Gu Xiaosang's resurrection had come at an exquisitely chosen moment, after True Martial's attainment of the Dao had provoked the wills of heaven into action.
Because of the balance among the wills of heaven, even if the Golden Emperor suddenly returned now, it seemed inconvenient for her to directly make a move against Meng Qi!
In the original story, the Golden Emperor had pretended to deal with Meng Qi, but in essence, she had intended to give him enough pressure and motivation.
To force him into the Nine Nethers, force him to absorb the embryonic Dao Fruit of the Eastern Emperor, and fill the long stretch from Creation to the perfection of Creation as quickly as possible.
At the same time, she would raise Gu Xiaosang, the product of her Reduce and Seek Emptiness, to the corresponding realm.
One move, many gains.
To create this appearance, she had handled the details extremely well.
She had pretended she could no longer tolerate Gu Xiaosang, made an agreement with Amitabha to hold back Laojun, and another agreement with Bodhi Academy to hold back the Azure Emperor.
Then, with Kinkaku's warning, she had Meng Qi flee into the Nine Nethers in advance.
She had even killed everyone from the Jade Void lineage, all of Meng Qi's family and friends.
Even though she later revived them after Meng Qi attained the Dao, she let the resentful Meng Qi slash her once, slowing the Three Pure Ones' Reduce and Seek Emptiness while repaying the karmic debt she owed them.
But the current situation was somewhat delicate. With so many wills of heaven already emerging, even if the Golden Emperor returned in disguise to pressure him again, it might not produce much effect.
Although the Azure Emperor and True Martial had both been tainted by black