You want me to take out a loan to practice cultivation? I'll just pay off the debt physically.

If these issues are not resolved, the Red Heart Society's development will irreversibly deviate from its original purpose.

Ultimately, they slid into the terrible vortex of the old federal era, which they had once vowed to overthrow—an era rife with injustice, corruption, and rigidity.

All the sacrifices and struggles will be tarnished or even wasted as a result.

This resounding warning stirred up a huge wave of discussion among the attendees.

However, to the surprise of the Star God of Rules, His heartfelt accusations and calls for reform did not resonate widely at the conference; instead, they met with a strong backlash.

Before the words were finished, two powerful and influential "True Gods" within the Red Heart Society's power structure voiced their differing opinions.

[A Rule-based Spirit God who oversees a portion of the allocation of spiritual energy, and a Rule-based Light God who is responsible for spreading the Radiant Faith and providing some educational resources—both spoke simultaneously, expressing their clear and sharp opposition.]

Their arguments sound plausible and are presented in a modern, contemporary style.

They believed that the essence of a great, sincere ideal lies in its vitality and adaptability; it should continuously evolve with the times and changes in organizational scale, and must never rigidly adhere to outdated ideas from tens of thousands of years ago.

According to them, the old ideals of absolute fairness, dedication, and pure ideals no longer meet the needs of the current, large, complex, and diverse society.

All the explorations and attempts currently being made by members of the Red Heart Society, whether it's the flexibility in resource allocation or new methods for talent recruitment, are aimed at exploring a new development path and a new journey that is more in line with the current situation for the Red Heart Society.

[It's a display of boundless energy!]

They even countered by arguing that the Star God of Rules' stigmatization of this proactive exploration as a terrifying vortex was the true form of conservatism.

The Star God of Rules' gaze swept over the speaking Spirit God and Light God of Rules with the chilling force of lightning. Immediately, His time-tested divine sense keenly detected the subtle anomaly in the atmosphere of the assembly.

【silence!】

This was not a silence of agreement, but a complex silence, even one tinged with underlying hostility.

[Many of the true gods present, especially those newly powerful and influential figures who have gained real power in recent years, showed in their expressions and mental fluctuations that far more than just the two who stepped forward held similar flexible and adaptable ideas.]

The other party spoke in glowing terms, talking about a new path and a new journey.

But in the eyes of the Star God of Rules, this was nothing more than a clever rhetoric to conceal his true purpose.

The so-called exploration, at its core, is nothing more than using one's authority to gradually transform and embezzle the vast public assets and resources accumulated by the Red Heart Society over tens of thousands of years into private property and hereditary power for oneself and one's small group through various overt and covert means.

Tens of thousands of years may be but a fleeting moment for true gods who have survived since ancient times.

[But for the vast majority of true gods born within the Red Heart Society, this has been a long enough period to witness the rise and fall of civilizations and the changing of ideologies.]

[Even ordinary living beings can be completely transformed in a few years, let alone those who have been immersed in the vortex of power and resources for tens of thousands of years.]

[This is enough to subtly erode and corrupt even the most ardent supporters, replacing their initial aspirations with selfish desires.]

Fortunately, the Star God of Rules was not an unprepared brute.

Before deciding to convene this conference, he conducted a secret divination concerning cause and effect and the future.

The divination results indicate that this conference will be anything but smooth sailing.

Therefore, He made a bold, unconventional decision.

[By directly utilizing his own seniority and prestige, he awakened all the true masters of the rules within the Red Heart Society who were either in long-term deep seclusion, carrying out covert missions outside, or had long since moved away from the center of power for various reasons and were in a semi-retired state.]

[Regardless of whether their seclusion has reached a critical juncture, they will all be forcibly summoned!] [These True Gods of Rules, who now wield immense power and influence within the Red Heart Society, have likely already been corrupted by sugar-coated bullets and the fertile ground of power.]

Their stance is questionable!

But what about those true gods who willingly endure solitude, seek breakthroughs through long periods of seclusion, or actively distance themselves from power struggles, steadfastly holding arduous posts or working on the hidden front?

They have not delved deeply into the current network of interests; what they hold dear in their hearts is still the principle they upheld at the very beginning.

As for the claim that the proper procedures were not followed and that fellow practitioners might have been disturbed?

[Our sincere ideals have been distorted beyond recognition!]

The ideals pursued by the founders of the Red Heart Society, who gave their lives, and the achievements nurtured by the blood of millions of martyrs, are almost being hollowed out and appropriated by these parasites and thieves!

In times of emergency, expediency is necessary. We've reached this point; what's the point of adhering to proper procedures?

Get the hell up!

Stop going into seclusion!

[If you stay locked up any longer, by the time you come out, the Red Heart Society might have already disintegrated!]

And so, right there at the conference.

Faced with the joint attack from the Rule Spirit God and the Rule Light God, as well as the invisible pressure from more powerful true gods who remain silent but clearly supportive or tacitly approve, the Rule Star God's reform proposal seems poised to be rejected by the majority opinion.

Even the Star God of Rules himself began to face sharp criticism from some True Gods, who accused him of outdated thinking and hindering development. Just when the situation was extremely unfavorable for the Star God of Rules, a sudden change occurred.

[Boom!]

A powerful, albeit not real, roar, which directly shook the souls of all the true gods present, resounded from the magnificent main gate of the expanded conference hall, adorned with a relief depicting the history of the loyal war.

[Then, under the watchful eyes of countless astonished beings, the door symbolizing the highest deliberation authority was slowly pushed open by a vast, combined divine force.]

Behind the door, instead of the expected servants or messengers, stood figures—some as deep and unfathomable as an abyss, others as sharp as a sword, and still others as vast and boundless as stars.

[Those were a large number of True Gods of the Rules, awakened in an emergency by the Star Gods of the Rules!]

Some of them still bore the lingering glow of their secluded retreat and the dust of time; some wore armor bearing the scars and aura of distant frontiers; and some had eyes that held the depth and bewilderment of long periods of meditation.

At this moment, every one of their faces was filled with extreme anger.

[A true god, in a single period of seclusion or deduction, could potentially encompass thousands of years.]

[For the former Red Heart Society, due to the numerous dangers lurking around them, they dared not devote themselves to deduction and enlightenment.]

However, the Red Heart Society has now entered a period of rapid development.

Then they'll dare to go about their own business and develop and strengthen themselves.

[They just never imagined that a sudden realization would turn out like this.]

These damned parasites!

How dare they do that? (End of Chapter)