My brother is so cunning

Chapter 1032 Gains and Losses
Wen Rui crawled away, and the Lingxiao Palace remained silent. The gods looked at each other, unsure of what to do.

“Old Man of the South Pole, you are long-lived and knowledgeable. You just pointed out that Little Celestial Venerable Wen was comprehending the Dao, and all the gods agree with this. Now tell me, what was the meaning behind his strange behavior at the palace gate just now?”

Finally, the Jade Emperor broke the silence and spoke first, asking the Old Man of the South Pole.

The Antarctic Immortal also looked bewildered, subconsciously raising his hand to scratch his large, protruding forehead, and said with a wry smile, "Your Majesty, I thought I had seen all sorts of strange things in my long life, but I have never seen anything like this before..."

"I can only be certain of one thing: the Creation Celestial Venerable's life essence is incredibly vigorous, and he still has endless lifespan. His body is probably completely unharmed."

The Jade Emperor turned his head with slight disappointment and looked at the True Martial Emperor, who was still standing there with his sword in hand, seemingly savoring something.

"My dear Xuanwu, among all the immortals in the hall, your martial arts realm is the most profound. Can you tell that the strange movements that Little Celestial Venerable Wen made at the entrance of the hall were actually a set of extraordinary martial arts that surpassed the understanding of the gods?"

Emperor Zhenwu suddenly came to his senses, hurriedly put the Zhenwu sword back into his pouch, and bowed with shame, saying, "Your Majesty, I am incompetent..."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."

The Jade Emperor quickly waved his hand to appease him, saying, "My dear minister, please answer my question first."

"Your Majesty, I don't understand it, I really don't understand it..."

The True Martial Emperor also shook his head slowly with a wry smile: "I thought that I had reached the pinnacle of martial arts, and that the divine skills and ultimate techniques of the Three Realms were no longer a mystery to me. Only today do I realize that there are heavens beyond heavens and gods beyond gods. Every subtle movement made by that young upstart is like a deer hanging its horns, leaving no trace, yet it is perfectly natural and unpredictable."

"If it were a set of boxing techniques, I wouldn't be able to see how it would harm the enemy, let alone know how to counter or defend against it."

"hiss……"

The Jade Emperor gasped, his heart finally at ease.

A fist technique that even the True Martial Emperor couldn't understand—how powerful must it be?
If it can injure the True Martial Emperor while standing still, wouldn't the Lingxiao Palace be collapsed if it were to move?

If you can't even understand it, how can you fight back?

Has the gap already become this large?
A series of questions swirled in the Jade Emperor's mind. When Wen Rui took out those mass-produced puppets with ridiculously high martial arts levels, the Jade Emperor's heart sank. His only hope was that Wen Rui's creations were very strong. At that time, because he was given the title of God of Creation, his true self might not be invincible.

Looking back now, if the martial arts realm of mass-produced creations is already so high, then the Creator could only be even higher, infinitely higher, to be reasonable.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the Little Celestial Venerable has... no, has moved his immortal body. What should be done about the affairs of the mortal realm?"

Urged quietly by the celestial officials behind him, Venus reluctantly stepped out of the ranks of immortals, cupped his hands, and asked.

The Jade Emperor's face darkened, and he said coldly, "This matter requires further consideration."

Venus returned to his celestial rank, took a few steps, then stopped and turned back to say, "Your Majesty, the offerings of incense are crucial to the foundation of the Heavenly Court and cannot be delayed. Why not invite Laozi to come and discuss this?"

"If I can persuade Laozi, why can't Wen Rui persuade the Tongtian Sect Leader?"

The Jade Emperor suddenly raised his voice, sternly saying, "Why didn't you inform me beforehand when you jointly submitted your petition? If you hadn't acted rashly, things wouldn't have turned out this way!" Venus, the White Star, retreated hesitantly, but Yang Ren, the Grand Duke of Jiazi, stepped forward from the celestial ranks in his place, bowing and reporting, "Your Majesty, I was previously ordered by you to meet with Uncle Yun Zhongzi of the Chan Sect. Uncle Yun Zhongzi should currently be secretly investigating Wen Rui's crimes in the mortal realm. If inviting the Supreme Saint Venerable is not enough, we can also invite the Primordial Saint Venerable..."

"Hmph, using the two founders of the Chan Sect and the Ren Sect to suppress a junior from my Jie Sect, how shameless!"

Before Yang Ren could finish speaking, and before the Jade Emperor could even open his mouth, Doumu Yuanjun snorted coldly and said, "You lack incense offerings because you are just occupying positions without doing your jobs and only serving as clay puppets. The incense offerings of my Doumu Yuanjun are actually even more abundant than before the Demon Tribulation."

"Nowadays, the number of believers in my Jie Sect in the mortal world has skyrocketed. We, the disciples of the Jie Sect, all receive a share of incense offerings. If you want to earn more incense offerings, then convert to the Jie Sect, learn the scriptures and classics of my Jie Sect, and follow the teachings of my Jie Sect to work diligently and conscientiously for the sake of all living beings and all things. Stop trying to sow discord among the saints of the three religions."

At this point, Doumu Yuanjun's tone suddenly rose: "If you can't compete with the orthodox lineage and can't reason with the Dao, then you resort to accusations, intrigue, and provoking war and bloodshed. Do you want another great war of the Investiture of the Gods?"

These words were rather harsh. The immortals in the main hall, who were already divided into two factions, now looked at each other with an even more ambiguous gaze.

"Your Majesty, you are too kind. Please calm down."

The Jade Emperor quickly smiled apologetically, "A war among the gods of the Three Realms, causing immense suffering to all living beings, is the last thing I want to see. I just rejected Taibai Jinxing's suggestion to invite Laozi to intervene."

The completion of the mission to revive the Jie Sect is not as simple as a notification on the system panel; a series of chain reactions it has triggered have gradually spread.

The first to benefit were the immortals from the Jie Sect in the Heavenly Court, with the Star Lords of the Dou Mansion bearing the brunt.

They sit at home and merits come from heaven; inexplicably, incense offerings and prayers flow into their accounts.

Textbooks for learning new knowledge about the Jie Sect can be printed with the author's name, "Master of the Heavens," in gold lettering. The preface of the textbook will also briefly introduce the Jie Sect and its doctrines.

Some dedicated students even spend their spare time searching online to find out the "real" origins and origins of what they are learning.

An organization extracts fragments of the Dao of Heaven, seeks the true meaning of the Dao, and is committed to making this profound knowledge accessible to all, compiling it into a form that ordinary people can understand, learn in depth, and benefit from, gaining the power to transform nature.

It's hard for the vast number of people who benefit from such an organization not to love it.

In contrast, the Chan sect expounds on the Way of Heaven, which is full of paternalistic influence. It tells mortals what to do in the name of Heaven without any explanation. If they disobey, they are labeled as demons and punished by Heaven.

In contrast to Western religions, they preach good words and exhort people to do good and understand, but they can't solve any practical problems and they are obsessed with money.

It wasn't that the Jie Sect was perfect; it was mainly due to the contrast with its peers. People had a very positive impression of everything about the Jie Sect, and out of affection for it, books about the history and figures of the Jie Sect sold quite well.

Many famous senior disciples of the Jie Sect naturally gained a group of fans.

Doufu had been suppressed and marginalized for various reasons and had little influence. Even the traffic contributed by these fans with shallow worship made them feel that they had gained a lot.

In contrast, celestial officials from the Great Zhou Dynasty did not enjoy these benefits.

Many of the thunder generals in the Thunder Department have lost much of their worship due to the widespread use of lightning rods and popular science education about electricity in the mortal world.

(End of this chapter)