Zhao Xuan raised his brush.
[An official's duty is not a tribulation.]
The first line took shape.
That mark of the mortal world shuddered.
[Loyalty and righteousness are not names on the list.]
The second line took shape.
Gray-white energy churned within the incomplete List Shadow.
[The mortal world is not expendable material for the Investiture of the Gods.]
An invisible wave of force seemed to press down over the entire area before Golden Turtle Island.
It was not thunder.
Yet it weighed heavier than thunder.
Because this question was no longer being asked solely for Wen Zhong.
Nor was it being asked solely for the Interception Sect.
It was being asked for the entire mortal world.
If an official's fulfillment of his duty could be written down as a tribulation.
If loyalty and righteousness could be written down as names on the list.
If the rise and fall of dynasties could become a reason for disciples of the Three Teachings to enter the fray.
Then the mortal world had never been the mortal world from the very beginning.
It was an altar the Investiture of the Gods List had prepared in advance!
Daoist Duobao said gravely:
"They aren't waiting for the mortal world to fall into chaos."
"They need the mortal world to fall into chaos."
Zhao Xuan looked at him.
"Exactly."
Daoist Duobao's expression darkened further.
"Once the mortal world falls into chaos, everyone has a reason to enter the fray."
"The Heavenly Court can say the Three Realms need order."
"Jade Emptiness can say it is following Heaven and upholding the rightful order."
"The Western Sect can say it is relieving suffering and delivering people."
"But if anyone from our Interception Sect acts, that becomes entering the tribulation."
Holy Mother Guiling sneered.
"No matter how it goes,