Conferred God: Started from Swallowing the Heaven-Repairing Stone

Chapter 243 Meeting Laojun
Theocracy can be said to be one of the fundamental powers of the Emperor of Heaven. Ao Bing founded the way of incense and fire, and no matter what his purpose was, it was essentially a plunder of the Emperor of Heaven's power.

For the Jade Emperor, this is an irreconcilable contradiction. Unless Ao Bing is willing to give up control of the divine way and hand it over to him, the two are destined to be on opposite sides.

The same is true of the city god system, which is essentially an encroachment on the power of the netherworld. The power of the netherworld is also of vital importance to the Jade Emperor, and is a manifestation of his majesty.

If the Emperor of Heaven is unable to control the life and death of all living beings, then all living beings' awe of him will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

Ao Bing has shaken the foundation of the Jade Emperor. It would be fine if the Jade Emperor didn't know about it, but if he knew, how could he tolerate him?
Therefore, it was destined that the two would become opponents and would fall out sooner or later. Ao Bing had anticipated this and was not surprised by today's scene.

He was just a little helpless. If he had known that he would confront the Jade Emperor, he would not have wasted time building a good relationship with him.

"No matter what, the matter of diverting the water of the Tianhe River into Tongtian Lake has been accomplished. Compared with this, falling out with the Jade Emperor is not a big deal."

After the Jade Emperor left, Ao Bing did not stay long. He shook his head, then walked out of the Pixiang Hall and headed towards Laojun's Tushita Palace.

In the past, Ao Bing still had some concerns about offending the Jade Emperor, but now, he didn't care at all. The Jade Emperor had the time to plot against him, so he might as well think carefully about how to deal with Yuanshi Tianzun next.

Is it really a good thing for the Jade Emperor to have his prestige raised? Not necessarily. If he were to be a nominal emperor, no one would bother him.

But if he is unwilling to be lonely and insists on taking power to become a true emperor of heaven, then Yuanshi Tianzun and the other saints will definitely find trouble with him.

With an Emperor of Heaven, what is the use of saints?
Therefore, if the saints do not want their influence to be replaced by the Emperor of Heaven, they will certainly try their best to suppress the Jade Emperor so that he will obediently serve under the saints and obey their orders.

Not to mention, the Jade Emperor caused this killing calamity among the immortals and gods, which led to the three religions killing each other. Do you really think that the Three Pure Ones are easy to get along with and can turn a blind eye to the Jade Emperor, the culprit?
The reason why they didn't attack him now was not because they forgot or didn't dare, but because they didn't have time. When the dispute between the three religions came to an end, the Three Pure Ones would have plenty of ways to mess with the Jade Emperor.

He already has a lot of troubles, and now he is jumping around like this, making the saints focus their attention on him. It can be said that the Jade Emperor will be busy from now on.

Just dealing with the saint's schemes was enough to make him feel like he was in heaven, so how could he have any extra energy to plot against Ao Bing?

The more happily you dance and the louder the noise you make, the faster you will cool down. This is exactly what the Jade Emperor is like today.

Ao Bing has the memories of later generations. He can infer the process from the results and is very clear about the Jade Emperor's current situation. It seems that he is about to reach the peak, but in fact it is his last glory.

When the Conferred God Ceremony is over and all gods return to their positions, the Jade Emperor will completely become a puppet, at the mercy of Yuanshi Tianzun.

Knowing all this, why would Ao Bing be afraid of the Jade Emperor?

If he has been offended, then he has been offended. Apart from not being able to use his only authority to achieve my own goals, which is a bit of a pity, there is no other disadvantage.

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The Tushita Palace is not far from the Pixiang Hall and is located in the highest few heavens. Therefore, Ao Bing arrived at the Tushita Palace not long after walking.

Outside the Tushita Palace, the two boys, Gold and Silver, had been waiting for a long time. When they saw Ao Bing approaching, they hurried forward and said, "Greetings, Senior Brother Renlong, the master is waiting for you in the palace."

With Laojun's level of cultivation, he could sense it as soon as Ao Bing entered Tushita Heaven, so it was not surprising that he sent a boy to greet him in advance.

In other words, now is the period of the great catastrophe, and all the deductive powers are ineffective. Otherwise, Laojun would have known Ao Bing's intention as soon as he had the idea.

After nodding as a greeting, Ao Bing asked the golden and silver boys to lead the way, and followed them into the Tushita Palace to meet Taishang Laojun.

Laojun was currently refining elixir for the Jade Emperor and had no time to spare, so he simply met Ao Bing directly in front of the Bagua furnace.

The fire in the Bagua furnace rose, emitting terrifying heat, baking the alchemy room like a big furnace. Even with Ao Bing's cultivation level, he couldn't help feeling uncomfortable after coming here.

From this, we can know that this flame is powerful, it must be the top-level innate divine fire. And the elixir refined in the Eight Diagrams Furnace must also be extremely extraordinary, and the power contained in it is probably stronger than Ao Bing.

This is not surprising. The elixir refined by Laojun is called Hunyuan Golden Elixir, which is specially refined for the Jade Emperor. If taken regularly, it can cultivate the body of Hunyuan, that is, the physical body achieves the realm of Hunyuan.

The recipe for the elixir was given by the Taoist Ancestor, and the medicinal materials were provided by the Heavenly Dao. This can be considered a benefit of becoming the Emperor of Heaven, ensuring that before the immeasurable calamity arrives, the Emperor of Heaven can cultivate to the realm of Hunyuan and not die in the calamity.

The power contained in the golden elixir that can enable people to achieve the state of Hunyuan can be imagined. It is nothing to surpass Ao Bing, and even many Daluo Jinxian cannot compare to it.

One mouthful of Daluo Jinxian, one mouthful of it, and it takes billions of years to eat. This is the Jade Emperor, it is really scary to think about it. So it is not an exaggeration to say that the Jade Emperor is the most powerful person under the Saint.

Even if all the other powerful beings were added together, their resources might not be as many as the Jade Emperor's.

Is this a comparison?

If there were no saints, the Jade Emperor would most likely have the final say in the three realms. Unfortunately, with the saints, no matter how powerful the Jade Emperor is, he can only be a puppet.

"Disciple Renlong greets Master Uncle!"

Ao Bing endured the discomfort and bowed to Taishang Laojun who was sitting cross-legged in front of the alchemy furnace.

Although Laojun is the three corpses of the Taiqing Saint, there is no problem in considering him as the real body.

The three corpse bodies have a close relationship with the main body. Although they have independent personalities, they are not independent individuals. They are still part of the main body and can even completely replace the main body to a certain extent.

Their relationship is a bit like split personality, or multiple faces in one body. In short, it is very strange and difficult to understand unless you reach this level.

"Get up."

Nodding, Laojun asked Ao Bing to stand up, and then asked curiously: "When I saw you before, you had a pretty good relationship with the Jade Emperor. Why did you suddenly turn hostile this time?"

The purpose of Laojun coming to the Heavenly Palace was, firstly, to maintain the stability of the Heavenly Palace, and secondly, to ease the conflict between the Heavenly Palace and the three religions.

Therefore, when he saw Ao Bing taking the initiative to make friends with the Jade Emperor, he felt that Ao Bing was truly a breath of fresh air among the three religions. He even felt that if all the disciples of the three religions were like Ao Bing, there would not have been this catastrophe of killing by immortals and gods.

But in the end, not long after he finished praising Ao Bing, Ao Bing gave him a big blow and suddenly turned against the Jade Emperor.

God knows how confused Laojun was when he heard the news that Ao Bing was so angry that the Jade Emperor left in anger.

What happened? Weren't the two of them just fine before, acting like a harmonious relationship between king and subject? How come they suddenly turned against each other?
Laojun was very curious about this, so when Ao Bing came to see him, he didn't even ask Ao Bing the purpose of coming to see him, but first asked him the reason why he had fallen out with the Jade Emperor.

"This is not my fault. It is because the Jade Emperor is too petty and puts his personal preferences above the safety of all living beings..."

Ao Bing didn't want to say anything, but since Laojun asked him, he couldn't help but speak up, so he simply filed a complaint to the Jade Emperor.

This is called striking first and gaining the upper hand. If he did not make the matter clear, then in the eyes of others, he made the Jade Emperor so angry that he left in anger, and he was wrong.

But if the matter was made clear, then in the eyes of outsiders, the Jade Emperor would be seen as being unreasonable.

Upon hearing this, Laojun couldn't help but shook his head.

When Ao Bing told the story, it was definitely biased towards him. But Laojun was a man who could see the whole picture from a single glimpse. He understood the whole process of the incident just by listening to Ao Bing's narration.

It was true that the Jade Emperor was wrong, but was Ao Bing right? He must have other ways to persuade the Jade Emperor to agree to this, but that would be too time-consuming.

So, in order to save time, he directly forced the Jade Emperor to agree to this matter. This was his fault. As a minister, how could he coerce the Jade Emperor?

In other words, what Ao Bing did was extremely just. Otherwise, the mere fact that he threatened the Jade Emperor would be enough to put him on the List of Gods.

Is it a small matter to coerce the Jade Emperor? Of course not, coercion is much more serious than disrespect.

Don't forget, the Golden Immortals of the Orthodox Sect were killed just for being disrespectful to the Jade Emperor, and their names were all recorded in the List of Gods.

Ao Bing threatened the Jade Emperor, and his crime is much more serious than theirs. Even if he is on the list, it is not unfair to him at all.

"The Jade Emperor is the ruler of the three realms after all. I'll let it go this time because you're speaking for all living beings."

"But next time, don't talk to him like this again. Otherwise, even if your master comes, I will punish you."

Laojun thought about it and scolded Ao Bing.

This was considered an explanation to the outside world. He had already reprimanded Ao Bing for this matter. In this way, outsiders, especially disciples of the Chan Sect, would not be able to blame Ao Bing for this matter.

"Thank you, Uncle Master."

Hearing the protection in Laojun's words, Ao Bing hurriedly thanked him. With Laojun as a guarantor, the matter was over. No one except the Jade Emperor could say anything.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let me tell you why you came to see me."

Waving his hand, telling Ao Bing not to go through all the false formalities, Laojun went straight to the point and asked.

"The main reason I came here is to ask for Master's opinion on the matter of leading the Western Sect into the calamity."

"We are all members of the Xuanmen sect. Now the three religions are fighting each other, but the Western religion is staying out of it. No matter how you think about it, this is inappropriate."

"In the eyes of outsiders, they think that the Western Sect is not a part of our Xuanmen. Therefore, disciples think that we should give the Western Sect a chance to enter the calamity and let them participate in the killing calamity of immortals and gods."

"This will also let the world know that disciples of the Western Religion are also disciples of the Xuanmen."

In front of Laojun, Ao Bing didn't dare to play any tricks and answered honestly.

"Ah this..."

For a moment, Laojun was a little confused by Ao Bing's words, because from the beginning to the end, he had never considered the matter of bringing the Western religion into disaster.

As for why, Ao Bing's words have already given the answer. From the very beginning, the Three Pure Ones and other Xuanmen masters did not regard the Western Church as a part of the Xuanmen.

Or to be more precise, they simply did not regard them as immortals. The Western religion was nothing more than a group of unorthodox sects, how could they be on par with these righteous monks?
Since they were not regarded as immortals, Western religions were naturally not considered when dealing with the issue of the killing disaster by immortals and gods.

But Ao Bing's words reminded Laojun that no matter whether they admit it or not, in the eyes of the outside world and even the Heavenly Dao, Western Religion is a part of Xuanmen and a branch of it.

Therefore, in theory, Western religions could indeed be drawn into this killing spree of immortals and gods.

"Are you trying to lure the Western religions into the catastrophe and let them serve as scapegoats to reduce the losses of the three religions?"

After a little thought, Laojun understood Ao Bing's meaning. It was similar to Yuanshi Tianzun's method, but even more clever.

Yuanshi Tianzun let his disciple suffer the calamity on behalf of his disciple, while Ao Bing let his future enemy suffer the calamity on his behalf. The style is much higher.

Even Laojun was somewhat moved when he thought about it. He was also dissatisfied with the Western Church, and vaguely realized that the Western Church had already had the intention of breaking away from the Xuanmen and establishing a new sect.

Although Laojun did not consider Western religions as part of Xuanmen from the bottom of his heart, if they dared to set up their own sect, the Saint Taiqing, as the acting leader of Xuanmen, would never agree.

It was easy for the Western religion to set up a new sect, but what they would share was the fortune of the Xuan Sect. How could the Saint Taiqing agree to this? Therefore, he had to stop this. Even if he couldn't stop it, he had to try to minimize the loss of the Xuan Sect.

Ao Bing's method undoubtedly provided him with a way to reduce the losses of Xuanmen. If the Western religion established a new sect, it would inevitably take away the fortune of Xuanmen.

But how much luck can be divided depends on the strength of the Western religion. The stronger the Western religion is, the more luck it can divide. On the contrary, the weaker the Western religion is, the less luck it can divide.

Furthermore, if the Western religion could be destroyed, then even if the two Western saints continued to set up their own sects, they would not be able to take away much of the Xuanmen's fortune.

What Laojun saw in Ao Bing's proposal was an opportunity to severely damage or even destroy the Western Religion. He would drag the Western Religion into the killing of immortals and gods, and then combine the power of the three religions to defeat the Western Religion in one fell swoop.

In this way, we can reduce the losses of the three religions and weaken the strength of Western religions, which is the best of both worlds.

"what are you thinking?"

Although he was somewhat tempted, Laojun did not agree immediately, but continued to ask Ao Bing what he thought.

"The Western Sect is far away from the center of the prehistoric world, and it is difficult to drag them into the disaster with ordinary means. So I thought, in the name of fighting against the devil, let Da Shang issue an order to the Western Sect to invite them to come and preach."

"The West has wanted to preach in the East for more than a year or two, but no one gave them the opportunity before."

"Now we are actively giving them a chance. Even if they know it is a trick, they cannot refuse it and can only plunge into the killing calamity."

Ao Bing originally came to seek Laojun's consent, therefore, he did not hide anything and told him all his thoughts.

"It's a good idea, but it has huge hidden dangers. Once the door for the West to spread to the East is opened, it will be difficult to close it again."

Honestly speaking, Laojun thought Ao Bing's method was brilliant, and even if he were to think about it, he couldn't think of a better method. However, this method had a hidden danger, which was that it opened the way for the West to spread to the East.

　There are still some at two or three in the morning.

　　I nearly died of heat today while burying a person in the field. The temperature was nearly 40 degrees Celsius and I stood in the field under the scorching sun for more than an hour.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)