"The great calamity of the Three Realms is about to arise, and the world is on the verge of ending. Please take pity on us, Master, and grant us a way to escape the tribulation!"
"Master is compassionate! Master is compassionate!"
"We sincerely bow and pray. Please, Master, consider how difficult our cultivation has been and grant us a path to survival!"
Golden Immortal Dao Ancestors, Pure Yang True Immortals, and all the immortals and gods of the Three Realms who had come to hear the teachings at Profound Yellow Palace fasted, bathed, burned incense, and bowed in worship.
One day! Two days!
After a full eighty-one days of prayers and kowtows, the Profound Yellow Dao Ancestor finally responded.
"Sigh..."
A long sigh drifted through the air, making the hearts of the bowing immortals and gods tremble with shock and delight.
"Master is compassionate!"
The immortals and gods bowed even more devoutly.
"All who are born must die, and all who succeed must fail. The birth and end of worlds are the laws of heaven and earth. When a world ends, a new world may be nurtured within the chaos."
"Master is compassionate! Master is compassionate!"
We understand all the principles you speak of! But... when the next era is born, even if living beings are born anew, we... will no longer exist!
Who, after becoming a Golden Immortal Dao Ancestor or an Ancestral God, would wish to die?
"Very well! I have taught the Dao at Profound Yellow Palace, and you came to hear it. That counts as forming a karmic bond. I shall point out a path of transcendence for you!"
"Thank you, Master!"
The bowing immortals and gods wept with joy. Master... had not abandoned us after all. Master truly was compassionate!
If they had known that