In truth, Yuanshi's determination to bring the Four Sages to visit Nüwa was not simply because Tongtian had grown stronger and become the foremost among the Sages.
The real reason was fortune.
As the saying went, what was there for immortal, indestructible Sages to fight over? Nothing more than fortune and face.
What Laozi sought was face.
Taishang Laozi was the eldest of the Three Pure Ones and Hongjun's eldest disciple, the senior brother of all the Sages. He had always been the foremost Sage, yet now Tongtian, the younger brother who had severed ties with him, had surpassed him. It was a grave blow to his prestige, and naturally he wanted to regain his face.
Yet he did not consider that even if the five Sages joined forces and defeated Tongtian, word would still spread that it took five Sages to defeat Sage Tongtian. He would still have no face.
What Yuanshi sought was fortune.
With nothing better to do, he performed a divination and discovered that Yin Shang's fortune was as stable as a mountain, no longer showing its former signs of instability. He immediately knew something was wrong.
The Clarification Sect and Jie Sect had each placed their bets on Western Qi and Yin Shang respectively, and the fortunes of Western Qi and Yin Shang were linked to those of the Clarification Sect and Jie Sect.
If Yin Shang's fortune was as stable as a mountain, then the Jie Sect's fortune was stable as well.
He hurriedly calculated again and found that it was indeed so.
Previously, although the Jie Sect possessed immense fortune, it had no spiritual treasure to suppress that fortune. Though vast, it was rootless duckweed.
But now, the Jie Sect's fortune was not only vast and powerful—it was even more stable than Buzhou