As Zhang Yu pondered, a radiant Star Cicada flew out from his body. With a spread of its wings, it crossed into the Inner Layer and flew toward the desert in the north of Binyun Upper Continent.
At this moment, a divine attendant outside came to report, "Tingzhi, Tingzhi Yusu requests an audience."
Zhang Yu said, "Invite him in at once."
He rose from his seat and went to greet him at the steps of the main hall. Before long, Daoist Yusu entered from outside. After the two exchanged greetings before the hall, they went into the inner hall and took their seats.
After the divine attendants served clear tea, Daoist Yusu came straight to the point. "What does fellow Daoist think of this Turbid Tide upheaval?"
Zhang Yu knew that he was not asking how to deal with the Turbid Tide, but what he thought of the Turbid Tide itself. After a brief consideration, he said, "In my view, every rise of the Turbid Tide must stir the mechanisms of the Dao. This is both a dangerous predicament and an opportunity for change. Though it is a threat now, if we can bring it under our control in the future, it will greatly benefit us."
The Turbid Tide itself was exceedingly complex and could not be summed up in a single sentence. Yet what was comparatively clear now was that its arrival would undoubtedly alter the Dao mechanisms of heaven and earth.
This was not unfamiliar to Celestial Xia.
In the primordial age, great demons and monstrous fiends roamed the world. It was by shifting the Dao mechanisms that the ancients had overthrown in one stroke those demons and fiends that were profoundly attuned to the primordial world.
Of course, the Dao mechanisms of heaven and earth affected every