As for whether the Heavenly Edicts should be amended, everyone in the group voiced their own opinions.
However, their views differed, and no consensus could be reached.
At that moment, Shi Yueyao made the final decision.
Call Me Group Master: True Lord, don't you like Chang'e? If so, then the Heavenly Edicts have to be changed. (evil grin.jpg)
The moment Shi Yueyao said this, everyone in the group responded at once. Their previously divided opinions immediately became unified.
Demon Lord: Change them! They must be changed! Rules have always been used to restrain the weak; the strong are the ones who make the rules!
Crown Prince Changqin: Agreed! The Heavenly Edicts have caused immeasurable harm, actually preventing the True Lord from being with the one he loves!
Lord of the Moon Sect: They all say I don't understand love, but I understand the True Lord. The Heavenly Edicts must be changed!
Maoshan Celestial Master: All living beings possess love and affection. This is the natural order.
World Conqueror: I don't care about anything else, but if anyone makes the True Lord unhappy, I won't stand for it!
From different positions, people naturally viewed the same matter differently.
Previously, everyone had maintained an objective attitude toward whether the Heavenly Edicts should be amended, holding the seemingly fair view that what did not concern them need not concern them.
But once it involved one of their own, their hearts were bound to become biased.
They might not care whether the immortals of the Lotus Lantern World could fall in love freely, but they cared about Yang Jian.
Yang Jian was one of them.
If they did not support one of their own, were they supposed to support outsiders unrelated to them?
Thus, the moment they saw Shi Yueyao's words, everyone echoed her. The Heavenly Edicts had to be changed!
No one could stop their good brother from dating!
Lord of Divine Law: ...???
Yang Jian was rendered speechless. Still, he had to admit that he was deeply moved by everyone's blatant partiality.
Yang Jian liked Chang'e. No, it would be more accurate to say that he loved her deeply.
From distant, unattainable admiration to mutual understanding born of shared values, Yang Jian's love for Chang'e could withstand any test.
As for his former wife, Ao Cunxin, what he felt was more responsibility and familial affection born from years spent together.
Chang'e was the unattainable white moonlight Yang Jian had buried deep within his heart.
When Yang Chan had tested Yang Jian, he had said that if he could win Chang'e's true heart, he would willingly descend to the mortal world and become a demon.
Whether those words were true or false, and how much truth they contained, perhaps only Yang Jian himself knew.
Unfortunately, he loved her, but she had no feelings for him. From beginning to end, Yang Jian had only been nursing a one-sided love.
Demon Lord: There is no need to dwell on whether the Heavenly Edicts should be changed. As long as one is strong enough, everything can be done as one pleases.
Crown Prince Changqin: Freely, naturally, as one wishes.
World Conqueror: Exactly. After learning that Heaven's Gate had Emperor Shitian and Xiao Sanxiao, I had been terrified every day, afraid they would come looking for me. But now, I have slaughtered them both. Before long, the Underworld Society will conquer the entire world.
Maoshan Celestial Master: Clan Leader Xiong accomplished something enormous without making a sound!
Lord of the Moon Sect: Using the resources of an entire world to nourish oneself is absolutely correct.
World Conqueror: Though my world is a martial arts world, it is fortunately not barren. It even has divine beasts.
Maoshan Celestial Master: My world is the most barren. It is a world in the era of declining Dharma, and it is rapidly deteriorating. (tearful.jpg)
Call Me Group Master: Ninth Uncle has changed. You've started saying "my world" too, just like you've stopped eating beef. (covering mouth and laughing.jpg)
Maoshan Celestial Master: ...You're slandering me! You're slandering me! (furiously slamming table.jpg)
World Conqueror: What is wrong with saying "my world"?
Demon Lord: There is absolutely nothing wrong with it. @Lord of Divine Law; Yang Jian, since you are the Lord of Divine Law, shouldn't you also govern the laws of Heaven and Earth, the laws of the Three Realms?
Lord of the Moon Sect: So, True Lord, shouldn't the Heavenly Edicts be yours to decide? (dog head for survival.jpg)
Lord of Divine Law: ...There are Sixteenth Tier Sages in my world...
Demon Lord: It seems that unless Immortal Exalted takes action, Yang Jian will have to keep eating beef. (holding back laughter.jpg)
Call Me Group Master: Since we can't beat up the Sages, let's bully the Jade Emperor instead. Storm the Heavenly Palace, beat up the Jade Emperor, amend the Heavenly Edicts, and snatch Chang'e! (evil grin.jpg)
Crown Prince Changqin: The Group Master really enjoys stirring up trouble. (helpless.jpg)
Maoshan Celestial Master: As long as the Three Realms are not endangered, the Six Sages and Dao Ancestor Hongjun probably will not interfere.
Lord of the Moon Sect: The True Lord is the Jade Emperor's nephew. This counts as a family dispute.
Lord of Divine Law: For some reason, the Sages have kept their eyes fixed on the Three Realms in recent years...
Demon Lord: Could it be because you took out that Sixteenth Tier treasure?
Chonglou understood this only too well. Back when he took the Chaotic Hatred Blade out of the red packet, it had thrown the entire Demon Realm—no, the entire Six Realms—into tremors.
Had he not refined the Chaotic Hatred Blade in time, the Six Realms might have been torn apart by its blade light.
Even so, rifts in space-time had appeared throughout the Six Realms, leaving its living beings uneasy to this day.
Fuxi, the Heavenly Emperor of the God Realm, had even ordered the gods and celestial officials to investigate the various realms, hoping to discover what had happened.
Therefore, Chonglou knew that even a mere wisp of aura from a Sixteenth Tier supreme treasure was unimaginably terrifying.
And the world Yang Jian inhabited had Sixteenth Tier Sages. They had likely discovered something.
Lord of Divine Law: ...That is very possible. The disturbance back then was indeed quite great. The Sages must have been investigating ever since.
Although Yang Jian was somewhat alarmed, he was not overly worried.
After his Heavenly Eye fused with the Innate Yin-Yang Energy, the Heavenly Eye Divine Light it released had enveloped the entire Three Realms. Though the disturbance had been immense, even the Sages and Dao Ancestor likely could not determine exactly where the divine light had originated.
If they could have found it, they would have located him long ago with a Sage's divine abilities. Why would they still be waiting without any movement?
Of course, Yang Jian did not know that the reason the Six Sages had kept their attention on the Three Realms had nothing to do with him.
Rather, Hongjun had ordered the Six Sages to stabilize the order of the Three Realms while he worked to reassemble the Destiny Source Law that Bai Yu had severed.
Thus, any mighty figure in the Three Realms at the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm could sense the power of the Sages spreading through the Three Realms and assume that they were watching all living beings within them.
In truth, they were healing the world's wounds...
This time, the Lotus Lantern World had truly suffered catastrophic losses.
The Destiny Source Law had been severed, the Five Qi Root had been taken away, Dao Ancestor Hongjun had been viciously beaten, and even the Jade Plate of Creation had nearly shattered, becoming covered in cracks.
Even Hongjun did not know how long it would take for all of this to fully recover...
As for revenge? Hongjun had never considered it. He could only silently lick his wounds.
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