Jiuying knew that nothing could be achieved in a single leap, so it left behind these final words: "The immortal gate shall be established in eighty-one days. Within those eighty-one days, those who voluntarily come to the Heavenly Court shall be granted the rank of immortal official. After eighty-one days, the Heavenly Court will dispatch Guiding Immortal Officials to guide all Qianyuan cultivators in the world across. From then on, upon cultivating to Qianyuan, one shall ascend, and immortals and mortals shall be forever divided..."
It went on at great length. Aside from copying Yao Guang's plans from back then, its main meaning was really this:
You have eighty-one days. Those who voluntarily submit will receive benefits. Those who fail to arrive by the deadline will be physically delivered beyond salvation.
A naked ultimatum.
The whole world was in uproar.
Yao Guang opened her eyes amid the bathing Heavenly Evolution Radiance and smiled faintly.
Li Wuxian said, "Someone has stolen your ideas, twisted your core principles, and is carrying out his own agenda—most likely while trying to find out where you are. Yet you seem quite happy about it?"
"Why shouldn't I be?" Yao Guang said coolly. "It is a fine stepping stone. Once this order is issued, what changes will occur in the world? How will people view it? I am very curious... Let us wait and see."
"Could you stop looking so absurdly confident?" Li Wuxian's tone was icy. "You have been reduced to this state and still refuse to reflect on yourself."
That word, "reduced," was well chosen. Its original meaning was that Yao Guang had blindly overestimated herself and ended up usurped by another. Yet Yao Guang's first reaction was to how Qin Yi had reduced her.
That truly was a painful memory of mysterious confidence