When people's hearts are dispersed, the team is hard to lead.

This sentence is the most truly incomparable one, they gathered for profit, and now they disperse as the profit ends.

Indeed, with Pei Xuanjing's abilities, he could force the bull to drink water, but what's the point? It could neither bring benefits to himself nor to others, it's simply an effort in vain.

Pei Xuanjing's path has destined that he would not do such a thing; every person has their own choice, and Pei Xuanjing would not force others to do anything.

Those who can follow you to the end are few and far between, and that's what makes a Taoist Friend precious.

Having cultivated to the level of a Taoist Monarch, each one has their own path, and their paths are destined to be as they are, and they would never change for anyone.

Even if, due to their own decision, they eventually perish and their path vanishes, they would still cherish it.

On the path of the Immortal Path, everyone is groping forward, others' paths can only serve as references, nobody would take another's path, nor can anyone claim their path to be definitely correct.

Along the way, Pei Xuanjing has continuously accumulated trial and error through simulators, which has allowed him to cultivate to where he is now; but for other Taoist Monarchs, they do not have this simulator, and each step they take has to be cautious and careful.

Pei Xuanjing can be confident that his path is correct, but others do not know, everyone can only choose to proceed on what they believe is the right path.

Yu Zhenzi remains silent, because that is the reality.

In the past, he too had many Taoist Friends, but as he himself advanced, and as the Shenxiao Sect developed, they gradually drifted apart due to differing paths.

Gratitude for a bowl of rice can turn into hostility over an increase of rice.

In the beginning, when the Shenxiao Sect was just rising, with the existence of the Taoist Academy, many beings got the opportunity to cultivate and the possibility to reach the peak.

But as time passed and the Shenxiao Sect grew stronger, as did those people, their goals changed, leading to conflicts of interest.

For some people, when they were weak, they were taught by the Taoist Academy, but as they grew stronger and wanted more resources, they found the vast Shenxiao Lineage obstructing them, and naturally, it wasn't so easy to accept.

At first, Yu Zhenzi had difficulty accepting this, thinking that these people were ungrateful and disloyal.

But as time went on, and he stood higher and understood more clearly the position of the Shenxiao Lineage in the world, he found himself empathetic, considering that if he were in their position, he might harbor similar thoughts.

Of course, understanding is one thing, but standing on a different platform naturally leads to different choices.

Although Yu Zhenzi understands the thoughts of some independent practitioners and the leaders of smaller forces, he is no saint, and is well aware that everything in the Shenxiao Lineage has been earned through the efforts of disciples and the mandate of Longevity Taoist Monarch.

As a member of the Shenxiao Lineage, and as a beneficiary, he would definitely not give up his own interests for the so-called understanding, and let everything go without a fight.

Just like the methods of the Jade Emperor, from his standpoint, it's reasonable to want to claim what should belong to him, but as a beneficiary, Yu Zhenzi cannot tolerate it, and must act when necessary.

Now, with Pei Xuanjing's attitude, he didn't feel the slightest discomfort, but rather found it completely proper and even felt happy about it, easing some of his worries.

To know that for so many years, Pei Xuanjing has been cultivating in the Shenxiao Domain. Besides preaching in the Taoist Academy and within the Shenxiao Sect, he rarely goes out and never bothers with many mundane affairs.

Moreover, given the unsorted nature of the other party, disregarding the background of any person from the Taoist Academy who asks questions, Yu Zhenzi and many disciples of the Shenxiao Sect also felt worried.

They really feared that their Taoist Monarch had reached such a saintly and uncompassionate stance, where in his eyes, the disciples of the Shenxiao Lineage were no different from all the beings in existence.

This made them feel like treading on thin ice when conducting affairs, as the Shenxiao Lineage is indeed powerful, with several True Immortals, regarded as a major force in this world.

But without the Longevity Taoist Monarch stationed or protecting, the Shenxiao Lineage, when compared to top immortal sects, is ultimately lacking.

Especially now, with various powers of the Divine Land World are on the move, the Supreme Strong frequently emerging within the entire Chaos Void and the Realms of Heavenly Seas, without the Longevity Taoist Monarch, relying solely on themselves to defend their current holdings is exceptionally difficult.

Now that their own Taoist Monarch has already collaborated with the Witch God Sect Leader, it proves that the latter is not indifferent to everything and does not disregard the Shenxiao Sect.

"It is rumored that in the Ancient Era, at the pinnacle of the Witch Deity Teaching, the twelve Ancestor Witches within were all in their rightful positions, capable of forming a powerful array, enough to destroy heavens and earth," Yu Zhenzi recalled an old rumor.

The history of the Witch Deity Teaching is long, spanning the very early eras of the human race, with the twelve Ancestor Witch's positions being illustrious. Though it is not every era that all twelve Ancestor Witches are present.

Yet, there were several times during crises of the Human Race, these twelve Ancestor Witches had their wielders, joined forces to deploy the Great Formation, powerful enough to destroy heavens and earth.

Of course, in Yu Zhenzi's current opinion, these might just be exaggerations, as even when the Divine Land World had not yet ascended, the strongest entity was only the Supreme Overlord who touched upon the Immortal Path.

If all twelve Ancestor Witches were indeed Supreme Overlords, even if they deployed the Great Formation, at most, it would only unleash power comparable to a True Immortal. Maybe they could suppress a True Immortal, but probably not match up with his level, a True Immortal Sixth Heavenly Layer.

The gap between True Immortals and ordinary cultivators is vast; the chasm between a True Immortal First Layer Heaven and a Supreme Overlord is not easily bridged.

Even if today there exists a Supreme Overlord whose power is comparable to a True Immortal, apart from some semi-immortal artifacts, powerful divine skills, and the influence of heaven and earth, it's heaven and earth that are lifting their limits, allowing them to be unbound.

It's also because some True Immortals, despite having certified their dao, haven't truly transformed completely and haven't genuinely mastered the power of the Immortal Path, which leads to disastrous mistakes.

If a True Immortal truly mastered the power of the Immortal Path and remained cautious and careful, even if unable to suppress the opponent, they would be invincible.

The Immortal Path has nine layers of heaven, though divided into three tiers, the gap between each heaven is immense; the gap between the True Immortal First Layer Heaven and the Second Layer Heaven involves a qualitative transformation.

If the True Immortal First Layer Heaven is considered extraordinary, then the True Immortal Second Layer Heaven has completely the qualifications to establish a school, founding an immortal sect and being revered.

A True Immortal from the First Layer Heaven might still get defeated due to underestimation by a Supreme Overlord, but a strong being from the True Immortal Second Layer Heaven, even if underestimating, won't lose to a Supreme Overlord.

The True Immortal Second Layer Heaven is fully transformed, whether it's practitioners of the Earth Immortal Path or the Human Immortal Path, they can even traverse the Chaos Void.

And while these two realms have no bottlenecks, without special fortuitous opportunities, merely relying on their own efforts to evolve might also take thousands of years.

That's why the Fate Controller Star Lord collaborated to slay a True Immortal level Great Emperor when opening a new world; they did so to seize fortuitous opportunities to save countless years of hard work, to directly step into the True Immortal Second, even the Third Layer Heaven, to catch up with their predecessors and not fall too far behind.

At that time, when the expansion of the Heavenly Court had just begun, every bit of time saved compared to now could result in tenfold, even dozens of times the time difference. This was sufficient to make them madly gamble once.

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