The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings - Chapter 2031 - 1976–1977: Arrogance Is the Original Sin (Part 2)

Chapter 2031: Chapter 1976–1977: Arrogance Is the Original Sin (Part 2)

With the current display of the Jade Emperor and several other Imperial Honors, all the powerful figures from various factions have come to understand one thing: the interests of the Heavenly Court are enticing. No matter who makes a promise, once one ascends to the position of the Emperor of Heaven, one will never easily relinquish the interest after gaining it.

This means that what the Jade Emperor and others are currently doing is something that any strong figure ascending to the position of Imperial Honors must inevitably do.

Therefore, everyone knows that whether it is the Taoist School supporting the Five Old Lords or the Human Race Five Emperors, once they truly ascend to the position of the Emperor of Heaven, their cooperation will enter a countdown, and eventually, it will turn into opposition.

This is something that no one can change. All parties have anticipated this; it’s just that the interests are too significant, so they pretend not to know.

Now, the Human Race Five Emperors have embarrassed the Xuantian Sect, making them somewhat uncomfortable. However, feeling uncomfortable can’t outweigh interests, and one can temporarily swallow their pride.

After all, these powerful figures have plenty of time. Currently, the other side has the support of the Taoist School, and directly falling out with them would be unwise. Not only would it yield no benefits, but it would also result in considerable losses.

Instead, it would be better to wait for the right moment, for the future when the Five Emperors and the Taoist School fall out, and their cooperation breaks down; that will be the opportunity to make a move and regain dignity.

“Even…” Xuan Lingzi said half a sentence without finishing, but Taoist Monarch Xuantian understood his meaning.

Although Xuan Lingzi only mentioned the Human Race Five Emperors throughout his speech, it was not only the Human Race Five Emperors who discredited the Xuantian Sect this time, but also the Taoist School and the Heterodox Alliance.

After all, the Human Race Five Emperors are indeed ambitious, but without the support and collaboration of the Taoist School, they would not have the capability to do such a thing.

It’s important to know that the Xuantian Sect clearly expressed its support for the Human Race Five Emperors. Even if the Taoist School wanted to cooperate with the Human Race Five Emperors, they could have probed and inquired about the Xuantian Sect’s stance.

By directly ignoring them and going over them to collude with the Human Race Five Emperors, they were, in essence, disregarding the Xuantian Sect. This kind of disregard is more discontenting than a direct confrontation.

However, unfortunately, the Taoist School is currently strong, and with the Xuantian Sect’s strength, it is utterly impossible to contend with the Taoist School, even if they have managed to win over some Taoist Monarchs.

They can’t even ensure that the Taoist Monarchs they have drawn in won’t turn against them, like the Human Race Five Emperors, once they hear of a conflict with the Taoist School.

Therefore, despite understanding that the Taoist School’s approach is wrong and feeling very dissatisfied in their hearts, they cannot reveal any of it and can only temporarily suppress this dissatisfaction, waiting for the future to address it.

After all, when the Taoist School and the Human Race Five Emperors eventually split, it’s not out of the question for them to leverage the Human Race Five Emperors to counter the Taoist School and show them a thing or two.

The situation in this world is never fixed; it is constantly changing. Yesterday’s opponent can become today’s ally, and today’s ally can become tomorrow’s opponent.

Of course, the Sword Sect is an exception! This is what Taoist Monarch Xuantian thinks in his heart.

Yet, in their conversations, the two of them ignored the role of the Heterodox Alliance, or they considered the Heterodox Alliance merely as a middleman, thus neglecting it.

But they didn’t realize that their disregard for the Heterodox Alliance was akin to how the Taoist School disregarded them.

So it is said that weakness and ignorance are not the greatest obstacles to survival; arrogance is.

“The Xuantian Sect has gone too far!” Yu Yiyao exclaimed angrily, her face filled with rage as she shouted.

At that time, the True Immortals of the Heterodox Alliance were all present in the great hall. Though no one echoed her, every pair of eyes reflected a similar expression.

Why was Yu Yiyao so furious, and why did none of the other True Immortals stop her when she was reprimanding such a top immortal sect like the Xuantian Sect?

It’s important to note that, even with Zhao Baiyang’s ascension to the position of Taoist Monarch, and their Heterodox Alliance’s great momentum after repelling Buddhism, they were now considered a formidable force.

However, they had only just entered the ranks of top immortal sects, and there was still a significant gap between them and old top immortal sects like the Xuantian Sect in terms of strength.

Do not underestimate the Xuantian Sect’s current state as being less than its former days, no longer having the grand stature of the former leader of the Righteous Path; the strength of a thin camel is greater than that of a horse. The decline in the Xuantian Sect’s influence is not due to them being weak, but because the Shenxiao Sect has developed too quickly, leading to an alliance of interests within the Taoist School that suppressed the Xuantian Sect.

In terms of individual top immortal sects, the Xuantian Sect could easily rank among the top three, with its overall strength relatively complete and without significant weaknesses.

Similar to how the Shenxiao Sect, despite having Pei Xuanjing as the first among Taoist Monarchs, does not have mid-level disciples as formidable as the Xuantian Sect, and their influence from surrounding dependent forces like Dragon Tiger Mountain is not as strong as the Xuantian Sect’s.

It’s the same with the Sword Sect. Aside from the ambiguous strength between the Sword Emperor and Taoist Monarch Xuantian, they have fewer disciples than the Xuantian Sect, and their surrounding dependent forces are also smaller.

In a precise comparison, only a formidable power like the Witch Deity Teaching could comprehensively overwhelm the Xuantian Sect.

Precisely for this reason, the Xuantian Sect has the qualification to vocalize support for the Human Race Five Emperors in their bid for the position of the Emperor of Heaven. Without such strength, such expressions would only provoke laughter and show overconfidence.

Even though the Heterodox Alliance is presently formidable, among the top immortal sects, they rank in the middle to lower tier, and a gap still exists between the two.

Yet at this time, Yu Yiyao, along with other senior members of the Heterodox Alliance, expressed such discontent towards the Xuantian Sect, which is intriguing.

It’s important to know that when they initially resisted Buddhism’s raid, the Xuantian Sect supported them from behind. Even though the intention was to let the Heterodox Alliance weaken Buddhism, this still established some rapport between the two parties.

The reason for their current anger is that after discovering the collaboration between the Human Race Five Emperors and the Taoist School, the Xuantian Sect expressed a desire to join this alliance.

This action was not wrong, as it was among their initial objectives when forming this alliance: to draw the powerful force of the Xuantian Sect aboard to jointly oppose the Heavenly Court.

However, this time, the Xuantian Sect only sent envoys to the Taoist School’s Lord Divine Skill Miaoji and the Human Race Five Emperors, purposely or unintentionally, without conveying any message to the Heterodox Alliance at the earliest opportunity.

Even when the Heterodox Alliance received the news from the Taoist School and the Human Race Five Emperors, the Xuantian Sect’s envoys arrived at their doors.

Such actions could not fail to incite anger among the many powerhouses of the Heterodox Alliance.

In a tri-party alliance, treating the other two parties with due respect, while displaying an indifferent attitude towards them, it was only natural for these people to become enraged.

Bear in mind that the current Heterodox Alliance, with Zhao Baiyang proving himself as a Taoist Monarch and after repelling the assault from Buddhism, possessed a formidable aura and an exuberant morale.

Though not yet conceited, they believed themselves deserving of equal treatment among other top immortal sects.

This approach by the Xuantian Sect was akin to a slap across the faces of everyone in the Heterodox Alliance, a great humiliation indeed.

“The people of the Xuantian Sect have a death wish!” A True Immortal from the Heterodox Alliance said coldly, it was Cangyang, the newly promoted True Immortal.

Being one who cultivates the Seven Kills Sword Path and walks the path of slaughter, even as a newly promoted True Immortal, his strength was quite formidable, not a weakling below the True Immortal Sixth Layer.

Having been humiliated by the Xuantian Sect this time, how could he hold back his anger?

Cangyang was eager to immediately eliminate the strong figures of the Xuantian Sect to cleanse the Heterodox Alliance of its humiliation.