Xuan Yang's Proposal: Why Not Have the Ancestral Witches Retreat to the Underworld? (Part 1)

And at this moment...

After hearing Xuan Yang's words...

The Ancestral Witches before him could not help but freeze slightly.

That was right...

If everyone who attained the Dao through merit was a lackey of the Heavenly Dao...

Then was Sister Houtu also a Heavenly Dao Saint?

That was definitely not the case!

Having realized this, the Ancestral Witches immediately spotted the flaw in their thinking...

One after another, they looked again at Xuan Yang before them.

"Daoist Friend Xuan Yang... please enlighten us!"

Naturally, Xuan Yang did not refuse the Ancestral Witches' request.

After hearing their response... Xuan Yang merely smiled.

Afterward, he quickly answered the Ancestral Witches again.

"In the Primordial Wilderness, not everyone who attains the Dao through merit becomes a Heavenly Dao Saint..."

"Whatever merit one uses to attain the Dao, that is the kind of Saint one becomes."

"For example, Zhunti, Jieyin, Yuanshi, and the like..."

"They attained the Dao using Heavenly Dao merit..."

"Therefore, they inevitably became Heavenly Dao Saints."

"But if a cultivator uses Human Path merit to attain the Dao..."

"Then they become a Human Path Saint."

"As for Daoist Friend Houtu, she first used Great Dao merit and her own fleshly body to transform into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, reviving the Earth Path of the Primordial Wilderness..."

"Afterward, because of that great feat, she successfully gained a vast amount of merit, became the Earth Path's spokesperson, and also became an Earth Path Saint."

"Therefore..."

"Among these Saints and Primordial Golden Immortals..."

"If we speak only of Fruit Positions, then Hongjun, Daoist Friend Nuwa, and Daoist Friend Houtu stand at the same height."

"Their difference lies only in their actual strength... After all, Hongjun attained the Dao earlier, and the Heavenly Dao is currently more powerful throughout the Primordial Wilderness, so he appears more dominant than Daoist Friend Nuwa and Daoist Friend Houtu..."

"But in terms of Fruit Position, the three of them should originally have been equals..."

Xuan Yang patiently explained this to the Ancestral Witches.

After hearing Xuan Yang's explanation...

The Ancestral Witches finally gained some understanding of the distinctions between the merit Saints of the so-called three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity.

At this moment, Xuan Ming's eyes suddenly lit up...

Then she directly spoke to Xuan Yang before her.

"So..."

"Daoist Friend Xuan Yang, when you said just now that you wanted us to take the path of attaining the Dao through merit..."

"Did you mean for us to take the path of Earth Path Saints?"

Xuan Yang smiled as he nodded at the Ancestral Witches before him.

Upon hearing this, the Ancestral Witches completely understood.

Di Jiang directly said to Xuan Yang, "Then if that is the case..."

"Wouldn't we also be able to help our little sister?"

Xuan Yang nodded to the Ancestral Witches again and replied.

"Exactly. This is a way to kill two birds with one stone."

"If the Ancestral Witches are willing to walk the path of Earth Path Saints... then you must all join Daoist Friend Houtu's Earth Path."

"At that time, the Earth Path will develop rapidly at an astonishing speed."

"Although the Heavenly Dao remains dominant for now... because aside from Hongjun, it still has three Heavenly Dao Saints..."

"Still... if the Earth Path gains you eleven Ancestral Witches, it will immediately begin to develop as well."

"It may even overtake the Human Path and become even more prosperous than it is now..."

"For Daoist Friend Houtu, this would naturally be an immensely good thing."

After hearing Xuan Yang's words, the Ancestral Witches became increasingly excited.

Thus, before long, the Ancestral Witches all spoke directly to Xuan Yang. "Since that is the case, what are we waiting for?"

"Let's join the Earth Path at once!"

The Ancestral Witches immediately intended to do just that.

But in that instant...

Xuan Yang stopped them directly.

He reminded the Ancestral Witches again, "Fellow Daoists... please do not be hasty."

The Ancestral Witches immediately looked at Xuan Yang with puzzled faces.

Xuan Yang continued explaining to them, "Although... I have already told you about the benefits of joining the Earth Path..."

"I have not yet told you about the drawbacks."

The Ancestral Witches froze slightly. "There are drawbacks too?"

They had all instinctively overlooked the so-called drawbacks.

After all, in the Ancestral Witches' view, Houtu was currently the spokesperson of the Earth Path.

And Houtu was their own little sister...

What drawbacks could there possibly be?

Houtu would not harm them.

All the Ancestral Witches immediately became extremely puzzled, unable to understand what this was about.

But Xuan Yang believed that some matters had to be made clear to them beforehand.

So Xuan Yang continued.

"Fellow Daoists may have forgotten one thing."

"What you are joining is the Earth Path."

"Not the Human Path, nor the Heavenly Dao..."

The Ancestral Witches still did not quite understand what Xuan Yang meant.

Xuan Yang continued.

"If you were joining the Human Path or the Heavenly Dao..."

"Then, due to the duties inherent to those two paths, you could still remain in the Primordial Wilderness..."

"But the Earth Path is different. The Earth Path governs reincarnation and the dead..."

"Therefore, after joining the Earth Path, all of you must enter the Underworld and each carry out your respective duties."

"Though in ordinary times, if you have leisure, you may leave the Underworld, you must first fulfill your duties..."

"You must think this through in advance."

"Otherwise, once you join the Earth Path and become entangled with duties and karma, many things will no longer be yours to regret..."

Xuan Yang continued speaking calmly.

And after hearing this...