Moving Mount Sumeru: The Window Effect

Of course, when Yuan Yan spoke of pulling out Mount Sumeru, this stubborn nail, he did not mean killing or driving away Jieyin and Zhunti to seize Mount Sumeru.

Mount Sumeru was not merely Jieyin and Zhunti's dojo; it was the very foundation of their path to enlightenment.

If Mount Sumeru were forcibly taken, Jieyin and Zhunti would most likely rather die than submit. Even if they did submit, they would certainly fight them to the death.

Jieyin had already taken a seat on the Sage Position Futon. Unless he could be made to fall, he would surely attain Sagehood in the future. Yuan Yan did not care about making an enemy of a future Sage, but he could not fight one to the death without just cause.

As for killing Jieyin and Zhunti and making them fall?

Jieyin and Zhunti were the only two native Top-Tier Innate Divines of the Western Continent. Naturally, they enjoyed the Western Continent's favor. Moreover, although they were shameless and utterly without face, it had to be acknowledged that they had indeed rendered service to the Western Continent. Under their stewardship, the Mount Sumeru Ancestral Vein had stopped deteriorating and had even begun to recover.

The Mount Sumeru Ancestral Vein was the true core of the Western Continent. If it could one day recover to the rank of an ancestral vein, then the Western Continent's return to its former peak would merely be a matter of time.

Even though Yuan Yan and the others had achieved great results in restoring the Western Continent and had gained its favor, they still could not casually kill Jieyin and Zhunti. Otherwise, they would surely suffer an extremely severe backlash.

Furthermore, perhaps because Jieyin had already taken a seat on the Sage Position Futon and was a Heaven-Appointed