Covering the Sky: Fairy, I really need to control you properly.

In the Tian Shu Peak formation, the purple figure stood up, and instantly, all eyes turned to him.

Zixia Fairy?

What is she going to do?

The chief disciple of Tian Shu Peak, the direct descendant of the Holy Lord lineage, possessing an innate Dao embryo physique, is known for her aloofness and taciturnity. Is she standing up now to go on stage?

On the elders' seat, Su Yunqi, the peak master of Tian Shu Peak, raised his eyebrows slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

When did my apprentice become interested in these kinds of occasions?

But he did not stop it.

Given Zixia's personality, there must be a reason why she stepped forward.

"Disciple Zixia offers her humble opinion."

After speaking, Xu Jinhuan (Fairy Zixia) turned her gaze to Yang Mo below the stage.

"Sleepy Yang, oh, my apologies, Fellow Daoist Yang."

"In the past, when we discussed the Dao, you were almost always lost in your own thoughts. Today, you're quite eloquent, so I thought you had some profound insights, but..."

He shook his head and sighed, "But it's still the same old story, enough to make anyone drowsy."

The opening line caused several composed elders to twitch at the corners of their eyes.

An elder coughed twice and reminded everyone, "During the grand ceremony of the Dao, do not make unwarranted comments about your peers."

Even the Holy Lord Lin Suwen cast a surprised glance at him.

She was somewhat puzzled as to why the usually aloof Zixia would attack Yang Mo, but she was secretly pleased with Zixia's sharp edge.

Yang Mo's gentle and composed smile instantly froze.

The "Great Dream Returning to Truth Technique" that Yang Mo cultivated was originally a secret transmission of Zizhu Peak. It requires deep slumber as a guide to harmonize the foundation of the Dao and settle the laws, so as to get close to the origin of the Great Dao in a state of no awareness and no thought.

Such a profound and orthodox method of cultivation was misinterpreted by Fairy Zixia as simply dozing off, and she even used this to give him the vulgar title of "Sleepy Yang".

An uncle can tolerate this, but an aunt cannot.

Once I ascend to the throne of the Holy Son, I'll make you pay!

In his view, he was destined to be the Holy Son of the Holy Land. Among the five peaks, two peak masters and three supreme elders had a life-or-death relationship with his grandfather or had shared interests for many years.

According to ancient custom, the position of holy woman is matched with that of holy son. Following the old practice, she is to marry the holy son and jointly rule the holy land.

By then, they'll all be mine. What will they have to fight me with?

At this moment, Xu Jinhuan stopped looking at him and said something surprising.

"No one understands this topic better than me."

"In my view, getting bogged down in questions about the relative importance of physical constitution, scriptures, and spiritual resolve is itself the greatest narrow-mindedness and shortsightedness in one's understanding of the path!"

"Whoosh!"

His words caused a stir among the entire audience.

To question the propositions of the Holy Lord is utterly absurd.

"Yang Yang's rambling speech just now, which seemed reasonable, was actually a blatant misrepresentation and a generalization based on limited information."

"He will possess an invincible Dao heart—a necessary condition—but this has been twisted into the sole sufficient condition!"

He paused deliberately, letting the two unfamiliar yet precise terms, "necessary condition" and "only sufficient condition," echo in everyone's ears, sparking a murmur of discussion.

These terms and jargon that the people of the Heavenly Realm had never encountered before left them completely bewildered.

He only continued after seeing that the desired effect was achieved.

"This is like saying that an emperor must breathe, and then concluding that 'as long as one breathes, one can attain enlightenment and become an emperor'—how ridiculous!"

"If one does not have the corresponding innate talent to support the Great Dao, and if one does not have supreme scriptures to guide the way, having only a strong obsession is like a tree without roots, blindly rushing forward, and will eventually only turn into ashes of inner demons."

"You say the Chaotic Ancient Emperor's rise to power after a hundred defeats was due to his Dao Heart? Then let me ask you, if he didn't have the essence of the Void Scripture and the legacy of the Ruthless Great Emperor as his foundation, what did he use to be defeated? What did he use to create the Dao-Enlightening Technique that could slay me?"

"If he were born as a blade of grass or a stone, without undergoing hundreds of millions of years of nurturing, would he have had a hundred chances of failure?"

"His demonic fetus was forged from the astonishing inheritance as fuel, his special physique as a furnace, and his indomitable Dao heart as fire. It was only after all these three went through countless trials that the Dao fruit was forged."

"You only see the dazzling firelight, but ignore the firewood and the stove; you're either stupid or wicked!"

"Let us look back at ancient history. Which emperor or sovereign's rise to power wasn't a miracle created by the interplay of physical constitution, scriptures, and Daoist heart?"

Xu Jinhuan raised the first finger.

"Without the unparalleled foundation of the Innate Sacred Body and Dao Embryo, how could the Great Emperor Wushi have suppressed an entire era and silenced the forbidden zone in such a short time?"

"Looking at the world today, a person with a divine king body, as long as they don't die prematurely, is almost certain to become a Dao-slaying king. This is their innate endowment."

"The legendary Chaos Body leads directly to the Emperor's Path."

"This means that physical constitution lays the foundation for the starting point and lower limit of one's path."

Then, he raised his second finger.

"Without the Devouring Heaven Demon Art and the Undying Heaven Art, how could the Ruthless Great Emperor, a mere mortal, have accomplished the eternal myth of reversing her innate nature and forging her acquired chaotic body?"

"This means that the scriptures and traditions determine the uniqueness of the path, the possible directions, and the fundamental principles that cannot be replicated!"

"Of course, if her resolve to follow the Dao is not firm, she will not be able to complete this path."

He abruptly fell silent, and said, word by word:

"These three are by no means isolated, much less opposed. They are like the three legs of a Dao cauldron, none of which can be missing."

"To emphasize one aspect while ignoring the others is tantamount to cutting off one's own path, like the blind men touching an elephant."

"A true strongman is one who allows an exceptional physique to bear supreme scriptures, then uses an immortal Dao heart to govern all of this, ultimately transcending it all!"

He turned around abruptly and pointed at Yang Xu.

"So, Yang Mo."

"You only talk about the Dao Heart, but ignore the many ordinary disciples of my Purple Mansion."

"They may not have top-tier bloodlines or access to supreme divine scriptures, but precisely because of this, they need suitable cultivation methods and scriptures to guide them, and they need resources to improve their physical constitution and foundation."

"You're just preaching about tempering your resolve, but you're not providing boats or oars. Are you expecting them to face the storms of this sea of ​​suffering with their bare hands? You're sending the vast majority of your fellow disciples to their deaths!"

"My Lord, Elders, my answer has never changed."

"The physical body is the boat, the scriptures are the oars, and the heart of the Way is the sail and the helmsman."

"To reject any one of them is to cut off one's own arm. If someone only praises one while belittling the others, they are either stupid or malicious, and it is certainly not a blessing for my Purple Palace."

……

In the Tian Shu Peak team, Xu Jinhuan returned to the stage and handed over control of his body to Fairy Zixia.

"Senior sister, what you just said was absolutely brilliant!"

"Exactly! That Yang Mo always acts so arrogant, relying on the backing of Purple Bamboo Peak. Today, he finally got a public humiliation from Senior Sister!"

"Haha, Sleepy Yang, what a great name."

The people of Tian Shu Peak have never gotten along well with those of Zi Zhu Peak.

Zixia did not respond.

She was busy cursing people in her mind right now.

"Dead tree!!!"

Xu Jinhuan chuckled awkwardly, "Isn't the effect quite good?"

"What's so good about it? When did I ever say those things?!"

"You didn't say that," Xu Jinhuan said, "but I said it for you, is there a problem with that?"

Zixia was so angry she gritted her teeth. That damned tree! It seized power without even a word.

You promised to tell me in advance next time!

She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down.

Forget it, why bother arguing with a tree?

Anyway...

It felt pretty good to make Yang Mo suffer.

She suddenly remembered what Xu Jinhuan had just said. What was the background of this dead tree? It was one thing to know so many secrets, but it could even spout such profound truths so easily.

How did it know that the Chaotic Ancient Emperor had received a portion of the inheritance from the Void and the Ruthless One?