Duobao first coaxed Tongtian into setting up the formation, then volunteered to guard the Formation Diagram.
When Laozi broke the formation, Duobao abandoned his post and took the Formation Diagram with him to ambush Laozi, only to be captured in an instant.
On the surface, Duobao's actions seemed to show admirable courage-a Quasi-Saint ambushing a Saint. But who in the Primordial World did not know the gulf between a Quasi-Saint and a Saint?
Duobao had either been a fucking idiot or had plotted this with painstaking care.
Clearly, Duobao was no idiot. He must have planned it all.
The result was that the Executioner Immortal Sword Formation was broken, the treasure anchoring Jiejiao's fortune was taken by the Chan Sect, and all of Jiejiao's fortune drained away.
In the end, Tongtian staked everything on one desperate struggle and laid out the Myriad Immortals Formation. Only Holy Mother Wudang escaped; the others were either killed or captured. The greatest sect in the Three Realms vanished like smoke into thin air.
During the Investiture of the Gods, the pivotal figure was not Shen Gongbao. Shen Gongbao merely drew Jiejiao's disciples onto the list as part of Dao Venerable Yuanshi's scheme. Sending three hundred and sixty-five people onto the list was no great injury to Jiejiao.
Duobao's actions, however, had dealt Jiejiao a fatal blow.
The Executioner Immortal Formation was broken, and their fortune drained away. That was the greatest blow to Jiejiao.
Although it had begun because of Haotian, the deciding power lay with Hongjun. As the Heavenly Dao, Hongjun knew the outcome of the Investiture of the Gods, yet he still brought out the Investiture of the Gods List. Clearly, by then, Hongjun had already abandoned Jiejiao.
Hongjun's decision to abandon Jiejiao could not have been solely to repay the karmic