Those words gave Hongjun a graceful way to step down.
They also secured the survival of the Three Steles.
Hongjun fell silent for a moment.
Then the Investiture of the Gods List itself slowly unfurled.
The densely packed names of the Interception Sect began to fade away.
Three new columns appeared on the list.
[Killing tribulation.] [Profit-sharing.] [Wish Deity.]
The Heavenly Court Divine Position Register changed along with it.
The three hundred and sixty-five principal divine positions remained.
But no divine position was directly linked to a Jie Sect disciple's name anymore.
Instead, each was left blank.
Waiting for karma to fill it.
On the Golden Ao Three Steles, the first new name lit up.
It was not someone from the Interception Sect.
Nor was it an ordinary disciple of the Chan Sect.
It was Randeng.
[Daoist Randeng altered an Old Edict of the Jade Emptiness Outer Estate, used Shi Ji to enter the tribulation, implicated Nezha, and linked himself to the Western Sect.] [Entered into the Profit-Sharing List.]
Daoist Randeng snapped his head up.
"I am the deputy leader of Jade Emptiness!"
Zhao Xuan looked at him.
"That is why we start with you."
Yuanshi Tianzun did not speak up for him.
Daoist Zhunti's expression changed as well.
On the Investiture of the Gods List, Randeng's name was entered into the Profit-Sharing List.
He did not die on the spot.
But from that moment on, his fate would be bound by the list.
He could no longer exploit Jade Emptiness while secretly dealing with the Western Sect, then walk away unscathed.
On Golden Turtle Island, the Ten Thousand Immortals of the Interception Sect who witnessed this from afar erupted in excitement.
Randeng was the first to enter the new lists.
That was more satisfying than