From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 360 The Grand Hall Questions Responsibility, Taibai Slashes Cause and Effect

"An opportunity?!" Ao Qian looked at Xu Tianjun as if he were looking at an idiot. Xu Tianjun was annoyed by his gaze and asked in a deep voice, "Am I wrong?!"

Ao Qian's face twitched, and he said, "There's nothing wrong with it, it makes perfect sense. However, if something goes wrong in the future, will Xu Tianjun bear the responsibility?!"

"Something happened? Responsibility?!"

Xu Tianjun looked at Ao Qian with a hint of confusion in his eyes.

Seeing Xu Tianjun's expression, Ao Qian also looked at him with astonishment. "No way, Xu Tianjun, you don't think you can shirk responsibility, do you? This is the Lingxiao Palace, the core of the Three Realms, the council chamber of the Heavenly Court. The matters discussed here are all of great importance to the Three Realms. Every decision will affect the future, even the life and death, of countless beings in the Three Realms." He paused, then continued, "You and I are both subjects of the Great Heavenly Venerable. We hold discussions here, offer our suggestions, and then the Great Heavenly Venerable decides whether to accept them. Shouldn't we be responsible for our words? If—and I mean if—the Great Heavenly Venerable accepts your suggestion and leaves that thing behind, and something goes wrong, then if you don't take responsibility, should the Great Heavenly Venerable take it? Are you going to push the responsibility onto the Great Heavenly Venerable?"

"What nonsense are you spouting?!" Xu Tianjun's expression changed. "Who said I was trying to shirk responsibility?"

"So, you mean you'll take responsibility if something goes wrong?!"

"I..." Xu Tianjun was also a little confused by him. He was just making a suggestion, did he have to take responsibility? If something really happened to that thing, would I really have to take responsibility?
For a moment, he hesitated.

“Great Heavenly Venerable, I believe it’s better to throw away such inexplicable dangers as soon as possible,” Ao Qian said. “No matter what hidden dangers there are, once they’re thrown into the chaos, they become hidden dangers within the chaos.”

"That makes some sense. What do you all think?!" The Jade Emperor raised his head and looked at the assembled officials in the hall. Everyone fell silent.

Perhaps everyone had other thoughts, but when they thought about how irresponsible it would be to say that someone would be held accountable if something went wrong, they all shut up.

Yes, the Three Realms are very powerful and have many methods. They are not afraid of the methods of the Holy Demon Realm. However, the Holy Demon Realm also has a Grand Luo Golden Immortal. Who knows if he might have played some underhanded tricks? Currently, all the saints in the Three Realms have gone into seclusion, and only the Goddess Nuwa stays in the Nuwa Palace every day, eating, eating, and watching the show. Her relationship with the Heavenly Court is neither close nor distant. It is not good to ask her for help in this matter. If there is a problem in the end, whoever asks will have to bear the responsibility!
Thinking of this, everyone, including Xu Tianjun, remained silent, only looking at Ao Qian with a strange expression. "Damn it, we're all having a proper discussion, why are you bringing up responsibility? Are you trying to show off? Are you going to make it impossible for anyone to work properly from now on?"
“In that case, let’s do as Ao Qian says. Taibai, go to the Milky Way and throw that meteor out of the Three Realms.”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Great Heavenly Venerable, I have another matter to report."

"What's the matter?"

"I have just received news that the Holy Demon Realm has launched a large-scale invasion of the Underworld, but was repelled by the forces of the Eastern Peak Emperor. However, the number of invaders is extremely large, and their leader is a Golden Immortal. Their purpose is unclear. The Eastern Peak Emperor suspects that their actions are related to the Underworld. I urge the Great Heavenly Venerable to investigate further."

"The Holy Demon Realm is launching a large-scale invasion of the Underworld?" The Great Celestial Venerable frowned. "Is the information accurate?"

“Absolutely accurate,” Ao Qian said.

"Yes, I will communicate with the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak about this matter." The Jade Emperor nodded and glanced at the ministers in the hall. "First the Milky Way, then the Underworld. After years of recuperation, the Holy Demon Realm is restless and ready to make a move. It seems that a battle is inevitable. All of you must remain steadfast in your duties and not slack off."

"Yes!" the gods replied in unison.

"Ao Qian, you have made meritorious contributions in patrolling the Milky Way, offering advice and reporting intelligence in the palace. You are hereby rewarded with a six-turn golden pill and a six-thousand-year peach. You will also be sent to Baiyun Cave in Yunmeng Mountain to choose a Fiendish Divine Power to cultivate."

"Thank you, Great Heavenly Venerable!" Ao Qian said with great joy.

He's been speaking so earnestly in this hall for so long, even revealing his background in the underworld. What was he doing all this for? Was it really for the sake of the Three Realms? Or was it just for this reward?
Golden pills, peaches of immortality, and even the divine powers of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends—these are the greatest means by which the Great Heavenly Venerable, or rather the Heavenly Court, restrains these immortals.

After reaching the Profound Immortal realm, every further advancement is extremely arduous. At this level, ordinary rare and precious treasures have no effect on them. And now it's no longer the primordial world; while progress can be made through self-cultivation, it requires a long and arduous period. However, this time is so long that some Profound Immortals can't even see any hope of further advancement. Look at the Four Dragon Kings of the Four Seas; except for Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East Sea, all of them are Profound Immortals. They were at the end of the primordial world, they were during the Investiture of the Gods, and they are still now. So many years have passed, yet they remain stuck at the Profound Immortal realm. Doesn't this speak volumes?
Those are the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas, the rulers of the Dragon Clan, who also control the ocean and possess countless treasures. If even they find it so difficult to progress, how much more difficult would it be for others?
The only things that can truly help their cultivation, besides some rare natural treasures, are the peaches of immortality and golden pills that can be mass-produced in the Three Realms. Ginseng fruit doesn't even count; there are only thirty of those in ten thousand years, which is hardly enough to go around.
There's also the Golden Elixir, which comes from the Tushita Palace and was refined by Laozi. Although Laozi in the Heavenly Court is currently just an avatar, he is still an avatar of a Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal. You don't have enough reasons to go for it.
Only during celebrations in Heaven, or on special occasions when the Jade Emperor holds banquets, can one receive enough golden pills as a reward from the Tushita Palace.

So, in the end, the only thing truly in the hands of the Heavenly Court that can be mass-produced is the Peach Garden.

Having obtained the peaches and the golden pill, Ao Qian suddenly realized that the reason he was able to so easily take over Ao Qian's position was because of the Peach Garden.

So the Jade Emperor only has this one kind of precious gem that can be mass-produced, and Jiang Chen has his eye on it. Doesn't your conscience hurt?
"Is this the meteor? It's really big!" Ao Qian brought Taibai Jinxing to the spot where the meteor fell. He once again used his power to stir up the rivers and seas, parting the waters and revealing a small part of the meteor. Taibai Jinxing's gaze sharpened slightly, but he only exclaimed in amazement before raising one hand.

The withered hand was now shimmering with a layer of platinum-gold light. As the hand was extended, the Milky Way trembled violently, and the enormous meteor began to rise slowly.

The Heavenly Divine Power: Shifting Stars and Changing Constellations.

This scene reminded Ao Qian of his past life. When he was a child, he watched the movie Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back on Anhui TV. Master Yoda used the Force to lift the spaceships at the bottom of the river. It was very shocking. And now, it was even more shocking.

Of course, he also knew that this was not like the Force, where brute force lifted the meteor, but rather it was enhanced by the characteristics of the supernatural power of shifting stars and changing constellations.

Moreover, the meteor, which was slowly rising, visibly shrank in size.

Shrink a thousand mountains, seize the sun and moon!
This is the innate supernatural power of the Long-Armed Ape, one of the Four Chaotic Monkeys. However, this innate supernatural power is essentially just a manifestation of the Heavenly Gang Great Supernatural Powers of Shifting Stars and Changing Constellations and Making Sizes as You Wish.

When the entire meteor was taken out of the Milky Way and suspended above it, the enormous meteor had shrunk to a diameter of only one kilometer. Venus stopped what he was doing, and then, with a flick of his sleeve, the space above the Milky Way rippled violently. A moment later, a huge rift was torn open by an invisible force.

"Go!" Taibai pointed, and the shrunken meteor flew towards the crack.

"Venus, you're really like this!"

Seeing Taibai Jinxing's relaxed expression, Ao Qian gasped. Now he believed that with Taibai Jinxing's strength, he might have actually beaten the monkey's shit out back then, but he didn't. He really has a good temper!

As he pondered, Taibai's expression suddenly changed. "There really is something fishy going on!"

"what?!"

Ao Qian was startled. Suddenly, a violent burst of platinum light exploded before his eyes, and a figure thousands of feet tall, flashing with boundless and dazzling platinum light, appeared before him.

"Damn, even Ultraman isn't as good as you!!"

When Ao Qian first saw this figure, his eyes widened in disbelief.

The enormous platinum figure wielded a massive sword hundreds of feet long, slashing fiercely at the meteor.

Even after the blade struck, Ao Qian still didn't understand what had happened.

(End of this chapter)