Everyone in the hall nodded. Pan Xuan continued:
"Now that Di Jun has attained the Dao, the expansion of Hong Jun's will within the Heavenly Dao Space is inevitable.
But this also means the karmic ties between Hong Jun and Di Jun have grown tighter.
Di Jun is a Sage who attained the Dao through Primordial Violet Qi. There must be some connection between his will and Hong Jun's will that we do not yet understand.
That connection is both Hong Jun's advantage and his Achilles' heel.
Right now, two matters are most urgent.
First, we must continue consolidating the Netherworld's Divine Office system so that the Earthly Dao operates more smoothly.
The stronger the Earthly Dao becomes, the more confidence the Divine Dao System will have in the contest over the Heavenly Dao.
Second, we must expand the Divine Dao Network's coverage throughout the Primordial World, bringing more unaffiliated cultivators, small clans, and spirits into the Divine Dao System.
The contest over the Heavenly Dao concerns the upper levels; the foundations of the Primordial World lie below.
The deeper those foundations, the greater our margin for error in the contest above."
Deep within the Heavenly Dao Space, Hong Jun sat cross-legged amidst the purple-gold radiance of the core, the Fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation rotating slowly before him.
The moment Di Jun attained the Dao, his eyes snapped open.
For countless years, he had merged his body with the Dao, incorporating his will into the Heavenly Dao Core and using the Fragment of the Jade Plate of Creation as his foundation to control the workings of the Heavenly Dao Laws.
Yet the Witch Clan had formed the Pangu True Body from the Law Deities of the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones, pinning him firmly