Zhang Yu had discussed with Qing Shuo and Bai Wang strategies for relying on the Upper Layer.
Daoist Qing Shuo believed this to be highly improper. He held that this Dao struggle was a war between the upper and lower layers, and that they must never directly choose to cast aside the Lower Layer, for that would also run contrary to Celestial Xia's Dao principles.
According to Celestial Xia's principles, one of the fundamental tenets was to grant everyone the choice to advance upon the Dao. If they directly abandoned the Lower Layer and gave it no chance to choose, would that not be a betrayal of this principle?
Even if they truly had to do so, it could only be if the Lower Layer itself was willing to give up.
Daoist Bai Wang, however, said that while the principle was not wrong, there were many obstacles when it came to reality. For instance, even if they gave the Lower Layer a choice, the Profound Court, though responsible for governing the Lower Layer, did not represent the will of all its living beings. In the end, they would surely refuse. Then only one choice could be made.
Their battle against the enemy was for victory and survival; that was the greatest objective. If they could not win, all living beings would perish. What use was there in rigidly clinging to principles then?
Moreover, placing the focus on the Upper Layer only meant using the Upper Layer's strength for the decisive battle. It did not mean completely abandoning the Lower Layer. Once they defeated Origin Xia and harvested the Dao Fruit, if the Lower Layer still remained, that would naturally be for the best. But if it were destroyed in battle, then with the Dao Fruit they would enjoy after the