Xu Yi said he had never heard of the Upper Heavenly Court, and the white-browed elder agreed. "Once the Northern and Southern Heavenly Courts were established, all records of the Immortal Annals were destroyed. Aside from ancient lineages like Brother Xing's, whose secrets have been passed down through generations, no one else could possibly know."
Xing Yi realized he had let something slip. These secrets truly weren't meant for outsiders, but now that he had said this much, if he clammed up, he feared he would end up suffering the same fate as the white-browed elder earlier.
Xing Yi said, "What I say leaves my mouth and enters your ears. If you spread it and bring disaster upon yourselves, I, Xing, won't take responsibility—and I won't admit I ever told you any of this."
Xu Yi said, "We're all in the same boat and should support one another. And as for what happens afterward, since Brother Xing has made it sound so serious, I don't think anyone would be foolish enough to ignore the danger and invite disaster upon himself."
"That's exactly right," the white-browed elder said. "The fact that there are no historical records of the Upper Heavenly Court shows how taboo it is. Who'd be crazy enough to spread it everywhere? You'd have to be bored stiff, just begging for the Northern and Southern Heavenly Courts to come after you. Come on, Old Xing, quit dawdling and get on with it."
Xing Yi said, "The Upper Heavenly Court existed tens of thousands of years ago. Back then, there were no Northern or Southern Heavenly Courts, only the Upper Heavenly Court. Above it stood only the Three Pure Ones Palace; there was no Taiqing Temple as there is today. Shangqing Palace and the Ancestor Buddha Court were then known