Volume 5: The World of Conferred Gods Chapter 36: One side gains, the other loses, and one side wins in the end
Thinking of this, Jiale couldn't help but look at Hongjun deeply.
What exactly is Hongjun thinking? Is it really the same as the Heavenly Dao? Not necessarily.
Hongjun took the path of slaying the three corpses and was chosen by Heaven to achieve enlightenment, but he embarked on the path of a saint. But in the final analysis, Heaven chose Hongjun just because it wanted a spokesperson, a figure who could walk between heaven and earth and help him seize more power.
So is it that the Heavenly Dao controls Hongjun, or is it that Hongjun controls the Heavenly Dao?
In Jia Le's opinion, Tiandao still has more initiative, and Hongjun may just be encouraging and supporting, able to retain some autonomy.
Did Hongjun regret it?
Perhaps in the beginning, Hongjun had lofty ambitions and felt that he could control the way of heaven, lead the world to an elevated level, and walk out on a different path to becoming a saint, and one day, achieve the height of the great way.
But after truly achieving the state of harmony with the Dao, Hongjun discovered that he had thought too simply.
He underestimated the power of Heavenly Dao. In this world, before Earthly Dao and Spiritual Dao appeared, Heavenly Dao was invincible. How could Hongjun resist? He had no way to resist.
In the end, I am afraid that their autonomy will become smaller and smaller, or even disappear completely, and they will become complete puppets.
Perhaps Hongjun had already regretted it at this time, but the way back was not so easy to find. Perhaps Hongjun was almost in despair, but at this moment, Jiale appeared, and a variable appeared, and Hongjun had hope again.
Jiale wants to check and balance the way of heaven, and this is also an opportunity for Hongjun.
As the Heavenly Dao becomes more and more powerful, Hongjun will only be ruthlessly controlled. However, the Heavenly Dao that is being weakened step by step can give Hongjun hope for a reversal. Perhaps Hongjun can take this opportunity to completely turn things around and control the Heavenly Dao. At that time, Hongjun will have a choice whether to take the path of upgrading the world or retreat to practice the Great Way of Hunyuan.
Thinking of this, Jiale also had an idea in his mind.
Before this, Jiale always regarded Hongjun as an enemy, but now it is different. It seems that this enemy may also be a friend.
"Yes, I am here."
Hongjun looked at Jiale in front of him and actually felt a little sad. He also discovered Jiale's existence later.
Later, he watched Jiale grow up step by step. To be honest, he felt like he had been taught a lesson by Jiale, and later he had many expectations for Jiale.
Just like Jiale thought, he has always been looking for ways to counter the way of heaven.
The appearance of Jiale gave him such hope.
In fact, even with the supervision of the Great Dao, the Heavenly Dao would have the opportunity to take action. After all, Jia Le has done so many things, it is impossible that every one of them is in line with the general trend and has no problems at all. However, Hongjun would take action because of Hongjun's help. After all, he is in harmony with the Heavenly Dao. Although he has gradually become a puppet, Hongjun still has some authority.
Even the Six Saints can control some of the authority of Heaven and exert unparalleled power, let alone Hongjun who is in harmony with the Heaven.
This is equivalent to colluding with Jiale from inside and outside. No matter how powerful the Heavenly Dao is, it cannot withstand the strong enemy in front and the traitor behind.
Listening to Jiale's words, Hongjun knew that Jiale had already understood his actions to some extent. There was no need to say too much when communicating with smart people.
"I can't help you much."
"That's enough."
To be honest, compared to the Heavenly Dao, Jiale is more afraid of Hongjun. After all, the Heavenly Dao is just like an intelligent machine. He has powerful calculations and supreme authority, but no matter how powerful he is, he must be within the rules and bound by restrictions, which makes him easy to deal with.
But Hongjun is different. If Hongjun and Tiandao are combined, the difficulty will increase tenfold.
During the great calamity between Taoism and Demonism, there were so many heroes, but in the end, only Hongjun had the last laugh. Even the ancestor of demons, Luohou, had to die and turned into a demon, and Yangmei had to retreat from the chaos. Only Hongjun controlled the entire world.
No matter how conceited Jiale was, he would not dare to say that he was stronger than Hongjun.
Therefore, Jiale tried not to show up before. Now that he knew Hongjun was on his side, Jiale's pressure instantly eased a lot.
Don't say there is no pressure. How can there be no pressure? We are facing the way of heaven, not bullying Yuanshi Tianzun.
Three Tao fruits appeared at the same time in the heart of the world.
The endless alternation of power is exactly the power of the three paths of heaven, earth and spirit. At this time, the three paths are fighting for power, the path of earth and the path of spirits unite, and the path of heaven is one against two.
However, Jiale’s expression was also somewhat solemn.
It was clearly a coalition of two forces, but at this moment they appeared to be evenly matched in strength.
However, Jiale was not in a hurry. Time was on Jiale's side. The Spiritual Path had just taken shape, and the Earthly Path had just revolted. They were still in the process of becoming stronger. On the contrary, the Heavenly Path was already at the peak level, but now many powers had been taken away, and there was also the traitor Hongjun behind him. As time went by, as one grew stronger, the other weakened. The Heavenly Path was doomed to fail.
And in the world, after the battle in Xiqi, things seemed to have fallen into peace again.
However, in this calm, the biggest movement came from the human race.
The human emperor Xin, with his supreme divine power, entered the heavenly court and conferred countless immortals and gods on the list of gods, all of which he used for his own purposes.
The soul is controlled in the List of Conferred Gods, and even the great magician Xuandu has little room for resistance.
After entering the Heavenly Palace, Emperor Xin declared that in the future he would worship the ancestor of the spiritual way, that is, Taoist Chunyang, as the supreme master, and lead the human race to rule the world.
All the meritorious officials of the Shang Dynasty were granted titles.
The Shang Dynasty had already been promoted to the Heavenly Palace. At this time, Emperor Xin had gathered enough luck to unleash a force comparable to that of a saint.
The super-class ministers of the Great Shang Dynasty are also capable of exerting the power of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal.
A first-rank minister possesses the power of a Daluo Golden Immortal, and together with the hundreds of ancestors of the human race, the present-day Shang Dynasty is undoubtedly the number one force in the world, and has truly achieved the unification of the world.
And it is not the kind of unity that was ruled by the Six Saints.
The dragon clan, phoenix clan, unicorn clan, demon clan, and witch clan all moved closer to the heaven. Emperor Xin was not stingy either. He set up the six imperial officials directly under the Emperor of Heaven to assist him in governing the world. They also had the right to participate in politics and make decisions. Of course, they were only involved in politics and make decisions, and the real decision-making was still made by Emperor Xin.
The head of the Six Imperial Gods, Chengtian Xiefu, is headed by the land god Hou Tu. The cycle of reincarnation now nominally belongs to the Shang Dynasty Heaven and is managed by Hou Tu Niangniang. However, it is only in name only. Without Jia Le's orders, Emperor Xin dared not take action against the underworld.
Then there are the guardian emperor Kong Xuan of Zhongtian, the Qinghua emperor Xixing of Dongji, the longevity emperor Xingtian of Nanji, the light emperor Qilin of Xiji and the Xuanying emperor Yinglong of Beiji.
Then Emperor Xin properly placed the clan leaders of all the spirits and assigned them priesthoods according to the size of their clans and the strength of their forces.
From then on, the world was in order, and Emperor Xin seemed to be the spokesperson of Jiale in the world.
Before Jiale's divine power, Emperor Xin's own strength was also unmatched, so naturally no one dared to oppose him.
When Jiejiao returned to Jin'ao Island, Tongtian had already gone into seclusion, preparing to break through to the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian in one fell swoop and then practice the Hunyuan Daluo.
Nuwa also returned to the Wahuang Palace, probably for the same purpose.
Only Jie Yin and Zhunti were staying on Lingshan Mountain in a miserable state. They knew that this was the time for Jiale and Tiandao to fight. They could only hope that the fight between the two would end soon. They also hoped that Jiale could win and help them get the damn Hongmeng Purple Qi.
It is true that as fragrant as I thought the Hongmeng purple energy was at the beginning, I dislike it now.
It would be fine if there was no comparison between Tongtian and Nuwa, but seeing Tongtian and Nuwa escaping from the sea of suffering step by step, Jie Yin Zhunti is now experiencing a miserable life. If he did not still have some rationality, he would have wanted to go down and help Jiale himself.
In the blink of an eye, a yuan had passed.
The whole world is becoming more and more orderly.
Under the leadership of Emperor Xin, the entire foundation of the Lingdao was brought into play, and the growth of the Lingdao was booming.
Although it is only the number of one Yuanhui, the improvement in the spiritual path is at least several times greater.
As for the tunnels, the reincarnation is orderly, and there is no sign of being manipulated or involved by the Six Saints as before. There is no Heavenly Dao interfering with the tunnels or undermining the tunnels' majesty and authority, so the tunnels are gradually improving.
Empress Pingxin sat in the underworld, so she could naturally see all the progress.
Although she had handed over all the authority over the tunnel to Jiale, she could still feel it in many situations.
But it is precisely because I can feel it that I am so shocked.
Perhaps Jiale’s layout has never stopped, and it was only during this period of time that the layout began to explode.
The Heavenly Dao is naturally not so easy to deal with. From a fair point of view, the combination of the Earthly Dao and the Spiritual Dao at the beginning could only make the Heavenly Dao slightly wary. But now it is different. The Heavenly Dao is isolated and helpless, but the Earthly Dao and the Spiritual Dao are different. It seems that the Earthly Dao and the Spiritual Dao have received the support of the entire world during this Yuanhui.
At this time, the Way of Heaven is like a tyrant. Not only does it not have support, but its subjects all rebel against it.
The underground and spiritual paths led by Jiale are like a wise king, loved by the world and supported by all the people.
In this case, the outcome seems to have been determined.
And this is indeed the case.
In Zixiao Palace, Jiale has been meditating and contemplating the truth. The battle between the earthly way, the spiritual way and the heavenly way is no longer something Jiale needs to control.
During the Yiyuan meeting, Jiale not only meditated and gained enlightenment, but also occasionally discussed Taoism with Hongjun. It must be said that Hongjun's level was indeed high, at least in terms of the comprehension of Taoism, he was far ahead of Jiale. After all, Jiale's strength to this day was also built up with the blessing of the earth and spiritual ways. His real accumulation was still only at the level of Hunyuan Jinxian, which was ultimately too small.
Fortunately, after the accumulation of this Yuanhui, Jiale's understanding of the Tao seems to have reached a higher level.
With this foundation, Jiale believed that after the battle, it wouldn't take long for him to break through to the level of Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian.
The Way of Hunyuan, this is the great way that many people in this world desire but cannot obtain.
Looking at Hongjun, Jiale was really glad that Hongjun became his teammate. Otherwise, Jiale would not be able to sit still during this Yuanhui, because if Hongjun made a plan, their fight would not be just a struggle for power, but would fill the entire world.
“It’s about to end!”
Hongjun's voice sounded, and there was even a hint of surprise in his tone.
It is indeed coming to an end.
Just as Jia Le thought, as one grows stronger while the other weakens, the Heavenly Dao will ultimately not be a match for the combined forces of the Earthly Dao and the Spiritual Dao.
To this day, the Heavenly Dao has completely lost the battle for power with the Earthly Dao and the Spiritual Dao.
Just like Hongjun said, it’s about to end.
There is no way back in the struggle for power. If you lose, you lose. The Heavenly Dao no longer has the possibility of fighting back. When it had the advantage before, it couldn't take down the Earthly Dao and the Spiritual Dao, let alone now. As time goes by, the Heavenly Dao will only lose more miserably.
However, Jiale had no intention of pressing on with the victory to destroy Tiandao directly.
In that case, what is the difference between him and the previous Heavenly Dao.
The most important thing is that it is not the result that the Dao wants. Jiale will never embark on the path of leading the world to upgrade. Even if he does, he will not choose to do so in the world of Fengshen.
In this case, there is no need to incur the displeasure of the Great Dao in order to take down the Heavenly Dao.
Moreover, Hongjun would not allow Jiale to really destroy Tiandao.
At this time, most of Hongjun's strength is still in Tiandao. If Tiandao is destroyed, Hongjun's realm will fall, and he will probably have to fight Jiale directly.
If the Kunlun Mirror could still absorb energy and transform abilities like before to help Jiale improve his cultivation, Jiale might kill Hongjun and replenish himself, but there is no need for that now.
"It's up to you, fellow Taoist, to do it next."
Hongjun looked at Jiale deeply, and sighed in his heart that Jiale could face such temptation with ease.
You know, Jia Le has already controlled the underground and spiritual paths at this time. If he can control the heavenly path, he will be the master of the three paths and will become the master of this world. In the future, he will develop the foundation of this world step by step, and perhaps one day, he can lead the world to upgrade and break through to a higher world.
Although if he did that, he would be bound to the world and be controlled by the world. When the world lives, he lives, and when the world perishes, he dies.
But can such power, status, and future really be resisted?
Hongjun asked himself, he is unable to resist.
"I appreciate your kindness."
In fact, Hongjun was already prepared to fight Jiale, but Jiale's choice caught Hongjun off guard.
However, this choice made Hongjun even more wary of Jiale.
The fact that he turned a blind eye to such temptation only showed that Jia Le wanted more and had bigger ambitions. This kind of person was more difficult to deal with than anyone he had ever met before.
But, for now, this is definitely a good thing.
The power and authority of the Heavenly Dao had been weakened to the extreme at this time. Hongjun was no longer able to resist the Heavenly Dao as before.
At this time, Hongjun can either take control of the Heavenly Dao or break free from the constraints of the Heavenly Dao and practice the Dao of Hunyuan.
But Jiale was also a little curious about what choice Hongjun would make.
Turning the tables and taking control of Heaven's Way is, of course, the best option, because that would allow Hongjun to have the power he has now, a Heaven's Way sage, equivalent to Hunyuan Wuji Jinxian, and even above Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian. Otherwise, he would have to start all over again, and Hongjun might not have the courage to burn his boats.
In Jiale's heart, he hopes that Hongjun will choose the first option. In that case, Hongjun will be less of a threat to Jiale.
But it doesn’t matter. He won’t stay in this world for too long.
