Chapter 125: The Sages Discuss the Abolition of the Town Guardian System

  Wuji and Sanqing gathered in Kunlun, Wuji conveniently told Sanqing about the matters of the Demon Realm and his own speculations, astonishing them and making Sanqing involuntarily feel a sense of being confined to a narrow view, never having thought that Wuji had such extraordinary encounters outside of Honghuang.

  The Three Purities also had an unspoken expectation towards the Chaos, after all, as the top existence in the Honghuang world, if they wanted to go further on the path of the Great Dao, unless they merged with the Heavenly Dao like Hongjun, and became the master of the Honghuang world.

  However, the Honghuang world has already had a Hongjun Daozu merge with the Heavenly Way, which is a great prosperity for the Honghuang world, but it is unfortunate for the Honghuang people. After all, there can only be one person in the position of merging with the Heavenly Way. As for the rumor circulating in the Honghuang that there is still a thread of life, it is impossible. If someone controls this thread of life, then the Honghuang world will not have any progress to speak of and will inevitably return to the chaotic world.

  This is what the Heavenly Dao does not want to see, although the Heavenly Dao is under the Great Dao, but in the midst of chaos, the Heavenly Dao was forced to return to the Great Dao, and at that time there would be no more talk of the Heavenly Dao. In the Desolate World, however, it's different. The Great Dao retreated, and the Heavenly Dao took charge of everything in the Desolate World, becoming an existence above all else. As for the pros and cons, anyone who isn't a fool would make this choice.

  In this way, the Heavenly Way will not allow a single thread of life to be controlled by humans, and the multitude of living beings in the Primordial Chaos will forever be suppressed under the Heavenly Way, without a day to emerge. However, all of this is the Primordial Chaos before the appearance of Wuji.

  Due to the emergence of Wuji, Wuji taught the Tao of the world to the Three Pure Ones. The Three Pure Ones successively used the Pre-Heavenly Supreme Treasure Taiji Diagram, Pangu Fan, and Qiankun Ding as vessels to transform and evolve into a thousand worlds. Although these thousand worlds are not as large as the Honghuang Great Thousand World, the Pre-Heavenly Supreme Treasure is after all the same as the Heavenly Tao in terms of chaos and birth.

  Although the Heavenly Way can affect the Pre-Heavenly Supreme Treasure, the Pre-Heavenly Supreme Treasure is independent of the Honghuang Heavenly Way and is not under its control. The Three Pure Ones, Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Jiaozu, used the Pre-Heavenly Supreme Treasure to entrust the world, so their world was no longer within the Honghuang Heavenly Way. Later, if the world of the Three Pure Ones evolved into a Dacheng world, then the Three Pure Ones could naturally use this to escape from the Heavenly Way and become independent of the Honghuang.

  Although the evolution from Zhongqian world to Datian world is extremely difficult, at least it provides a direction for progress. Compared to Nüwa, Xī Fāng Jié Yǐn and Zhuān Tí èr Shèng who predicted that many cultivators would be confused and ignorant in the Honghuang era without any guidance, this is much stronger.

  Wuji and the Three Pure Ones were conversing when they suddenly sensed two powerful auras approaching from the west. Wuji and the Three Pure Ones knew that in the vast expanse of the Honghuang, only the Western Guiding Saint and the Accurate Deliverance Saint possessed such mighty auras.

  Then, from the outside of the chaotic sky, a powerful aura also came, clearly it was Nüwa Niangniang of the Tiandihui, Yuanyu and Sanqing understood that Nüwa Niangniang, Jièyīn Shèngrén and Zhǔntí Shèngrén were coming towards Mount Kunlun, but they did not dare to be slow, so they came to the outside of Mount Kunlun to welcome Nüwa Niangniang, Jièyīn Shèngrén and Zhǔntí Shèngrén.

  Wuji and the Three Pure Ones, after paying respects to each other with Jieyin Saint, Zhunti Saint, and Nuwa Niangniang, led the three saints towards the Jade Void Palace. After that, Wuji and the various saints first engaged in a discussion on the Tao, and then Nuwa Niangniang, as the initiator of this gathering, naturally spoke first.

  Nüwa said: "Fellow Taoists, I have convened this gathering for two purposes. Firstly, it has been tens of thousands of years since we last engaged in discussions on the Tao, and this is a good opportunity for us to gather and discuss the Tao once more."

  Nüwa nodded in approval at the people present, and continued: "Secondly, it is because of the affairs of the human race. After Lishan retreated and hid in Huoyun Cave, the human race was without a leader, and conflicts arose between humans, but the power of the various town guardians was too strong, which was not conducive to the self-development of the human race."

  Everyone present naturally knew the true meaning of Nüwa's words. What she said sounded pleasant, saying that it was not conducive to the self-development of the human tribe, but in reality, her true intention was that the guardians of the human tribe were all at the level of Daluo Jinxian, mostly being ancient and venerable figures of the human tribe, who were fortunate survivors from the time when the witches and demons slaughtered humans. However, this group of people harbored a hatred towards the demon tribe that was more profound than what later generations could comprehend.

  The brother of the Nüwa, Fuxi, is now the Western Emperor of the demon clan. He was not present at the beginning of the witch's massacre, but he appeared on the scene later and did not stand on the side of humanity, instead sitting on the opposite side to help the demons. These lucky survivors naturally had no good feelings towards Fuxi. As Di Jun and Taiyi fell one after another, Fuxi as the emperor of the demon clan would naturally become the target of the hatred that was originally directed at Di Jun and Taiyi.

  Nüwa intended to make Fuxi the human emperor, so she had to eliminate some people who held grudges against Fuxi. However, if Nüwa were to take action herself, it would be detrimental to her reputation among humans. Therefore, Nüwa used the gathering of saints as a cover for her future actions.

  Nüwa was also convinced that the various saints would agree with her proposal, after all, the human tribe's strength was too powerful, and it had an unpredictable impact on the transmission of the saints. These town guards became a stumbling block for the transmission of the saints. Removing these Daluo Jinxian-level town guards from the human tribe was in line with the interests of the saints.

  All the saints indeed did not disappoint the Niú Niáng's expectations, and they did not refuse her proposal. Afterwards, all the saints discussed some specific action plans, and in the end, it was decided that Wújí would take charge of dealing with these Town Guardian Messengers himself.

  All the saints saw that Wújí was willing to be a pioneer, and the Three Pure Ones believed that Wújí had his own reasons for doing so. However, Nǚwā Niángniáng and Jiēyǐn Shèngrén, as well as Zhǔntí Shèngrén, were happy to see Wújí play the role of a villain.

  Wuji did this with his own considerations, apart from the above reasons, Wuji had other considerations. In the vast and chaotic world where the strong prey on the weak, the human race's power was not enough to secure its position as the master of heaven and earth by itself, but rather it was obtained with the help of the saints.

  They were the reliance of the human race before, but as long as the will of the human race and the saints are at odds, and their interests conflict, the saints will also ruthlessly abandon the human race. So now it seems that the human race is strong, but in the eyes of the saints, they are just a huge cake.

  If the saints can't get their own share on this big cake, it's hard to guarantee that they won't make another cake. However, Wuji doesn't want humans to become pawns of the saints either, so Wuji wants to grasp a kind of balance.

  After the saints deliberated, after a hundred years, the grand assembly finally dispersed. Wuji left early, citing his busyness with the matters just discussed. Wuji later summoned Fengqiu and three other women, condensed his great dao into a jade symbol, gave one to each of them, and had them transmit his edict to the human tribe's town guardians in the desolate expanse, instructing them to gather at the Shengshi Temple on Mount First Sun of the human tribe a hundred years later.

  Then Feng Qiu and Xiao Xuan formed a group, Liu Mei and Ling Zhen formed another group to separately convey Wuji's decree to the town guardians of the human race. As soon as Feng Qiu and others input some magical power into the jade symbol, Wuji's divine image would appear in mid-air and say: "I am Wuji, now I command you all to wait for my summons at Shengshi Temple on Mount Shouyang 100 years later."

  Most of the human clan's town guards, after seeing Wuji's edict, immediately headed towards the Shengshi Temple on Mount Shouyang. However, there were also many town guards who were arrogant and ignored Wuji's edict. The consequences for these people were severe: those who spoke disrespectfully to Wuji were instantly killed by Wuji's law body, while the town guard gates that ignored Wuji's edict had their cultivation knocked down by Wuji, falling from Mahayana Golden Immortal to Golden Immortal.

  In the vast expanse of the Honghuang, the mighty ones once again witnessed the awe-inspiring power of Wuji. They couldn't help but sigh in admiration at Wuji's cultivation, and even Minghe Laozu, who was considered the strongest being below the Saints in the Honghuang, felt a twinge of inferiority. Although Minghe Laozu could easily defeat the powerful Daluo Jinxian, he knew that Wuji had achieved this feat with ease simply by relying on the sealed law within the Jade Symbol, something that Minghe Laozu himself couldn't accomplish.

  Without mentioning the different feelings of the people in the vast wilderness towards Wújí's actions this time, after a hundred years, the Hundred Years' Qi that Wújí had set arrived. As expected, Wújí appeared at the Shèngshī Temple, gazing out at nearly a thousand Golden Immortals. However, Wújí knew that there were several Golden Immortals who couldn't come forward due to his own reasons.

  The Da Luo Golden Immortals present, although they were powerful beings in the Grand Primordium, knew that in reality, they were no match for Wuji. They were aware that in Wuji's hands, even the slightest carelessness would be disastrous. Therefore, they naturally did not dare to be slow and instead expressed their utmost respect, not daring to have the slightest bit of disobedience.

  Wuji saw that the human elite had gathered and began to speak: "Fellow Taoists, I have come here today with an important matter to discuss with you all. You are all elites of the human race, but you are entangled by mundane things and cannot calm your minds to cultivate. Therefore, I once again solemnly declare that from now on, you will no longer need to worry about mundane affairs for the human race, just focus on cultivating quietly. As for your positions as guardians, this seat is currently taking them back.

  "Secondly, I am the Purple Emperor of the North Pole of the Primordial Chaos, in charge of all the stars. However, having no one under my command is not conducive to my management. The starry sky within the starry sky has a rich and dense aura, which can assist you fellow Taoists in your cultivation. For you fellow Taoists, this is a rare sacred place for cultivation."

  The Daluo Golden Immortals present were all elites of the Human Tribe, and would also be easily swayed by Wuji's words, agreeing to them. However, Wuji's actual strength made the Daluo Golden Immortals present tremble with fear, not daring to oppose him.