Fairy and Demon Gods

Chapter 479 Luck Change and Fortune Binding!

For example, the Three Treasures of Creation: the Taiji Diagram, the Pangu Banner, and the Chaos Bell. These three innate treasures not only have the merit of creating the world, but also, because they integrate their own Dao principles with the core doctrines of their sects, they are recognized by the Great Dao and revered by the Three Daos (Heaven, Earth, and Man). Therefore, their fortune is long-lasting and suitable for suppressing the fortune of major sects. Thus, they are the most powerful and are clearly superior to other innate treasures!
Although the Four Swords of Zhuxian are innate treasures and cannot be broken by anyone other than the Four Saints after being arranged in formation, they are not treasures of merit. Their nature cannot conform to the way of heaven and the hearts of men, nor can they suppress the fortune of a great sect. Therefore, they cannot protect the sect or benefit future generations.

Therefore, during the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods, the disciples of the Jie Sect suffered a decline in fortune, the great sect was almost completely wiped out, and the great formation was also torn apart. It was then legitimately broken by the Three Teachings and Four Sages in accordance with the destiny and overall situation of "the fall of Shang and the rise of Zhou".

The Tongtian Sect Leader set up the Zhuxian Sword Formation, but he was also tricked. In a way, he was tied to the unpopular and declining Shang Zhou. He was going against the Heavenly Dao and the saints. What good could he expect?
Throughout the Investiture of the Gods, Tongtian had no intention or determination to protect King Zhou of Shang to the death; he was simply dragged into the mess without realizing it.

However, whether it's the will of Heaven or the reigns of the sages, how could they possibly show mercy just because you didn't intend it that way?
Although the Way of Heaven is impartial, it is ultimately mechanical, only knowing the big picture and what is right and wrong, unlike the cunning of human beings. In the end, it still needs its few representatives of the Way of Heaven—the sages—to carry it out.

Sages are also human beings, with their own stances and traditions. They possess discretionary power and the right of final interpretation, and their goals are not aligned.

The several Celestial Venerable Masters, who were extraordinary and saintly, were also incredibly skilled at exploiting loopholes in the Heavenly Dao. They ingeniously combined the Heavenly Sword Formation for releasing evil energy with the heaven-defying act of protecting the Yin Shang and blocking the Western Zhou, forcibly binding them together. It was truly ingenious.

Now it's like: mud falling into your pants, even if it's not poop, it's still poop!

Tongtian was careless and naively thought that his two elder brothers would remember their brotherly affection and the bond between them, and that the Battle of Immortals would be withdrawn as long as he admitted his mistake.

Unbeknownst to them, they had already eliminated most of your outer sect elites (Zhao Gongming, the Three Immortals of Sanxiao, the Ten Heavenly Lords, the Four Saints of Nine Dragons Island, etc.).

The "Three Visits to Biyou Palace" is already the battle cry, aimed at your inner sect's core, trying to drag them down, with the goal of wiping out the entire Jie Sect and gathering the 365 positions of the righteous gods on the Investiture of the Gods (such as Jin Ling, the 28 Constellations, etc.).

If the people of the Chan Sect and Laozi were truly kind-hearted and mindful of friendship, they wouldn't have used the seven attendant immortals to humiliate and insult Tongtian and the Jie Sect (in the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation). It was Yuanshi who, without any shame, lent out the Pangu Banner, the Taiji Talisman Seal, and the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi to the three great bodhisattvas to break the formation and capture them. Both sages ordered the Antarctic Immortal to obey their orders. Later, through various means such as chanting incantations, striking with the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, and repeatedly slapping the neck, they forced out the original form. A nameplate with the name was hung around the neck and given to the three great bodhisattvas as their 'destined' mounts. Finally, they even planted talismans or restrictions on them (because they were subdued and became obedient to the Journey to the West).

(The wording, sentence structure, magic weapon, methods, and instructions for whose mount it is are all from the original text.)

The three great bodhisattvas (Manjushri, Samantabhadra, and Cihang) broke through the three formations, and Yuanshi Tianzun borrowed treasures three times, each time differently.

After capturing them, it was discovered that the three immortals {Qiu Shou Xian, Ling Ya Xian, and Jin Guang Xian} were all in their original forms. They were all ordered by the two saints to take action. The Antarctic Immortal took action for the second time by using the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi to strike Ling Ya Xian and reveal his true form. Then, Ci Hang quickly took the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi to fight Jin Guang Xian in the third round.

Qiu Shou Xian and Jin Guang Xian were appointed by Yuanshi Tianzun to be the mounts of his disciples Manjushri and Cihang. The second one in the middle, Ling Ya Xian, was personally appointed by Laozi to be the mount of Samantabhadra.
Before Cihang broke Jin Guangxian's Four Symbols Formation, Yuanshi said to him personally, "This is the mount you are destined to ride."

Tongtian's beloved disciple, who was also his junior brother, was forced to serve as a mount for his senior brother's disciple, a situation that had been planned in advance. Laozi did not forget to take this opportunity to mock the sect, saying, "(The Jie Sect) has such a thing," and "(Tongtian) is laughable," showing no affection whatsoever.

Yuanshi Tianzun even said to the four sages, "I will completely eradicate this sect to eliminate its falsehoods." He truly did what he said, and he would not give up until he achieved his goal. He succeeded in bestowing the title of gods on behalf of Heaven, and openly and justly eliminated dissidents and destroyed the Jie Sect!
Compared to the Chan Sect members who had clear goals and unwavering attitudes, the Jie Sect disciples were like a disorganized mess, and Tongtian was as inexperienced as a greenhorn!
Tongtian was one move behind, and the whole game was lost. He lost completely and utterly. He entered the fray too late; otherwise, he would have made the Chan Sect pay an even greater price!
As for the claim that Tongtian was ignorant of the will of Heaven and its mandate, or that he attempted to defy fate and ultimately suffered the consequences, that is utter nonsense, half true and half false.

Tongtian was one of the parties involved in the joint signing of the Investiture of the Gods with Yuanshi Laojun in Biyou Palace, representing two religions and three merchants. He knew from the beginning that the Mandate of Heaven was in Zhou and that a great change was imminent. Therefore, before the great calamity began, he repeatedly warned his disciples that "those who go to the Western Land will be famous on the Investiture of the Gods."

He wasn't going to defy fate and protect King Zhou of Shang!
If he had just endured the humiliation and waited until after the Investiture of the Gods, when Laozi, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti had finished dividing the spoils and the alliance had dissolved, he could have vented his anger.

Even if the four saints unite again, how can they legitimately 'break through the formation and take the sword', or grandly claim it for themselves?
Tongtian jumped into the trap meticulously woven for him and the Jie Sect by his opponents. His fate was clearly a momentary act of anger to vent his anger, restore his reputation, and settle personal scores (in fact), and he only wanted to seek justice. However, they twisted his story and grafted it onto the reputation of defying the will of Heaven, preventing the rise and fall of dynasties, and being ignorant of what is right and wrong. He was made to appear as a villain who had committed many evils, and was punished by Heaven, his fortune backfired, and he was almost wiped out.

Taking advantage of destiny and the general trend, under the guise of following or going against the tide, they lured in confused, clueless, and furious opponents, and then dealt with them. What a clever tactic!

(From the original text of Investiture of the Gods, from beginning to end, the Chan Sect, including Yuanshi Tianzun, looked down on the doctrines and disciples of the Jie Sect, and often attacked the Jie Sect for having fur and horns and being born from moisture and eggs. Saying that Tongtian was slandered and deceived by Duobao Daoren and others cannot change this fact.)
Can he truly change the course of events? Or can he rewrite the outcome of the Investiture of the Gods? Or is he simply unaware of his destiny?

The Mandate of Heaven was clear during the Zhou Dynasty, when everyone signed the Investiture of the Gods! How dare you say he didn't know?

The Chan Sect only had a few dozen members, not enough to make up the 365 righteous gods on the Investiture of the Gods list. Was Tongtian unaware of this? Or did he not even know how to count?
How could he not understand the principle that when all the immortals come to pay homage, everything will decline? From the time when Yuanshi took control of the power to bestow titles on behalf of Heaven, to signing the Investiture of the Gods list to collect enough people, to the destiny of the rise of Zhou and the fall of Shang (Wen Zhong, the disciple of the Golden Spirit Mother, who was the head of the female disciples, became the Grand Tutor of the Shang Dynasty, which can be called the state religion), how could Tongtian not know that the Jie Sect was already losing its fortune and that the will of Heaven was hard to defy?

This is already an open secret, known to all six sages.

What he couldn't calculate or imagine was the human heart, that his two senior brothers had actually colluded with outsiders (the two Western Saints) to break the Immortal Slaughtering Formation, leaving him unable to vent his anger, and instead playing right into the enemy's hands, allowing him to completely unleash his power!

(Chan Sect: To complete the killing calamity, destroy the Jie Sect, kill the heretics, and eliminate the heretics.)

The West: Poaching talent, abducting those with "destined connections," seizing the Eastern fortune, and the Three Pure Ones' rivalry.
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P.S.: This chapter contains quite a few reflections and extensions, so it's a bit long.

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