Haotian took off the dragon robe he usually wore and put on the Taoist robe he used to wear in the Purple Cloud Palace. He left the Celestial Court, passed through the Ninth Heaven, and went straight to the Chaos. Now that Hongjun Daozu had closed the Tendo, the Purple Cloud Palace had also hidden. Even a Sage could not find the Purple Cloud Palace without Hongjun Daozu's summons.
But Haotian was different. He had been following Hongjun since he was born. The Purple Cloud Palace was like his home. Although the Purple Cloud Palace was now hidden, Haotian could find it with his special senses. In the Great Desolation, except for Hongjun Daozu, even a Sage did not know the Purple Cloud Palace as well as Haotian.
After walking in the Chaos for a long time, Haotian suddenly stopped. He bowed to the Chaos Void and said, "Disciple Haotian wants to see Daozu. Please show yourself." There seemed to be nothing in the Chaos Void, but Haotian knew that the Purple Cloud Palace was right in front of him, but now it had hidden its traces.
Suddenly, there was a fluctuation in the Chaos Void, and a huge palace appeared. It was the Purple Cloud Palace that the 3,000 Mortal Guests had heard about in the Great Desolation. As soon as the Purple Cloud Palace appeared, Haotian's face showed joy. When he entered the Purple Cloud Palace, he saw Hongjun Daozu sitting on the high platform. Haotian hurriedly knelt down and said, "Disciple Haotian greets Daozu."
Hongjun opened his eyes and looked at Haotian without sadness or joy. He asked softly, "Haotian, I previously appointed you as the Master of the Celestial Court and ordered you to manage the Great Desolation. Why did you suddenly come to me instead of staying in the Celestial Court?"
Hearing this, Haotian immediately complained, "I was ordered by Daozu to rebuild the Celestial Court. However, there are not many people in the Celestial Court, and my cultivation is not high enough. It is difficult for me to intimidate the immortals of the Great Desolation. As a result, the Celestial Court has not been able to restrain the cultivators of the Great Desolation. Therefore, I came here to inform Daozu, hoping that Daozu can make the disciples of the Ren, Chan, Jie, and Western sects listen to me to suppress the dignity of the Celestial Court....
. "Hearing this, Hongjun was silent for a while. Then he said," I already know about this. You can go first. I will take care of it. " Haotian wanted to say something, but he held back. He bowed to Hongjun again and rode a cloud back to the Celestial Court. Haotian knew that it was useless for him to say anything more. Hongjun must have already made up his mind. He could only wait for the news.
In the Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun sat quietly for a long time. He didn't move until Haotian returned to the Celestial Court. He made a seal in his hand, and eight jade talismans shot out together toward the Great Desolation. They were to inform River Styx, Lao Tzu, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Nüwa, Houtu, Summon, and Zhunti. The location of the Purple Cloud Palace was written on the jade talismans. With the help of the jade talismans, the eight of them could find the Purple Cloud Palace.
Not long after, River Styx and the seven Sages of the Great Desolation arrived at the Purple Cloud Palace. However, Houtu didn't come. Only her Evil Corpse, Pingxin Taoist, came. After the eight of them sat down, they all looked at Hongjun Daozu, wondering why Hongjun Daozu had summoned them. Only River Styx was calm.
River Styx certainly knew that Yang Chan went to save her mother. It was also because of this that River Styx gave her the Treasured Lotus Lamp to protect herself. She would definitely meet Yang Jian on this trip. River Styx had also predicted this. Yang Jian's splitting of the mountain to save her mother was the fuse that ignited Haotian's dissatisfaction and anger toward the Sages' Sect and their disciples. Thus, the Great Deification War began.
Lao Tzu saw that Hongjun Daozu had been sitting there for a long time without speaking, so he asked, "Teacher, why did you summon us here?" Lao Tzu's question was also what the Sages wanted to ask. Every time there was a major event, Hongjun would summon all of them. Last time, it was about the establishment of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of the Human Tribe. However, they didn't know what it was about this time, or whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.
After Lao Tzu asked, Hongjun said, "This time, I summoned you here for three things. First, Haotian came to see me just now. He said that the Celestial Court was short of manpower and couldn't manage the people in the Three Realms. He asked me to order the disciples of the Ren, Chan, Jie, and Western Sects to listen to him."
After hearing Hongjun's words, Lao Tzu, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and the Two Sages of the West couldn't help but frown. They hated Haotian to the core. They didn't expect Haotian to have such an arrogant idea, but they forgot the cause of everything. If their disciples didn't disrespect the Celestial Court because they were disciples of the Sages, Haotian might not have done this.
Lao Tzu, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Summon, and Zhunti were angry, but they couldn't do anything because they were in the Purple Cloud Palace. Only River Styx, Nüwa, and Pingxin didn't have any reaction. Although River Styx had established a sect, and the entire Asura Tribe was a part of the Asura Sect, the Asura Tribe wouldn't leave the Blood Sea. Naturally, they wouldn't provoke the Celestial Court.
Nüwa and Pingxin, who represented the Shaman and the Demon Tribe, had already lived in seclusion. The elites of the tribe wouldn't leave their seclusion. Now that Haotian was directly confronting the Four Religions, the two of them were happy to be idle. They just needed to be bystanders. Anyway, this matter had nothing to do with them.
Hongjun naturally saw the Sages' mentality, so he said, "Second, when the Human Tribe established the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Four Religions of the Mortal Tribe, Chan Sect, Jie Sect, and the Western Religion, assisted the Human Sovereign and committed murder. Therefore, they needed to end their karma in the mortal world. Third, now that the Cultivation of Heaven and Earth is coming again, there is no one in the Celestial Court, so they need to establish the List of Deification and confer deities to serve Haotian.
The Cultivation of Heaven and Earth is coming. "The Sages were greatly surprised. How could it be so fast? It had only been about 20,000 years since the end of the last Cultivation of Heaven and Earth. How could there be another Cultivation of Heaven and Earth? It was too fast. However, it was strange that this Cultivation of Heaven and Earth was very peaceful and not as dangerous as the previous Cultivation of Heaven and Earth.
Looking at the distressed expressions of the Sages of the Four Religions, River Styx sneered in his heart. He had expected the current situation when he divided up the teachers of the Human Sovereign. At that time, the Sages really thought that he gave up the six teachers of the Human Sovereign because of the pressure from the Sages. In fact, it was just River Styx who beat them at their own game and led them to take the bait.
Among the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Sovereign of Heaven and Sovereign of Earth were responsible for solving some important problems for the development of the Human Tribe. The future Human Sovereign would need to unify the Human Tribe and naturally, he would need to carry out military reforms. In order to maintain the unity of the Human Tribe, the Five Emperors would need to carry out military reforms. Therefore, River Styx only took the first two teachers of the Human Sovereign and gave the rest to the Four Religions.
Hongjun did not care about the Sages' thoughts and continued, "All living things in the world have to face calamities, just like the people in the secular world. Those who can't escape from life and death will experience calamities in the Samsara to sever their karma. If one is successful in cultivation and becomes a Celestial Immortal, he will be able to escape from life and death and will not enter the Samsara. However, his karma cannot be severed. The karma of all living things in the world must be severed. Otherwise, it will accumulate and eventually become a Cultivation of Heaven and Earth.
During the Cataclysm, the Heavenly Design will be in chaos, so all the immortals have to fight for that slim chance of survival. This time, the Investiture of Gods will be divided into three levels. Those with deep roots will achieve the Path of Immortality; those with weak roots will achieve the Path of Immortality; those with shallow roots will achieve the Path of Immortality; those with shallow roots will achieve the Path of Immortality.
Hearing this, Lao Tzu hurriedly asked, "Teacher, how many people do we need to be on the list for the Apotheosized Gods?"
This was the most crucial time. This Cultivation of Heaven and Earth started because of the Apotheosized Gods, and it would also end because of the Apotheosized Gods. As long as the number of people needed to be on the List of Apotheosized Gods was sufficient, the Cultivation of Heaven and Earth would pass quickly. Although it was a little tricky, it was not impossible.
Hongjun did not even look at Lao Tzu and answered directly, "The Apotheosized Gods are the Eight Righteous Gods. They are in charge of their respective divisions and are in charge of the stars in the sky. There are a total of three hundred and sixty-five of them. In addition, there are two thousand sub-gods and eighty-four thousand celestial soldiers and generals under the Eight Righteous Gods. There are a total of eighty-six thousand three hundred and fifty-six people. This is one of the Three Books of Heaven, Earth, and Man, the List of Apotheosized Gods. You only need to fill in the names of the Apotheosized Gods on it." An item appeared in Hongjun's hand. It was the List of Apotheosized Gods from the Heavenly Book.
Although the Sages were envious of the List of Apotheosized Gods, they did not have the intention to do so. Not to mention the two thousand sub-gods and eighty-four thousand celestial soldiers and generals, even the three hundred and sixty-five Righteous Gods were difficult to gather. Wait, the Sages could not help but glance at the Tongtian Sect Leader. The Jie Sect was known as the Ten Thousand Immortals. Not to mention the three hundred and sixty-five Righteous Gods, they could even gather two thousand sub-gods. As for the eighty-four thousand celestial soldiers and generals, they could just randomly gather some people to make up the number.
When the Tongtian Sect Leader heard Hongjun mention the Apotheosized Ninjutsu, his face turned cold. He also noticed the Sages looking at him intentionally or unintentionally, and his face became gloomier. Among the four sects, only the Jie Sect could gather so many Apotheosized Gods. If they did not look at him, who else could they look at?
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