If it was only for a mere scrap of blood and flesh, then despite Great Tang's vast population, to the great orthodoxies that had long since transcended the mortal world, they were nothing but ants.
Why would they make such a huge fuss, even going so far as to cross realms?
Unless...
There was something within Great Tang worth reaching their hands into.
At this thought,
a name suddenly surfaced in everyone's mind.
True Person Green Snake drew a sharp breath. "Could it be... Great Tang's Grand Ancestor!?"
Boom—
Though nothing had been explicitly said, everyone already knew the answer.
The faces of the True Persons changed several times over.
Great Tang's Grand Ancestor.
What did that name mean to any orthodoxy?
True Person Yellow Centipede sneered. "You all know that the orthodoxies under heaven are divided into the Five Luminaries and Five Manifestations, for a total of twenty-five lineages."
Everyone nodded slightly.
They naturally knew this.
The so-called Five Luminaries were the five stars of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
The Five Manifestations, in turn, each divided into five positions: Transformation, Embryo, Assistant, Imperial, and Extinction.
Five times five made twenty-five orthodox lineages. These were the only paths to immortality in this world.
True Person Yellow Centipede's gaze was deep as he slowly began, "Among the twenty-five lineages, the Extinction Position reigns in slaughter, while the Transformation Position reigns in creation... But when it comes to dominion, who can surpass the Imperial Position?"
"Those who bear the nation's filth are its masters; those who bear the nation's misfortune are kings beneath heaven."
"The Imperial Position's orthodoxy governs, suppresses, and orders."
"Among the Imperial Positions of the Five Luminaries, Tai'e of Great White, Jianmu of Year Star, Xuanming of Chen Star, and Pure Yang of Fluctuating Fire... these four