Leaving aside the saying that a new emperor brought new courtiers, Beitang Gong's possession of Beitang Sheng alone, and the difference in how the two conducted themselves, could easily arouse others' suspicions. Those personal palace maids, accompanying guards, trusted eunuchs, and generals would likely find it hard to escape disaster.
Thus, whether out of sentiment or practical considerations of interest, Yu Changkong much preferred for Beitang Sheng to have the last laugh, rather than be schemed against and ultimately make a wedding dress for Beitang Gong.
"Eh, no, that's not right. Beitang Gong wanted to become the supreme god, to use the sole power of Gods and Devils in the Martial Dao's final age to suppress all under heaven, standing above the hundreds of millions across the Divine Land for generation after generation, forever and ever. What he wanted was surely for martial arts throughout the land to wither.
"Yet the Emperor's ambitions soared higher than the heavens. He broke Beitang Gong's seal, and now the Martial Dao Fortune was rising across the land, with the signs of a golden age on its way.
"Even if Beitang Gong had his schemes, this alone was something he could never have foreseen even in his dreams."
Yu Changkong suddenly noticed a blind spot. Great joy filled his heart, and he gained much more confidence in Beitang Sheng.
Beitang Gong had left behind ancestral precepts, but Beitang Sheng was not a man who followed the rules.
Hearing Yu Changkong's words, the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord nodded as well and said,
"You are entirely right. Beitang Sheng is a remarkable man. Back then, when I asked him to condense Star Tribulation for me, he readily agreed. Not only did he stir up natural disasters, earthly calamities, and human tribulations across the Divine Land, he