Ao Yue had been dealing with memorials when he received Gungun's voice transmission and immediately hurried over. It was not obedience; rather, from what he knew of Gungun, if Gungun said there was something important to discuss, it had to be no small matter.
Sure enough, the moment he arrived at the Heavenly Emperor Palace and sat down, Gungun said something that utterly stunned him. "Brother, let's become devils!"
Ao Yue: "..."
Seeing Ao Yue's bewildered gaze, Gungun realized his wording had been a little off and added, "I mean entering the Demon Dao through incarnations, unifying the Devil Race, and establishing rules for them, so we don't keep having Immortal-Demon Conflicts in the future."
Hearing this, Ao Yue breathed a sigh of relief. So that's what you meant. You gave me a fright! I was going to say, the Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Sovereign falling into devilhood is no laughing matter. If word got out, the Primordial World would immediately descend into chaos. But entering the Demon Dao through incarnations and unifying the Devil Race-why would Gungun suddenly want to do that?
Puzzled, Ao Yue said to Gungun, "Fellow Daoist, gods and devils cannot coexist. Your idea of establishing rules for the Devil Race to reduce the frequency of Immortal-Demon Conflicts is certainly good, but accommodating the Demon Dao on a foundation of the Immortal Dao is no laughing matter. One careless step could cut our path to the Great Dao short!"
Indeed, walking two opposing roads at once made it impossible to reach the destination. And if they could not reach the destination, would their path to the Great Dao not be cut short? But...
Gungun reached out, picked up a spirit fruit, and tossed it to Ao Yue, then picked up another and stuffed it into his