Prehistoric: Twin lotuses with parallel stems

Nine-grade golden lotus blossoms in the eight-treasure glazed pond. The Bodhi tree sways and its branches and leaves rustle, harmonizing with the sound of Tao, awakening the spirit and opening wisdom.

The two Taoists sat opposite each other, Zhunti and Jie Yin looked at each other in silence.

"Brother, is this really the case?"

"If not, what can we do?"

Jie Yin stood at his side with a bitter bamboo stick, his face even more bitter, and asked helplessly.

"In this matter of conferring gods, Jiejiao and my Western Sect will bear the brunt, and there is no way to avoid it. The Human Sect has only one disciple, Xuandu, and the Orthodox Sect has only more than ten disciples, and Nuwa has never accepted any disciples. As for the Qingqiu lineage, not to mention that there are only a few disciples, those two are different from us, and the teacher needs to give them face."

Zhunti hesitated: "But what if the teacher blames me?"

"The teacher won't intervene in such matters. You and I both know what the teacher's bottom line is. Since the teacher said that we should all rely on our own abilities, as long as we don't cross the teacher's bottom line, he won't intervene.

Besides, the teacher always leaves a glimmer of hope when he does things, and he won't do anything to the extreme. This is related to our path, so we have to fight for this glimmer of hope, and there is a chance."

Jie Yin spoke calmly, Daoist Ancestor Hongjun had never set foot on the prehistoric land since he achieved the Dao, and he was more of a bystander as to the affairs of the prehistoric land, and seldom intervened directly.

Zhunti was silent, then nodded: "Then I'll do as you say, Senior Brother."

They still do not want the Heavenly Court to directly intervene in the Western Land and interfere with the evolution of their Pure Land. After all, there is a deviation between the order of the Heavenly Court and their order of the Great Dao.

"Teacher once said that the Conferred God event is not just for us disciples of the Saintly Sect, but for all living beings to participate. If this is the case, it is not necessarily for us disciples to fill the gaps."

Jie Yin nodded: "Yes, although there are very few people who are qualified to fill the list of gods, there are still some. Now for our Western Religion, it is really not optimistic. The Three Pure Ones are of the same blood. Tongtian wants to protect the disciples of Jie Religion. The only choice is to target our Western Religion."

In the eyes of Western religions, only Jiejiao has enough disciples to fill the List of Gods.

And in the eyes of Jiejiao, it is also so.

The Western religion does have a profound foundation today, and the gap between it and the Jie religion is not that big.

But if the three religions join forces to target them, the result can be imagined. Although the Human Religion and the Orthodox Religion have few disciples, they are undoubtedly all people with great supernatural powers. This is a gap that cannot be made up by numbers.

"It's a pity that Taoist Mosquito was taken away by the Qingqiu disciples. You and I didn't notice it and let him go to the Heavenly Palace."

"I'm afraid it was arranged by those two from Qingqiu. Moreover, after my deduction, although I can't see the details, this matter is not a bad thing for our Western Church. It's better not to cause trouble."

No matter how Zhunti and Jie Yin deduced, they found that the matter of conferring deities was extremely unfavorable to them and they were completely at a disadvantage.

"Although the Three Pure Ones are of the same blood, the disciples of the three religions may not be. There is much that can be done here. In addition, although the prehistoric world now respects our saintly religion, the others are still worthy of attention. For us, only when the situation is chaotic enough can we break the current deadlock."

Zhunti had no more objections to this. He just said, "But we need to be careful about the limits. The teacher specifically warned us not to cross the bottom line. It is best to let the disciples fight on their own and not to intervene directly."

"Yes, it is time for my Western sect disciples to go out and walk. Sitting in the Pure Land is no longer the way for them to do things."

The disciples of the three religions, namely Humanism, Orthodoxy and Destruction, were holding a conference to discuss the Dao, but what they did not know was that the saints of the three religions were also sitting together at this time.

Deep inside the Yuxu Palace in Kunlun Mountain, in an ordinary little courtyard, three figures sat silently, and the atmosphere was slightly solemn.

There are few disciples in the Human Sect and the Chan Sect, so there must be a way to preserve them.

But it is different for Jiejiao. Even if one is a saint, it is difficult to take care of everything when other saints are involved in the struggle.

According to Yuanshi's intention, he wanted Tongtian to use this opportunity to rectify the internal affairs of Jiejiao and send those with bad character to the List of Gods. For them, it would be a good result and a destination.

This will preserve the foundation of Jiejiao and pass on the Taoist tradition, which is a good thing.

Yuanshi had no sympathy for sending those disciples to the List of Gods.

In his opinion, if it weren't for the protection of the name of Jiejiao, these reckless people should have been killed to earn merits. It would be a bargain for them to be named a god in heaven, which is better than the ending of having their souls destroyed.

These disciples were a burden to Jiejiao and Tongtian, so he was naturally very unhappy with them. He was even more angry at Tongtian's insistence on protecting them.

"The Tao cannot be spread lightly. If you don't have this blessing, forcing the Tao to be spread will only bring disaster, not blessing. How long will you persist in your delusion?"

"My great path is to seize the ray of hope for the world. Everything is based on good fortune and fate. That is your Chan Sect, not my Jie Sect. Since they have joined my sect, I will give them the opportunity to fight for their own great paths, so that they can fight for their own great paths."

"The result is that you accepted a bunch of beasts as your disciples, but you didn't care about them at all. You only taught them magical skills but didn't educate them? You let them do whatever they want without any rules or discipline?"

"What is enlightenment? To make them all cultivate into the same form? To distort the nature of living beings is enlightenment? And what is misbehavior? To not abide by our rules is misbehavior?"

"You..." Yuanshi said with an ugly expression, "Do you know what you are talking about? You actually think that order and rules are a constraint and oppression on them, and thus deny all order and rules. You are too extreme. Disorder will only bring chaos and destruction."

"So we have to decide what is right and wrong, good and evil? All living beings have to follow our rules?"

"It should be so. You have to know that they are not like us who are born with divine innate knowledge. That is why we need to educate them and guide them to the right path and not fall into evil. Appropriate rules and constraints are necessary. They cannot see themselves clearly and need guidance from others."

"What is the right path? What is the wrong path? We have the final say on what is right and what is wrong. No matter what, abandoning my disciples is impossible. The beasts in your eyes are still my disciples. Will you let your disciples be included in the Conferred God List?"

Yuanshi's eyes were filled with anger: "How can they be compared with my disciples! It is their good fortune to be included in the Conferred God List!"

The two of them were arguing more and more fiercely. Tai Qing opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, so he could only release his aura to intimidate the two of them.

After much discussion, there was still no result, and the two brothers argued more and more fiercely.

Yuanshi advocated that Jiejiao abandon most of its disciples with bad conduct in order to preserve the foundation of Jiejiao.

After all, they could save a small number of people, but it was impossible to save all of them.

Even if we drag Western religions into this, it cannot be done.

Maybe even the core disciples would be lost. In Yuanshi's eyes, this shouldn't happen. Disciples who have such good fortune should not be cut off from the path.

Although Tongtian knew that it was almost impossible to preserve everything, his character and the aspirations of the Tao would not allow him to compromise and give up. He would fight for a possibility even if it was impossible.

Not only the three religions, the matter of the Investiture of the Gods has not yet spread to the ears of ordinary people, but those who are truly powerful have all noticed it.

Most people can avoid being implicated, but some see it as an opportunity.

The East China Sea, Dragon Palace, even though most of the dragons were taken away by the Ancestral Dragon, the dragon clan's heritage is still deep, and they left many of their clansmen in the ancient world, dominating the four seas.

Today's dragon clan is still considered one of the largest clans in the ancient times. Until now, the luck of the dragon clan has shown some signs of convergence, especially since Yinglong established a relationship with the human race.

The Heavenly Court wanted to truly establish an order that governed the heaven and earth, so what choice should the Dragon Clan make? Yinglong was unsure, so he decided to ask the ancestor and quietly left the Dragon Palace.

The world is evolving and opening up, all living things are coming to life, dormant wills are awakening, the blazing sun hangs high in the sky, and the majestic image of the Golden Crow can be vaguely seen in it.

After a long time, the spirit of the former Demon Emperor Di Jun revived and returned from his deep sleep.

Dressed in a golden imperial robe, Di Jun still looked majestic, but his expression was very complicated.

"Brother!" A space gap appeared and a heroic figure stepped out from it. It was Taiyi.

Di Jun looked at Tai Yi and smiled bitterly: "It is my fault that I have delayed you. If I had not held you back, you would have taken that step long ago."

"I'm almost there now, but you, big brother, are far behind me in strength. If I wanted to, I could have walked the path of creation and unity, but I just don't want to. Since those two can walk the path of Hunyuan, I don't believe I can't do it." Taiyi said confidently, "The path of the saint is not suitable for me."

Di Jun nodded. Indeed, Taiyi was not suitable for the path of a saint.

“Brother, there is nothing you can do. Now you have to take the path of creation and sainthood. When Qingxuan took action, he had already integrated your Tao fruit into this world. You are destined to not be able to take the path of Hunyuan.” Taiyi said regretfully.

However, Di Jun smiled and shook his head, not caring about it.

"If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have been able to recover so quickly, and I owe Daoist Qingxuan a favor."

"It's fine if we owe him a favor. Are we brothers afraid that we can't repay him? Although I don't know what he wants to do, my intuition tells me that he is planning something. When the time comes, we will lend him a helping hand."

Taiyi muttered in his heart, could it be that this plan has something to do with Daozu Hongjun? Because he really couldn't think of anyone else in the prehistoric world who needed those two people to plot against him.

In his opinion, if the two joined forces, they would be no worse than Hongjun, and might even be better. Why would they need to plot? They could just suppress everything.

"That's true." Di Jun nodded.

"Brother, let's go back and meet our two sisters-in-law and nephew first."

Two rainbow lights flashed and disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was already in an imperial palace.

Two female figures appeared, and Di Jun saw this with a smile on his face.

"Ok?"

Immediately, Di Jun frowned as he did not see his son.