Mysterious mirror hanging high

"Alas... no matter what, Penglai Immortal Continent is bound to be in chaos. Xiao Guanying will definitely not be satisfied with those palm-sized small domains. Do you think that if the Heavenly Court continues to expand like this, will it one day reach the heart of Zhongzhou?"

Zhu Sha shook his head. "You're overthinking it. I, the Righteous Heavenly Monarch, am no pushover. Currently, there's only one Divine Transformation Master, Xiao Guanying, in the [Heavenly Court]. I see that the other Divine Transformation Masters of the Southern Demonic Path are no match for Xiao Guanying. As for usurping the Central Plains? That's pure worry."

"Besides, the war between the two realms is protracted. If that day really comes, it will be hundreds or even thousands of years from now. By then, we two Foundation Establishment cultivators whose paths have been severed... let alone the grass on our graves, I'm afraid it's hard to say whether our graves will even exist."

"Tsk, tsk, that's right."

Song Mo smacked his lips a few times. "Sigh, I wonder what it's like to be the Heavenly Emperor. One person holds the power of life and death over the cultivators under his rule... and can even make the rules! If I could also have the cultivation level of a Heavenly Emperor, how majestic would I be?"

Zhu Sha laughed and scolded, "Well, you're delusional... You're so devoted to the Demon Court, aren't you afraid that I'll report you to the Supreme Being?"

"With your talent, you'll only be a miner if you go to the Demon Court."

Song Mo straightened his body and chuckled, "After all, I am a Foundation Establishment cultivator. I shouldn't be able to mine by myself, but at least I can be a mine supervisor!"

As the two were chatting and laughing, a beam of light broke through the thick fog that covered the clear stream and landed in front of the cave.

When the escaping light disappeared, a middle-aged man with a sick face and wearing a black velvet fur coat was revealed.

It was none other than the Master of Xiyue Peak, [Master Qi] Yang Dingfeng!

When the two foundation-building disciples, Song Mo and Zhu Sha, saw Yang Dingfeng, they both bowed, with a hint of smile still on their faces. They said, "So it's Master Yang Feng. Are you here to look for the Supreme Lord?"

Seeing the two of them laughing, Yang Dingfeng looked cold, but a slight anger rose in his heart.

He opened his ears, and the voice transmission between the two of them just now naturally entered his ears clearly. He said secretly:

"The Supreme One is too overly indulgent towards these two servant disciples... If their positions were reversed, these two would have been easily beaten to death in the Demonic Realm!"

But these two were Qi Tianhua's personal servants after all, so Yang Dingfeng had no choice but to speak patiently:

"Please tell everyone that disciple Yang Dingfeng wishes to see the Supreme Lord!"

Song Mo smiled and said, "I dare not, I dare not... I will go and pass the message on now. Peak Master, please wait for a moment."

After saying this, he turned and entered the cave. After a while, he came out and bowed, saying, "The Supreme One has summoned you. Peak Master, please go on your own."

Yang Dingfeng wrapped the black velvet collar on his chest, held the heater in his hands, and walked slowly into the cave.

After passing through several courtyards, Yang Dingfeng finally arrived at a quiet room where he was in seclusion. On the wall of the quiet room hung a calligraphy piece with the four words "upright heart and sincere intention" written on it. A sense of righteousness emanated from it, which was obviously written by a cultivator with high Confucian and Taoist cultivation. This made Yang Dingfeng, the leader of Songfeng, who was used to doing secretive and treacherous things, feel a little uncomfortable.

A male cultivator dressed like a scholar with black and white hair sat cross-legged on a cushion and was regulating his breathing. His face was blurry and he exuded a faint fragrance of pine ink. It was obviously the incarnation of the Supreme God of Songfeng Pavilion [Qitianhua].

"Disciple pays homage to the Supreme." Yang Dingfeng bowed.

"It's Dingfeng. You wouldn't come to see me unless it was something important. Why would you come today?" Qi Tianhua asked.

"Supreme Lord, it's still about Xiao Guanying's [Heavenly Court] matter." Yang Dingfeng said in a low voice.

Qi Tianhua's blurry face gradually became clear, revealing the face of a gaunt old man. He looked dissatisfied and said:

"Wasn't this matter discussed at the previous Five Mountains' regular meeting? Shouldn't we just wait and see what happens and let him stir up trouble for a while?"

"Things are different now. Xiao Guanying has been causing trouble again these past few days."

Yang Dingfeng smiled bitterly and said, "Just yesterday, Xiao Guanying sent Tianshi Zhenjun to announce to the world that in order to jointly resist the great calamity of the Immortal Continent, he requested that the Divine Transformation Heavenly Monarchs of the major Taoist sects in the world stop being so covetous and stop suppressing the Yuanying Zhenjuns who could achieve Divine Transformation in their pursuit of the Tao. Instead, they should completely open the Immortal Eyes in the hands of each Taoist sect."

"what?"

Qi Tianhua laughed in anger, "Xiao Guanying is so arrogant! Opening the Immortal Eye? No longer restricting Yuanying Zhenjun's transformation into a god? Does he know what he's talking about?"

"What do fellow Daoists from other sects who have reached the Divine Realm say?"

Yang Dingfeng said, "No one has responded yet... but many Great True Lords in the late Nascent Soul stage seem to agree with this statement, and there are already quite a few voices spreading rumors in secret."

“No one responded.”

Qi Tianhua sneered, "Xiao Guanying thinks that the reason we, the Divine Transformation cultivators in this world, are holding back our [Immortal Eyes] and not sharing them is because we are being too precious. He doesn't realize that without us holding back, the Immortal Continent would have been in chaos long ago!"

"There are only a hundred Divine Transformation cultivators left in the entire Immortal Continent right now, but the existing [Immortal Eyes] can support the cultivation of over two hundred Divine Transformation cultivators... Do you think that if the restrictions were lifted, the number of Divine Transformation cultivators would double in a short period of time?"

“But if there were no restrictions on Nascent Soul cultivators attempting to reach the Divine Transformation stage, the number of Divine Transformation cultivators in this world would surely increase, eventually far exceeding the capacity of the Immortal Spirit Eye.”

"Dingfeng, think about this: if there were a thousand Divine Transformation cultivators in the Immortal Continent right now, would they fight over these Immortal Eyes?"

"After all, this is about one's future path. Which cultivator who has reached the Spiritual Transformation Realm would be willing to die in the lower realms? Don't they all want to ascend to heaven?"

“By then, thousands of Transformed Gods will be engaged in a fierce battle in this world. I’m afraid the earth veins will churn, spiritual energy will be cut off, the immortal continent will sink, and all living things will suffer!”

"Not to mention the great catastrophe that may come at any time, the excessive number of Divine Transformation cultivators is a major disaster for the Immortal Continent itself!"

Yang Dingfeng bowed and said, "What the Supreme said makes sense, but Dingfeng is not asking all the Divine Transformation Heavenly Monarchs to completely lift the restrictions on the Divine Transformation of all cultivators. Instead, I am asking for some unused Immortal Eye quotas to be released to recruit those wandering cultivators with outstanding talents and good character, but without Divine Transformation backgrounds, into the sect..."

"Right now, Xiao Guanying only has one [Immortal Eye] that can be used for three Divine Intensification cultivators to cultivate. However, there are still many Divine Intensification Heavenly Monarchs without successors in the Immortal Continent. When these Divine Intensification Heavenly Monarchs are about to ascend to heaven or reach the end of their lives, Xiao Guanying will definitely promise to lobby them. I'm afraid the number of Immortal Eyes in his hands will increase."

“Then…then…”

"Nonsense!"

Qi Tianhua waved his robe sleeve and shouted coldly, "The Immortal Eye is related to the survival of the entire Taoist lineage. Even the disciples of our own sect may not be able to allocate one, so how can we give it to outsiders? This is digging up the roots of the Taoist lineage!"