The Dispute Over the Dao Lineage

The Boat of Creation was driven at full power. While the Dagan Emperor Yang Pan and Hong Xuanji spoke, the two Dao Ancestors, Fang Yuan, Tang Hailong, and Li Feiyu exchanged thoughts among themselves. At this moment, Ancestor God Mountain clung to the outside of the Boat of Creation like a parasite, wholly relying on the Boat of Creation's power for propulsion and protection without expending the slightest bit of its own strength, while remaining able to break away at any time. It was both effortless and risk-free. "Sect Master, have you sensed Tai's lineage?" "Origin Land is the most mysterious place in heaven and earth, and also the loftiest. It is a thousand times more mysterious than the Nine Abyss Divine Realm. This time, it is the source of all our opportunities. Seize the chance, and ascend to heaven in a single step; fail to seize it, and body and Dao will both perish," Fang Yuan said. "Good, good, good. What a 'weathering wind and rain in the same boat, helping one another across the river in the same boat.' These eight words sum up the lives of you and me, ruler and minister, and have suddenly opened up my mind." ... "Your Majesty, absolutely not. Ritual cannot be discarded. To discard ritual is to abandon the intention of being Emperor; that would truly make Your Majesty a ruler of a fallen nation. This minister has upheld ritual all his life. Even during those days when I lost my divine abilities and life was worse than death, I never abandoned ritual. Your Majesty is not now a ruler of a fallen nation, and this minister is not a minister of a fallen nation, because in the hearts of both ruler and minister, we are still ruler and minister." "We