After pondering for a while, Zhu Guang said, "As the saying goes: 'Those of deep innate foundation achieve the immortal Dao; those of middling foundation achieve the divine Dao; those of shallow foundation achieve the human Dao.
This is the decree of Heaven, no trifling matter. Moreover, it is sealed away, and only after death can one glimpse its true nature.'
Among those recorded in the Investiture of the Gods, aside from loyal ministers and righteous men, all are people of poor innate foundation.
The reason most of the uncles, senior brothers, and nephews of our Supreme Purity lineage ended up on the list
is likely precisely because their innate foundations were lacking."
"That is exactly the principle." Ling Qing nodded. "During the great war between the shamans and demons, I completely refined this Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, took hold of the laws governing the killing tribulation of that world, and came to understand something.
If I were to deploy the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, anyone beset by a death tribulation would certainly be unable to escape a pass through it.
Likewise, within the Investiture of the Gods tribulation, those with inadequate innate foundations would inevitably be unable to avoid taking a turn upon the Investiture of the Gods.
Therefore, anyone destined to be listed would find it exceedingly difficult to escape this tribulation.
And those who need not be listed, so long as their innate foundations are deep, could turn misfortune into blessing even when tribulation descended upon them.
Thus, not only is it difficult to put someone whose name is absent from the list onto it—it is even harder to free someone whose name is already on it from this tribulation."
Seeing everyone fall silent for a moment, he continued, "Of course, even the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation has a time