My version of Heavenly Dao is too old, so it's full of bugs.

Chapter 320, the Jade Emperor's "Winning Theory," is truly a masterful distortion of the truth!
In order to quell the public outcry, the Supreme Emperor personally convened a press conference, which was broadcast live to hundreds of billions of cultivators across the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man through various media outlets.

His very first words stunned everyone.

【Cultivators of the Three Realms, I am pleased to announce that our Heavenly Court has achieved a resounding victory in the recent unified examination for Nascent Soul advancement permits in Zhongzhou City, once again defeating those cunning demons and heretics!!】

The cultivators watching the live stream couldn't help but exchange bewildered glances.

win?
You're telling me that the Wenchang Dan Ying Small Cave Heaven was shattered and millions of Golden Core cultivators were captured? And you're saying that this is a victory?
Could it be that His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor has gone mad with rage due to the immense losses?

Emperor Shanghao sat cross-legged in the Lingxiao Palace. His youthful and heroic face showed no sign of dejection. He looked incredibly sunny and did not resemble a defeated leader at all.

Don't say anything else,

Shanghao's appearance is the most outstanding among the seven Heavenly Emperors. His youthful face is indeed very deceptive, especially when he smiles, which naturally gives people a sense of trust!

That's right! We won!

[Before this incident even began, we had already intercepted intelligence about those evil forces planning a terrorist attack! So we deliberately lured them into the Wenchang Danying Small Grotto, which had already reached its decommissioning age, preparing to trap them and then ambush them!]

Upon hearing this, the editor-in-chief of Xiandao Morning News spat out his coffee and couldn't help but point at the live stream screen, saying:
"A lie!! The current Heavenly Emperor is lying, He's a fraud!!"

If intelligence interception and deliberate inducement really happened, how could the Heavenly Court have suffered such heavy losses this time?
This damned Heavenly Emperor is now bragging without even thinking, isn't he?

The Supreme Emperor Haotian produced a draft and, with an air of certainty, stated: "I have just received the loss report for this war! Only about 20 candidates were captured during this examination. Any additional figures are entirely fabricated; they are malicious slanders against us by evil forces!"

Therefore, all cultivators are urged to carefully verify any related information they encounter, and never be exploited by cunning evil forces and become tools for others to disrupt social stability!

hiss!
Aside from Xiandao Morning News, the editors-in-chief of all the newspapers were so angry they laughed.

Good guy,
The Heavenly Dao has undergone seven major updates over nearly 90,000 years, and they have never heard of anyone so shameless as to lie through their teeth.

In our statistics, there were clearly more than 200 million cultivators who were captured, but you just wrote it down to 20.
Could the data that our newspaper has rigorously verified be false?
The Supreme Heavenly Emperor, of course, wouldn't say the newspaper's data was false. He went straight to the point, addressing everyone on the spot: "I know that all of you cultivators are rational enough to distinguish truth from falsehood!"

Unfortunately, 27 newspapers, including *Xiandao Morning News*, *Xianqiu Real Events*, and *Zhongzhou Morning Post*, are all inexplicably reporting fake news! I suspect they have been corrupted by evil forces and have become their mouthpieces!

Therefore, I will next conduct a distrust investigation into these 27 newspapers to thoroughly uncover the traitors hiding in our discourse!

You disobedient bastards, you like to report, huh? Well, starting today, I'm going to label you all as "fake news," cutting off the source of this uncontrolled media frenzy right from the ground up!
In this way, no matter what the gods in the Heavenly Court are plotting, the Supreme Emperor of Heaven can counter it at any time. He can use the three words "fake news" to fight against all the remarks that are unfavorable to him.

Upon hearing this, the powerful figures behind the major newspapers exclaimed, "Wow!"
Has the Supreme Heavenly Emperor gone mad? These news media outlets are the mouthpiece of our Heavenly Court; does He want to cut out His own tongue?

An uncontrolled mouthpiece is like a thorn in His side; He probably wants to seize this opportunity to wrest control of the media and public discourse from us!

[Damn it! But this will increase the voices of the Heavenly Court. Who will the cultivators of the Three Realms listen to then? Will there still be the order of public opinion we want in this world?]

Those gods who disobeyed the orders of the Supreme Emperor Haotian and spread the information are now truly panicked.

Although they knew that the Supreme Emperor of Heaven was crazy, they did not expect him to be this crazy. He could even make his own Heavenly Court's official media report fake news. Is there anything in the Three Realms that he wouldn't dare to do?

However, what's done is done.
The denial by the Supreme Heavenly Emperor severely weakened the media's authority in this report. As a result, when He released His own statistics, many people who were originally pessimistic about the Heavenly Court began to change their attitudes.

To prove the reports by those unscrupulous media outlets untrue, I will now release the statistics obtained from our official investigation. As you can see, our statistics show that only 20 people are indeed missing!

That's the charm of statistics.

Your different statistical methods yielded data that differed by a factor of ten, and yet they appeared to be very "rigorous." At least with the knowledge level of an average cultivator, there was no way to find any problems.

"What?! I thought the Wenchang Danying Xiaodongtian incident was a big deal, but it turns out it's just those unscrupulous media outlets maliciously hyping it up!"

"Fortunately, His Majesty the Supreme Emperor Haotian was discerning and promptly refuted the rumors; otherwise, I would have truly been deceived by those unscrupulous media outlets!"

"But the disappearance of 20 people is terrifying. These are all peak Golden Core cultivators. If they were armed and formed into an army, they could sweep across the Central Plains."

"Shh! Stop fooling around. His Majesty the Supreme Emperor hasn't finished speaking yet. He will definitely explain things clearly next."

really,

After vehemently criticizing the media, Shang Hao turned to all the cultivators and said: "As you all now know, the actual number of missing cultivators is only 20. Of course, 20 is still a shocking number."

Fortunately, the Golden Core cultivators stolen by those demons were all antisocial cultivators with records of violating public order. They were a huge destabilizing factor in ensuring a safe living environment in Central Continent. Even if left unattended, they would eventually fall into demonic ways!

[The gods originally proposed to eliminate these cultivators beforehand! But Heaven cherishes life, and as the Heavenly Emperor, I truly cannot bear to see my people die needlessly because of events that have not yet occurred. Therefore, in this incident, I have specifically given them an opportunity to choose between peaceful order and chaotic evil!]

[These 20 people have disappointed me greatly! They forgot the Central Plains that gave them birth and nurtured them, forgot the Heavenly Court that had always protected them, forgot their relatives and friends, and ultimately chose the path of evil, throwing themselves into the arms of those Great Sages!]

Therefore, my fellow countrymen, you need not pity these 20 people. It's not that we failed to protect them, but that they chose to fall into the evil path!

The Heavenly Emperor's face showed both gravity and joy. He declared righteously, "So we won! Through this incident, we successfully identified 20 uncontrolled dangerous individuals! They live among you daily, like time bombs that could explode at any moment, harming you and your family, and hindering your path to enlightenment."

But now that they have revealed their true nature and entered the Blissful Demon Realm, they will become enemies of our righteous path! Therefore, I hereby declare that all those who have fallen into the Blissful Demon Realm this time will be included on the Demon-Slaying List, and everyone in heaven and earth has the right to kill them!

Hidden in the shadows, the Great Sages who were also watching the live stream felt a chill run down their spines upon seeing this.

[What a masterful attempt to distort the truth! It's clearly the Heavenly Court that failed to protect its people, yet now they're directly accusing them of defecting to the enemy and branding them as demons?]

[As expected, the Heavenly Court is ruthless!]

With this move, people's hearts will change again! Won't we, these evil heretics, be condemned to even greater sins once more?

[Hmph! Shanghao is treating everyone like fools! Does He really think He can convince everyone with these deceptive and blatant lies?]

The Supreme Heavenly Emperor knew, of course, that these tricks couldn't fool everyone, so after coughing to attract everyone's attention, he suddenly said:
In short, we used the power of evil forces to destroy the Wenchang Dan Ying Small Cave Heaven, and at the same time, we took this opportunity to deal with the unstable elements in society.

As for all the other candidates who yearned for peace, they were under our heavy protection from the very beginning. As long as their Dao hearts were not corrupted, they all returned alive this time!

[I hereby solemnly announce! The mission to the Heavenly Court's Wenchang Danying Small Grotto-Heaven has been a complete success. All departments of the Heavenly Court have united as one and successfully thwarted the conspiracy of the Dark Web and the Great Sage Bo Xun.]

[They've placed a heavy burden on them with 20 Golden Core cultivators! They even used their power to demolish the Wenchang Dan Ying Small Grotto-Heaven for us for free, and forced out many of the Dark Web and Great Sage Bo Xun's hidden plans, providing us with new insights for defeating the two sages in the future!]

Therefore, to celebrate this hard-won victory, I have decided to give the entire planet a ten-day holiday so everyone can celebrate to their heart's content!

These words caused an uproar throughout the Three Realms. Even some cultivators who had previously harbored doubts completely abandoned their objections.

Throughout history, we've only ever seen celebrations of victory; have you ever seen anyone celebrate a defeat?

So it seems that Heaven has really won this round!
But the ten-day holiday wasn't even the most shocking news. After sitting up straight, the Supreme Emperor Haotian said: "[To acknowledge the hard work of this year's examinees! To reward their courageous act of upholding their principles and choosing the righteous path when faced with choices!]"

[I've decided! Issue 100,000 Nascent Soul Advancement Permits! As long as the top 100,000 cultivators in this exam sign a lenient contract, they will all have the opportunity to advance to the Nascent Soul stage!]

10 tickets?

hiss! ! !
The cultivators of the Three Realms were absolutely envious!
Those examinees who personally experienced the Wenchang Danying Small Grotto and witnessed the truth of the matter completely sided with Emperor Shanghao at this moment.

That's right! What His Majesty said is true, we won big, we're absolutely ecstatic!!
That's 100,000 advanced licenses.

Previously, the entire human realm issued less than a thousand licenses in a year. One hundred thousand licenses represented a reserve of the human realm for the past hundred years, and now they have been released all at once.

Wouldn't that mean everyone could actually form a Nascent Soul?
For a time, all cultivators in the Three Realms were completely absorbed in the bombshell news dropped by Emperor Shanghao, and no longer cared about discussing the Wenchang Dan Ying Small Grotto Heaven.

In this way, the Heavenly Emperor, through a series of counterattacks and countermeasures, turned what was originally a disgraceful defeat that would have made the Heavenly Court lose face into a victory for the Heavenly Court, and caused the entire Three Realms to celebrate.

After witnessing the actions of the Supreme Emperor, Li Wei exclaimed, "I've learned so much! I've learned so much!"
Important things should be said three times.

Shang Hao's shameless, distorting-the-truth, and forceful-win tactics are something Li Wei could study for ten thousand years!
can only say,
As expected of His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor!

Soon, the exam results were announced, and Li Wei's name was prominently listed first, making him the first candidate to receive the Nascent Soul License reward.

Li Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief: "In any case, I guess we've achieved our goal!"

Having obtained the Nascent Soul license is like a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner with unparalleled medical skills finally being licensed to practice. He can now openly and legitimately use his Nascent Soul cultivation!

However, what is surprising is...

This ranking has once again caused a huge uproar.

There were 99 cultivators who took the exam with Li Wei at the time. Now, the vast majority of them have returned to the Heavenly Court alive, but none of them have been selected for the 100,000 Yuan Infant License Award.

They only saw Li Wei cheating and leaving the exam hall using the laws, without seeing the bloody battle he fought against the evil forces afterward, so they naturally assumed that he got good grades by cheating.

After discussing it for a long time, the students got angrier and angrier. They posted the video of Li Wei escaping through the law during the exam online and reported him by his real name!
"Li Wei is a fraud! He cheated from the very beginning of the exam and even used the power of the laws to leave the examination hall!"

"We just want to ask, can a Golden Core cultivator master the laws?"

"If he didn't cheat, then who did?"

"Why should someone like this be ranked first on the list of award recipients? Why should he be a divine official in the Heavenly Court?!"

"We beg Your Majesty the Jade Emperor to severely punish Li Wei and give justice to us and all cultivators under heaven!"

(End of this chapter)