Fuxi and Taiyi used both carrot and stick to forcibly recruit manpower throughout the primordial world. The news quickly spread. Those Purple Cloud Palace listeners whose strength fell short of Taiyi's and who lacked powerful backers immediately felt as though danger lurked everywhere, fearing that Taiyi would come knocking the very next moment.
Left with no choice, dozens of anxious cultivators gathered at Mount Kunlun and begged Taiqing, the foremost disciple of the Profound Sect, to step forward and uphold justice, putting a stop to Taiyi's tyrannical conduct.
"Senior Brother, Taiyi relies on force to compel us into joining him. How is that any different from enslavement? How can such conduct be the righteous path of the Profound Sect? We beg Senior Brother to uphold justice for us!"
The crowd voiced their grievances one after another, their tears and snot streaming down together.
Taiqing sat upright upon his Cloud Bed. Hearing their complaints and seeing that they were indeed deeply troubled, he too felt that Taiyi had gone somewhat too far, disturbing the tranquility of the primordial world. Just as he was about to agree and intervene—
Yuqing's face beside him was already filled with anger.
"Taiyi is nothing more than a fur-clad, horned creature. How dare he be so presumptuous? Running wild and unchecked on the strength of a little brute force—he ought to be punished!"
Though Shangqing said nothing outright, displeasure with Taiyi's overbearing manner showed in his eyes as well. He believed such actions were beneath his station.
Just as the Three Pure Ones reached a consensus and prepared to involve themselves in the matter, a vast, indifferent, supreme will descended simultaneously into the depths of their Primordial Spirits—it was their teacher, Dao Ancestor Hongjun!
"The Heavenly Court is meant to arise; this is the Heavenly Mandate.