Primordial Simplicity's extensive talk of rules and order did take Changsheng by surprise, but they quickly grasped the meaning behind it.
In the past, the Golden Court had always crushed others with force, compelling them to submit. Now it had changed its approach. Though the objective remained the same, it carried far greater righteousness and reason.
By the Golden Court's rules and order, if they were willing to accept the benefits brought by the Golden Court, that naturally meant accepting its rules. If they were unwilling, then they would naturally have to declare that they were giving up their share of the Dao Fruit, or allow Celestial Xia to take it back on its own initiative. That seemed only right and proper.
If you were willing to contribute, then naturally you enjoyed the benefits. If you were unwilling to contribute, then naturally there would be no benefits. This was, in truth, the logic of the mortal world, yet even they had to admit that it was exceedingly fair.
They had intended to say that without their help, the Lower Layer could not have been held so firmly, nor could such great achievements have been won.
But times had changed. Even without Upper Firmament Heaven's aid, Celestial Xia now possessed enough treasures to stabilize the Dao to support the entire war situation.
Moreover, what they were even less certain of was how the other great powers of the Upper Realm would choose. Before coming here, had Primordial Simplicity visited the others? Or was he even now discussing matters with another great power?
If all the other great powers agreed while they alone objected, then without a combined force between them, they alone would be the ones excluded in the end. This was not an outcome they wished to see.
They had