Faced with Zhang Yifan's string of rhetorical questions, Tongtian, the Jade Emperor, and Yang Jian pondered for a long time but could not come up with any representative figures.
"What? Can't say it?"
Zhang Yifan chuckled. "At the end of the universe lies the establishment. Although the members of Jie Teachings were placed on the Investiture of the Gods List, with their primordial spirits lodged in the Heavenly Dao and bound by it, making it difficult for their cultivation to advance, it wasn't impossible for them to improve. Besides, they had acquired the official background and status of the Orthodox of the Three Realms."
"They were gods, Heavenly Officials. If demons, devils, or rogue cultivators dared attack them, they would be making enemies of the Heavenly Court. They had a far more comfortable and secure environment. They no longer had to worry about someone cutting them down from behind. Nor did they need to fight and struggle; they only needed to cultivate in peace and fulfill their divine duties. What was so bad about that?"
"You might say that the first-generation and second-generation disciples were highly talented, and that it was a pity. You might say cultivators defied the heavens, seeking to transcend the Three Realms and escape the Heavenly Dao's restraints. Don't make me laugh. In this Primordial Era World, could anyone truly transcend the Three Realms? Were Saints not beneath the Heavenly Dao? Was Hongjun not within the Heavenly Dao?"
"Could those first-generation and second-generation disciples of Jie Teachings be stronger than Tongtian? Stronger than Hongjun? And they still dreamed of escaping the Heavenly Dao's control?"
"Wishful thinking!"
"These people had good fortune and didn't know how to appreciate it."
Sect Master Tongtian, the Jade Emperor, and Yang Jian were utterly stunned by this series of earthshaking words.
"That actually makes a lot of sense!" the Jade Emperor concluded after recovering from his shock.
For ordinary cultivators, merely attaining an Immortal rank was already an extravagant dream!
As for becoming a Heavenly Court True God, that was completely out of reach!
"Exactly. And if the Primordial Era World advances, every one of those Heavenly Court True Gods will be capable of trampling Heavenly Dao Saints beneath their feet. Do they still think they have it bad? In the future, they'd probably wake up laughing even in their dreams."
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Tongtian was greatly alarmed, as though he had just heard some incredible news!
The Primordial Era World could advance?
Every Heavenly Court True God could trample Heavenly Dao Saints beneath their feet?
Were there really Heavenly Court True Gods that badass?
Were there?
"Grandpa, the Primordial Era World can advance? Is that even possible?" Sect Master Tongtian could not help asking at once.
He had to seize such important information!
"Of course. As for exactly how, ask your uncle." Zhang Yifan nodded and pointed at the Jade Emperor.
The Jade Emperor merely smiled meaningfully.
This father was amazing!
Rather than reveal such a major matter himself, he had left it to him. Wouldn't that mean Tongtian was completely in his grasp?
"Uncle, tell me." Tongtian looked at the Jade Emperor and asked through gritted teeth.
"Why does a little brat like you need to know so much? The more you know, the more dangerous it is, understand? If such a major matter leaked out, you'd be tortured for information. Your end would be miserable, you know?"
Sect Master Tongtian's face darkened.
"Your uncle isn't telling you for your own good." The Jade Emperor ignored Tongtian's dark expression.
Tongtian was helpless. He knew that unless he bled a little and paid a hefty price, this would not be possible.
Then Tongtian suddenly recalled something else.
"Grandpa, you seemed to mention earlier that the Three Pure Ones splitting apart made it difficult for Pangu's True Body to descend again. Great God Pangu isn't dead? He can still descend?"
Tongtian's question immediately put the Jade Emperor and Yang Jian on guard.
The Primordial Era World had been created by Pangu. If Pangu could descend, what would be left for the Jade Emperor? What would be left for Hongjun?
"He could before, but not now." Zhang Yifan shook his head.
"Why?" Sect Master Tongtian immediately pressed.
"During the Witch-Demon Calamity, the Witch Tribe was slaughtered nearly to extinction. Hongjun severed the possibility of Pangu's physical body descending."
"??? Dao Ancestor Hongjun?" Sect Master Tongtian's eyes widened.
There was such a hidden truth behind the Witch-Demon Calamity?
The Witch Tribe had been transformed from Pangu's physical body, so they could have borne the possibility of Pangu's physical body descending again?
What a pity! How hateful!
Father God had actually been schemed against like this!
"Grandpa, does that mean there is still a chance for Pangu's Primordial Spirit to descend?"
Yang Jian hit the nail on the head.
Boom!
Sect Master Tongtian's mind shook violently.
Right, they had only said that the possibility of the physical body descending was gone. They had not said the Primordial Spirit could not descend.
"That's right. If the Three Pure Ones become one, the phantom of Pangu's Primordial Spirit can descend again." Zhang Yifan nodded.
Hiss!
The Jade Emperor sucked in a sharp breath!
There was such a thing?
Pangu's Primordial Spirit could actually descend again!
"If he descends, would Dao Ancestor Hongjun allow it?" the Jade Emperor asked.
"He would never allow it, and neither would the Heavenly Dao." Zhang Yifan shook his head. "But if the Primordial Era World is to advance, he must descend. He is indispensable."
Well, damn!
The Jade Emperor was helpless. He had thought that gathering one hundred and eight Primordial Chaos Grand Unity Golden Immortals, killing Hongjun, and activating the advancement formation would be enough.
It turned out Pangu's Primordial Spirit True Body also had to descend!
"Then after the Primordial Era World advances, can the Jade Emperor still remain the Heavenly Emperor? Won't Pangu take it?" The Jade Emperor smiled bitterly.
"What are you thinking? Even if Pangu's Primordial Spirit descends again, he would only be there to write a sacrificial text. He only has his primordial spirit. After the advancement, he cannot remain. At most, he will be thrown back into the chaos, turned into an egg again, and wait to create another world in the future."
"That's good!" The Jade Emperor let out a huge sigh of relief.
As long as Pangu did not come to take it, there was nothing to worry about.
No, even if he came to take it, could he take it?
By then, I will have one hundred and eight people at the perfected realm of Primordial Chaos Grand Unity Golden Immortal beneath me, along with the power of the Primordial Era World. How could he take it?
Besides, there was this father as well!
"Pangu can still descend?"
Sect Master Tongtian was already in tears.
Unlike the Jade Emperor, he had no such complicated thoughts. He only wanted to see Father God once. That was enough.
"Alright. I'm going to take a nap. You all chat. I'll leave the tea in the main hall later." Zhang Yifan yawned, rose to his feet, and prepared to leave.
"Grandpa, tell us more secrets about the Primordial Era World's calamities." Yang Jian grabbed Zhang Yifan, wanting to learn more hidden truths.
"The calamities of the Primordial Era World are a long story. We'll talk about them slowly another time."
That afternoon.
The Jade Emperor and the others took the Enlightenment Tea and left. Yang Jian also left behind some basic cultivation manuals.
Above the nine heavens of auspicious clouds.
"Big Nephew, want to come sit in the Heavenly Court with your uncle?"
"Get lost!" Tongtian replied irritably.
"Hahahaha! My big nephew is pretty cute when he gets angry! Hahahaha!" The Jade Emperor laughed loudly and departed.
"Brother Tong, come play at Mount Mei when you have time!" Yang Jian said with a grin as he followed the Jade Emperor away.
Damn it!
Sect Master Tongtian gnashed his teeth, yet there was nothing he could do to either of them.
"No matter what, I gained a great deal today. I learned the Jade Emperor's trump card and also learned about the future possibilities of the Primordial Era World."
"More importantly, I learned that it was not a bad thing for my disciples and descendants of Jie Teachings to be placed on the Investiture of the Gods List."
"The knot in my heart has finally been untied."
Sect Master Tongtian let out a long breath of stale air. His long-sealed Saint's state of mind, along with the Saint cultivation he had lost, returned once more.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Mid-stage Saint realm!
"I, Tongtian, have returned!"
Rumble!
A thunderous crash echoed through the sky, as if responding to Tongtian's declaration.
"It is time to go back and take a look." Sect Master Tongtian glanced in the direction of Golden Ao Island and vanished.
Elsewhere.
On the way to the Heavenly Court, Yang Jian looked at the Jade Emperor several times, as though he had something to say.
"If you've got something to say, spit it out." The Jade Emperor spoke bluntly.
"Uncle, so many Heavenly Court gods have left. You see, I have so many brothers at Mount Mei. Could they perhaps...?"
Yang Jian's meaning was obvious. He wanted to secure official positions for his brothers from Mount Mei.
"Alright, would I ever mistreat you?" The Jade Emperor smiled and scolded him. "Handle the proper matter first. Then bring your brothers to build a house for your grandpa. Those few rooms at my father's place can't fit all your younger sisters."
"Great, Uncle!" Yang Jian was overjoyed!
With that promise, he could finally rest easy.
His brothers from Mount Mei had suffered alongside him for so long. At last, they would be able to hold their heads high!
Afterward, Yang Jian hurried toward Mount Mei, eager to let his brothers witness the power of Enlightenment Tea.
There was no need to imagine that scene. A smile appeared at the corner of Yang Jian's mouth.
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