Haotian pondered for a long time.
In the end, he made his decision: pull back on every front and abandon the war against the Devil Race.
He then summoned all the Heavenly Court's high officials.
"I have thought long and hard about this. The Heavenly Court can barely look after itself now, and the situation is grave. All of this stems from our failure to clearly define our powers and responsibilities."
"The Primordial World belongs to all its living beings, not to our Heavenly Court."
"Our Heavenly Court's jurisdiction should lie in governing Immortals. The Primordial World has countless Immortals, yet no order. The Demon Court governed them before, but it too practiced nonaction governance."
"Now that our Heavenly Court has been rebuilt, we should bring Immortals under our jurisdiction to uphold the order of the Heavenly Dao, preventing them from causing chaos and harming the vitality of the Primordial World."
"Immortals can cause tremendous harm. They should remain apart from the Primordial World, devote themselves to cultivation, and pursue the Great Dao of the Sages."
Haotian paused and looked at everyone. He could sense their inner conflict.
Finally, he added, "Sages remain untouched by karma and seldom truly involve themselves in worldly affairs."
"If we wish to become Sages and pursue that supreme Great Dao, we should learn from them, withdraw from the world to cultivate, and remain untouched by karma. Only then will we have a chance to attain the Great Dao."
Hearing Haotian's words, everyone began discussing among themselves.
At first, they had felt some resistance to what Haotian said.
After all, this amounted to shirking their responsibilities.
But when Haotian spoke of Sages remaining untouched by karma,
unease stirred in their hearts.
After all, this concerned their own futures.
Heaven and earth would destroy those who