The Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor, the North Star Emperor, and the Incongruence Divine Mother were hovering by the outskirts.
Once the Immortal Court or the Blessed Lands carried out a destructive attack on the World beyond Worlds or the Roving Jade Heavens, even if they didn't take revenge immediately, they would do so in the future.
The Immeasurable Heavenly Lord and the Future Buddha spent most of the time staring at each other.
If they were careless and got entangled by their opponents, it would be hard for them to escape. Then, the three Heavenly Lords from the orthodox Daoism would attack at the same time, causing a large-scale massacre in the heretics. Similarly, it could cause a destructive blow and destroy the foundation of their incense and faith power.
With that, the heretics who suffered damage wouldn't be able to defeat the other party.
Only, the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor and the others would have to take a huge risk. They might not be able to achieve their goals. They wouldn't do it unless they had no other choice.
Just like what the Exalted Earth Luminary – Jiang Shen had said, the current world's situation was very complicated.
The world didn't only have the Immortal Court and the Blessed Lands. At least, as far as Yan Zhaoge knew, there were also the Demon Race and the Nine Underworlds.
As they intertwined with each other, no one could guarantee that the world would change according to their wishes.
Due to this, the Three Clear lineage that had been severely weakened after the Great Calamity managed to find a chance to revive by utilizing the fragile balance.
Currently, the Immortal Court and the Blessed Lands couldn't put aside their conflicts and work together to deal with the orthodox Daoism's lineage.
However, as the Three Clear lineage grew stronger, other forces would be wary of them.
The internal conflicts and conflicts within the Three Clear lineage were also one of the reasons why the heretics could tolerate the World beyond Worlds.
With one inside and the other outside, they were secretly helping each other.
If the heretics wanted to touch one of them, the other would either intentionally or unintentionally hold them back, forming a form of protection.
The existence and basic attitude of the World beyond Worlds allowed the Immortal Court to not oppress the World beyond Worlds so harshly, allowing them to develop to a certain extent.
As for the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor and the others outside, they were constantly looking for opportunities. They were looking for the other party's loopholes, as well as their own opportunities.
Only, the two sides had serious differences in their grasp of propriety, as well as who was the main and who was the support.
If not for that, how could the internal strife be hidden from the eyes of others? Did they think the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord and the Future Buddha?
"The existence of the North Star Emperor, the Southern Extremity Longevity Emperor, and the Prime Clear Incongruence Divine Mother, the three Heavenly Lords are indeed our greatest reliance." The Exalted Earth Luminary – Jiang Shen said calmly, "However, the heretics are powerful. We have no choice but to be cautious."
"Our goal is not to perish together with the heretics."
Looking at Jiang Shen, Yan Zhaoge sighed softly.
Connecting this to what the other party had said before, he had a rough idea of what the other party was thinking.
Even if the Dim Radiant Emperor and the Bright Connection Emperor had truly achieved unparalleled feats in the past, they wouldn't be publicly acknowledged for a long time to come.
Not only that, the hunt for the descendants of the two emperors would still be carried out in order to quell the rage of the Immortal Court and prevent them from taking revenge on the entire World beyond Worlds.
Perhaps it was precisely because the two emperors had plundered the Heavenly Origin Stone's fragments that their contributions would last for generations. In order to further stabilize and protect the fruits of their victory, they had to try their best to avoid the negative effects of this matter in the future.
Therefore, some sacrifices were unavoidable.
"I understand what Old Man Jiang is thinking. Unfortunately, I can't agree with you. It doesn't matter if you have the same standards for others or yourself." Yan Zhaoge raised his eyebrows lightly, "On one hand, this matter involves my and my mother's lives. On the other hand, doing this might seem like sacrificing a few to save the majority. However, more intangible things have been sacrificed."
"Although we always say that as long as one is still alive, there will always be hope, some intangible things would be hard to awaken once they are sacrificed and castrated."
Yan Zhaoge let out a turbid breath, "A bad life is better than a good death. Perhaps this might be a wise saying for the commoners. However, to us martial art practitioners, it's not something good."
Jiang Shen remained silent.
The Concealed Sovereign – Yang Ce, who had been smiling without saying a word, suddenly said, "Therefore, everything has been carried out in secret. On one hand, it's because the Immeasurable Heavenly Lord's illumination is too tyrannical. On the other hand, isn't it also because of this consideration?"
"If it weren't for the Fallen Deity and you guys always going against our expectations, things wouldn't have escalated to this extent."
Yan Zhaoge said plainly, "Indeed, those below the Exalt Martial Saint Realm wouldn't know about it. However, those who have reached the Exalt Realm and those who have pushed open the Immortal Door would know about it. This Yan has already interacted with the World beyond Worlds' Three Sovereigns, Five Emperors, and Exalts of Ten Territories. Their attitudes are more neutral. Those who don't completely agree with you guys can be ignored."
"Those who completely agree with you guys, including the two of you, are able to maintain a clear mind, a firm will, and be able to differentiate between endurance and avoidance. How many of them are able to do so?"
Yang Ce didn't get angry when he heard this. He only laughed lightly, "As expected, those who walk different paths can't work together. What a pity, what a pity."
"What the Fallen Deity said isn't without reason." Jiang Shen said gently, "Only, the logic is the same. How many of them are able to differentiate between being proactive and being reckless?"
Yan Zhaoge also smiled.
For someone like the Exalted Earth Luminary – Jiang Shen who had lived for such a long time and had experienced so many things, how could his beliefs easily waver?
Therefore, in the end, it was still the same.
Those who walk different paths can't work together.
Seeing the North Ocean Clone's expression, Jiang Shen knew that although the person in front of him was young, he was also someone with his own ideas.
He shook his head regretfully and turned to look at the Exalted Fire – Suo Mingzhang, who was sitting in the void with his eyes closed, "Before the Fallen Deity, the most talented martial art practitioner I've seen was Daoist Suo. His talent surpassed this old man by countless times. Unfortunately, he's the one who brought a huge calamity to our Three Clear lineage."
"Daoist Suo's momentary anger might seem impressive, but he only cares about his own happiness. The consequences will have to be borne by all of us."
"Not only the World beyond Worlds, even the Prime Clear lineage's Roving Jade Heavens, and even the entire Dao universe that we're currently in, might encounter a huge calamity."
Jiang Shen's gaze was heavy, "When this calamity arrives, all of our efforts since the Great Calamity might go to waste if we don't handle it carefully."
Suo Mingzhang opened his eyes and looked at Jiang Shen calmly.
Jiang Shen looked straight at him, "I've known you for thousands of years. You're used to being alone. Perhaps you're capable of shouldering the burden on your shoulders. However, the heretics wouldn't care about this. They would only put the blame on us, the orthodox Daoism's disciples."
"Now that the heretics are powerful, we still haven't accumulated enough strength to go against them. Even if the North Star Emperor and the others attack the heretics, it would only be taking revenge. It wouldn't help the Three Clear lineage's damaged foundation."
Suo Mingzhang stood up from the void.
However, he didn't look at Jiang Shen anymore.
"If the North Star Emperor has something to say, just say it. There's no need to borrow Jiang Shen's mouth."
As he stood up, the entire Dao universe seemed to tremble.
Everything within the universe seemed to have disappeared, and only Suo Mingzhang remained.
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