Chapter 2894: Three Waves borrows a book
As soon as the concept of an 8.5th Heavenly Dao was raised, everyone present fell silent.
"The Heavenly Dao Seat isn't child's play, nor is it something we can control or reserve. Even Brother Daozi, who kept saying he wanted to compete for the Heavenly Dao Seat, has no absolute confidence that he can attain proof of immortality and suppress the other Longevity Immortals of the Myriad Heavens and Realms... So how exactly are you going to put together this 8.5th Heavenly Dao? What will you use to determine who takes the Heavenly Dao Seat?" the master from the Vajra Temple said calmly.
His obsession had now been resolved, leaving him temporarily in a desireless sage mode, so he was the calmest of them all when faced with this matter.
The Heavenly Dao wasn't their private car. They couldn't simply let whoever they wanted get in.
Daozi likewise asked, "And why would it be a 'transitional Heavenly Dao' rather than directly becoming the Ninth Heavenly Dao? The Heavenly Dao is immortal. How would you make an immortal Heavenly Dao 'temporary'? Once someone becomes the Heavenly Dao, unless they consciously choose otherwise, there should theoretically be no possibility of being 'temporary,' right?"
"Besides, the competition for the Ninth Heavenly Dao is already underway, and the Ninth Heavenly Dao could emerge at any moment... What are you trying to achieve by insisting on creating an 8.5th Heavenly Dao now? Forget it. I only want to know whether this 8.5th Heavenly Dao can lift the curse on my people," the Eight-Armed Primordial Demon Venerable said.
—He was the only remaining Outer Heavenly Demon in the Myriad Heavens and Realms who retained his sanity. The curse he wanted to lift was precisely the one that had robbed