"Speaking of defying the Mandate of Heaven, I heard there was also a King You of Zhou?" Zhong Shan asked.
"Indeed. King You of Zhou was an extraordinary figure in the Great Zhou Heavenly Court. He slaughtered Saints in the Netherworld, entered the world of the living, and established a heavenly court. He defied Heaven alongside us. Everything had gone smoothly at first, but unfortunately, something went wrong at the final moment!" Receiving shook his head and sighed.
"What went wrong?" Zhong Shan asked doubtfully.
"I don't know the specifics either. Hongjun and King You of Zhou had a falling-out. That was the primary reason our attempt to defy the Mandate of Heaven ended in failure. Hongjun then established another heavenly court in these Four Great Continents, with Hao Tian presiding over it. It was the one you saw a few days ago!" Receiving thought for a moment before answering.
"That heavenly court was left behind by Hongjun. What was the deeper meaning behind it?" Zhong Shan asked.
"I don't know. Hongjun never left traces when he acted. His schemes reached far into the future. Even we Saints don't know everything. In fact, I suspect that our failure to defy the Mandate of Heaven back then was deliberate on Hongjun's part!" Receiving thought for a moment, a trace of suspicion appearing in his eyes.
"Deliberate on Hongjun's part?" Zhong Shan's brows furrowed.
Failure alone would have been one thing, but after joining in the attempt to defy the Mandate of Heaven, why would he deliberately fail? What exactly was Hongjun thinking?
"That's only my guess!" Receiving shook his head. Clearly, he didn't know the deepest secrets either.
"Regardless, you still accomplished an unprecedented feat: reversing the Mandate of Heaven. Even if you weren't the last of your kind, you were