This was not a difficult choice. The Western Religion had two Saints, seemingly far stronger than the other four religions.
But upon careful thought, it became clear that the other four religions had all joined the Heavenly Court and enjoyed the blessing of the myriad races' fortune. Only the Western Religion did not receive such treatment.
Join the Western Religion, only to be ostracized by the other Saints? Rejected by all the races of the Primordial World?
How could someone as shrewd and crafty as Minghe possibly make such a choice?
What was more, Minghe had always looked down somewhat on those two brothers from the West. Had he not chosen to strike at them back then precisely because he thought they were easy to bully?
Compared to becoming a lackey beneath people he had bullied in the past, Minghe felt it was better to join the Heavenly Court, the great power of the Primordial World.
There was no shame in joining a force he could not defeat.
Moreover, the Heavenly Court was now considered the orthodox authority of the Primordial World. If Minghe joined the Heavenly Court, he could wash away all the stains of his past and whitewash himself.
Though he did not truly care about those stains, if he wished to remain in the Primordial World and continue developing, he could not ignore the existence of the Heavenly Court. Even for the sake of the Asura Clan he had just created, he could not abandon the Blood Sea and leave the Primordial World.
Minghe's choice gave Jieyin and Zhunti the feeling that the Heavenly Court had completely hemmed them in and crushed them.
Though they were furious, there was nothing they could do.
The Heavenly Court had eight Dao Venerables, seven of whom were Saints. They simply