Everything is relative; once you decide to disrupt the status quo, you must be prepared to bear the consequences that follow its destruction.
Since these people all see themselves as the eventual winners and want to break the current situation, Pei Xuanjing has no intention of playing the paperhanger, not mending things for them. On the contrary, he will deliberately add fuel to the fire.
The world's situation always cycles through phases of union after long periods of division and division after long periods of union. Everyone wants to stir up trouble after peaceful times have lasted too long. Pei Xuanjing will certainly not obstruct this.
"After the trial of the Myriad Laws Realm is over, when you return to the Shenxiao Sect, instruct the new Sect Leader to take out all the resources within the sect for everyone to exchange based on their contributions," Pei Xuanjing told Yu Zhenzi.
Perhaps many people speculate that Pei Xuanjing, with Pang Hong's abdication, wants to promote a person of Supreme Overlord level to be the Sect Leader, or even use this as a precedent to have the True Immortals from all the Immortal Sects step down, giving young Supreme Overlords a chance to take up authority.
Pei Xuanjing can only say that you are all thinking too much. He never meant that. Whether the Sect Leader of an Immortal Sect is a True Immortal or not makes no difference. For an Immortal Sect, the true pillars are the True Immortals, and they will never lose their authority simply by stepping down.
As for why the Shenxiao Sect would let many True Immortals and Supreme Overlords with the strength of True Immortals give up competing for the position of Sect Leader, the reason is quite simple. Pei Xuanjing had long foreseen the chaos that was to emerge, so these True Immortals should focus more on enhancing their own strengths.
With the abundant resources accumulated by the Shenxiao Sect, using them on these True Immortals and Supreme Overlords comparable to True Immortals can completely induce a transformation in the strength of the True Immortals and allow those comparable Supreme Overlords to take the final step and ascend to True Immortality.
As for the Sect Leader being a Supreme Overlord, how could that be possible? With the many resources controlled by the Shenxiao Sect, not to mention that the competitors after the trial of the Myriad Laws Realm are only a step away from True Immortality.
Even if an ordinary Supreme Overlord is randomly chosen, the resources of the Shenxiao Sect could fully elevate them to the Immortal Level.
"Your subordinate understands," nodded Yu Zhenzi, clearly grasping Pei Xuanjing's intention.
In fact, if it were truly necessary, Pang Hong and Yu Zhenzi could have managed this matter long ago, but intentionally having the new Sect Leader handle this is to establish their credibility and win people's hearts.
Although everyone knows that such a decision must come from the Ancestral Master's will and the Sect Leader of Shenxiao alone does not have the authority, since it is to be done by the new Sect Leader, he will inevitably hold a certain amount of authority as well.
So even if it is an open scheme, everyone is more than willing to go along with it. After all, the resources they gain are tangible, and they will indeed owe a favor to the new Sect Leader.
With such a maneuver, making everyone remember a favor owed to oneself and then controlling the division of resources, even without the support of other True Immortals, the new Sect Leader can smoothly take control of everything in the Shenxiao Sect.
If, with such an advantage, one still cannot command the entire Shenxiao and carry out their will, it would prove that Pei Xuanjing and the others have misjudged and chosen an inadequate successor.
But how could a successor who stands out from the trial of the Myriad Laws Realm fail to achieve this?
Yu Zhenzi's gaze turned towards the trial of the Myriad Laws Realm, which has, without anyone realizing, reached the end of its first phase.
The course of events has unfolded as Yu Zhenzi predicted: despite Wan Fayi becoming the target of a combined attack by everyone due to his overwhelming strength on Thousand Divine Mountain, his formidable combat power helped him eventually crush his adversaries.
However, the plans laid by Wan Fayi were not flawless. In the beginning, he was outmaneuvered and allowed from the Jade Emperor's side to release the Great Law Decree Technique and the Great Star Technique—a significant oversight.
What followed was his scheming on Thousand Divine Mountain. Originally, he utilized the divine powers he controlled to simulate the emergence of a trick of Supreme Divine Power, using it as bait to lure action from the Jade Emperor's side, thus waiting like a spider in a jar for the prey to entangle itself in the web.
Yet no one expected that the Thousand Divine Mountain actually concealed a supreme divine ability from the Myriad Laws Realm, and it was none other than the Great Fate Technique, one of the Ten Supreme Divine Abilities.
This Great Fate Technique, touted as the foremost destined mystical skill in the world, if cultivated to fruition, could allow one to peer into the future and observe their own fate's trajectory, defying heaven to change fate.
The moment this Great Fate Technique appeared, it immediately set off a frenzied competition among countless strong beings, driving these supreme overlords to madness.
"Who would have thought that the Thousand Divine Mountain hid the Great Fate Technique!" Yu Zhenzi, witnessing everything unfolding in the Myriad Laws Realm, could not help but exclaim in astonishment.
The future is ever-changing, elusive, fate unpredictable, and no one knows what might happen in the next moment.
One moment enjoying Qi Yun added, propitious in every endeavor, and the next as if the world has forsaken them, encountering obstacles in all things, such a situation is not unprecedented in the world.
Therefore, for many cultivators, the more powerful they become, the more they wish to understand the workings of the world, to predict their own life trajectories, to leverage this knowledge for a tactical advantage, and to master their destiny.
However, fate is fickle, the world is difficult to foresee, and not all the strong have the qualifications or the ability to do so.
Amongst the myriad dao and divine powers in the world, only a few can generally grasp the Heavenly Secrets and predict future trajectories, and every one of these is among the strongest existences in the world, either simple in cultivation but needing specific conditions, or directly in the hands of the topmost powerhouses.
Time Laws are controlled by the Witch Deity Teaching's Zhu Jiuyin Ancestor Witch, the Heavenly Mystery Dao is led by Taoist Monarch Tianji, and the Path of Destiny is in the hands of that Fate Controller Star Lord in the Heavenly Court while both the Taoist School's power to turn back time and the Buddhist School's Law of Cause and Effect are slightly inferior.
The rest, such as Ziwei Astrology, Plum Blossom Divination, Innate Eight Trigrams, etc., although powerful, still fall short when compared to those who innately command the Great Tao and wield authority.
"If the Great Fate Technique were to be controlled by the Fate Controller Star Lord, then perhaps his Path of Destiny would undergo transformation. Even becoming a powerful Taoist Monarch is not out of reach," Yu Zhenzi said pensively with a gleam in his eyes.
The Great Fate Technique, along with the Great Star Technique and the Great Law Decree Technique, is among the ten supreme divine abilities of the Myriad Laws Realm, but the Great Fate Technique ranks above those two. If it finds a suitable person to wield it, the power it could unleash may be even greater.
And in this world, in terms of the Path of Destiny alone, who could surpass that Fate Controller Star Lord?
"The Path of Destiny is hard to grasp. Should the Fate Controller acquire it, it could surely aid in further advancement," Pei Xuanjing affirmed, noting that indeed this divine ability is most fitting for the Fate Controller Star Lord.
"However, there are many who have their eyes on the Great Fate Technique; whether one can get it or not will depend on their own ability," Pei Xuanjing remarked.
The Great Fate Technique is of interest even to individuals like Taoist Monarch Tianji. For any strong being on the paths of Heavenly Secrets and Destiny, acquiring it is to add wings to a tiger, and now that it has made an appearance, they would never want to miss out.
Hearing Pei Xuanjing say this, it seemed that this Taoist Monarch is not planning to intervene, nor is he planning to assist the Fate Controller Star Lord in obtaining the Great Fate Technique.
To this, Yu Zhenzi expressed surprise, "Are you not planning to lend a helping hand to the Fate Controller Star Lord?"
It should be noted that the competition this time is so fierce; if the Taoist Monarch does not intervene, relying solely on the Fate Controller Star Lord's means might not be enough.
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