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three days later.

Wang Ping went directly into the meeting hall of the lower courtyard of Jiuxuan Mountain, offered incense to the two saints, and sat in his seat to wait for the arrival of the other True Lords.

Half an hour later, the first to appear were Zang Yi and Yue Xi from the Star God Alliance. After respectfully bowing to Wang Ping, the two took their seats. As soon as they sat down, the six True Monarchs of the Demon Clan appeared one after another.

As soon as they sat down, Xuanqing, Baiyan, Lieyang, and Tiangong appeared one after another. However, after everyone had greeted each other, Diwen was still nowhere to be seen. Lieyang was the first to stand up and say, "Fellow Daoist Diwen, do you not intend to participate in this meeting?"

Tiangong chuckled and replied, "He just woke up, so he's not always very sensitive to time."

Lieyang immediately retorted sarcastically, "In that case, you should continue your seclusion to adjust your state. With the cultivation of a True Monarch, you can't even perceive the passage of time, so you might as well continue sleeping."

He always has such a sharp tongue, never letting up even when he's right.

Tiangong knew Lieyang's personality well and knew that continuing to talk would be a waste of time, so he took out his communication token and asked Diwen directly.

After a dozen or so breaths, he said, "Fellow Daoist Diwen will be here soon."

As soon as Tiangong finished speaking, Diwen appeared. He first bowed to the statues of the two saints in the hall, then frowned slightly at the seat left for him, looking quite displeased, but did not show it on the spot. However, after sitting down, he did not explain his lateness, as if it was only natural for him to be late.

"Fellow Daoist Lieyang, let's begin."

Just as Lieyang was about to retort to Diwen, Xuanqing spoke these words first.

Lieyang, interrupted, glanced at Diwen before launching into his usual opening remarks, "The Dragon Lord will not participate in this gathering, but he will support our decision."

After saying this, he looked at Diwen and cupped his hands, saying, "Before the meeting begins, let's congratulate Fellow Daoist Diwen on his awakening."

His expression, which had been one of anger, had now changed to one of congratulations.

The six True Monarchs of the Demon Clan and the two from the Star God Alliance immediately stood up to offer their congratulations. After the others exchanged polite greetings, Bai Xin bowed to Di Wen alone and said, "I heard that you had woken up, but I was afraid of disturbing your cultivation, so I did not pay my respects immediately. I hope you will not blame me."

He actually addressed the local people as "fellow Daoists".

Di Wen's usually stern face broke into a slight smile as he replied, "I've been in seclusion since I woke up, and I only recently came out. I was looking for fellow Daoists to meet up with, but some things got in the way. Let's have a proper get-together after this gathering."

"it is good!"

After agreeing, Bai Xin didn't reminisce any further and returned to their seats with Hou Ji.

Wang Ping's gaze swept over Bai Xin and Hou Ji, exchanged a glance with Quan Xing without making a sound, and then looked at Lie Yang, who was sitting in the second seat. Lie Yang then directly addressed the main purpose of the gathering, "There are two things to discuss at this gathering. The first is the current chaotic situation in the starry sky, and the second is the unusual changes in the rebel army."

Before he could finish speaking and elaborate, Diwen took over the conversation, saying, "There's no need to pay attention to the chaos in the starry sky. It's just a debate among the younger generation. It doesn't matter who wins or loses."

As he said this, his gaze swept over Zang Yi and Zhu Wu, and he said with certainty, "The two of you handled the problem very decisively and correctly. For now, let's just maintain this situation until they decide the winner."

After he finished speaking, he looked around and asked, "What do you all think?"

Lieyang continued, "The second thing we need is for the various factions to be stable, not to fight each other."

Upon hearing this, Diwen looked at Lieyang with a hint of sarcasm and said, "You're still the same as before, always dragging your feet. Who dares to disobey our decrees? Why think so much?"

He didn't take cultivators at the fourth realm and below, or the billions of living beings, seriously at all, as if these beings were no different from a magic artifact in his eyes.

"Let's stop arguing pointlessly. We need to come up with a plan for this gathering," Xuan Qing said. "The first issue can indeed be skipped, so let's discuss the second one."

He didn't give anyone else a chance to speak, and his speech quickened at this point: "According to the information we have received, the rebels have reached a deal with extraterrestrial life forms, but we have no way of knowing the details of the deal."

He looked at the six True Monarchs of the Demon Clan and asked, "You have had the most dealings with the rebels over the years. Do you know what kind of deals the rebels have made with extraterrestrial life forms in recent years?"

The six True Lords of the Demon Clan remained silent at first, and finally Zhu Wu stepped forward and said, "We only discovered this information in the last two months and have not yet had time to report it to you True Lords."

He first emphasized one sentence, and then, under the gaze of Wang Ping and others, he stood up, cupped his hands, and said, "The information we received was very vague. It said that the rebels used extraterrestrial secret techniques to summon a powerful consciousness from beyond the realm to our starry sky. Along with this consciousness, there were also countless extraterrestrial knowledge and secret techniques."

Quan Xing then stood up, cupped his hands, and said, "I have lived the longest and know some destroyed secret records, which are about these extraterrestrial consciousnesses and secret techniques. As for whether they are true, I cannot guarantee them."

"Oh?"

Lieyang showed interest, "Why don't you tell me about it?"

Wang Ping looked at Quan Xing and was surprised by the reactions of the True Monarchs. It seemed that even they did not know about the secret records that Quan Xing mentioned. This made him subconsciously look at Xuan Qing and Bai Yan, who had inherited memories of countless years.

After bowing again, Quan Xing said, "According to some knowledge passed down by my ancestors, it was recorded that about 200,000 years ago, someone spied on extraterrestrial knowledge and built a magic array near the star barrier to summon an extraterrestrial consciousness to descend upon this starry sky. He brought a lot of extraterrestrial knowledge and secret techniques to this starry sky."

"These secret methods and knowledge quickly spread widely. In less than a thousand years, nearly half of my people studied their secret methods and set up altars in various parts of the starry sky in an attempt to gain more knowledge, which eventually led to an imbalance in the spirituality of this starry sky."

"In the end, a heavenly tribulation descended and destroyed all the clansmen who cultivated the secret techniques of the outer realms, thus preserving this starry sky. The one who triggered the heavenly tribulation was the True Monarch of the Jade Purity Sect at that time. Legend has it that he was already infinitely close to the sixth realm and originally had the opportunity to advance, but unfortunately the starry sky was polluted when he went into seclusion."

Quan Xing looked at Xuan Qing as he finished speaking.

Xuanqing replied, "The Jade Purity Sect has relevant records, but I have no such memory."

Wang Ping couldn't help but scrutinize Xuan Qing closely. As a fifth-realm cultivator of the Taiyan Talisman, he suddenly sensed a shift in the heavenly secrets. However, when he tried to observe carefully, he couldn't find anything; the only clue lay with Xuan Qing.

But he had no clue what exactly it was about.

Quan Xing cupped his hands to Xuan Qing and continued, "After that calamity, all the cultivators of the extraterrestrial secret techniques disappeared, along with the records of those techniques. Our clan has since passed down a saying that clearly states that this starry sky cannot experience a second calamity like that within 500,000 years, otherwise the material world will cease to exist."

Suddenly, Wang Ping recalled the experiment he had done with Xuan Qing and Lie Yang, as well as the secret technique that Yuan Wu had brought back from beyond the realm. For a moment, his mind was filled with thoughts. Xuan Qing and Lie Yang must have thought of this as well. The three of them exchanged a glance without making a sound.

The atmosphere at the meeting fell silent as everyone digested the news brought by Quan Xing. Although Quan Xing had emphasized that the accuracy of the matter still needed to be verified, the records that the rat demon clan had passed down were unlikely to be baseless.

Zhu Wuzai then said, “Hearing what Fellow Daoist Quan Xing said now reminds me of some things that my clan elders told me when I first started cultivating. We probably had similar records back then, but they were all destroyed in the later war of humanity.”

Quan Xing nodded and said, "My clan also had detailed records back then, which were destroyed during the Humanitarian War. But by then I had already taken over the clan's legacy, so I had already recorded this matter before the Humanitarian War."

Upon hearing this, Wang Ping had already deduced the general course of events in his mind, which made his thoughts expand even faster. The others present were not stupid either; what he could think of, they could naturally think of as well. Therefore, the atmosphere of the meeting fell silent again.

The silence was finally broken by Tiangong. He glanced at the earthly writing and said, "It's better to believe this is true than not. We must resolve the rebel problem as soon as possible, eliminate the knowledge that can pollute this starry sky, and get rid of that unknown uninvited guest."

"The only way to quickly get rid of them is to use the rules and order of this starry sky to directly eliminate them. This is also the most effective method. If we want, we can even change the memories of countless people."

After he finished speaking, he looked around and asked, "What do you all think?"

Zhu Wu of the demon race was the first to declare, "I will follow your arrangements."

Next, Niu Pan and Wang Xuan made the same statement. Bai Xin and Hou Ji both looked at Di Wen, while Quan Xing adopted a "you make the decision" attitude. Zang Yi and Yue Xi from the Star God Alliance naturally looked at Wang Ping.

Just as Lieyang was about to express his support, Diwen suddenly spoke up: "I disagree with the rule of using the stone tablet. Its cost is too great, unless any of you are willing to step forward and expend thousands of years of cultivation, or sacrifice the billions of living beings in the current space ecological zone."

Tiangong was not surprised by the opposition to the earthly script; clearly, they had already communicated. He looked at Lieyang and asked, "What do you think, fellow Daoist?"

Wang Ping's expression turned serious. He guessed that using the rules of order would come at a price, but he didn't know that it would require sacrificing billions of living beings in the space ecological zone. Lieyang and Xuanqing were deliberately hiding this from him, and they might have been waiting for this moment when they agreed to develop the extraterrestrial ecological zone.

At this moment, Wang Ping was not angry. Instead, he was calmer than ever before, because anger would not solve any problems. His gaze involuntarily fell on Di Wen.

Wang Ping was greatly surprised by the opposition of this Earthly True Lord, and even more surprised by the reason for his opposition, which was that it was necessary to sacrifice hundreds of millions of living beings. Wang Ping had never thought that someone like him would care about the life and death of ordinary living beings.

It's contradictory, yet it seems to make sense. He's like a true ruler who doesn't care about the life or death of any individual, but will maintain the continuation of material resources and civilization.

“I don’t want to repeat meaningless things.” Diwen spoke again: “The spiritual turmoil caused by using the rules will take nearly a thousand years to recover. I don’t want to slumber for another thousand years, and all civilizations will return to their most primitive state. We have paid such a heavy price but we cannot completely solve the problem. Thousands of years later, we may use it again, and so on and so forth.”

He stood up, looked around, and finally looked at Lieyang, saying, "You're just afraid of losing your life and having tens of thousands of years of cultivation destroyed in an instant. Here's what we'll do: I'll take care of this. I will personally lead the Dao Palace disciples to fight into the rebel stronghold. However, if I find out that you dare to play tricks behind my back, I'll risk all my cultivation to have a good talk with you."

Lieyang also stood up, a smile immediately appearing on his serious face. He clasped his hands in a fist salute to Diwen and said, "Since you are willing to do this, why don't we give it a try first? What do you all think?"

He looked at the other True Lords.

Wang Ping was now certain that the reason why this Earthly True Lord had fallen into a deep sleep was probably because his personality had been manipulated by the other True Lords. Lie Yang and Xuan Qing had most likely already guessed that Earthly True Lord would say these words, which was why they had asked Wang Ping to stop and listen to Earthly True Lord's opinion when the three of them had a small gathering earlier.

Although this person has an unpleasant personality, they are a rare find.

Now, apart from Tiangong who remains silent, everyone else is naturally going with the flow.

Ultimately, the proposal from the Earth Script was successfully passed and a formal resolution was formed. The Xuanmen and Tianmen would first organize a joint army to assemble around the outer planet, with the demon race assisting and being responsible for the transfer of supplies for the army.

This is similar to the treatment Wang Ping received back then, except that Diwen might not be as low-key as Wang Ping was, but this is exactly what others, including Wang Ping, wanted to see.

After the meeting.

The True Lords did not continue to hold small meetings, because the relationship between them was no longer as harmonious as before.

Wang Ping sat alone in his seat, gazing absently at the two statues of saints in front of him. Half an hour later, he chuckled and transformed into a streak of light, leaving the lower courtyard and appearing at the top of Mount Jiuxuan. Since Zi Luan was already in seclusion, he could only order Li Miaolin, Xuan Ling, Que Cai, and Miao Qing to come to his dojo to receive his orders.

The four appeared one after another at the Ascension Platform on Jupiter, but dared not descend to Jupiter rashly. They could only wait for the puppet to lead them. After the four descended to Mount Jiuxuan and paid their respects, Wang Ping, with the warm smile unique to those in a superior position, said:

"If the True Lords wish to continue their campaign against the rebels, an imperial edict will be issued soon. As the orthodox sect of Xuanmen, our Taiyan Sect naturally has an inescapable responsibility. Which of you is willing to personally go beyond the realm?"

As he spoke, his gaze swept quickly over the four people, clearly seeing their consciousness and primordial spirit.

"Disciple is willing to go!"

Miao Qing bowed first in response, her tone firm and resolute.

Li Miaolin responded next, and then Que Cai and Xuan Ling finally made up their minds.

With a smile, Wang Ping said, "Then you two will go on this mission." As he spoke, he cast a blessing talisman on Miao Qing and Li Miao Lin respectively.

Then he encouraged him, "Once this matter is over, and Ziluan has succeeded, the two of you will take charge of the Taiyan Sect!" (End of Chapter)