Yet the Heavenly Dao blazed in splendor, and the earthly Dao stretched vast and boundless.
The pressure of the Eternal Heavenly Dao descended from beyond the heavens. The flight of the Heaven and Earth Immortals had already touched his fundamental rules.
"Heavenly Dao." Gu Li Sheng raised his eyes. He had come to oversee matters personally precisely to await the descent of the Eternal Heavenly Dao. "Everyone has their own aspirations. Let them go."
"Heavenly Emperor, the departure of immortals hampers the unfolding of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao, heaping snow upon frost for the already vast and sparsely populated Eternal Ancient Immortal Realm. This is a grave mistake."
"They are not souls imprisoned by the Great Dao. Their departure merely delays its unfolding rather than halting it. There is no harm."
Gu Li Sheng spoke lightly, looking as though he thought the other's outlook far too narrow. "Besides, those who wish to leave can never be kept. Their hearts are no longer here, and they are no longer people who will unfold the Great Dao of our Eternal Ancient Immortal Realm."
"Heavenly Emperor, it seems that the spiritual incarnation back then..."
"Heavenly Dao, if you do not wish to perish, do not bring that matter up again."
A faint curve rose at the corner of Gu Li Sheng's lips. "It seems that our eternal common people's will strayed after all back then, giving rise to your desire to take spiritual form. Presumably, once they leave, your heavenly dao will shall become purer."
"Heavenly Emperor, yes..."
His voice rolled like thunderous drums as he forcibly suppressed his instincts. Otherwise, he would have sent down heavenly punishment and reclaimed their dao foundations-a veritable "reverse ascension tribulation"-because what they had seized upon becoming immortals were the dao fruits of Eternal Heaven