Order

Emperor Shun said sincerely, "Human Emperor Jiang, in the Time River, I often observed the myriad facets of the world and the bearing of the strong. Among all the strong people I have seen, you were the strongest, and also the most unique."

"The strong share one trait: they believe they are supreme. Whatever they say is reason, and whatever they do is right. After drawing up a set of rules for others to obey, they themselves say, 'I made these rules, so I do not need to follow them.'"

"Others simply declare that this is a world where the strong prey on the weak, that their actions conform to the laws of nature, and treat rules and regulations as though they were nothing."

Jiang Li's expression turned strange. Emperor Shun's words reminded him of the First Emperor and the idler. Both of them had said similar things.

He wondered how the First Emperor and the idler were doing now.

"The order I speak of is not just any kind of order."

"For example, the Immortal World has its Heavenly Laws. Every purpose of the Heavenly Laws is to preserve the Immortal Emperor's rule. Naturally, the Immortal Emperor himself would not violate them. But what about everyone else? Many people outwardly obeyed the Heavenly Laws, while inwardly having no desire to do so."

"I secretly conducted a tally. Immortal Emperor, only twenty percent of the immortals in the Immortal World approve of your Heavenly Laws, while Immortal World cultivators basically all oppose them."

"When the gap between outward appearance and inner truth is too great, it cannot form order either."

"Order has two characteristics. First, the majority must agree with and recognize it."

"Second, everyone must abide by it."

"It sounded simple, but putting it into practice was harder than