Jieyin and Zhunti.
The Two Sages of the West had arrived in person!
Seeing this, those harboring greedy thoughts abandoned them one after another.
Only then did they suddenly realize that Styx had already joined the Western Teachings and had even become their Deputy Leader!
With two Saints backing him, unless the Three Pure Ones intervened, no one could stop him from attaining the Dao.
But would the Three Pure Ones act?
Absolutely not!
Though East and West had always been at odds, they cared even more about their own Saint positions.
Given the immense merit Styx had accumulated, if anyone dared obstruct him, even the Heavenly Dao likely would not permit it.
They could only watch helplessly as Styx took that step!
So what if he attained the Dao?
The Heavenly Dao's Saint positions were already full. Even with Primordial Violet Qi, he could not become a Heavenly Dao Saint.
Though the Earthly Dao was reviving...
At most, he could attain an Earthly Saint position. What was there to fear?
When Laojun came back to his senses, he revealed a shocking secret while speaking with his two brothers.
The Heavenly Realm's Saint positions were full!
Though the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World was powerful, the number of Saint positions was fixed.
There were exactly six seats, neither more nor less.
There was another path—attain an Earthly Saint position, entrust one's primordial spirit to the Earth Veins, and use the power of the Earthly Realm to break into the Saint Realm.
With the Three Pure Ones' abilities, they could naturally see Houtu's current state:
She had transformed herself into reincarnation, awakened the dormant origin of the Earthly Realm, and connected her newly formed primordial spirit to the Earth Veins without using Primordial Violet Qi, thus attaining an Earthly Saint