Ever since Origin Xia opened the Two-Realm Passage and sent the consciousness of True Persons into the Offering Realm, they had kept an eye on that place. Not long after the Offering Realm successfully ascended, the various Origin Xia Councilors learned of it as well.
Now that this had come to pass, it could be said that the Offering Realm had become a world domain like the myriad ages Origin Xia had opened in the past. The consciousnesses placed within it earlier had likewise become meaningless.
Councilor Xiang said, "Since this lower realm has already ascended, there is no point in sending anyone there anymore.
"If Celestial Xia had not intervened, wiping out the people of this world would have been easy; dispatching a single Daoist Qiuquan would suffice. But Celestial Xia clearly will not stand idly by. We might as well give it up cleanly.
"Now, they no longer cling to that former obsession of destroying every world domain they encountered. There are, in truth, many such world domains. If Celestial Xia remains, destroying all these world domains would be useless; conversely, if Celestial Xia falls, none of these world domains could endure."
The Councilors discussed it, neither declaring it feasible nor unfeasible, and let the matter pass. In truth, this amounted to tacit approval of his view.
Councilor Qiu stood on his side. He remained silent, though his gaze flickered. With the aid of the treasure that suppressed the Dao, he had calculated the location of every person who might break through their realm. Yet there was one point he had not mentioned: if they intervened, this matter might succeed—or it might not.
Intervention itself was also part of the forces driving change.
He merely calculated; whether it could be accomplished did not depend on him. Yet if