Lu Yang thought it over and over, and the more he thought, the more he felt that the World Honored One's plan was simply perfect—enough to kill three birds with one arrow.
First, the Foundation Establishment Realm had been created by the World Honored One. Since that was the case, even if it collapsed, the World Honored One surely had a way to repair it. That was a bargaining chip.
Come to think of it, why did the Sacred Sect Ancestor support the World Honored One back then?
Every one of the First Generation Four Peak Masters was an outstanding talent, so why did he choose to support the World Honored One? Perhaps the Foundation Establishment Realm was one of the reasons the World Honored One earned his favor!
After all, if the Foundation Establishment Realm truly served, to some extent, the same function as the Netherworld—stabilizing the Real World and preventing the Other Shore Heavenly Collapse—then its destruction would definitely not be good news for the Sacred Sect Ancestor. And the World Honored One's opportunity to achieve Nascent Soul had, nine times out of ten, been plotted through this very matter.
Second, there was the outcome of the Foundation Establishment Realm's collapse.
The Real World would lose one of its great pillars, and the Other Shore Heavenly Collapse would descend—and to prevent that, the Sacred Sect Ancestor's suppression of the Netherworld would be difficult to continue.
The situation would completely reverse.
Without the Foundation Establishment Realm, we absolutely cannot be without the Netherworld as well. Not only can the Dao Lords no longer strike at the Netherworld, they may even need to support it in turn!
By then, even if the Sacred Sect Ancestor still had other means, the Sword Pavilion Dao Lord and the Dao Court Lord might