Chapter 1454: The Heavenly Will of the Investiture of the Gods World, and the Origins of Heaven and Earth's Protagonist (2/5, subscrip

Yun Xiao: "A promise plus the authority of Heaven and Earth — is that the key to becoming a Saint? No wonder the others who established teachings only gained a bit more destiny and a slight increase in strength, without ever becoming a Primordial Chaos Saint."

Xu Yeyue: "The unlucky bastard who didn't become a Saint — is that the Styx?"

Yun Xiao: "Not only that. In my side's world, I've seen many Saints establish teachings and become Saints, and many people have established teachings and gained some destiny. Turns out they hadn't grasped the mystery within — they were thinking in the wrong direction. Without Hongjun's permission, the destiny they borrowed was extremely scant; without the authority of Heaven and Earth, there simply was no way to become a Saint!"

Su Xiao: "Something's not quite right. The Jade Pure One complies with Heaven's will and expounds the Heavenly Dao — shouldn't all beings be equal?"

Zhang Taixuan: "All beings equal? Where does that come from?"

Su Xiao: "'Heaven and Earth are impartial, treating the myriad things as straw dogs.' Isn't that 'zero-one-seven' all beings being equal? Then why does the Jade Pure One still dislike the demon race, only accepting disciples based on their origins? Doesn't that contradict the doctrine of the Interpretation Sect?"

Hu Yifei: "If I remember correctly, the line 'Heaven and Earth are impartial' was spoken by Laozi. The Jade Pure One never said it."

Su Xiao: "That doesn't matter. Since he upholds the Heavenly Dao, shouldn't he treat all beings equally?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Who told you that in the Investiture of the Gods world, all beings of Heaven and Earth are equal?"

Su Xiao: "Aren't they?!!"

Zhang Taixuan: "Of course not. The human race is extremely important in the Investiture of the Gods. Although it's not made explicit like in the Primordial Chaos genre — saying they're the protagonists of Heaven and Earth — in actual fact, the human race's status is genuinely that of the protagonist of Heaven and Earth. The demon race — those covered in scales and bearing horns, hatched from eggs and born of moisture — are clearly a race about to fade from the current, a race abandoned by the Heavenly Dao. The Jade Pure One upholds the will of the Heavenly Dao, so naturally he wouldn't accept demon-kind."

Yun Xiao: "So that's how it is?"

Su Xiao: "Putting it that way, the Jade Pure One — rather than saying he upholds the will of the Heavenly Dao, it would be more accurate to say he upholds Hongjun's will."

Zhang Taixuan: "That's normal. In the Investiture of the Gods world, the will of the world and Hongjun's will are pretty much the same. He is the controller of Heaven and Earth."

Su Xiao: "But in the Investiture of the Gods I've seen, the great divine-power beings are still mostly demons and innate divine spirits. Humans don't have that many strong ones at all. How did they become the protagonists of Heaven and Earth?"

Hu Yifei: "Not being able to fight is indeed an unavoidable problem."

Zhang Taixuan: "What's the problem with not being able to fight? When you're out in the world, of course you talk about background and faction! What's the use of just being able to fight!"

Su Xiao: "I thought the word 'little punk' was about to come out of Brother Taixuan's mouth. But, Saint Nuwa doesn't seem to have that much face, does she? Could she really make an entire race the protagonist of Heaven and Earth?"

Ye Hei: "What about Taishang and the Jade Pure One? Their ties with the human race aren't shallow either."

Xiao Yan'er: "That's really possible."

Zhang Taixuan: "That's not the main thing. You've all forgotten the most important person — Hongjun!"

Su Xiao: "Hongjun? Brother Taixuan means Hongjun chose the human race to be the protagonist of Heaven and Earth — why!"

Zhang Taixuan: "Simple. The human race is easy to use."

Ye Hei: "Easy to use?!"

Yun Xiao: "Easy to use?"

Zhang Taixuan: "That's right. The human race breeds quickly, keeps order, and has a low ceiling — they can evolve civilization, yet pose no threat to him at all. The ancient divine-power beings, the innate great demons — every one of them has no small divine ability, an extremely high ceiling, and on top of that they breed slowly and frequently cause trouble. If you were Hongjun, which side would you think is more suitable for you to control?"

Yun Xiao: "It really is the human race. Although great divine-power beings are strong, reproduction is a problem — even after a hundred thousand or a million years, they may not produce a single offspring."

Su Xiao: "That's not right, there's the Dao of Creation."

Hu Yifei: "Don't be ridiculous. Who extends their lineage by pinching with their hands?"

Yun Xiao: "Miss Su is being somewhat disrespectful toward bloodline offspring. Offspring are people, not objects. What difference is there between offspring pinched into being and casually picking up a stubborn stone by the roadside to enlighten it!"

Su Xiao: "……Isn't that okay?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Definitely not okay. You need to understand one principle: when great divine-power beings come together, making offspring isn't some task — it's something that happens naturally. Their lifespans are infinite; they absolutely would not stop at nothing just to have an offspring. Offspring born naturally are their choice!"

Yun Xiao: "Exactly. Offspring should be the union of two people's feelings and bloodline — absolutely not something contrived through divine power."

Su Xiao: "So great divine-power beings also value this?"

Yun Xiao: "Great divine-power beings have their own principles of conduct. Most of them would not act recklessly...."

Bi You: "It's a good thing Miss Su isn't in our world, otherwise, with her way of thinking, wouldn't she stir up a lot of trouble? This is absurd — how did you cultivate to the Taiyi Jin Xian realm?"

Su Xiao: "Hehe, of course it was Brother Taixuan who carried me up. I just lay there and broke through."

Bi You: "That's too good. I've been cultivating so hard for so long, and I'm still not even at the Jin Xian realm. How tragic."

Ye Hei: "Fairy Bi You has joined the chat group, so naturally she'll enjoy the Dao Lord's blessings in the future. By the way, in a few days, the Dao Lord will be lecturing directly in the Journey to the West world — you mustn't miss it."

Bi You: "The Journey to the West world?"