Yu Yuan had long anticipated Wen Zhong's choice.
In the way of cultivation, the Red Dust is not a place one can easily step into.
The higher the Dao Xing realm one achieves, the further they must stay away from the Red Dust.
Because within the mundane Red Dust world, desires are complicated, the multitude of races in the Primordial alone number beyond trillions.
Once a cultivator steps into the Red Dust, they make contact with all beings.
At that moment, karma is instantly established.
Contact with thousands brings forth thousands of karmic bonds.
Contact with tens of millions brings forth tens of millions of karmic bonds.
Whether it's good karma or bad karma, as time goes by, it deepens, evolves, and entangles into a vast net; the longer one stays, the deeper one sinks into it.
Just like in this moment, as Wen Zhong beheads the Huai River Water God, at least a hundred thousand people around Linhuan Pass are greatly affected.