If that was the case, then Uchiha Shin's influence on them would be greatly diminished. He would no longer be able to act against them so freely.
An ordinary person without any abilities—even if he did not belong to the Three Realms, how could he possibly deal with them?
As they considered this, smiles appeared on everyone's faces, and they felt admiration for Yuanshi Tianzun.
Yuanshi Tianzun truly was formidable, to have thought of this.
In truth, they should have realized this long ago, yet they had never considered it.
At the very beginning, all of them had been using Uchiha Shin. Some had used him to deal with Taishang Laojun and make Taishang Laojun fall from the Saint Realm, while Taishang Laojun had also used Uchiha Shin for the same purpose before attaining sainthood once more.
Thus, back then, none of them had considered killing or crippling Uchiha Shin. They had merely allowed him to develop on his own.
Later, Taishang Laojun fell from the Saint Realm, and all of them wanted to eliminate Uchiha Shin so that he would not affect them. However, they knew that someone stood behind Uchiha Shin, so none of them wished to be the first to kill him. They wanted someone else to make the first move.
As things gradually developed, Uchiha Shin became part of the Deva Path's operation and had continued opposing them until now.
None of them had considered crippling Uchiha Shin, because they had fallen into a blind spot. After all, someone stood behind him, and they all harbored a degree of apprehension.
Now that they had heard Yuanshi Tianzun's words, they finally understood.
"It seems we may all be getting old, to have failed to think of this. Since we cannot kill Uchiha Shin, we can cripple him.