Everyone in the group shared their opinions on whether the Heavenly Rules should be changed.
However, their views differed, and they couldn't reach a consensus.
At that moment, Shi Yaoyao delivered the final verdict.
[Call Me Group Owner]: True Monarch, don't you like Chang'e? If so, then these Heavenly Rules absolutely have to be changed. (smirking.jpg)
As soon as Shi Yaoyao said this, everyone in the group chimed in, and their previously divided opinions immediately became unanimous.
[Demon Realm Supreme]: Change them! They absolutely have to be changed! Rules have always been used to restrain the weak. The strong are the ones who make the rules!
[Prince Changqin]: Agreed! The Heavenly Rules have caused endless harm. They've actually kept True Monarch from getting the one he loves!
[Sect Master Baiyue]: They all say I don't understand love, but I understand True Monarch. These Heavenly Rules absolutely have to be changed!
[Maoshan Heavenly Master]: All living beings are capable of love; this is the natural order.
[Xiongba]: I don't care about anything else, but if anyone makes True Monarch unhappy, I won't stand for it!
People naturally saw things differently depending on where they stood.
Earlier, everyone had taken an objective stance on whether to change the Heavenly Rules, with the impartial attitude of "not my business, so I'll keep my nose out of it."
But once it concerned them, of course they would take sides.
They might not care whether the immortals of the Lotus Lantern World could love freely, but they cared about Yang Jian.
Yang Jian was one of their own.
If they didn't support one of their own, should they support outsiders who had nothing to do with them?
So, as soon as they saw the group owner Shi Yaoyao's message, everyone chimed in. The Heavenly Rules absolutely had to be changed!
No one could stop their good brother from falling in love!
[Judicial God]: ...???
Yang Jian was speechless, but he had to admit that everyone's blatant bias moved him deeply.
Yang Jian liked Chang'e-no, he loved her deeply.
From admiring someone who seemed forever beyond his reach to finding that they shared the same values, Yang Jian's love for Chang'e could withstand any test.
As for his former wife, Ao Cunxin, what he felt for her came more from a sense of responsibility and the familial affection that had grown from years spent together.
Chang'e was the White Moonlight Yang Jian longed for but could never attain, buried deep in his heart.
When Yang Chan had tested him, Yang Jian had said that if he could win Chang'e's genuine affection, he would rather rebel against Heaven and become a demon.
Only Yang Jian himself knew whether he meant it, and how much of it was true or false.
Unfortunately, he loved her, but she did not love him. From beginning to end, Yang Jian had only ever loved her from afar.
[Demon Realm Supreme]: There's no need to agonize over whether to change the Heavenly Rules. As long as you're strong enough, you can do whatever you want.
[Prince Changqin]: Do as you please, follow your nature, and obey your heart.
[Xiongba]: Exactly. Before, because I knew Tianmen Di Shitian and Xiao Sanshao were out there, I was constantly on edge, afraid they'd come looking for me. But now I've killed them both. Before long, Tianxia Hui will have conquered the entire world.
[Maoshan Heavenly Master]: Gang Leader Xiongba quietly pulled off something huge!
[Sect Master Baiyue]: Using the resources of an entire world to nurture oneself is absolutely the right thing to do.
[Xiongba]: My world may be a martial arts world, but fortunately, it isn't barren. It even has Divine Beasts.
[Maoshan Heavenly Master]: My world is the most barren of all. It's a World of Dharma Decline, too, and it's rapidly falling into decline. (teary-eyed.jpg)
[Call Me Group Owner]: Uncle Jiu has changed. He's stopped eating beef, too, and now he's saying "my world." (covering mouth, laughing.jpg)
[Maoshan Heavenly Master]: ...You're slandering me! This is slander! (slamming table.jpg)
[Xiongba]: "My world"-there's nothing wrong with that.
[Demon Realm Supreme]: There's absolutely nothing wrong with it. @Judicial God; Yang Jian, since you're the Judicial God, shouldn't you be in charge of the laws of Heaven and Earth, and of the Three Realms?
[Sect Master Baiyue]: Exactly, True Monarch. Shouldn't you be the one who decides what the Heavenly Rules are? (doge.jpg)
[Judicial God]: ...There are Sixteenth Order Sages in my world...
[Demon Realm Supreme]: Looks like unless the Immortal Venerable steps in, Yang Jian will have to keep eating beef. (trying not to laugh.jpg)
[Call Me Group Owner]: Since we can't beat up a Sage, let's pick on the Jade Emperor instead. Raise havoc in the Heavenly Palace, beat up the Jade Emperor, change the Heavenly Rules, and snatch Chang'e! (smirking.jpg)
[Prince Changqin]: The group owner really does love watching the chaos. (helpless.jpg)
[Maoshan Heavenly Master]: As long as the Three Realms aren't endangered, the Six Sages and Dao Ancestor Hongjun probably won't interfere.
[Sect Master Baiyue]: True Monarch is the Jade Emperor's nephew. This counts as a family dispute.
[Judicial God]: In recent years, I don't know what has happened, but the Sages have kept their eyes on the Three Realms...
[Demon Realm Supreme]: Could it be because you brought out a Sixteenth Order treasure?
Chonglou had firsthand experience with this. When he'd taken the Chaos Hate Blade out of the red envelope, it had shaken the entire Demon Realm-no, the entire Six Realms.
If he hadn't refined the Chaos Hate Blade in time, the blade light might have torn the Six Realms apart.
Even so, it had left the Six Realms riddled with Space-time rifts, keeping all its living beings on edge to this day.
Heavenly Emperor Fuxi of the God Realm had even ordered the gods and Heavenly Officials to investigate the various realms and find out what had happened.
So Chonglou knew that even a mere wisp of the aura of a Sixteenth Order supreme treasure was terrifying.
Yang Jian's world had Sages at the Sixteenth Order, so they'd probably discovered something.
[Judicial God]: ...That's very likely. The commotion back then was indeed quite great. The Sages must have been investigating ever since.
Yang Jian was a little alarmed, but not overly worried.
When he'd fused his Heavenly Eye with Innate Yin Yang Qi, the divine light it released had covered the entire Three Realms. The disturbance had been enormous, but even the Sages and Dao Ancestor probably couldn't tell exactly where the light had come from.
If they could have found him, the Sages had powers enough to locate him long ago. They wouldn't have waited until now without making a move.
Of course, Yang Jian didn't know that the Six Sages had kept their eyes on the Three Realms for reasons that had nothing to do with him.
Rather, Hongjun had asked the Six Sages to stabilize order in the Three Realms, while he himself needed to make the Origin Law of Destiny, which Bai Yu had severed, condense once more.
So, all the great powers of the Three Realms at the Daluo Golden Immortal realm could feel the Sages' power spreading throughout the Three Realms, and assumed that the Sages were watching all its living beings.
In truth, they were healing the world...
The Lotus Lantern World had truly lost everything this time.
The Origin Law of Destiny had been severed, the Five Qi Root had been taken, Dao Ancestor Hongjun had been beaten soundly, and even the Jade Plate of Creation had nearly shattered, its surface covered in cracks.
Even Hongjun had no idea how long it would take for everything to recover completely...
As for revenge? Hongjun hadn't even considered it. He could only quietly lick his wounds.
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