Conferred God: Started from Swallowing the Heaven-Repairing Stone

"Previously, everyone was worried about the Xuanmen Dao Master joining the demonic sect. I said I had a way to solve this problem, and now it is time for me to fulfill my promise."

Ao Bing raised his hand and took out the Purple Extreme Myriad Saints Diagram, a supreme immortal treasure born from the Purple Extreme Continent. This diagram can trace the origins of immortality and clarify all its branches.

“Our Xuanmen sect began with the Dao Ancestor, took the Four Sages as its true teachings, and three thousand mortals as its disciples. These are the first generation of disciples.”

"After that, each of the first generation of Xuanmen disciples established their own lineage and recruited many disciples. In this way, there came the second generation, the third generation, and so on."

"When I bring up this matter, I mean to take the Dao Ancestor as the patriarch, the Four Sages as the core, and the Three Thousand Dao Lineages as branches, and then imprint all the Xuanmen disciples on the Purple Extreme Myriad Sages Diagram to serve as the lineage of my Xuanmen."

Without giving anyone a chance to speak, Ao Bing continued to explain his ideas, wanting to establish a complete lineage for the Xuanmen sect.

In this way, the lineage of the Xuanmen was no longer chaotic, and it was clear who was whose disciple and which lineage they belonged to.

This approach did indeed benefit the development of the Xuanmen sect, making this loose organization more cohesive. But what does this have to do with ensuring that the Xuanmen leader wouldn't betray the sect and join the demonic path?
Everyone was puzzled, so they all looked at Ao Bing, asking him to continue and explain the reason.

"The three thousand lineages of the Xuanmen each occupy a portion of the Xuanmen's fortune. In other words, what occupies the Xuanmen's fortune is the lineage established by a generation of Xuanmen disciples, not the disciples themselves."

"The purpose of establishing a lineage for the Xuanmen sect and clarifying the relationships between all the lineages is this: people may leave, but the lineages must remain."

"In this way, even if someone betrays the Xuanmen and joins the demonic path, it will not have a significant impact on the Xuanmen."

"In the end, what people are worried about is not that someone will defect to the demonic path, but that they will bring the fortune of the Xuanmen to the demonic path."

Ao Bing frankly expressed his thoughts: "If it's going to rain, it's going to rain; if a mother wants to remarry, she'll remarry. If someone really wants to leave the Xuanmen sect and join the demonic path, there's no stopping them."

Since we can't stop it, we might as well stop and try to minimize the losses.

What was the greatest loss to the Xuanmen sect when its powerful members defected to the Demonic sect? Naturally, it was the loss of its fortune; that was the most important thing.

Compared to the lost fortune, the question of whether the person should stay or leave is a minor one.

To be honest, the Xuanmen sect doesn't lack powerful individuals. Moreover, the fact that they would betray the Xuanmen sect and join the demonic path shows that they have problems with their character.

Therefore, their departure is not a bad thing for the Xuanmen (Taoist sect), but rather a good thing. However, the premise is that they do not leave with their fortune.

With the Xuanmen's strength, cultivating a new batch of powerful individuals would be a piece of cake. However, while cultivating powerful individuals is easy, improving one's fortune is difficult.

It's just that a group of strong individuals have left, and the Xuanmen (mystical sect) can quickly cultivate new ones. However, it's unknown how long it will take and how much it will cost to make up for the fortune they took away.

Therefore, as long as the powerful figures of the Xuanmen do not take away their fortune when they leave, the Xuanmen will not only not oppose their departure, but will even encourage it.

The Xuanmen (Taoist sect) has abundant fortune, but it also has a large population. In this situation, if someone were willing to leave voluntarily, others would be more than happy to see them go.

This way, fewer people will be sharing the pie, and the group that gets the most benefit will be larger. So why would they object?

Ao Bing's proposal was aimed at this point, directly addressing the issue of destiny and separating the Xuanmen experts from the Xuanmen's destiny.

In this way, when a Xuanmen expert leaves, unless he takes the Dao Tong with him, he can forget about taking away even a bit of luck.

However, leaving Yi and taking Daotong with him would be difficult. First, the matter of falling into demonic possession is not something a disciple will necessarily obey just because the master has decided. On this point, the disciple's and master's interests are not aligned. In fact, if the master falls into demonic possession, it might actually be a good thing for the disciple.

If the master abandons the path and becomes a demon, wouldn't the position of sect leader be vacant? At this time, it would naturally be the disciple who takes over.

Therefore, when Master decides to abandon the Dao and embrace the demonic path, I might support him, but if he plans to take the Dao with him after embracing the demonic path, I will definitely oppose it.

Secondly, the other powerful figures in the Xuanmen sect are not to be underestimated. If only one person falls into demonic possession, the commotion will be relatively small and others might not notice. But if an entire lineage falls into demonic possession, such a large commotion will definitely be noticed unless everyone dies.

Once such a scheme is discovered, it is destined to fail. Even if the entire lineage is united and determined to follow the leader into demonic possession, it will still fail.

What is the most important thing about the Taoist tradition? Some say it is disciples, but that's not the case. The most important thing about the Taoist tradition is its transmission.

As long as the lineage continues, even if all the disciples die, the lineage will not be considered extinct and can be rebuilt at any time.

In other words, if someone truly remains stubbornly unenlightened and becomes obsessed with demonic possession, then at worst they can rebuild it. In this way, their fortune can still be preserved.

……

"This is a great plan!"

After the gods understood the key point, they all showed expressions of sudden realization. Just as Ao Bing said, they truly didn't care who would side with the demonic path; all they cared about was fate.

As long as the destiny can be preserved, it doesn't matter how many people defect to the demonic path. Ideally, he would be the only one left, so that he could enjoy the destiny of the Xuanmen alone.

Given the current strength of the Xuanmen's fortune, if it were all concentrated on one person, it would be enough to immediately grant them the cultivation level of Perfect Creation.

What an astonishing temptation this is! Even a saint would probably be tempted.

"With the Purple Extreme Myriad Saints Diagram clarifying the three thousand lineages and suppressing the fortune of the Xuanmen, our Xuanmen is now free from worry."

The gods, regaining their senses, all laughed. Ao Bing's solution had finally put their minds at ease.

However, compared to the excitement of the gods, the Queen Mother of the West looked rather grim. This was because with the appearance of the Purple Extreme Myriad Saints Diagram, the Yin-Yang Immortal Scroll seemed somewhat useless.

The Yin-Yang Immortal Register only records the names of immortal disciples, but the Purple Extreme Myriad Saints Map records all their information, including their lineage, origins, and appearances, making it far more detailed than the Yin-Yang Immortal Register.

In this situation, since the Purple Extreme Myriad Saints Diagram already exists, what use is the Yin-Yang Immortal Book? It has been completely replaced, its value has been greatly reduced, and it will eventually become a mere decoration, no longer able to bear the fortune of the immortal path.

The Pure Yin Immortal Manual, one of the Yin-Yang Immortal Manuals, is in the hands of the Queen Mother of the West and is her most relied-upon treasure. Now that it faces the risk of being abolished, how could she be willing to accept it?

Whether she liked it or not, Ao Bing, the keeper of the Pure Yang Immortal Book, was quite happy about it.

"After the appearance of the Purple Extreme Myriad Saints Diagram, the Yin Yang Immortal Book became somewhat useless, but the information recorded on it is extremely important and can further improve the Purple Extreme Myriad Saints Diagram."

"Therefore, my suggestion is, could we integrate the Yin-Yang Immortal Scroll into the Purple Extreme Myriad Saints Diagram, combining the two treasures into one, making it even stronger?" (End of Chapter)