To regulate the earth, fire, wind, and water of the Peaceful Realm, the Profound Court had dispatched quite a few cultivators there. Yet there was still not enough manpower, for most had been transferred to lay out formations.
During Origin Xia's last invasion, three to four months of assaults had shattered many formations within the native void. They needed to be repaired and further reinforced.
The Ravine Realm and the Unyielding Realm were in the same situation. Cultivators skilled in formations were needed everywhere. Since most who mastered formations were True Cultivators, their maintenance chiefly depended on True Cultivators as well.
A newly ascended Profound Method Profound Venerable like Ji Jie, who also commanded formations, was exceedingly rare. He was perfectly suited to make up for certain shortcomings of the Guardian of Rectitude Palace.
After settling the serious matters with Ji Jie, Zhang Yu had a welcoming banquet arranged and spoke with him for a while, mainly asking about Ji Jie's experiences over the past years. Once he understood these, he spoke of the crisis Celestial Xia had recently been facing.
He recounted what he had seen and heard in Origin Xia, then finally said, "If Origin Xia is not destroyed, Celestial Xia can scarcely endure. Our two sides must determine victory and defeat, and must also determine what is right. From the perspective of the Great Dao, there is no distinction between right and wrong here. But from the perspective of humanity, the Dao upheld by Origin Xia runs counter to human nature. They regard all living beings as livestock, fix the order of Heaven, cling rigidly to high and low, and vainly seek to stop the Heavenly Dao from turning. They must be destroyed."
After hearing this, Ji Jie solemnly said, "Ji Jie is a Profound Venerable of