[CHAT GROUP]
Lucas: "Didn't I mention earlier? Anyone who participates in the calamity won't end well. Although the Chan sect won the battle of conferring gods, they received little benefit."
Lucas: "If they gained any benefits at all, it's only that they didn't lose much. It's already tremendous luck that they managed to preserve about half their strength during the calamity."
Hongyun kept asking: "Where did the apostate members of Chan and Tongtian sects go? They betrayed the saints—who would dare take them in?"
Lucas: "Indeed! Apostasy means offending the saints of one's religion, and only other saints would dare protect them. As it happens, the two Western saints were troubled by the scarcity of talent in their religion, and they connected well with those apostates."
Hongyun said angrily: "Do you mean Zhunti? These two shameless people! The thing I regret most now is giving up my seat to them. If I hadn't been so foolish, I would be a saint now."
Lucas said disdainfully: "Hongyun, can you stop being so naive? I've already told you that you couldn't become a saint. Many group members don't understand this matter, so let me explain it carefully."
Lucas: "The Way of Heaven is the will of the prehistoric world, and it doesn't possess much wisdom. Although it's the Leader of the prehistoric world, it lacks the ability to manage the entire prehistoric world, so it needs assistance."
Lucas: "Saints are the managers chosen by the prehistoric world. Hongjun was the first person selected by the prehistoric world. After becoming a saint, he became part of the will of heaven and the spokesperson of heaven."
Hongyun: "What are the standards for saints in the prehistoric world? The Group Leader said I couldn't become a saint—there must be some basis for this claim?"
Lucas: "Of course! Sanqing was transformed from Pangu's primordial spirit, and they carry Pangu's enormous merits within them. They can become saints—do you have any doubts about that?"
Hongyun: "They still possess Pangu's merits of creating the heavens? Do the ancestral witches who evolved from Pangu's blood essence also have these merits?"
Lucas: "No! Although the ancestral witches were transformed from Pangu's blood and essence, don't forget what happened to Pangu's body. His body transformed into all things in the wilderness, and his essence, blood, and flesh gave birth to countless lives."
Lucas: "The Stygian River can be regarded as Pangu's blood, and Dijun Taiyi, Yi, and Wangshu were born from Pangu's eyes. There are too many beings with similar origins, and they cannot all share in the merits of creating the heavens."
Lucas: "If we granted the ancestors the merits of creating the heavens, wouldn't all other beings transformed from Pangu's flesh and blood also deserve to share these merits? They simply can't all be accommodated. Sanqing is different—Pangu's primordial spirit only transformed into the three of them."
Zhao Gongming: "So that's it! The Group Leader inherited Pangu's legacy, and sanctification was inevitable."
Lucas: "Exactly! That's why when Hongjun accepted them as disciples, he declared they were saints of heaven. This was predetermined by the prehistoric Way of Heaven and couldn't be changed."
Hongyun: "I remember now! Hongjun did say that. He also said Nuwa would earn great merit and qualify for sainthood in the future, so he accepted her as a disciple and gave her a holy position, including the Hongmeng Primordial Qi necessary for proving the Dao and becoming a saint..."
Hongyun suddenly stopped talking.
Lucas laughed: "Do you understand now?"
Hongyun said quietly: "Hongjun said at the time that he owed Western Karma from the battle between Dao and Demon, so he accepted Zhunti as disciples and gave them the holy seats... If I hadn't given up my seat, Kunpeng wouldn't have been robbed of it. Could we still have been sanctified?"
Lucas smiled and said, "Do you have Sanqing's honorable status? Do you have Nuwa's great merits? If not, why should you and Kunpeng become saints? It was convenient for Hongjun to use sainthood to resolve his karma—why would he waste a sainthood position on you?"
After a moment of silence, Hongyun asked, "Since Kunpeng and I couldn't become saints, why were we seated on the holy thrones in the first place?"
Lucas sneered and said, "What do you think? With so many masters in the Three Thousand Zixiao Palace, why were you six the ones seated on thrones? Dijun and Taiyi were so powerful—why didn't they sit on thrones?"
Hongyun said in awe: "You mean, it wasn't coincidence that we were seated on the holy thrones?"
Lucas: "Of course not! You and Kunpeng were manipulated by Hongjun, understand? Even if you hadn't given up your seat, other circumstances would have made you fall from it."
Hongyun said angrily: "So that's it! No wonder Kunpeng's seat was barely stolen before Hongjun appeared to stop the fight. What about Dijun and Taiyi?"
Lucas: "They were the main participants in the Lich Tribulation, so it was impossible for them to play these roles. If they couldn't participate, you and Kunpeng were the only options. Your character flaws made you the easiest to manipulate."
Hongyun: "How infuriating! Group Leader, you mentioned the Lich Tribulation earlier, correct?"
Lucas: "Yes! The witch clan and demon clan competed for supremacy over heaven and earth, occurring between the Dragon-Han calamity and the God-conferring calamity."
Hongyun said with joy: "Wonderful! As main participants in the calamity, the demon clan must have ended badly, right? Among the beings who killed me, the demon clan was predominant. Dijun, Taiyi, Kunpeng, and the ten demon saints—they're all my enemies. What happened to them?"
Lucas: "Dead! Except for Kunpeng, all the other demon saints perished."
Hongyun said unhappily: "That guy Kunpeng didn't die? By the way, how did Dijun, Taiyi, and the others die?"
Lucas: "At the end of the Lich Tribulation, affected by the aura of the Emperor's Tribulation, they self-destructed one after another."
Hongyun: "Kunpeng didn't self-destruct?"
Lucas: "No, he escaped at the critical moment. Not only that, but he also stole Dijun's accompanying magic weapon—the Hetu Luoshu."
Hongyun said gleefully: "Hahaha! Well done! Dijun and Taiyi must have been miserable, right? They must have been betrayed by their own people at the critical moment—their expressions must have been priceless. No wonder they chose to self-destruct! The Hetu Luoshu is the key core of the Zhou Tianxingdou formation."
Hongyun: "Without the Hetu Luoshu, the Zhou Tianxingdou formation would lose its strength and couldn't compete against the Witch Clan's Twelve Capitals of Heaven and Gods. The Demon Clan was doomed to fail."
Hongyun: "Even if Dijun and Taiyi hadn't self-destructed, they couldn't have escaped death. Self-destruction was the better choice—at least they could take their enemies down with them."