Ye Anyuan smiled. "I used to have the same doubts as you."
"But after studying it, I discovered that some mythological stories were real, while others were false."
"Like the Investiture of the Gods you mentioned—it was only a novel. It mixed in some true events, but many things were fabricated out of thin air."
"Things like the bestowal of gods are all nonsense."
"The true Immortal Realm has no Heavenly Court. It is controlled by the major sects, and the so-called Three Teachings and Western Sect are merely relatively powerful sects."
"Besides those sects, there are many others. Some of them are no weaker than the Three Teachings and Western Sect."
"For example, the Sword Sect is also a super sect in the Immortal Realm, no weaker than the Jie Sect or Buddhism."
"As for the Ji Fa you mentioned, it was actually just a change of dynasties on Blue Star, only later adapted into a mythological tale."
"You understand this sort of thing too—the victor becomes king, the loser becomes a bandit. Those who win can write the story however they please; truth rests in the hands of the victors."
"Figures like the Jade Emperor and Buddha may really have existed, but they were merely powerful cultivators. They were not as fantastical as the mythological tales made them out to be."
"As for the Primordial World era, that time was far too distant. Whether great gods such as Pangu and Nuwa truly existed, I do not know either."
"As for whether the Underworld in mythology truly exists, that is also a mystery."
"The Reincarnation Realm is extremely mysterious. There are practically no records concerning it; I have only heard rumors."
Ye Wudao nodded. "So mythological stories are half true and half false. That gives them a touch of