Ying Chong's scheme this time looked simple on the surface, but to bring it to fruition, no one knew how much effort he had spent or how many arrangements he had made.
There was also one crucial point that could not be overlooked: he needed to reconcile the inside and the outside.
There was no need to speak of the outside—it was for the sake of resisting Celestial Xia and retaking the Inner Layer. As for why there was also an internal aspect, Ying Chong knew that although Upper Firmament Heaven was not exactly a heap of loose sand, it could still be said to be riddled with conflicts and divided in spirit. The higher one went, the more so it was. Every one of them excelled at cherishing their own lives and preserving themselves; at the first sign that things were amiss, each retreated faster than the last.
He was powerless to change this. Sometimes, he even felt that dealing with those within was more exhausting than dealing with those without.
Thus, this plan was not intended to have them fight Celestial Xia to the death. Rather, it was to occupy the Origin Capital Mysterious Diagram and use the artifact as a foundation to confront Celestial Xia. In this way, they would gain a foothold in the Inner Layer.
Since they were not asking the cultivators below to go up and fight Celestial Xia to the death, it was possible for everyone to accept it.
Ren Yinping had been taken down by Celestial Xia because he alone possessed true strength. Even with two fellow disciples assisting him, their usefulness had been extremely limited.
But if an entire Upper Firmament Heaven, along with other forces, entered the Origin Capital Mysterious Diagram and held the sect master's talismanic decree, then Celestial