His slightly plump face carried an endearing smile, with a touch of humor.
Jie Yin’s divine form slowly spoke, his voice spreading across the Southern Gate of Heaven:
"I have been guided by the Heavenly Dao to awaken the Heavenly Court."
"Awaken?"
Li Dazhi chuckled:
"None of us are asleep; what need is there for a Saint to awaken us? Moreover, the Heavenly Court should be closest to the Heavenly Dao; why would it need a reminder from the Heavenly Dao through a Saint?"
Jie Yin’s divine form responded: "The Heavenly Court is the gateway of the Heavenly Dao, the Six Saints are the cornerstone of the Heavenly Dao, how can one say the Heavenly Court is closer to the Heavenly Dao? I co today to guide the Heavenly Court through its confusion."
Li Dazhi sneered: "Then may I ask the Saint, through what confusion are you to guide us?"
"Where is the Heavenly Emperor?"
Jie Yin’s voice gained an air of majesty, and cold sweat imdiately appeared on Li Dazhi’s forehead.
The pressure from the Saint had noticeably increased.
Li Dazhi gritted his teeth and confronted boldly, shouting: "The whereabouts of the Heavenly Emperor are unknown even to us, the officials, but within this Heavenly Court, my words carry so weight, and most of my opinions and suggestions are heavily considered by the Heavenly Emperor! If the Saint has commands, better they be conveyed by !"
He intended to employ delaying tactics.
Li Dazhi knew well why Jie Yin had co.
rely to prevent the Intercepting Sect Immortals from ascending to the Heavenly Court.
Now, if Jie Yin could be delayed a bit, allowing the Eastern King and others to complete the ’employnt audit’ of these Intercepting Sect Immortals, shortly after the Heavenly Emperor’s seal cos down, it would be a done deal, and Jie Yin could not interfere with the internal operations of the Heavenly Court.
Unexpectedly, Jie Yin spoke directly:
"Since the Heavenly Emperor father has such words, I will spare the effort.
"The Heavenly Dao warns that with the massive ascent of Intercepting Sect Immortals to the Heavenly Court, the universal order will falter, the great calamity of the Heavenly Dao will break, and the operation of the Heavenly Dao will be obstructed.
"Therefore, Intercepting Sect Immortals must not enter the Heavenly Court."
Li Dazhi was indeed surprised.
He was surprised that Jie Yin would be so shaless, using a re ’Heavenly Dao warning’ as a reason to imperiously demand that Intercepting Sect Immortals be forbidden entry to the Heavenly Court.
Li Dazhi’s response was swift.
He imdiately said: "The Saint’s words should not be disrespected by the Heavenly Court, but the reason here is unclear, the logic unsound, it may be difficult to convince everyone."
"The Heavenly Dao shines brightly, protecting all living beings."
Jie Yin spoke slowly:
"The principles of the Heavenly Dao’s operation contain the utmost mysteries of heaven and earth, comprehensible only by Saints.
"As you are celestial gods of the Heavenly Court, you should consider the Heavenly Dao, today’s actions go against the Heavenly Dao and should be halted."
Upon hearing this, Li Dazhi showed a hint of a smile and said loudly: "The venerable Saint seems to have misunderstood; the foundation of the Heavenly Court lies in protecting living beings, not solely venerating the Heavenly Dao!"
"How audacious."
Jie Yin’s voice beca even more grand:
"The Heavenly Dao is the will of heaven and earth, also the essence of all beings, the Heavenly Court executes the Heavenly Dao, how dare to disrespect the divine order!
"Your reckless words deserve punishnt, but considering your Dao Realm is insufficient to grasp the entirety of the Heavenly Dao, no penalty will be imposed."
Li Dazhi slightly narrowed his eyes and smiled: "I expected the Saint’s discourse to be expansive, discussing the greatness of heaven and earth, proving the infinite of living beings, but unexpectedly, the Saint rely resorts to threatening with saintly power! May I ask the Saint! For what purpose have you co today?"
Jie Yin directly stated: "Intercepting Sect mbers are not allowed to enter the Heavenly Court."
"Ridiculous!"
Li Dazhi was so furious his face turned red, he instinctively pointed at Jie Yin, then wisely lowered his arm, and said loudly:
"Intercepting Sect Immortals voluntarily co to seek refuge in the Heavenly Court, to resolve the disaster and prevent the living beings of heaven and earth from suffering from calamity!
"Why is there obstruction here? On what grounds is there obstruction!
"If the venerable Saint does not provide an explanation today, does not articulate a reason, then I, Li Dazhi, will be the first to refuse! All celestial gods of the Heavenly Court cannot consent!"
"Indeed!"
The voice of the Eastern King ca from within the Southern Gate of Heaven, unexpectedly raising his arm in a call to arms:
"If the Saint of the West desires to tyrannize the Heavenly Court and interfere with its operations, then we vow to resist to the death!"
The celestial gods of the Heavenly Court voiced their support en masse.
A large number of heavenly soldiers and generals, under the Eastern King’s command, quickly surrounded the Intercepting Sect Immortals, then turned to face Jie Yin’s divine form.
Though the heavenly soldiers were pale-faced;
Though the heavenly generals felt a chill down their spines;
Even so, at this mont, they stood firm in battle formation, not retreating a single step, under the pressure of the Saint’s divine form, raising their heads to watch, not falling below the clouds.
Those Intercepting Sect Immortals could no longer endure, and one by one they shouted:
"Western Sect! What does our Jie Sect’s business have to do with your Western Sect!"
"Shaless Western Sect! You block us without reason, if you had a reason, would you wipe out our Jie Sect directly!"
"Our joining the Heavenly Court is our own affair, what relation does it have with your Western Sect!"
This group of Intercepting Sect Immortals were indeed bold, when Li Dazhi refuted Jie Yin’s avatar, his words were as gentle as possible, though he was furious, he dared not curse outright.
But once the Intercepting Sect Immortals got worked up, they paid no heed to anything;
Various slurs and invectives were hurled ceaselessly, pointing at Jie Yin’s avatar while hurling insults, continuously shouting "The Western Sect intends to profit from internal strife within the Taoist Sect", and "The Western Sect’s Great Sect Leader disregards the grand sche of heaven and earth".
Jie Yin’s avatar did not even glance at these noisy creatures, simply gazing quietly at Li Dazhi, as if waiting for sothing.
Li Ping’an, hidden in the shadows, was analyzing constantly as he stroked his chin.
’It doesn’t make sense.’
’According to reason, Jie Yin Saint’s level shouldn’t be this low, why was he easily silenced by father without retorting?’
’Jie Yin could easily approach from another angle, such as the imbalance among Jie Sect Immortals, burdened by karmic debts, with many inside Jie Sect also laden with heavy karmic burdens and misconduct, if such precedent is set, the Heavenly Court would inevitably be polluted by Jie Sect.’
’From any perspective, it seems like Jie Yin deliberately used a weak excuse—Heavenly Dao does not permit you to join the Heavenly Court—to leave ample space for rebuttal in his favor.’
The sches of these Saints could not possibly be so superficial.
Li Ping’an ticulously deduced once more, yet truly could not fathom Jie Yin’s intent, at this mont he could only continue hiding, waiting for a better opportunity to reveal himself.
Just then, Jie Yin suddenly said: "You dare insult a Saint, you deserve to die."
Having spoken, this Saint’s avatar slowly raised its left arm, that left hand dropped toward the Southern Heaven Gate like a mountain!
Li Ping’an imdiately sought to reveal himself to counter, this strike of the avatar was definitely not sothing his father could withstand!
But before he could act, another Saint’s Great Dao had already manifested.
A sword light pierced the heavens with a cold gleam!
The sword light unimpeded pierced through Jie Yin’s avatar’s palm, the left arm of Jie Yin’s avatar shattered directly, two Saintly Great Daos clashed head-on.
The Sea of Dao Principles trembled continuously;
The heavens and earth quaked simultaneously.
Creatures below the Heavenly Immortal Realm felt not the slightest pressure here, yet those above the Heavenly Immortal Realm were each more miserable than the last, with many Golden Immortals directly lowering their heads, spitting blood.
—The higher one’s cultivation, the closer their own Primordial Spirit bound Great Dao is to the primordial Great Dao of the Sea of Dao Principles.
The golden cloud of Jie Yin’s avatar’s left arm swiftly coalesced, the avatar once again flawless.
A sheathed longsword slowly rotated above Li Dazhi’s head, the scabbard’s construction was simple, yet its Dao Charm was even simpler, embodying the ultimate sharpness.
A cold laugh suddenly sounded, and a slender large hand materialized out of thin air, grasping the scabbard.
Tongtian Sect Leader, dressed in a blue robe, naturally appeared, embracing the sword, gazing intently at Jie Yin’s avatar, a faint smile in his eyes.
Tongtian Sect Leader too ca not in his true form, it should be one of his Three Corpses of good and evil self.
"Could it be that fellow Daoist wishes to force to show myself today?"
Tongtian said indifferently:
"This is unlike your usual approach, fellow Daoist, which ti did you act without first strategizing, those pierced by your fangs always end up entirely consud.
"Today, what our Jie Sect intends to do bears no relation to the West, if you insist on obstruction, we may have to engage in a bout and determine victory or defeat."
Jie Yin’s avatar remained silent.
Li Ping’an raised an eyebrow slightly, he had deduced the purpose of Jie Yin’s avatar’s appearance today.
This might be a sche by Jie Yin to enter the fray himself, intending to draw Tongtian Sect Leader out, forcing Yuanshi Tianzun to make a choice, thereby sowing discord between Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Sect Leader.
At this mont, if Chan Teachings wanted to obstruct the entry of eight hundred Intercepting Sect Immortals into the Heavenly Court, only Yuanshi Tianzun could personally intervene.
The Chanjie Dual Sects were currently tense due to the great calamity;
If the Sect Leaders of both Sects fell out publicly, the antagonism between disciples would surely intensify, and the calamity’s intensity would likely escalate further.
Li Ping’an sighed inwardly.
This Jie Yin is indeed calculating well.
But is there a way to break the stalemate?
Li Ping’an pondered continuously with his arms folded.
His speculation was not far from reality, however, he did not know that besides these purposes, there was another unavoidable reason for Jie Yin’s appearance today.
It was rely a task assigned by Wang Ri Old Man.
Li Ping’an’s eyes suddenly lit up, having found a pretty good way to break the ga, though this thod might result in so direct confrontation with his Master Yuanshi Tianzun.
The third Saintly Great Dao was already gathering montum, it seed as if Yuanshi Tianzun’s avatar might descend at any mont.
Li Ping’an did not hesitate, breaking decisively when needed.
"So many people here."
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