In the Purple Heavens Palace, five Sages were discussing matters with Hongjun.
They were studying ways to deliver the evil spirits of all living beings.
Evil spirits had not only just appeared.
But the sharp increase in their numbers had much to do with the Netherworld Office.
The Netherworld Office forced them to erase their memories and enter reincarnation.
Countless great cultivators could not accept this.
To them, erasing all the experience and memories they had accumulated over so many years of cultivation was tantamount to wiping out their souls.
Rather than suffer that, they might as well cultivate their souls after rebirth. What if they managed to become Sages?
After all, there was such a thing as the spirit race in the Primordial World.
Dao Ancestor Hongjun watched them argue until their faces turned red. He sighed softly, his face expressionless. "Stop arguing."
"The Heavenly Dao will establish rules for delivering evil spirits. It will perfect all the rules; there is no need for you to intervene."
"The emergence of evil spirits has a great deal to do with the Netherworld Office. My intention is that, henceforth, those who possess merit may awaken the memories of their previous lives. This will be incorporated into the rules. The means of awakening them will lie in attaining perfect merit."
"When you deliver evil spirits, merit will naturally descend upon you. There is no need to compete for it or draw distinctions among yourselves."
The Sages froze for a moment and could only listen to Hongjun's explanation.
Lady Pingxin, however, had her mind elsewhere.
She had come here merely to make her stance known.
Her purpose was to urge the Heavenly Dao to establish and perfect the rules sooner.
Her divine sense was roaming through the entire Purple Heavens Palace.
Before, she