Zhang Yu entrusted the Mystic Chaos Cicada to Executive Zhuang. After discussing the strategy for what followed, he withdrew his qi intent back to the Pure Profound Dao Palace.
He now had two fellow cultivators. If he waited until Qing Shuo and Bai Wang also arrived in the Upper Layer, then they would openly possess the confidence to stand on equal footing with the Golden Court.
The Mystic Chaos Cicada was presently still being gradually borrowed. Compared with the Clear Firmament Ark, the disparity in their power remained immense, yet their essential nature was the same. So long as it reached a certain level, even if it could not contend for long, it could still do so for a brief while.
But these alone were far from enough.
Resistance was merely resistance. To reverse the Dao intent and allow Celestial Xia's true Dao intent to shine forth, they had to possess greater reason than the five Executives of the Golden Court.
Moreover, even if they possessed the strength to contend against the five Executives, those other great powers of the upper realm would not stand with them. There was no guarantee that these great powers would not heed the five Executives' commands during this process. These people also had to be accounted for.
The best approach would be to find a way to keep these people from taking part in the conflict between the two sides. How this was to be done required careful thought as well.
However, if they could gain more fellow cultivators who shared the same Dao intent, the problem could be resolved at its root. Many methods were merely supplements for insufficient strength. With sufficient strength, everything would yield as readily as a blade through bamboo.
He then intended to continue opening up the lower levels