The Investiture of the Gods was not something everyone avoided like the plague.
Ling Qing and the other six would certainly disdain to go, and even Tian Yong, Zhang Zhe, and the rest would not be willing.
Yet for Sun Tai and the others, it might well be an opportunity.
When a world perished, those who had not transcended could only perish along with it.
But that did not mean they vanished completely.
So long as their true spirits could be preserved, when heaven and earth were opened anew, they would still have a chance to be reborn.
Just as when Ling Qing destroyed the world of Heian-kyo, the true spirits of those living beings who died had not dispersed.
Instead, he had protected them and let them reincarnate within the world of the Nine-Layer Azure Gate.
It was only that, aside from the attendant True Persons chosen by each incarnation, the Nine Layers now contained—
Only ordinary, muddle-headed living beings.
Of course, when a world perished, it was impossible for every living being's true spirit to be preserved.
There would always be some losses.
Once Ling Qing and the others became immortals, even shattered true spirits could slowly be reborn, just like Holy Mother Turtle Spirit.
And if Sun Tai and the others could secure a place in the Investiture of the Gods, their true spirits would likewise be protected by it, and no accidents would befall them.
But Tian Yong and the others had merely cultivated innate spiritual radiance. They could avoid death, but did not possess the trait of indestructibility.
If something truly happened and someone wore away their innate spiritual radiance, it would be the same as vanishing from heaven and earth forever.
Thus Nie Yinniang continued, "Aside from Daoguan, Dao Tai, and those other twelve,