After Zhang Yu consulted everyone, Daoist Qing Shuo thought for a moment and said, "Fellow Daoists, I believe the Great Chaos truly cannot be allowed to grow unchecked. Primordial Unity Celestial Palace places such importance on it for its own reasons, and we cannot overlook it either. This time may be an opportunity."
Daoist Mengcan said, "According to the five Primal Sages, the Great Chaos seized the former sage Zhen Yu, which is why this change occurred. By that reasoning, should any among us be seized again, the Great Chaos will inevitably become even harder to control..."
He said solemnly, "Director Qing Xuan, since Primordial Unity Celestial Palace is willing to deal with it of its own accord, there is no harm in helping them once. Helping them is also helping ourselves."
Daoist Primordial Simplicity said, "I agree with the two Directors. Everyone, I do not believe Primordial Unity Celestial Palace necessarily lacks the means to deal with the Great Chaos image-bodies alone. They simply do not trust us.
"Perhaps they fear exposing a weakness when confronting the Great Chaos, fearing that we may strike them from behind. Thus, if we refuse, then even if they do nothing to us at present, their chief target afterward will certainly be us. They will first find a way to have the Innate Five Tais succeed to those positions, then turn back to resolve the Great Chaos."
Zhang Yu agreed with this view. The five Primal Sages had immediately brought up the matter of inheriting the Innate titles. This was in fact both a warning and a reminder, as well as a test. If they refused to join in dealing with the Great Chaos, then they would become Primordial Unity Celestial Palace's foremost enemies.
If that happened, the Dao struggle might be abandoned,