Taoist Master Xuanhuang

Soon after, Long Yue and the doctor arrived.

The two did not see Chongzhen, the Dragon King, or anyone else; their eyes were only on the Crimson Realm.

Under their control, the energy field of the Hongmeng Sky Network began to tilt towards the Crimson Realm.

As expected, when the field of the Hongmeng Sky Network tilted in, the Crimson Realm did not fluctuate much and was happy with this integration.

The rest is up to time; complete integration is not something that can be achieved in a short period of time.

After making the arrangements, the two, due to their identities, could not wait there indefinitely and returned to Nanshi.

However, once the fusion begins, it can be controlled remotely, and it doesn't matter where you are; the Crimson Realm is already yours.

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On the other hand, the impact of the killing of the Three Crimson Saints began to ferment.

Not all deities knew immediately; many learned of it much later, as the news slowly spread.

The deterrent effect worked.

Furthermore, both cultivators and saints noticed that the Demon Suppression Department had changed; it no longer simply managed cultivators, and saints were also beginning to receive instructions from the Demon Suppression Department.

Or rather, instructions that must be followed.

A wise person would immediately realize that this was an attempt to include themselves and others in the management.

At first, I resisted the sacred, always feeling that my status was noble, but I gradually accepted it, as if I had no choice but to accept it.

Wan Guqing was just the first; in the following period, many other departments in the Zhenxie Department followed his example.

In less than two years, five cases of the sacred realm being judged and punished have emerged, making a total of six cases including the first one.

These six incidents are the key to deterring the sacred.

Despite the wise and divine discovery, the Department of Suppressing Evil only punished micro-realms, not even a single small one.

Even so, it was enough to deter them.

No saint wanted to risk their life to test whether the Demon Suppression Department could take action against a saint above a miniature realm.

Therefore, the first two years after the divine birth.

Contrary to everyone's expectations of unrest, the appearance of the divine, like the emergence of a powerful enemy, led to an unusual balance.

Of course, the main reason is due to various changes.

Time has passed, and I used to think that the sacred was unattainable and that its power was insurmountable.

Later, it was discovered that the divine are also living beings. Although they are high above, we are not bad either. Many divine beings want to cultivate themselves beyond their divine status, such as the activities of corpse retrievers and others.

Later, it was discovered that the Holy One had also submitted to the Dao Lord, and strictly speaking, was now under the Dao Lord's tutelage. Given this, it seemed to make sense. A natural and inevitable change.

These changes have led to a preconceived notion and a degree of mutual acceptance among both the sacred and the genuine practitioners.

When the divine can truly be born, the initial complex mindset disappears.

In addition, don't forget the role of the top-level realm.

Within the Xia Kingdom, do not be fooled by the fact that the foreign holy beings have been infected and are feared as if they were demons.

However, this is ultimately a minor part. As long as the top-level and large realms remain stable, the turmoil in other micro, small, or medium-sized realms is just a minor issue.

Even if there is unrest, it is unrest in other realms; at least the sacred realm of the core realm remains undisturbed.

Another important point is that the core areas are almost all above medium-sized realms. While not all realms are below medium-sized, 99% are within the scope of the alien realms.

Just as the Land of Essence gives birth to the Land of Essence, the Core Land, with its abundant energy, has given birth to many more realms of medium size and above.

Any medium-sized realm indicates the presence of a Venerable One, whose level of Venerable Ones is already able to clearly understand the direction of the world.

To understand the key to the world, one cannot bypass Xuanhuang and the True Cultivation Group.

Knowing the power of the Dao Lord Xuanhuang and the power of true cultivators, we can be more realistic.

Unlike some small, micro-realms in otherworldly places, they are ignorant and fearless.

Those who cause trouble and those who are severely polluted are all like this, and they are also the ones who are judged and destroyed by the Department of Suppressing Evil.

Inside the core domain, however, the scene was quite different.

The core issues here remain the ongoing division among the four superpowers, the layout of the civil and military temples, the conflicts among the eight major sects, the rise of subordinate cultivators, and a series of other problems.

Such as subordinate monks.

Another gathering was held.

Logically speaking, given their limited wisdom and insufficient intelligence, it's unnecessary for them to hold so many meetings.

After all, participation was less than satisfactory; it was often the ghost ship that was talking, while the other big brothers and sisters remained as 'innocent and naive' as ever.

Fortunately, the Sweeping Monk, Liu Wenhe, and others participated, preventing the ghost ship from being completely without any communication.

As for why meetings are held so frequently, there are unavoidable reasons.

"There is still no news from the three leaders."

This is the opening line of many of Ghost Ship's meetings; they always start with this sentence.

They could never forget the last words of the three leaders when they disappeared: 'We don't care, just do your best.'

These words were too heavy for them, because human cultivators had sown discord and spread rumors that developing subordinate cultivators was tantamount to vying for the fortune of the three great treasures.

Because of that sentence, the three leaders overthought things, and then they disappeared.

So many years have passed, and there is still no news of the three leaders.

The Jianmu clones in various worlds are all in a state of dormancy.

They didn't know that after Xuanhuang's lecture, the three treasures had realized that fighting with their younger siblings for them was simply foolish.

The Lord intends to lead the three of them to transcendence, and the first factor in transcendence is to sever all ties of cause and effect.

Since my younger siblings have stepped forward to ask for more good fortune and karma, I should be overjoyed. Feeling offended is simply a sign of a lapse in judgment.

Fortunately, only the Lord knew the secret that the three of them were not very bright, so everything was fine.

After receiving instruction from the Lord, the Three Jewels became convinced that the greatest pursuit at present was to gain 129,600 insights, so they all went into seclusion.

During their seclusion, they put pressure on their younger siblings as instructed by Xuanhuang.

This has led to the current situation, where the ghost ship reunites with its older brothers and sisters every now and then, putting it under immense pressure. The pressure that Xuanhuang desired has had its effect.

Void Blade: [...]

“I understand what Brother Dao means. It’s not just about you; based on our understanding of the three leaders, they wouldn’t go to such lengths. But this is, after all, a matter of destiny and karma. The more subordinate cultivators we have, the fewer opportunities the three leaders have to comprehend the visualization diagrams of the three supreme treasures. This is an unavoidable conflict!”

Void Blade said he was the earliest to be born and was very familiar with the three supreme treasure leaders. The three leaders wouldn't be so stingy, so maybe we've made a mistake.

This is a central theme that Void Blade has been elaborating on recently.

Judging from the time of its creation, the Void Blade is indeed very old. Xuanhuang modified it from the first weapon he received from the martial arts hall when he became a martial artist.

However, when Xuanhuang refined it, the three great treasures had already been nurtured by Xuanhuang.

Overall, it comes after the three great treasures.

The next few treasures offered their suggestions, which were largely the same; that was all the wisdom they had.

Even the Sweeping Monk and Liu Wenhe felt the pressure.

Because of their limited abilities, they are also unable to access the so-called transcendent level.

They cannot understand this level, so they cannot think about it. In this world where everyone needs good fortune and merit, who would complain about having too little good fortune and merit?
Ghost Ship: "Forget it, forget it. Just remember that we are under a lot of pressure. What we have in front of us is all just bubbles. Once the three bosses want to make a move, our advantages will vanish in an instant. Therefore, the most important thing is to continue to develop the various realms. Even if the three bosses destroy everything in the main world, we still have the realms as a way out."

The once proud ghost ship has changed a lot.

The disappearance of the three leaders has made him paranoid, and he always feels that everything he has in the main world will one day be uprooted.

Because of this worry, he changed.

He used to be a confident and proud young man, but now he looks like a worried old man.

"However, progress in the main world must continue. Once we've embarked on this path, we can't back down. The main world remains our talent base. Since the major powers are all making their moves, we must also venture out. The core domain has been almost completely occupied, and the alien realms are in chaos. Perhaps that's where our future lies."

After the daily pressure from the three leaders was conveyed, formal discussions began.

They also took note of the recent actions of the Evil Suppression Department.

"What Lord Ghost God says is absolutely right. The beings in the core domain have been too deeply influenced by true cultivators, and they always feel that we subordinate cultivators are inferior. Fortunately, the previous conferment of gods angered many people, and we absorbed a lot of talents. After digesting that batch of talents, we have completed the sorting out and it is indeed time to move on to the next step of the plan."

The Sweeping Monk is not only the chief steward of the Dream God, but also the honorary chief advisor to all the gods.

He has been tempered into a very powerful being, and he not only has to take care of his own lineage of the Dream God, but also the entire group of subordinate cultivators. This is much more interesting than his previous cultivation.

"Yes, when the time is right, heaven and earth lend their strength. I never expected that we would be the biggest beneficiaries of this deification ceremony, haha..." I can't help but laugh when I talk about this ghost ship.

I hadn't originally planned to participate in any deification process, since they were gods of my own lineage.

How could a subordinate cultivator have a second god? This would go against their principles, and they would not allow a second god to appear in their faction.

Therefore, they did not participate, but simply refused to let the hand of deification reach into their own territory.

Unexpectedly, the dissatisfaction of some people led to the discontent of a group of elite cultivators, who then entered the ranks of subordinate cultivators.

These were the first truly elite talents they acquired.

It just goes to show that people are just different.

Only by experiencing the essence can you understand why it's called essence.

Even though the appearance of subordinate cultivators caused a great sensation at the beginning, the talents they recruited were only third- or even fourth-class.

True cultivation has developed for a century and has formed a deeply rooted mental barrier.

Even among ordinary people, this idea has become deeply ingrained, with the natural belief that true cultivation is the glorious path and the first choice.

With such a mental barrier, any genius would think of true cultivation, and who would care about subordinate cultivators?

Therefore, they cannot obtain truly top-tier talent.

The Investiture of the Gods broke this constraint. Whether it was because talented people left in anger or were dissatisfied with being ignored, whatever the reason, top talents began to pay attention to the subordinate cultivators.

Upon closer inspection, it became apparent that the subordinate cultivators were incredibly powerful.

It turns out that the methods of the various gods and deities advertised were real, not fake; I had been deceived before.

Just like the world before Xuanhuang, the continuous promotion of Western culture for hundreds of years, and the advanced nature it represents, have formed a fixed mindset.

This has led many people in Western countries to believe that the West is the best, the origin of all civilization, and the birthplace of all technology.

Others simply cannot compare. Even if non-Western civilizations have produced some technologies and innovations, they will naturally find a Western ancestor for these technologies and innovations.

To say this isn't innovation, while the West has had countless similar things for ages, is wrong because they're not useful. You...

Some radicals might even say, "This isn't innovation. How can you be innovative? They don't recognize innovation that isn't rooted in Western culture."

Even if you surpass them, they will still think it's plagiarism and therefore useless.

Technology and innovation that are not based on Western civilization cannot be called technology and innovation.

Such rigid thinking exists not only in the world before the beginning of time, but also in the world of cultivation.

True cultivation is the mainstream; anything below true cultivation is considered heretical and evil. Subordinate cultivators are what they consider heretical and evil.

When I was forced to learn about it, I was suddenly surprised to discover that such a method existed.

Whether it's the Ghost Ship's "Abyss Law" or the Azure Cloud Boat's "Second Dantian," upon discovering their profound and vast depths, one realizes that they were created by the Dao Lord's supreme treasure.

While broadening my horizons, my confined mindset was broken.

Over the years, a very small number of true geniuses have begun to recognize subordinate cultivators and have set their sights on this newly emerging group.

This kind of change is exactly what the subordinate monks, led by the ghost ship, most wanted to see.

Breaking the shackles is far more wonderful than how many subordinate monks they developed.

"Lord Ghost God, I've heard that a man named Qin Yingxiong is quite remarkable and is being groomed by you?" Liu Wenhe had also heard some rumors.

“Indeed, he is quite good. He is the first one I approve of. If I’m not mistaken, he will be appearing at our meeting soon,” Ghost Ship laughed.

This Qin hero was one of his pleasant surprises during the Investiture of the Gods event.

His group of Abyss cultivators had never had a so-called Dao leader, and the appearance of this hero Qin gave him hope.

Not only did he make rapid progress, but his talent far surpassed that of the group of demons and evil cultivators he had previously recruited. His style of doing things was grand and imposing, and even though his own abyss subordinates were quite wicked, many of them were subdued by him.

"Therefore, we must steadily advance in the Boundary Heaven while continuing to recruit new talent. Time is on our side, and I believe fortune is also on our side. There is pressure, but the future is bright... The Otherworld is our next opportunity..."

...(End of chapter)