed.

“Hanhai, you ultimately couldn’t escape the influence of time, and even your memories from back then are confused.”

“The executioner who took advantage of the empty rear and massacred all the large and small Sects back then, if not this traitor, then who else?”

Tian Yu looked at the Heavenly Doctor, the flames of hatred burning anew in his eyes.

“One person can be mistaken. Could it be that all the fallen souls from that day were wrong?”

Hanhai still shook his head, stubbornly saying: “Other Schools, I do not know. Nor is it my concern.”

“But back then, the one who destroyed my Yunshui Heavenly Palace was absolutely Heavenly Severance Venerable!”

He said with utmost certainty.

“Although his appearance looks like Heavenly Doctor Venerable, and even his Qi is consistent with him.”

“But neither the style of action that destroys everything nor that cold and silent demeanor can be faked by the Heavenly Doctor.”

“Most importantly, the murder weapon from back then is precisely the Heavenly Execution Sword hilt currently suppressed within Taiyi.”

“The Heavenly Execution, a heavy weapon, can only be used by Heavenly Severance Venerable, and no one else.”

Upon hearing this, even the Master couldn’t help but hesitate.

He turned his head to look at Tian Jue beside him.

And it seemed that Hanhai’s words stirred certain memories hidden deep within Tian Jue’s mind.

He stared blankly down at his hands.

After a long while, he suddenly spoke.

“That’s right, I killed them…”

“What?!” The Master’s hunched body instantly straightened, and he looked at the Old Fisherman, who had exposed himself, in disbelief.