Jiang Yuan's suggestion was indeed feasible, but even if it were implemented, it would mean building a separate Heavenly Prison, not setting up the Myriad Star Pot as the Heavenly Prison as he envisioned.
As Emperor Xi said, the demon Demon God of the Demon Clan are not fools. How could they not see that Jiang Yuan's purpose in setting up the Myriad Star Pot as Heavenly Prison was simply to use the power of the Demon Clan's origin to strengthen this treasure?
If a policy is truly for the good of Heavenly Court, then even if it is mixed with some selfish motives and used to seek personal gain, it is understandable.
Everyone just turns a blind eye and it's all over; nobody cares. Because everyone does it this way. If we really made a fuss, wouldn't that be like ruining everyone's livelihood and leaving nobody with anything to eat?
That makes sense, but there's a prerequisite: the person doing this can't be too unpopular.
If this person is an enemy of Heavenly Court, then no amount of unspoken rules will work against him; on the contrary, they will become reasons to attack him.
Unfortunately, Jiang Yuan was just that kind of person. He had extremely poor interpersonal relationships in the Heavenly Court. If not all the Demon God hated him, then at least 80% of them did. Calling him the public enemy of the Heavenly Court was not an exaggeration at all.
In this situation, his idea of turning the Myriad Star Pot into Heavenly Prison for his own selfish gain is just wishful thinking. The Heavenly Court's Demon God would rather ruin this whole affair than let him succeed.
That's what happens when you have bad interpersonal relationships. No matter what you want to accomplish, a large group of people will jump out to oppose you, resulting in tremendous resistance.
"You're too unpopular; don't even think about it. Even if I put in my best effort, it's impossible to succeed."
Seeing that Jiang Yuan still wanted to say something, Emperor Xi said helplessly.
He was also desperate about Jiang Yuan's situation in the Heavenly Court, as the interests involved were too great and too extensive, making it impossible to improve the situation.
Of course, Emperor Xi had no intention of making any changes. It was fine as it was. Being hated by a Demon God certainly had many disadvantages, making it difficult to do anything he wanted.
However, there are advantages, namely, it's difficult to form karmic ties with the Demon Clan race. They can leave whenever they want in the future, unlike him, who couldn't even leave even if he wanted to.
"They dare?"
"They ruined my plans today, aren't they afraid I'll ruin theirs in the future? You should know that my position in Heavenly Court is far higher than theirs. It's not easy to accomplish something, but it's all too easy to ruin it."
"As long as I persist, there are few things in Heavenly Court that they can accomplish!"
Jiang Yuan retorted angrily, "Anyone can sabotage things. If the Demon God can ruin his plans, then of course he can ruin the Demon God's plans too. This way, no one will benefit. Why bother?"
"They outnumber you, and you're all alone; that's their biggest advantage."
"No matter how much you can sabotage, can you really ruin everything for all of them? Even if you could, if you're constantly watching them, how will you have time to do anything else?"
Emperor Xi advised Jiang Yuan not to act rashly, as the opposing side had a large and powerful force, putting him at a significant disadvantage.
"I can't ruin everything for all of them, but I can make them all suffer. Anyone who dares to mess with me, I'll make them miserable."
Jiang Yuan said arrogantly that, given his current status in the Heavenly Court, he had nothing to fear except for the four great leaders and the Heavenly Empress.
Even those few Quasi-Saint Realm wouldn't dare offend him easily, let alone a group of Demon God. If he said he would make them unhappy, he really could make them unhappy.
"Suit yourself, but I must remind you that getting too entangled with those Demon God won't do you any good. Don't forget, you still owe their Great Witch Essence Blood."
"If things get too strained, and they come after you for money, what will you do?"
Emperor Xi reminded him that he had not forgotten that Jiang Yuan had previously borrowed a considerable amount of Great Witch Essence Blood from the Zhou Tian Demon God.
It's fine if the relationship was good before, but if it sours later, those Zhou Tian Demon God will definitely come knocking on our door to demand repayment.
"A person without integrity cannot stand. The agreed-upon due date has not yet arrived, so what right do they have to come knocking on my door demanding repayment? I've already paid them the interest."
"They took my interest and still dared to come to my door demanding repayment. I just won't pay. What can they do to me? Even if they're not satisfied and go to the Heavenly Emperor to complain about me, I'll still be in the right."
"Unless the Heavenly Emperor is willing to admit that the Demon Clan has no credibility, how can the Heavenly Emperor have the face to stand up for them and force me to repay my debts?"
Jiang Yuan retorted indignantly, "If you want me to repay the debt early, you can do so after you return the interest I gave you earlier. Otherwise, just wait patiently until the agreed time arrives, and then we can talk about returning the Great Witch Essence Blood."
As for how they'll borrow the Great Witch Essence Blood after things have escalated like this, forget about it. They won't lend it to us now, there's no need to wait.
This is also why Jiang Yuan dared to turn against the Zhou Tian Demon God. He didn't turn against them before because he wanted to borrow the Great Witch Essence Blood from them, so he needed to coax them.
But as he became the Great Dao Honored Rank and amassed more and more benefits, he inevitably turned against the Demon God.
At this point, it was impossible to borrow the Great Witch Essence Blood from them again. This meant that they were no longer of any value to Jiang Yuan, and there was no need to coax them anymore; he could just do as he pleased.
This path is now obsolete, making it difficult to collect the Great Witch Essence Blood in the future.
However, there's nothing that can be done about it. In this world, things rarely go as planned; there are always gains and losses, and it's difficult to have it all.
To maintain a harmonious relationship with the Demon God, one must relinquish most of their benefits. If one is unwilling to relinquish benefits, the only option is to become enemies with the Demon God.
These two things are inherently contradictory, and you can only choose one. Trying to do both will only lead to neglecting one and ending up accomplishing nothing.
To be honest, it's already a miracle that Jiang Yuan has succeeded in all his schemes until now, only to encounter obstacles now.
To put it bluntly, his Destiny reached its limit. The reason he was able to have everything go smoothly before was because his Destiny too strong, so heaven and earth opened a path for him, clearing away all obstacles in his way.
But even the strongest Destiny has its limits. Now it has reached its limit, so it will be difficult for him to have everything go his way, and he must make a choice: to give up some interests in order to preserve others.
"It's good that you understand. Let's not talk about that anymore. Let's get back to your suggestion. Adding a few more punitive measures in addition to fines would indeed further improve the Heavenly Regulations."
"And the example you gave, which sent those who violated the Heavenly Regulations to the primordial chaos beyond the heavens to transform their primordial energy and thus atone for their mistakes, is even more virtuous."
"This action punishes the criminals, benefits heaven and earth, and accumulates Merit for the Heavenly Court; it truly kills two birds with one stone."
"The establishment of Heavenly Prison is indeed imperative."
"In that case, I will issue these instructions and let the gods of the Law Hall discuss and refine them. In this way, they will benefit and will be less likely to oppose setting up the Myriad Star Pot as Heavenly Prison."
Ultimately, Emperor Xi sided with Jiang Yuan. In a flash, he devised a plan for him: distribute some benefits to the Demon God to silence them. That way, who would dare oppose Jiang Yuan's proposal?