One was happily teasing a young girl; the other planned to return to the mortal world.
Yao Guang and Liusu truly did not take Nine Infants seriously. They had never even considered that this required some frantic, immediate response.
It was simply a difference in perspective.
But apart from them, no one else in the world saw it that way.
Nine Infants' words spread far and wide, truly shaking the world and throwing the three realms into uproar.
After the Great Calamity of Immortals and Gods and the Demon Calamity, this was undoubtedly the next great event. Many cultivators had vaguely sensed that "the world was about to change" or "a calamity was about to arise." Now, they could be certain that this was what it referred to.
This matter was exceedingly delicate.
It might require hardly any bloodshed, or it might leave rivers of blood flowing into streams. It all depended on the human heart.
On the grand scale, this was a Dao Debate. It concerned how every person's Dao differed. Whether they could accept this arrangement could very well split the cultivation world itself into two camps, as distinct as the Jing and Wei rivers.
Once one had cultivated to the Qianyuan realm, one generally possessed firm ideals and pursuits, or at least a clear inclination. When Daos differed, people might smile and laugh with you on the surface, yet inwardly remain stubborn beyond all shifting. Usually, everyone blended their light with the dust, and apart from the conflict between righteous and demonic paths, other disputes were not so sharp. But once you tried to force others to accept your way, blood would be spilled.
On the smaller scale, it depended on whether cultivation breakthroughs or autonomy mattered more in one's eyes.
It sounded nice enough: bestowing the