By the lake embankment, beneath a willow tree laden with snow.
Zhou Zhongqiu said, "When Immortal Venerable Mo saw that Ao Yun was about to die from the Bloodline Transfer, he defied the Three Immortals of Kunlun, despite being their disciple."
For a disciple to defy their master—from ancient times to the present, this has always been an act of ultimate rebellion, an offense against heaven itself!
As the story reached this point, the listening scholars were completely captivated, and now, they were all shaken.
Shaken, they fell silent.
No one spoke for a long time.
"For defying his superiors and rebelling against his masters, on that day at Kunlun Mountain, Immortal Venerable Mo had all his Qi Veins shattered, his Dantian Immortal Foundation gouged out, his entire cultivation crippled, and was banished from Kunlun!"
Finally, on the snow-draped embankment, Zhou Zhongqiu concluded this part of the story with that simple sentence.
