"Something is not quite right!"

Inside the Palace of the Polestar, the Heavenly Emperor looked at the scene within the Treasure Realm with a gaze filled with uncertainty and complexity.

"Who would have thought that even the Taiching Saint would be alerted by this matter? It seems that Yu Yuan has truly stirred up serious trouble this time," the Heavenly Emperor muttered in a low voice.

At this moment, the Palace of the Polestar was shielded by the Glazed Cup, so he spoke without much reservation.

"The move that the Yuqing Saint just made was definitely intended to eliminate Yu Yuan swiftly!"

"That's precisely what I'm worried about..." Star Lord Taibai, Li Changgeng, said with lingering fear: "The Investiture of the Gods and the Divine Beating Whip are too crucial, bearing on the ultimate outcome of the Divine Enthronement.

The Yuqing Saint will absolutely not allow these two treasures to fall into the hands of the Jie Sect!

This was also one of the reasons I previously held back Your Majesty."

The Heavenly Emperor gave a slight nod, a fleeting sense of relief flashing in his eyes.

Before, he had been eager to try, very much willing to join in this confrontation.

In his eyes, the Jie Sect clearly had the upper hand, and the chance of victory was greater. Assisting the Jie Sect at this time would be going with the flow and doing a favor.

He could gain the approval of the Jie Sect's Saints without much effort.

But what he had not anticipated was that although the disciples of the Chan Sect could not beat those of the Jie Sect, their Sect Hierarch could!

Even with the suspicion of bullying the weak, the Yuqing Saint, Yuanshi Tianzun, still made a move!

Seeing the Saint with a casual wave of his hand, crushing that extraordinary, even terrifying to him, Nine Curves Yellow River Formation, the Heavenly Emperor immediately withdrew his superfluous thoughts.

He understood a lesson.

The reason why the great teachings of the Saints held such a revered status was not because of how this or that disciple was, but because their Sect Hierarch's full title was: The Supreme Ultimate Primordial Chaos Sect Hierarch, which is to say, a Saint!

At this point, Li Changgeng suddenly frowned and said, "However, there is something I can't figure out... According to rumors, Yu Yuan should have realized the small moves of the Nanji Immortal and employed a countermeasure, using a fake in exchange for the real thing, deceiving everyone at the time, and in one fell swoop took possession of both the Investiture of the Gods and the Divine Beating Whip.

But the question is, after obtaining these two treasures, why didn't he return to Penglai immediately?"

The Heavenly Emperor said in surprise, "Didn't he get the one-time privilege to use the Earth Book? He should have used the Earth Book first before leaving, right?"

"That's not what I'm talking about." Li Changgeng shook his head and said: "Yu Yuan has the Chaos Bell to traverse space, and the Jie Sect also has the Curved Realm Ark which can reach Golden Turtle Island from any place... If the Investiture of the Gods and the Divine Beating Whip had both fallen into his hands, he and Yun Xiao could directly summon the Ten Heavenly Lords guarding the Curved Realm Ark, and then take the Ark straight back to the East Sea.

But instead, he lingered in the Earth Immortal Realm for a long time before leaving, and then blatantly walked into the ambush of the Chan Sect.

Does Your Majesty not find this very strange?

Although my contact with him has been limited, I could tell that this Primordial Qi Immortal is exceptionally astute and unparalleled in strategy, he really shouldn't have made such a mistake."

"Yu Yuan indeed possesses courage and tactics; the previous incident with Yang Jian was also resolved smoothly thanks to him," the Heavenly Emperor agreed and nodded, then said with some hesitation: "Could it be that he thought that Nanji Immortal and the others could not discover that the Investiture of the Gods was fake, so he was careless for a moment?"

"That's a possibility," Li Changgeng nodded: "In that case, he was complacent and gave the Chan Sect an opportunity to react. However... I have another bold guess!"

He met the skeptical gaze of the Heavenly Emperor and solemnly said:

"Perhaps this current situation is exactly what Yu Yuan wanted to witness!"

...

Meanwhile, in the Western Pure Land, Saint Zhunti uttered almost the exact same words.

"Even Taiching Brother has appeared, the play is getting more and more interesting. It's just that I don't know if this scene is what Yu Yuan, the instigator, wanted to see."

Sect Hierarch of the Western Sect looked at him with a bit of surprise, "Does younger brother mean that the current situation is all within Yu Yuan's calculations?"

"Most likely," Zhunti remarked.

Seeing such certainty from him, the Sect Hierarch grew curious, "Then what is his purpose in doing this?"

"It may just be a test, or there might be other plans." Zhunti shook his head, "This child's actions are always unpredictable, I can't guess his intentions."

Saying this, he paused briefly, then smiled and said, "But now that The Three Pure Ones have all arrived, they must struggle for a result in the current situation.

With Yuanshi's proud nature, he is certainly not going to give in!

And although Tongtian is informal and values friendship greatly, his disciples and grand-disciples have just been nearly killed by Yuanshi, he certainly can't bear it!

Unless Taiching Brother mediates, it's highly likely that these two brothers will come to a rift!"

"This is true," the Western Sect Hierarch nodded, "If the two of them could come to a split as a result, Yuanshi would only be able to contend with Tongtian with the help of our Western Sect in the future.

Whether it's Yu Yuan's scheme or not, this is extremely beneficial to our Western Sect!

It seems we cannot just stand by and watch."

Zhunti smiled and said, "Such an opportunity is rare; we certainly can't miss it."

...

At the east slope of Longevity Mountain

Yu Yuan looked up at the Taiching Saint riding a blue ox with square antlers approaching leisurely and couldn't help feeling tense.

The critical moment had arrived!

Will he be able to provoke Yuanshi and Tongtian to tear off their masks ahead of time, or will the Taiching Saint manage to mediate and persuade both to step back, maintaining face on the surface, for the time being?

This is the issue that Yu Yuan is most concerned about right now.

Right.

All of this is his calculation!

After obtaining the Investiture of the Gods, he began to consider a question.

If he directly takes the Investiture of the Gods and the Divine Beating Whip back to the Penglai Holy Realm, could he change the outcome of the Divine Enthronement?

The answer is no!

Because once the fake Investiture of the Gods is exposed, the Yuqing Saint along with the Taiching Saint will most likely come knocking on his door, and then the "embarrassed" Sect Hierarch Tongtian might very well return the real Investiture of the Gods.

Given the character of Sect Hierarch Tongtian, this is very possible!

Considering this, Yu Yuan simply decided to go for a big gamble!

He wanted to let Sect Hierarch Tongtian experience in advance what it's like when his disciples are oppressed and slaughtered by his own elder brother!

Because just talking about it won't do the job.

Yu Yuan had already tried this, when he traveled to the future last time and laid bare the scenes of the Jie Sect's miserable defeat he witnessed.

However, Sect Hierarch Tongtian didn't care much.

Because in his view, the future is not set in stone; it is full of countless possibilities.

What Yu Yuan saw was just one of the many possible futures and didn't represent anything.

Therefore, after much thought, Yu Yuan felt that experiencing it personally would be more persuasive.

Thus, he dawdled for a while in the Earth Immortal Realm, giving Randeng Daoist and Nanji Immortal ample preparation time, and also called upon Zhao Gongming and the others through the Sound Transmission Treasure Pearl, then fiercely thrashed Randeng and his company.

Under such circumstances, Yuanshi Tianzun would inevitably become restless.

Indeed, it turned out to be true.

Although there were the unexpected hidden forces of "Primordial Qilin" and Fairy Miao Yuan, the outcome did not deviate, and in the end, it still brought the Yuqing Saint himself into the fray!

From the moment he left the Earth Immortal Realm, almost everything that happened afterwards was within his prediction.

The only surprise was Bi Xiao's sudden "madness," attacking Yuanshi Tianzun like a moth to a flame, forcing him to step in and take a hit for her, experiencing what it feels like to have a Saint explode one's head.

However, this brought him one step closer to his goal!

He didn't believe it—if all his disciples and grand-disciples were bullied by Yuanshi, could Sect Hierarch Tongtian still hold back?

Sure enough, as he expected, when Yuanshi Tianzun intended to kill him, Sect Hierarch Tongtian could no longer sit still and directly intervened to block the strike, even directly calling out Yuanshi by name and berating him for his bullying behavior.

As both sides were on the verge of clashing, the Taiching Saint arrived just in time.

Sigh, now it depends on whether the external support is strong enough.

Yu Yuan sighed in his heart.

Although his goal was basically achieved, if Sect Hierarch Tongtian, under the arbitration of the Taiching Saint, thoughtlessly continued to talk about brotherly affection with Yuanshi Tianzun, then he would become a laughingstock!

But at this moment, it was not appropriate for him to speak out.

Just in case the Saints saw through his true intentions and knew that all of this was his manipulation, that would really be bad.

At this time, the Taiching Saint looked at Yuanshi and Tongtian and sighed: "We, The Three Pure Ones, are originally from the same source, have supported each other through endless eons, and should ideally be of one heart and virtue, living harmoniously..."

Before he could finish, a majestic voice followed.

"Well said, well said."

"We pay respects to the three senior brothers."

Here they come!

Yu Yuan's spirit was lifted, as he looked towards the Western Horizon.

He saw a vast golden cloud rising from the Western Horizon, with a Saint sitting in a meditative pose on a twelve-petaled Merit Golden Lotus, drifting towards this side.

Beside him, stood another Saint, thin and yellow-faced, full of compassion.

These two individuals were none other than the two Saints of the Western Sect.

After the two Saints paid their respects, they came straight to the side of the Taiching Saint, seemingly blind to the tense atmosphere between Yuanshi Tianzun and Sect Hierarch Tongtian.

Yu Yuan, however, knew that these two Saints must be shouting in their hearts the same as him: "Fight! Fight! Fight..."

These two Saints were his "external support"!

But before the two "external supporters" could speak, a thunderous "rumble" came from above the Nine Heavens, followed by the voice of Sect Hierarch Tongtian echoing in all directions:

"My elder brother speaks reasonably, but it was Yuanshi who first bullied my disciples and grand-disciples, and subsequently wished to strike mercilessly, trying to kill my grand-disciple. This act is witnessed by my own eyes, and absolutely cannot be treated as if it never happened!

After all, the discord between us brothers until today is but a conflict of philosophies, a struggle of the great Dao!

You look down on my Dao, and I don't find your Dao impressive either!"

Saying so, the Qingping Sword points towards Yuanshi Tianzun at a distance, "At this point, you and I might as well just sort it out in the Primordial Chaos!

Bring all your tricks at me, but don't attack my disciples and grand-disciples!"

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