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"In other words, if Fellow Daoist Tang attained the Dao now, countless Purple Dusk Demons would inevitably be caught in the fallout. Not many deities held Laws or Heavenly Secrets of Destruction, but plenty held Divine Offices tied to death.
"And almost every living being had some grasp of the Path of Redemption..." Immortal Venerable Hongxing said gravely.
"That also means Fellow Daoist Tang's path to the Dao will be extraordinarily difficult. One misstep, and he could fall," the Taiyi Patriarch sighed.
"Yes. But once my True Self attains Taiyi, he will surely be among the most powerful Taiyi!"
So said Tang Changsheng's doppelganger.
To put it more vividly, the Path of Taiyi was like an access privilege—and an exclusive one. Everyone else who held that privilege was your enemy. You had to kick them all out.
The greater the privilege, the more people held it and the stronger your opponents were. Taking complete control was that much harder.
Of course, if someone already held ultimate authority—someone like a Taiyi—they could deny you access whenever they pleased, or even kick you out outright!
The Path of Calamity Annihilation was one thing. Far too many held the Redemption Law.
Kicking them out one by one and reclaiming every privilege would be far too difficult.
Of course, the more privileges you reclaimed, the more resources you, the administrator, could command. In other words, the stronger you became!
"So this is the perfect time for us to lend Fellow Daoist Tang a hand!" Immortal Venerable Guangsheng smiled, a chilling killing intent already showing in his eyes.
"Look!"
Just then, as they looked out from Seed People Heaven,