If it were only for the paltry matter of blood food, Great Tang might have a vast population, but to the great Dao orthodoxies that had long transcended mortal existence, they were no more than ants.
Why would it be worth making such a tremendous fuss, even crossing realms to come here?
Unless...
There was something within Great Tang worth several Dao orthodoxies extending their hands into it.
At that thought.
A name suddenly surfaced in everyone's mind.
Azure Snake True Person drew in a sharp breath. "Could it be... Tang Grand Ancestor!?"
Boom—
The moment those words were spoken, though no one said it outright, everyone had their answer.
The expressions of the True Persons changed again and again.
Tang Grand Ancestor.
What did that name signify to any Dao orthodoxy?
Yellow Centipede True Person sneered. "You all know that the Dao orthodoxies under heaven are divided into the Five Luminaries and Five Manifestations, for a total of twenty-five lineages."
Everyone nodded slightly.
Naturally, they knew this.
The so-called Five Luminaries were the paths of the five stars: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
The Five Manifestations, meanwhile, meant that beneath each Luminary were five divisions: Transformation Position, Embryonic Position, Assisting Position, Imperial Position, and Annihilation Position.
Five times five made twenty-five Dao lineages—the entirety of the paths to immortality in this world.
Yellow Centipede True Person's gaze was profound as he slowly spoke. "Among the twenty-five lineages, for slaughter, none surpasses the Annihilation Position; for creation, none surpasses the Transformation Position... but for tyranny, who can stand to the right of the Imperial Position?"
"Bearing the disgrace of the state, one is called lord of the altars of soil and grain; bearing the state's misfortune, one becomes king beneath heaven."
"The Imperial Position Dao orthodoxy governs rule, suppression,