Shangyuque

Chapter 390 A New Young Man Arrives at the Basket Gathering (1.23 Million Views, Requesting Monthly Tickets)
The Rakshasa Demon Emperor was furious, and all the Golden Core cultivators on the Immortal Platform felt a sense of unease.

How come a top-tier expansion project is already about to "ignite the world" before it has even started?

Yuehua, meanwhile, gazed thoughtfully at the profile of the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable, her mind churning with thoughts. She had already grasped the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's line of reasoning.

Unfortunately, it's no longer the wonderful era when ordinary Golden Core cultivators could speak freely on the Immortal Platform.

At that time, Yuehua was a well-known 'social butterfly' on Qunxiantai, and had connections with various forces.

He even occasionally takes on the role of a frontline fighter in the cross-factional cooperation between the two factions.

Consensus is a very special thing.

When the Golden Core cultivators gather together to seek consensus, they often find it difficult to reach an agreement.

They are wary of others using consensus and the big picture to pressure them—the Water God was crushed by the pressure of the big picture.

The Boluo Society is a case in point; it's made up of some of the smartest people, yet it doesn't aim to build consensus at all.

Its original purpose was to fight the strongest, but the top Golden Core cultivators, apart from the need to fight the strongest, are quite reluctant to engage in building consensus.

The Immortal Alliance, through the model of the Immortal Platform, has continuously gathered a series of relative consensuses during its development, thus achieving unparalleled prosperity and power in the Great World.

The Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's design for expanding the Golden Core was aimed at rewriting the rules, becoming a top-tier Golden Core cultivator himself, and thus gaining better benefits in the struggle for supremacy.

He cleverly arranged and combined a series of chips in a very special dimension, thus creating the current situation.

Among the 'a series of bargaining chips' here is 'using the special mode of the Immortal Alliance to give Water Venerable a bargaining chip', but now, Rakshasa firmly stands in front of Jade Palace Immortal Venerable.

"Kill a bunch of jumping-up Golden Core cultivators," "Wang Yuque has been possessed by the Dao Lord," "You want to detonate the Great Heaven and Earth first"—these threats and accusations embody the will of the Rakshasa Demon Emperor.

Jade Palace Immortal Venerable could tell that Qingrui's 'outcome value', 'attack value', and 'rage value' were far from being reached.

But even after staring at Luocha for a long time, he still couldn't figure out what Luocha was planning to do or what he was thinking.

Its drive is quite aggressive, but the reasons behind it are far too complex.

"Why aren't you speaking? Is it because you finally realize you were wrong?" Rakshasa continued to press and pressure her.

Its question still did not receive a response from the Immortal Venerable. At this moment, the Immortal Venerable was like a silent wall, facing the Rakshasa's offensive with only silence.

"Water Lord, is this Lao Luo really rabid? Why is he so determined to bite me?"

Taihe Shuizun's mind raced, and he quickly realized something was wrong.

How could Wang Yuque, that clever bastard, not know the purpose behind Rakshasa's attack on him?
Knowing this, yet still asking yourself this question, means you have ulterior motives.

What is he after?
The expansion of Yulou and Dingjin is actually already underway.

At the meeting, many people secretly supported this matter.

Of course, the majority opposed it.

As for Rakshasa, she is the one who opposes you the most within the Immortal Alliance.

This is a problem, but since we've joined forces, I'll help you solve it.

Shui Zun reassured his little ally.

Jade Palace Immortal Venerable felt a sense of感慨 (gan3kai3, a complex emotion encompassing both admiration and awe) – these old fogies at the very top were truly impeccable.

The Water Deity answered all the questions raised at the meeting regarding the Rakshasa, the next steps for expansion, and the information provided.

He understands all too well what the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable wants.

The barking of the Rakshasa dogs is really unimportant, and the Rakshasa probably wouldn't dare to attack any Golden Core cultivators within the Immortal Alliance—the prerequisite for killing a jumping Golden Core cultivator is that the will of several top Golden Core cultivators within the Immortal Alliance is united.

Otherwise, if Rakshasa kills a Golden Core cultivator within the Immortal Alliance, such as Dong Luoche, she will have to pay the price.

Specifically regarding Dongluo, this means the fourth faction might collapse as a result, and the Immortal Alliance could collectively begin a new phase of eliminating the Rakshasa—the expansion of the top-tier resources would be abandoned, and the Rakshasa who spearheaded the attack would be killed and feasted on first.

It is because of this 'chain of order' that even though Qingrui has been humiliated by Dongluo, Lao Luo, Qingrui's nominal Daoist partner, still has to remain restrained.

In some respects, a Rakshasa is truly a male dog chained up.
But this doesn't mean that Wang Yulou can ignore Rakshasa's biting attack—the Eastern Extreme Sect is located to the north of the Rakshasa Immortal Kingdom.

"I wonder how you, Water Venerable, plan to further expand the Top Gold Sect. In addition, there is the matter of the Eastern Pole Sect."

Rakshasa threatened the Eastern Pole Sect several times, and even planned to destroy it.

Shouldn't they give an explanation for this?

Although Jade Palace Immortal Venerable has outwardly become a 'coward who dares not face the threat of Rakshasa'.

But in reality, the Celestial Venerable is organizing his forces to take action against Rakshasa's core interests and core propositions.

Empty talk is pointless.

The Celestial Venerable wished to cut off one of Rakshasa's dog paws.

Let's see if it dares to bark and bite again!
'Your plan... is it to consolidate the Immortal Alliance's consensus on expanding the top-tier gold-level server by suppressing the Rakshasa?'

Taihe Shuizun's first instinct was to appease Yuque Xianzun.

After all, even though the Rakshasa dog barks, Old Luo's strength is still top-notch.

Therefore, the Water Venerable was actually quite unwilling to fight Wang Yuque too fiercely with the Rakshasa.

This is the follow-up plan for the expansion of the top-tier financial system. Its idea is to start by building momentum little by little and challenge the old order from the bottom up.

But now, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable has clearly proposed another plan—since the Rakshasa has jumped out, it's a good opportunity to use it as a prelude to the expansion of the Top Gold.

This is similar to the strategy that the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable used in his cultivation: when doing something, he would actively choose a target and then reduce the corresponding resistance by shooting down the target, thus achieving a highly efficient result.

However, there is a key point to this strategy of actively selecting targets: the selected targets must be both seemingly powerful and actually useless. Only by considering these two points can the strategy be implemented more smoothly.

If the target chosen is too strong, then there will be trouble.

If you establish something that can't be defeated, you're just inviting humiliation.

It might even hinder the progress of things and have the opposite effect to the initial idea.

Rakshasa is clearly not that kind of sham target.

"Yes and no, Water Venerable, judging from Rakshasa's appearance, the controversy surrounding the expansion of the Golden Top at the Basket Gathering is probably quite significant, isn't it?"

The classic Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's answer is: yes and no.
The Immortal's answer made the Water Lord frown slightly, but he still replied.

'You guessed right, at the winnowing basket meeting, everyone's opinions were completely different.'

Rakshasa and others objected, and Rakshasa even imprisoned you, shouting, "Kill a bunch of jumping-up Golden Core cultivators!"

Upon hearing that Rakshasa had transformed into a hat wholesaler and connected him with the wicked Heavenly Realm, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable felt somewhat uneasy.

Damn it, if I really joined the Heavenly Realm, would you still dare to yell at me like that?
All I can say is that the accusations Lao Luo made were somewhat outrageous.

Seeing that the Jade Palace Immortal was silent, Taihe Water thought that the Jade Palace Immortal was frightened by the pressure, so he comforted him.

'But Yulou, you don't need to worry, things aren't as difficult as you think.'

Someone unexpected is supporting you; guess who it is?

Wang Yulou knew, of course, that Bi Fang would support him. Even if this matter did not align with Bi Fang's own wishes, as long as it wasn't initiated by Bi Fang himself or his people, Bi Fang would still dare to support it—that was inevitable.

But since Shui Zun asked him to guess, it was clear that Bi Fang was not supporting him.

So, who is it?
'It can't be the Immortal Ancestor, can it?'

The Jade Palace Immortal asked the question.

After surveying all the top Golden Core cultivators in the Great World, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable believed that the one least supportive of him was either Cangshan or the Immortal Ancestor of the Wutian Sect.

The Immortal Ancestor of the Wutian Sect was the direct reason why the Blue Forbidden Dragon God helped the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable.

This top-tier Golden Core cultivator, with the development of the times, has begun to deeply intervene in the undercurrents of the great world's order transformation.

The "Top-Tier Golden Core Alliance at the Waist" at the Basket Gathering can even be seen as the prototype of the next era's "Basket Gathering".

'It really is it. Besides Bifang, there is the Immortal Ancestor. However, the Immortal Ancestor only supports it secretly, unlike Bifang which supports it openly.'

I suspect that the Immortal Ancestor's idea was to prolong the confrontation.

After the struggle between Wuji and Wuji ends, the next struggle will be between the new Winnowing Basket and Wuji.

After the battle between the winnowing basket and Wuji ended, it was its turn to battle the winnowing basket.

Therefore, it hopes to further increase the complexity of this confrontation, thereby better prolonging the conflict.

Jade Palace Immortal Venerable fell into thought. Compared to Rakshasa's opposition, the Immortal Ancestor's support was actually more terrifying.

This Wutian Immortal Ancestor also has a huge appetite for food.

The Jade Palace Immortal Venerable roughly understood the Water Venerable's judgment.

If we consider the highest level of cultivation as the absolute absorption of change, then the changes themselves, which are unknowable and unpredictable to ordinary cultivators, will be relatively quantified into different levels.

The changes brought about by an ordinary Golden Core cultivator are different from the changes brought about by a Golden Immortal.

However, the changes brought about by Golden Immortals are different from those of top-tier Golden Core cultivators.

The Immortal Ancestor supported Wang Yuque because it craved more change.

Whether such changes are knowable, controllable, or measurable, as long as they exist, they can impact the situation, which is beneficial to the Immortal Ancestor.

Jade Palace Immortal Venerable pondered the complex logic involved and almost fell into enlightenment once again.

This is the essence of knowing something thoroughly through personal experience.

When the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable constructed a complex strategy and entered the top battlefield of the struggle for supremacy in a special dimension, he saw a completely new landscape.

Rakshasa's opposition, Water Venerable's support, Blue Forbidden's gamble, and Immortal Ancestor's unexpected support—each of the top-tier figures has a slightly different stance.

If we define 'What is the correct answer?' as an eternal problem that is close to having no solution.

For Jade Palace Immortal Venerable, the answer is now clear.

There are no eternally correct answers, only 'relatively correct answers' within different levels, realms, circumstances, and situations.

The choice of the Immortal Ancestor is another baptism of the Dao heart of the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable.

Simply by participating in it, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable gained a deeper understanding of cultivation and became more confident in his own cultivation strategies.

Nothing is eternally correct, and the correctness of others should not be taken as an absolute example or reference.

Cultivators, caught in this complex undercurrent, can only proceed based on their own judgment.

Therefore, belief and self-confidence become the only solution.

What kind of unique solution?
Believe in yourself that you can solve it, believe in yourself that you can win, believe that you are different.

There is no better, cooler, more sophisticated, or more brilliant answer. When a seeker reaches the top, they can only completely trust themselves.

'I understand. At the meeting, there were those who opposed and those who supported, some openly opposed and some secretly supported.'

This shows that the top-tier Golden Elixir cultivators at the Bamboo Basket Gathering still possess basic judgment.

Water Venerable, my thought remains the same: to severely suppress the Rakshasa. The Fourth Faction is not just its own.

Dongluoche is willing to support me, Lixian and the Immortal Dragon King are willing to support me, and the Bull Demon can also support me.

I hope you can put some pressure on him, and then let him see the unity of the Golden Core cultivators of the Fourth Faction.

The order of the universe is never permanent; for Rakshasa to think that a few threats would deter me is somewhat naive.

Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's idea was to complete the process of 'target selection - target establishment - target breaking' within the Immortal Alliance system, so as not to let the conflict spill over.

All that Rakshasa has done so far is to slap a bunch of labels on people and make a lot of threats.

But the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable is already planning to make a move.

'How do you plan to bring it to its senses? I mean, what are your specific plans?'

Taihe Water originally hoped that things would proceed slowly, since several people in the Boluo Association supported the expansion of the top gold, and it did not want to directly confront other top gold.

Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's judgment was correct; top-tier Golden Core cultivators often find it inconvenient to directly intervene.

When the potential profit is small, taking action exposes absolute naivety and weakness—lacking resources, support, influence, judgment, and resolve.

When the stakes are high, powerful enemies are often involved, which brings huge uncontrollable variables. Every move is a gamble, betting that your opponents are fools who have no chips, wings, power, and judgment.

It sounds like a double bind: you can't touch small gains, but you dare not touch big gains. Reaching the top-tier Golden Core seems to put you in a completely imprisoned position.

However, the reality is not entirely that simple.

Once a top-tier Golden Core cultivator has established a firm foothold on the chessboard, its strength and accumulated experience are sufficient to enable it to face this complex situation.

Just like now, Water Venerable has been humiliated by the many top Golden Core cultivators of the Great World, and has already resigned himself to his fate. He is about to break through, but Jade Palace Immortal Venerable suddenly jumped out and became his turning point.

Is it because the Water God is lucky?
No, it's because the Water Lord is strong enough!
The essence of the matter lies in the fact that the Water Venerable himself possesses the strength and accumulated experience to seize this opportunity.

Therefore, it is difficult for top-tier Golden Core cultivators to maintain their current situation, but it is also unlikely that they will collapse.

"Water Lord, there's something you should already be aware of."

In other words, when the opportunity to expand the ranks of top-tier Golden Core cultivators arises, many subordinates and disciples of these cultivators will naturally develop a desire for it.

Dong Luoche may not have had any top-tier supporters behind him, but many powerful Golden Immortals are disciples of top-tier supporters.

The Rakshasa may seem loud, but the situation it faces is actually more complex.

The fourth faction was, after all, relatively new.

The Jade Palace Immortal Venerable did not answer Taihe Water's question directly, but instead beat around the bush, yet Taihe Water still understood.

It glanced at the Rakshasa who was still threatening Wang Yuque, and suddenly felt like laughing.

It's not about laughing at the Rakshasa. Laughing at the Rakshasa means 'laughing when you win and crying when you lose'—that's too petty.

What the Water Lord was laughing at was those old bastards, represented by Rakshasa, who had oppressed him and forced him to pay the price!
When you bullied me and made me the vanguard in the first battle of the war for supremacy, did you ever think that your backyard might also catch fire?

'I understand what you mean. I will contact the Golden Immortals of the Fourth Faction right now.'

However, the Immortal Dragon King and the Bull Demon King are probably still some distance from becoming top-tier Golden Core cultivators, aren't they?

Within the Immortal Alliance, the number of Golden Immortals who can be expanded to the highest level is truly very limited.

There were only a handful of people, including Jinguyuan, Yangzhao, Dongluoche, and Lixian, and of course, Wang Yuque.

The Immortal Dragon King and the Bull Demon King are truly worlds apart.

They might be slightly stronger than the likes of Heavenly Serpent and Moonflower, but not by much; they're just at the level of ordinary Golden Immortals.

Of course, this level of 'ordinary Golden Immortal' is already a level that countless cultivators pursuing the Dao can never reach in their lifetimes.

As Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's cultivation level increased, the strength of his 'fellow Daoists' naturally grew stronger—it's impossible for an Immortal Venerable to become a king and tyrant in a kindergarten after achieving immortality.

However, just because the Immortal Venerable's "fellow Daoists" are all highly skilled does not mean that such skill is easy to achieve.

Qingrui, Shuizun, Cangshan, Bifang, and even Jinguyuan, Yangzhao, and Dongluoche are all familiar names from many years ago.

The world is vast and ever-changing, and this group of people has not yet come down. Only the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable is the real 'new young man from the Winnowing Basket Society'.

Yes, of course they can't expand into the top tier.

In that case, the significance of expanding the top tier would be negated.

My idea is to expand the top tier of players, dividing them based on influence and strength.

All top-tier and second-tier forces can obtain a spot.

Then, opportunities are given to the appropriate people according to the strength of the faction and the will of the different top-level Golden Core cultivators.

In this way, opposition at the winnowing basket meeting can be quelled while respect for the old order can be maintained.

Water Venerable nodded secretly. Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's approach was both a rebellion against the old order and a 'new development' of it.

This is the way of thinking, and its core is even close to a kind of "extending favors to the people below". The Jade Palace Immortal Venerable is not the emperor of the cultivation world, but he grasps the greatest common denominator in people's hearts. In the time window and opportunity window of the struggle between the infinite and the infinite, he gave the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable the "authority of consensus".

It is completely different from the water replenishment in the Four Spirit Realms. Water replenishment is a consensus, but the expansion of the top gold is a 'continuation and development of the consensus'.

From this perspective, it can be seen that over the years, the strength and realm of the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable have been gradually improving.

"Should I involve the Bull Demon King and the Immortal Dragon King?" Taihe Shui continued to ask.

'Of course, give them a pie.'

I've basically explained my thoughts on expanding the top-tier server capacity.

"But Venerable Water, tell me, for those Golden Core cultivators who were originally Golden Immortals but whose strength isn't enough to expand to the highest level, is there any strategy we can devise to mobilize their power as well?"

Water Venerable was somewhat puzzled. It wasn't that he didn't understand Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's question, but rather that he didn't understand Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's line of thinking.

"Isn't that nine-tenths of the profit enough?"

Jade Palace Immortal Venerable had previously stated that the expansion of its top-tier resources and the resulting profit expansion would be derived from the scraped flesh scraped off during the era of 'scraping the bone and removing the flesh'.

All those who have attained the highest level of cultivation—from Nascent Soul to Celestial Immortal, and even ordinary Golden Immortal—will benefit from this communal feast.

But now, in their secret communication, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable has raised a new question.

'This, Taihe Shuidao, why are you taking this seriously?'

The plan to distribute 'nine-tenths of the profits' was merely something said to outsiders.

Those benefits have already been taken by you, so of course we can't expect you to give them back.

Using this approach as a solution can motivate ordinary Golden Elixir users.

But I suspect that it would be difficult for beings of the level of the Bull Demon King and the Immortal Dragon King to be mobilized by this pie.

"They are different from the Dongluo Cart. The Dongluo Cart truly has the potential to be expanded into the top-tier Golden Cart," Jade Palace Immortal Venerable replied helplessly.

Taihe Shuizun's expression froze slightly.

Jade Palace Immortal Venerable guessed correctly—Rakshasa, because of Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's suggestion, directly accused him of 'letting the world explode first'.

Taihe Shuizun was actually quite dissatisfied with Xiao Wang's proposal.

Of course, he didn't say that while honesty is important, respect is equally important.

He still needs Xiao Wangchong, so of course he won't turn against Xiao Wang now.

Furthermore, if the Boluo Association were to offer Water Venerable a 'new price' sooner, Water Venerable might abandon the current 'top-tier expansion alliance' with Jade Palace Immortal Venerable at any time.

This situation is just that complicated.

Only when Jade Palace Immortal Venerable has sufficient strength, realm, status, and accumulation can he dare to play like this.

"The Bull Demon King and the Immortal Dragon King are not two individuals, but rather represent a huge and undeniable group."

Yu Lou, you're right. We need to give this group a way out, which will also give the world a better future and allow us to achieve victory.

Shui Zun sighed.

Expanding the top-tier gold tier should not only involve expanding the top-tier gold tier.

If the pie can't be divided properly, then new, substantial solutions must be proposed and implemented.

The idea that things can be accomplished by making empty promises and talking big is just wishful thinking.

"What advice does the Water Venerable have for me?" Wang Yulou asked.

He was actually somewhat dissatisfied—Taihe Shui only verbally expressed support but did not take any real responsibility, and now he was repeating the same old things.

When the immortal asked him for a solution, he simply repeated the same old thing—this isn't the workplace, why are you pretending to be so useless?

If you keep pretending, I'll really think you're useless.

'this'

Taihe Shui hesitated for a moment before speaking.

'How about giving them an opportunity to deeply participate in the exploration of the endless heavens?'

How should I give it to you?

Previously, from the Immortal King Bifang providing opportunities for the cultivators of the Immortal Kingdom to explore the heavens, to almost all top-tier Golden Core cultivators starting to massively increase their efforts in exploring the heavens, the cultivation world has secretly begun a comprehensive exploration of the endless void.

However, this kind of pioneering work was basically dominated by top-tier Golden Core cultivators.

After the expansion of the Top Gold tier, even if the new Top Gold holders don't get the lion's share of the spoils, they'll likely still participate in the exploration of the void—otherwise, their interests truly couldn't expand.

Water Venerable is right, because Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's proposal to "divide the benefits from the flesh scraped off the bone" was just something to be said and seen, to promote the expansion of the top gold.

If the new top deposit is completed, the scale of benefits obtained after the deposit is paid will remain the same as before the top deposit was paid.

This unchanging state, in turn, becomes an obstacle to the integration of the world at the level of 'disappointment and broken promises'.

Therefore, even if they don't get the direct benefits, they can still get the potential benefits—the future distribution of spoils will face less resistance than the current distribution, after all, they still need these people to help fight against the Wuji Dao Lord and the Outer Heavens.

Therefore, it was only natural to give them the opportunity to explore the void.

The newly minted elites have gained the opportunity to explore the void, and they will eventually use the changes they have mastered to fight against the Lord of Limitless Dao.

"So, since we've given the new Golden Immortals such an opportunity, why can't we give all Golden Immortals this opportunity as well?" Water Venerable said with a smile.

Shui Zun's strategy remains "not issuing any coins," only offering possibilities, but in reality, it has already been quite epoch-making.

It also knew that its strategy was of epoch-making significance. At this point in time, at an extremely low cost, it played a role in stimulating the initiative of the Golden Immortals.

Within the Four Spirit Realms, the two most powerful beings, Empress Shande and Mu Fan, are merely Golden Immortals.
In the endless heavens, in countless small worlds, there is not a single Golden Immortal, not even a Golden Core.

Enabling a large number of Great Heavenly Golden Immortals and New Top Golden Immortals to participate in the exploration of the void more frequently and on a larger scale can further counteract the expansion of the Outer Heavens into the endless heavens.

Of course, there are drawbacks as well. But you have to eat your fill first.

The immediate need of the Great Heaven and Earth to "eat their fill" is to deal with the Wuji Dao Lord.

"Good suggestion, Water Lord. We are actually standing at the beginning of a new era."

Sometimes, I actually have a certain idea.

In other words, the conflict between the two Wuji (无极) marked the beginning of a new era in the cultivation world.

"Immortal Venerable Jade Palace said with some emotion."

"Yes, with the development of the times, the cultivation world has come from ignorance and chaos to where it is today, and has emerged into the vast world."

The endless void is gradually being connected, and the future will be a brand new era.

It's just unknown how many of the many celestial beings on the Immortal Ascension Platform today will live to see the arrival of the new era.

Taihe Water Venerable didn't understand Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's sentiments, but it knew how to echo them. Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's sentiments weren't actually about the changing times, but rather about himself, finally standing at the pinnacle of all living beings.

He has not yet passed the Golden Core Expansion and become a recognized top-tier Golden Core cultivator, but what he is doing now is even more influential than what many top-tier Golden Core cultivators have done.

He personally initiated the climax of change, allowing the times and people's hearts to surge in his own waves.

How could others possibly understand the profound wonders of spiritual practice here?
"Please, Water Lord, the barking of Rakshasa's dogs is nothing to worry about. As long as we advance step by step according to our own strategy, a little resistance will be nothing to affect the overall situation."

The Jade Palace Immortal Venerable had a clear understanding of the situation.

He could understand the complex motivations behind the Rakshasa's relentless attacks on him.

He could also understand why the old man at the meeting opposed the expansion of the Golden State team.

He also understood Shui Zun's complex demands and underlying greed.

He was better able to understand his own powerlessness and inability to do anything.

There are things that cannot be done here and things that cannot be done there. When the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's realm is high enough, he doesn't even need to move to know where the pitfalls are.

But we must still move forward.

Keep going, towards victory, towards the other shore!

In the Divine Cave, Jin Xiangyu donned a green robe, but remained within her 'Divine Light Heavenly Vault,' performing her extremely insignificant task.

Because of its merit in presenting the replica of the Five Realms Heavenly Book, it gained the appreciation of the Immortal of the Divine Cave and even gained the qualification to cultivate in the Divine Vault Hall of the Void Realm.

But it remained true to its original aspiration. In order to better protect the future of the sacred heavens, it was more willing to start from the smallest things and accumulate experience, rather than be a lucky opportunist.

On this day, Jin Xiangyu was preaching to the people of the gods in the Heavenly Dome when suddenly, a talisman entered the Heavenly Dome of Divine Light and flew to its front.

After glancing at the command token, Jin Xiangyu continued preaching as usual, without dealing with it immediately.

Preaching is a sacred thing; it's about teaching God's people well.

After the sermon ended, Jin Xiangyu picked up the token.

"The green-robed divine envoy, Jin Xiangyu, is loyal and truly a fine asset to the Divine Vault. Upon receiving this order, immediately report to the Divine Vault Hall of the 'Spiritual Treasure Heavenly Vault'—Yin Donghai, Director of the General Affairs Department of the Eternal Divine Vault Project."

After carefully reviewing the summons, Jin Xiangyu quickly handed over her work and set off directly for 'Lingbao Tianqiong'.

It is called Lingbao Tianqiong, but it is actually just a hollow world controlled by Yongge God Venerable—one of the hollow worlds that will be immediately filled by Water Venerable after the start of the war.

Inside the dimly lit underground labyrinth, shimmering moss on the walls occasionally illuminated Jin Xiangyu's face as the green-robed divine messenger hurried along at top speed.

In the faint light of the shimmering moss, the eyes of the gold-inlaid jade were illuminated exceptionally brightly, filled with anticipation for the future.

The Eternal Divine Dome Project is a "major reform" initiated by the Divine Cave in response to the encirclement and suppression within the Great World, and it can even be said to be more profound than the reform of the Immortal Alliance, the number one power in the Great World.

The General Affairs Department of the Eternal Divine Dome Project is the core department responsible for this project, and several of its secretaries are direct subordinates of the two divine lords.

The one who gave him the decree, 'Silver Winter Sea', was a disciple recently accepted by the Divine Lord Yongge, and was a rogue immortal at the Purple Mansion realm.

It can be said that the moment Jin Xiangyu received the imperial edict, she knew that her fate had been completely rewritten.

Although she could no longer climb the ladder step by step from humble beginnings, Jin Xiangyu had prepared herself mentally.

Even if educating the people of the gods within the Divine Light Heavenly Vault is a contribution to the Divine Cave, going to the General Affairs Department would offer a broader scope and allow for greater contributions to the Divine Cave and the God.

Teaching the people of the divine within the Divine Light Heavenly Vault and participating in the Eternal Divine Cave Project within the General Affairs Department are both contributions, without distinction of rank.

However, when Jin Xiangyu arrived at the General Affairs Department of the Eternal Divine Dome Project within the Lingbao Heavenly Dome to report, she discovered that she was not the only one summoned.

There were several thousand people, all from several hollow realms belonging to the God of Yongge.

Even when it came to assigning accommodations, Jin Xiangyu was placed with her old acquaintance Yi Rutian based on their region.

Yi Rutian was the initiator of the trade fair where Jin Xiangyu bought a replica of the Five Realms Heavenly Book.

"Brother Jin Xiangyu, you've just become a Green Robe Divine Envoy, so you probably don't know why the General Affairs Department has summoned us all here, do you?"

Yi Rutian was quite outgoing, and the two shared a cave. Jin Xiangyu's cultivation was lower than Yi Rutian's, so he could only respond with a smile.

"Please teach me, senior brother."

"Forget about senior brother, just call me big brother."

We're wary of each other in our small town, but once we're out in the world, we're like family, like fellow villagers. We should unite as one.

Yi Rutian knew that Jin Xiangyu was a lucky opportunist, so he treated him like an idiot, hoping to use him in the future, hence his intense enthusiasm.

Yi Rutian lowered his voice, put his arm around Xiang Kunshan's shoulder, and whispered.

"We are to be sent to explore the endless heavens as the first batch of 'Divine Sky Prodigies' within the Divine Sky!"

Perhaps, we'll even be assigned to the same little world someday.

"Brother Yi, what are the endless heavens?"

Jin Xiangyu asked, somewhat puzzled, his clear eyes revealing blatant stupidity.

The unity, loyalty, and efficiency of the Divine Cave stem from absolute control.

Absolute control breeds absolute folly.
Many concepts common in the cultivation world outside do not exist in the Divine Cave.
You ask why Yi Rutian knows this?
An old hand and a novice are, of course, different.

"The endless heavens, that is it."
-

The young gods inside the cave are looking forward to their endless journey through the heavens.

Meanwhile, the true controllers of the Divine Cave, the Sun-Sinking Sea-Swallowing God and the Eternal Spear God, were drinking together inside the cave.

Both of them had somewhat bitter expressions on their faces.

"The Lord of Wuji's move is to let us join him in launching a counterattack across the endless heavens."

How effective can such a move be? Shen Ri, tell me, is the Wuji Dao Master truly useless?

For so many years, it has been surfacing, but it has never truly shown itself or made a move.

Even if it's not Bifang, this inaction is still suspicious no matter how you look at it.

Yongge is still the same old nagging guy, always afraid of this and that.

“What else can we do? Even if the situation really deteriorates to the point where it watches us squander the power of the universe, we can only accept it,” said the Sun-Sinking Sea-Devouring God.

The plight of the demon race in the Divine Cave is an objective fact.

“We will send the junior cultivators from the Divine Cave to the endless heavens, so that at least the flame of our race can be preserved.”

Even if we lose the battle in the endless void, we won't be completely wiped out.

In the end, cultivators begin to care for their own race.

It may seem counterintuitive, but that's the truth.

For both of them, being the sole ruler was too far out of reach.

The idea that villains, weaklings, or the protagonist's opponents still have hope at the last moment and can still turn the tables on the protagonist at any time only exists in stories.

In the real world of cultivation, the Sun-Sinking Sea-Devouring God and the Eternal Spear God, despite possessing the strength of top-tier Golden Core cultivators, could only become unwilling waste materials in the struggle between the Limitless and the Limitless.

They always fantasize, they always expect, and Yongge always rambles on. Is it because they're idiots?

No, the opponent was too strong, and the situation was too dire, that's all.

Jade Palace Immortal Venerable can see the problem without doing anything, and so can Sunset Swallowing the Sea and Yong Ge.

The Wuji Dao Master won, not they.

If the Lord of Wuji loses, they will also lose.

This predicament is unsolvable. The only hope is that the Wuji Dao Master and Bifang will collide with Earth and explode into each other, killing a bunch of Great Heaven and Earth Top Gold in the process—only in this way can they have a sliver of hope.

This is the source of despair for the enlightened.

But what's even more despairing is that their enlightenment is self-righteous—after the limitless and the limitless, there's still the King of No Fixed Dharma squatting there!
“Completely exterminate the entire race.” Yongge repeated the words of the Sun-Sinking Sea-Devouring God.

The thought, "Can I reach the other side?" reflects a particular mindset. But at this moment, when the goal of the appeal is reduced to the bottom line of "ensuring the survival of the entire race," the illusion of the other side seems to quietly shatter.

It left, it disappeared, in short, it's gone.

Why aren't you here?
The Lord of Wuji is ruthless, the Immortal King Bifang is ruthless, and the Old Man of the Winnowing Basket is ruthless.

No one accommodates the wishes of the weak, so the cave became the price to pay.

In fact, the Water Goddess also became a price to pay in order to cope with this cost.

Unfortunately, the Sun-Sinking Sea God and the Eternal Spear God will not see their own Jade Palace arrive.

The Immortal Alliance nurtured Wang Yuque, and Wang Yuque, in turn, gave back to the Immortal Alliance.

Although the model of the Divine Cave is more 'resilient', it cannot cultivate Wang Yuque.

"There's no need to worry too much. The Wuji Dao Master is the founder of the Cave Heaven Method. His understanding of the differences between the world and heaven and earth is the highest."

A long time ago, when we often met at the Bamboo Grove meeting, they were discussing how the final battle would unfold.

One dimension is whether the decisive battle takes place within or outside the Great Heaven and Earth.

The Wuji Dao's initiative, using resources outside the Great Heaven and Earth, regardless of its purpose, can be seen as the beginning of the final battle.

We thought our war with the Water Lord would be the beginning of the final battle, but the current outcome is better than we originally expected.

Chen Ri Tun Hai relentlessly sought victory, while Yong Ge could only respond with a forced smile.

Suddenly, Shen Ri's expression changed again.

Under Yongge's puzzled gaze, it spoke in a strange tone.

"Some new developments have occurred."

"What new development?"

"Top-tier Golden Core Expansion, Wang Yuque is going to expand the top-tier Golden Core, and there is already relevant news in the New Five Domains Tongtian Collection."

Starting with the Golden Immortal, benefits were distributed downwards, but at the Basket Meeting, the Rakshasa led the opposition.

Meanwhile, the Immortal Alliance members Li Xian, Immortal Dragon King, Dong Luo Che, and Jingu Yuan jointly stated that they would not participate in the war unless the 'Top Gold Expansion' was first implemented.

"Yongge, we might not need to fight anymore; they might start fighting amongst themselves."

“Chen Ri, now it’s your turn to fantasize. Whether they fight or not is another matter.”

However, the expansion of Dingjin can greatly accelerate the integration of Datiandi.

If this matter proceeds smoothly, our Divine Cave will truly be a place of utter annihilation.

Unexpectedly, those bastards were able to offer such outrageous stakes. Under immense psychological pressure, Yongge God's voice even became somewhat hoarse.

Suddenly looking up, the expression of the Sun-Swallowing-Sea God was as cold and stern as the chilling autumn wind.

"The expansion of the Golden Core realm will never go smoothly. Wang Yuque is overestimating himself by leading a group of ordinary Golden Core cultivators to challenge the old order."

The war hasn't even started yet, and victory isn't certain, but these newcomers are already getting restless. What if they win?
After they win, what will they want, and how will they make exorbitant demands?
Those "good fellow Daoists" at the Boluo Conference are not fools. Even with the support of Bifang and Shuizun, the expansion of Dingjin would not be possible.

The commotion among the lower ranks won't affect the overall situation.

When top-tier Golden Core cultivators clash, the final battle might end before it even begins!

Our opportunity has arrived. Even if this plan is riddled with ulterior motives, it will still cause waves and chaos.

"Yongge, our chance has come!"

When the opportunity for supremacy arose once again and changes occurred suddenly, even the usually calm and collected Sun-Sinking Sea-Devouring God fell into a state of slight fanaticism.

Hope, at times, is the most potent poison.

However, upon seeing the sun-sinking, sea-devouring god beginning to fantasize, Yongge stood up.

Its gaze transcends space and time, looking toward the distant future.

It was an unknowable chaos.

So, there really was a chance to take a gamble?
"The best response is to initiate war when both sides escalate their efforts."

"Block them into a limbo, and then recruit a large number of wandering immortals and celestial immortals from within the 'Bifang-Boluo Society Anti-Heavenly Alliance'."

"Yongge, Yongge," the God of Eternal War spoke.

Some immortals who had become immortals, even those who were close to becoming top-tier Golden Core cultivators, hadn't engaged in much combat.

This is certainly very clever, demonstrating a high level of skill and expertise.

However, in the world of cultivation, those who reach the top of the Dao-pursuing path are all somewhat special.

Cultivators do not take fighting and competing as their path, but the special nature of top cultivators determines that among top Golden Core cultivators, there is no shortage of those who are first-rate in fighting and have long relied on killing to rise to the top.

“No, we can’t afford the cost of surrendering.” The burning passion of the Sun God suddenly turned cold.

The clash of forces among the top Dao pursuers is the most ruthless exchange of bargaining chips.

In this exchange of chips, apart from the strength of the top Dao pursuers themselves having an impact, the strength of an individual is meaningless.

No matter how many people die, it's all just numbers.

When the exchange of bargaining chips reaches its limit, it will further devolve into a contest of sheer total resources and resource conversion efficiency—the Divine Cave cannot afford to exchange chips against the alliance of all forces in the world.

"Don't think that far ahead, Chen Ri, don't think that far ahead."

The Dao Master of Wuji could not possibly manipulate the system to the point of winning by the very last ounce.

When it's time to step in, it will step in, as long as it personally takes action and fights with Bifang and Boluo.

Then, we'll have the chance to gamble on a real chance of survival.

Yongge had completely given up on his illusions—he was determined to fight his way out of absolute despair.

Strive to secure a chance to gamble on survival in the most favorable circumstances.

First, they win. Then, the Wuji Dao Master and Bifang die together, taking with them a wave of top-tier Golden Core cultivators from the entire world. Then, they can win.

Yes, it is indeed difficult.

"Let's do it!" Shen Ri gritted his teeth and said.

The sea of ​​suffering is boundless; we strive to cross to the other shore.

Keep going, keep going with all your might.
-

Inside the cave of the Bull Demon God, Dripping Water arrived at the Happy Pool of the Great Water Buffalo, somewhat puzzled.

The first time she saw the true form of the Bull Demon God was when it was actually a rather strong blue bull.

However, with the realm of the Water Immortal, he could naturally see the extraordinary demonic body of the Great Green Ox.

We're all demon gods, aren't we?

"Fellow Daoist Bull Demon, Yu Lou sent me here to find you. May I ask what advice Fellow Daoist Bull Demon has for me?" Bai Li asked politely.

We should respect our elders.

After all, there are only a handful of truly powerful members within the fourth faction.

One is the Immortal Dragon King. Previously, there were two dragons guarding Immortal Dragon Cliff, but now there are three dragons guarding Immortal Dragon Cliff—Immortal Dragon Cliff has gained another dragon king.

The other one is Dong Luoche, an old acquaintance of Jade Palace Immortal Venerable. Dong Luoche helped Jade Palace Immortal Venerable a lot when Jade Palace Immortal Venerable was proving the Golden Core.

Finally, there are Niu Mo and Li Xian. The former is a descendant of the Ziji Sword Sect, while the latter is one of the founding Golden Core cultivators of the Immortal Alliance, both being top-tier Golden Immortals.

"Fellow Daoist, you absolutely mustn't! I, Old Niu, would never dare to instruct you."

"Fine, Fellow Daoist Dripping Water, you can talk to it yourself."

Old Niu is really a bit numb now.

The rise of Jade Palace Immortal Venerable is imbued with tremendous potential, impact, and influence.

The Immortal Venerable's methods, spirit, and decisiveness appear unremarkable.

But for the Golden Immortal, the Bull Demon, and the God of Demons in the game, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable is like a mirror.

Because of its ordinary existence, it has no reference value in the eyes of the Bull Demon.

Through the Immortal Venerable's Mirror, the Bull Demon King saw himself—a Golden Immortal who lacked talent, Dao heart, wisdom, methods, and decisiveness.

It was precisely the rapid rise of Jade Palace Immortal Venerable and the close relationship between Bull Demon and Jade Palace Immortal Venerable that gave Bull Demon the greatest impact.

Therefore, it truly dares not instruct the dripping water.

Respecting the Jade Palace extends to respecting the Daoist companions within it.

Just as Dripping Water was surprised by Bull Demon's words, a figure draped in golden light appeared before her, bathed in the radiance of the sun.

The water buffalo silently sank into the Water Buffalo Pleasure Pool. The water it stirred up seemed to bring a breeze, and as the breeze blew, the figure swayed and transformed into the appearance of the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable.

"Little Fish, it's been a long time."

Seeing the surprised goddess, Wang Yulou smiled and opened his arms.

"here?"

Little Fish didn't retreat a single step, but looked at Bull Demon with some worry.

She had figured out how the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable had contacted her.

"It's alright, the Bull Demon is my good fellow Daoist."

The old ox at the bottom of the water wished it were somewhere else, not at the bottom.

But it dared not refuse Wang Yuque, nor could it leave Wang Yuque's side.

Caught between two obstacles, all we can do is tough it out and endure it.

"I see. My husband, how have you been these past years?"

Little Fish and Jade Palace Immortal Venerable embraced each other.

Although the actual body is not present, we cannot start excavation on the spot right now.

But the affection between the two, at least in appearance, was much more genuine than that between Qingrui and Luosha.

However, before Xiaoyu could finish her words of concern, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable's expression changed.

"Wait, the Water God has summoned me to the Basket Meeting."

I need to focus my energy on dealing with those old bastards.

Please wait for me a moment, my wife.

After speaking, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable severed the connection to the Great Sun Radiance.

The dripping water, however, stood there, looking slightly taken aback.

She even maintained the posture of leaning against the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable.

However, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable has already devoted all his energy to the Basket Gathering.

There was no one in front of her.

Raising her left hand, Bai Xiaoyu gently stroked the air where the Immortal Venerable had just stood.

She clenched her five fingers together, as if trying to grasp something.

But they grasped nothing, only emptiness.

Those who pursue the Way only ever seek the other shore.

Without reaching the other shore, everything is in vain.
-

In order to reach the other shore, the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable chose to first go to the Basket Gathering.

This is the third time I've entered the Bamboo Grove Association.

On his first visit, Qingrui won him over, and under her guidance, Jade Palace Immortal Venerable broadened his horizons.

The last time it came, it was with the help of the Blue Forbidden Dragon God.

Its arrival this time was initiated by Taihe Water Venerable.

The people are still the same people.

One characteristic of the Boluo Club is that there are no new people.

Once someone enters, it will take at least hundreds or thousands of years before a new one can join.

"Fellow Daoists, it's been a long time," Jade Palace Immortal Venerable greeted with a smile.

If the Bull Demon King were here, he would probably notice that when the Jade Palace Immortal said "long time no see" at the winnowing basket gathering, his smile was even brighter.

The organizer of the basket gathering, Ba Luo, spoke first.

"It has been a long time, but..."
Yu Lou, every time I see you, I feel a pang of sadness.

Back then, I spent tens of thousands of years searching for a realm beyond the Golden Core stage.

And you, having reached the Golden Immortal realm in just over a thousand years, are truly a formidable young talent.

The old man with the winnowing basket spoke with a smile, as kind and gentle as a benevolent old man.

This attitude only made the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable wary.

Not right.

Something's not right with the winnowing basket.

It was as if he hadn't come to cause trouble for the Jade Palace Immortal Venerable, but rather to support the 'Golden Expansion'.

Despite the Jade Palace Immortal's apprehension, Bo Luo continued.

"A young man came to the winnowing basket fair."

You might be the greatest genius in the history of the cultivation world.

He should be called a "super genius," hahaha.

(End of this chapter)