Chapter 196 The Emperor’s Choice

That’s right. In fact, the current Lord of Morality is only one step away from achieving enlightenment. He only needs to practice his own path, and he can take the last step, achieve enlightenment and become a saint. From then on, he will truly be above everyone else, looking down on the world and being invincible.

Taiyi is almost at this stage, but in terms of his own accumulation, he is a little lacking compared to the current Lord of Morality and Daoism. Therefore, it is said that the position of the number one person in the prehistoric world has been replaced by Lord of Morality and Daoism. Without the blessing of the Heavenly Emperor’s position, Taiyi can only be in second place.

However, this last step is not so simple. Every great god occupies a different position in the prehistoric world and has his own “Tao”. Therefore, the objects and methods chosen when practicing the Tao are also somewhat different. You can only explore it by yourself, and it is difficult to get help from the outside world.

To put it simply, in addition to sufficient accumulation, achieving enlightenment also requires an opportunity – in mythology, Nuwa used the creation of human beings as an opportunity, and the Three Pure Ones used the establishment of religion as an opportunity.

But now, Nuwa has not created humans, and there are already human beings on the prehistoric land. The Three Pure Ones have not yet found a group of people suitable for their education, and have not realized the importance of establishing a great religion for achieving enlightenment and becoming a saint. Naturally, they cannot take this last step.

Qi Yu knew a lot of things, but he didn’t intend to say them out loud. After all, he was also one of the contestants in this “competition” to achieve the Dao of Hun Yuan. At the moment, he didn’t want to see anyone “getting a head start”.

Therefore, it was something that Qi Yu was happy to see that the Lord of Morality was stuck at the last step in a posture that was almost like a “sub-sage”. Under such circumstances, he naturally would not choose to do something unnecessary.

In fact, when it comes to finding an opportunity to prove the Tao and practice it, there are shortcuts. Take the Three Sovereigns of the Ancient Times, these three former emperors of the gods chose to prove the Tao one after another in their respective eras. They used the Heaven as a shortcut to seize the opportunity. It can also be said that they were practicing the Tao in Heaven.

This is also the reason why the Three Ancient Sovereigns tried to prove their Dao as the Emperor of Heaven. The reason is that only the Emperor of Heaven can rule the Heaven, and ruling the Heaven is a necessary condition for them to practice the Dao. That’s all.

However, precisely because they took a shortcut, they had to endure the backlash from the shortcut itself – the Emperor of Heaven’s enlightenment was equivalent to dragging the huge cause and effect of the entire heaven to achieve enlightenment, so how could it not touch the way of heaven and bring about a counterattack from the prehistoric world itself?

This is the fundamental reason why heaven, earth, and man all had murderous intentions when the Three Emperors were proving the Dao. The Three Emperors of ancient times did not have much chance from the beginning.

It’s a pity that this secret has only been gradually understood in this era, and not many people know about it, so it is only spread within a small circle.

Qi Yu has been watching from the sidelines these years, and actually he has a vague feeling that Taiyi has already noticed this matter, but he is also sure that Taiyi has never given up this shortcut – he may give up the position of Emperor of Heaven before achieving enlightenment, but Heaven is definitely one of the keys in his process of achieving enlightenment.

Based on this point alone, Qi Yu was not optimistic about the latter, and believed that Taiyi would most likely fail in his attempt to prove his truth as has been established in history.

Taiyi himself might have had a vague premonition, which was why he made sure to arrange for the Purple Light Queen before attaining enlightenment, and he approached Qi Yu as if entrusting an orphan to someone else.

However, Qi Yu was also happy to see this happen, just like he would not go out of his way to give some advice to the Lord of Dao and Morality. One was for his own interests in the immortal way and his future position in the prehistoric world, and the other was for the future position of the immortal way between heaven and earth. The reasons were the same, which was just the word “benefit”.

This is also a manifestation of the fact that after the ancient times, the gods gradually lost their once simple “Tao nature”, which may be related to Luohou’s integration of the magic way into the world –

It was the birth and deep-rootedness of the evil way that gradually gave the world a layer of desire and made the ancient gods gradually develop selfish desires.

As a result, catastrophes gradually arise and accumulate, making the infinite catastrophe, the end of the ancient world that originally only existed in imagination, approach step by step.

From a certain perspective, isn’t this trend that is clearly contrary to the Way of Heaven also a manifestation of “Tao” itself?

According to the Buddhist theory, it is nothing more than “creation, existence, destruction and emptiness, all things are impermanent”.

This is the most fundamental manifestation of the Tao itself.

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While Qi Yu was thinking, the conversation between Fuxi and Yuanshi Tianzun had ended, and Lingbao Tianzun sat up straight again, as if nothing had happened before.

When the three of them saw Lord of Morality and Qi Yu who were also silent, they were stunned at the same time, which made Lord of Morality and Qi Yu come back to their senses in an instant.

The Lord of Morality spoke immediately.

“Daoyou Qi Yu sent a message earlier that the Duke of Dongwang committed a serious mistake not long ago. When Emperor Jun questioned him, he chose to die on his own. His true spirit has already passed away.”

“The grudges here are settled from now on, but after the death of Duke Dong, our Kunlun Ancestral Temple is now without a master. Now, I’m afraid I have to choose someone to take over.”

Daode Tianzun’s main strategy was to make a splash when he made a noise. Right from the start, he picked up the most explosive news and told his two junior brothers. Yuanshi Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun were obviously very “giving face”. After hearing the news, they were all stunned.

What happened? They were just secluded for thousands of years like normal, so how come the person they chose to lead is gone? Or did he choose to end his life after doing something wrong? !

For a moment, the youngest Lingbao Tianzun did not even think about “establishing a new Dongji Tiandi”, but was in doubt instead.

“How could this be? Is there a conspiracy, or is it the demon tribe that is plotting?”

There is no doubt that Lingbao Tianzun disliked Dong Wanggong extremely. As early as when Qi Yu first emerged, he had the idea of ​​replacing Dongji Tiandi. However, this does not mean that he can tolerate the unclear death of a Xuanmen Tiandi.

At this moment, upon hearing that the demon emperor Di Jun was also involved in this matter, Lingbao Tianzun immediately expressed his suspicion – who made these two people have been enemies of the Great Dao for a long time? The relationship between them was a life-and-death relationship, so it was normal for Lingbao Tianzun to suspect that Di Jun would do something dirty.

In this regard, Yuanshi Tianzun also expressed similar questions, but soon, the two Tianzuns received a negative answer from Qi Yu, telling them that there should not be a big problem, and it was mainly due to the despicable behavior of Zulong Court and the means used by the Demon Sect.

Of course, Qi Yu did not completely ignore the contributions of various parties in the East China Sea War. He mentioned the part about the demon clan and the witch clan, while downplaying the influence of the Queen Mother of the West and the Fengqishan lineage.

The reason why he did this was very simple – as the main perpetrator, Qi Yu must get his own family out, and he must not implicate the Queen Mother of the West, his overly close ally. The same applies to the Fengqishan lineage now, and of course he must selectively ignore them to avoid causing Yuanshi Tianzun’s untimely dissatisfaction.

As for Fuxi, he was also looking at his nose with his eyes, and his heart with his nose – how innocent could he be in this matter? He was also fanning the flames throughout the whole process, and it was obvious that he was not a good person. Naturally, he could not be mentioned like this on someone else’s territory. Qi Yu helped him cover up, but he had to thank him!

However, Fuxi was also a man of wisdom, and at this moment he couldn’t help but feel a little more suspicious – could it be that the matter of Dong Wanggong being infected by the devil really had nothing to do with this Xichen Emperor?
You know, the fallen King Dong wanted to attack Penglai Island at that time, but the Wanchuan Guiyuantu appeared at the first moment and protected the entire three islands and ten continents!

It was this person who took action in the Zhoutian battle, and ultimately led to the death of the King of the East, and the loss of his luck and spiritual treasures. The reaction was so quick that Fuxi would never believe that he was not prepared for it. From this point of view, Qi Yu’s role in this matter was definitely not innocent, and he was probably a very important participant, and even more involved than him!

Of course, Fuxi didn’t realize that it was actually Qi Yu who was arranging the whole process, which eventually led to the result of Dong Wanggong’s dissolution. After all, Qi Yu’s methods were truly unpredictable.

Unless someone has great magical powers and can go back in time, it is impossible to find any clues!

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Qi Yu had no idea about Fuxi’s thoughts and didn’t care. In fact, he was not afraid of this matter being known to others – it was common knowledge that he had a grudge against Dong Wanggong. Did he have to choose a day to attack the latter?

In this matter, there are only two points that make Qi Yu hesitate – first, it is better not to let Yuanshi Tianzun know about this matter, after all, it is not glorious; second, this matter is related to the evil way, there is no need to expose it and deliberately cause criticism.

As for the former, of course Qi Yu knew Yuanshi Tianzun’s character and aspirations. As an absolute law-abiding person, Yuanshi Tianzun must be disgusted with such actions. Although Qi Yu did not have to worry about what Yuanshi Tianzun did, at this critical juncture, it was obviously not appropriate for him to turn against one of the Three Pure Ones, so it was better to skip this matter.

As for the latter, it is simply because the evil sect is now hated by everyone in the prehistoric world, and if he is associated with it, there will be some negative impact. Even if this impact is not difficult for Qi Yu to eliminate now, there is no need to cause trouble for himself.

With such considerations, Qi Yu naturally chose his own approach at this time. After hearing Qi Yu’s words, Yuanshi Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun no longer had any questions.

Actually, this was just a matter of attitude. The two Heavenly Lords just couldn’t accept the unclear death of Dong Wanggong.

Now that there is a completely reasonable explanation on the surface, the two Heavenly Lords who also dislike Dong Wanggong will naturally not hold on to it. On the contrary, they may be secretly glad that Dong Wanggong abdicated in such a timely manner. This way, a dispute within Xuanmen can be avoided in the future!

No matter what happened, the matter was finally over. Immediately, the Three Pure Ones, Fuxi and Qi Yu turned their attention back to the matter of re-establishing the Xuanmen Emperor.

Lingbao Tianzun was the first to give his opinion.

“Why not just make the Queen Mother of the West the emperor? The Queen Mother of the West is already the Queen of Heaven in charge of the Eastern Ancestral Court, and one of the ancestors of our Xuan Sect. Now she is also a Quasi-Saint Heavenly Venerable. Whether in terms of status or strength, it is enough for her to be in charge of the Ancestral Court.”

In response to this, Yuanshi Tianzun gave clear opposition.

“inappropriate.”

“Yin alone cannot grow, and Yang alone cannot be born. Although fellow Taoist Queen Mother of the West does not practice the Great Yin Dao, her path is also involved in this, symbolizing the pure Yin status of some immortals.”

“In the beginning, she was made the Queen of Heaven for the sake of balancing Yin and Yang. Now that she is made the Emperor of Heaven, Yin will dominate Yang. I am afraid that chaos will arise.”

Yuanshi Tianzun’s rebuttal was well-reasoned, and everyone thought about it carefully and it was true. It was not that the Queen Mother of the West was incapable of taking charge of the East, but she could not do so at this moment when the King of the East had just passed away. Otherwise, her own great path would conflict with the foundation of the East’s ancestral temple, hurting others and herself.

It seems that Yuanshi Tianzun was not criticizing the person but the matter. He even felt sorry that he could not use a completely suitable candidate like Queen Mother of the West.

But for now, we can only put this proposal on hold.

So, everyone was silent. After thinking carefully for a while, Lingbao Tianzun spoke again.

“Fellow Daoist Qi Yu, are you interested in taking over the throne of Heavenly Emperor and temporarily presiding over all the affairs of Dongji?”

This was not a sudden idea of ​​Lingbao Tianzun, but Qi Yu was indeed a very suitable candidate. At the beginning, he had discussed this matter with his two senior brothers and had received the support of Daode Tianzun. At this moment, he was just bringing up the old matter again.

In fact, if the Queen Mother of the West had not already taken control of the great power of the East and should not have thrown it aside so easily, Lingbao Tianzun would have even mentioned Qi Yu first.

Yuanshi Tianzun obviously agreed with this, but Qi Yu himself was quite surprised, and then he smiled and shook his head.

“I am not suitable.”

“Fellow Daoist Lingbao may not know, but not long ago, the Five Directions Xiantian Dao Palace was born, and the gods participated in the competition. I won the North Pole position, and therefore, I was conferred as the Northern Black Emperor Wuling Xuan Laojun by Taiyi, and became one of the five current gods of the gods. I will manage all affairs of the Heavenly Court until the new emperor ascends the throne.”

“At this juncture, if I continue to take the throne of Xuanmen Heavenly Emperor, it will inevitably be inappropriate. Perhaps someone in the Heavenly Court will be dissatisfied with this and may attack Xuanmen.”

This reason was obviously sufficient and it convinced Lingbao Tianzun instantly. Now the relationship between Xuanmen and Heaven was indeed becoming more and more awkward. Lingbao Tianzun was of course also clear about the styles of some people among the gods. Naturally, he knew what kind of resistance might arise if this matter was arranged in this way.

However, although it was clear, it did not cause Lingbao Tianzun to feel dissatisfied and troubled. After all, he made two proposals, but neither of them was passed. Even Lingbao Tianzun could not help feeling embarrassed.

“This doesn’t work, and that doesn’t work either, so what should we do?!”

Hearing this, only Yuanshi Tianzun glanced at Lingbao Tianzun, while the rest did not make any move. Daode Tianzun looked calm and composed, as if it was none of his business. Fuxi was an outsider after all, so it was not easy for him to give any suggestions on this matter. Qi Yu seemed to be thinking about something, but was obviously not in a hurry to say it out loud. Even Yuanshi Tianzun was just dissatisfied with his junior brother’s recklessness.

After a while of silence, Qi Yu finally spoke again.

“If there is no one to be appointed, perhaps I am not without a candidate. Why don’t you all listen to me?”

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