"Hongjun Daoist friend, where did you find this Sun monkey? This kid, is he more unpredictable than that Demon Saint?"
"Where would this Dao Ancestor know? This Sun monkey... this shouldn't be!"
"Could it be that the Jade of Creation is malfunctioning? No, that's impossible. This Jade of Creation was formed from the foundation of the thirty-six-petal Chaos Green Lotus that nurtured Pangu back then. Although it's not completely intact, it absolutely wouldn't make a mistake."
"How could this be..."
"Alas, perhaps this Dao Ancestor is getting old, and therefore cannot fully unleash its power. It is truly disgraceful!"
The Heavenly Dao of the Great Desolation and the Ancestor Hongjun were both speechless.
But speechless, they were.
In order to maintain their privileges, the Heavenly Dao of the Great Desolation and the Ancestor Hongjun would rather die than allow such a situation of losing control to continue.
And so.
After a long period of silence, a new plan was devised.
Support Sun Kong.
Suppress the demonic path.
Target the Six Sages based on the situation.
Only by doing so could they prevent all unstable factors from erupting simultaneously and threatening their interests!
"Daoist Hongjun, neither you nor I can directly intervene with that Sun monkey. Let Zhenyuanzi make another trip. At present, he is one of the few people we can utilize."
"For this, we can give him more merit rewards in the future for the tribulation of Wuzhuang Guan!"
"It's truly unimaginable that I, the supreme ruler of the Three Realms of the Great Desolation, have now descended to begging a quasi-saint to run errands."
The Heavenly Dao of the Great Desolation, which had always prided itself on fairness and justice, was now resorting to backdoor dealings!
Upon hearing this.
Normally, the Ancestor Hongjun might have chuckled to himself. But at this moment, he had no inclination to mock the Heavenly Dao's miscalculation.
After all, the one suffering along with him was none other than himself, the Dao Ancestor who would suffer greatly if the Heavenly Dao were to fall.
It had to be said.
The current state of the Journey to the West tribulation, which was originally a minor tribulation, was something neither the Heavenly Dao of the Great Desolation nor the Ancestor Hongjun had anticipated.
Gone were the days when they could stand by and watch, letting the various Sages fight amongst themselves. That method no longer worked.
Gone were the days when they could sit back and watch trillions of sentient beings slaughter each other to offset karma. That method was also ineffective.
They had now fallen to a point where the dignified Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor of the Great Desolation had to participate indirectly.
Whom could they blame for this?
Blame the Great Dao?
Blame the Great Dao for not having given birth to three thousand great worlds, allowing the Heavenly Dao of the Great Desolation to slowly evolve in the Great Desolation world, but failing to bestow a true Great Dao?
This accusation seemed plausible.
However.
The Great Dao itself was not a sentient being, nor was it obligated to nurture three thousand great worlds and teach them to comprehend the Great Dao.
In the eyes of the Great Dao, the so-called three thousand great worlds, ninety thousand middle worlds, and ten billion small worlds were all treated equally.
It was the existence that truly embodied the equality of all things and all beings.
As long as the subordinate existences did not harm the operation of the entire Great Dao, it would not interfere at all.
It would not feel any heartache if a Great Desolation world led by the Heavenly Dao of the Great Desolation were to be lost.
Because other great worlds, as well as those middle and small worlds, could evolve and replace the Great Desolation world.
Therefore, the Great Dao could absolutely not be blamed.
Besides.
In other great worlds next door, the Heavenly Daos that appeared later than the Heavenly Dao of the Great Desolation, why had they not encountered such a situation of losing control?
If anyone were to blame, it would be the Heavenly Dao of the Great Desolation and the Ancestor Hongjun for their own misfortune!
So, if not the Great Dao, then blame the trillions of sentient beings in the Great Desolation world for being disobedient?
This accusation also could not be made.
The reason was very simple.
Since the evolution of the Heavenly Dao of the Great Desolation and its merger with the Ancestor Hongjun to control the Three Realms, everyone, including the Heavenly Sages, had been manipulated by them.
It could be said that everything that had happened today was the result of their manipulation.
If they were to forcibly shift the blame to the trillions of sentient beings, it would be equivalent to blaming themselves.
If nothing else.
Take the demon race, for example. How they rose, how they revived, how they produced a Demon Saint and an Arhat, and how they caused the Journey to the West tribulation to change dramatically, leading to two rounds of Journey to the West.
As the Heavenly Dao of the Great Desolation and the Ancestor Hongjun, they had not paid the slightest attention or taken any precautions. To blame this on others would truly be blaming their own carelessness.
Thus, no matter whom they blamed, they could not absolve themselves or shift the blame to others.
It could only be summarized in one sentence.
The past several tribulations had been too comfortable.
With the demon race causing trouble from the outside.
And this Sun monkey, whose origin was unknown and whose actions could not be fully traced back even by a fragment of the Jade of Creation, acting recklessly from the inside.
This was what had led them step by step into a dangerous situation.
Now, it was time to regain their strength and show the seriousness with which they once dealt with figures like Demon Ancestor Rahu and Dao Venerable Yang Mei.
Otherwise, it would be better to surrender!
"Dao Brother Heavenly Dao, stop with the nonsense. Hurry up and do what you should do. Although Sun Kong, Luo Hou, the demon race, and many other factors are making our lives increasingly difficult."
"But we still control most of the Three Realms of the Great Desolation, so how can we easily admit defeat?"
"Listen to me, pull yourself together. No matter how many people are scheming, we are the true first and second rulers of the Three Realms of the Great Desolation. If we don't advance, who would dare to easily take over this situation?"
"Currently, the first priority is to mend the rift with Sun Kong and others, lest we lose our greatest trump card."
"Second, we must reward the deserving and punish the guilty. We can no longer engage in the old strategy of balancing both sides. There is no longer such an opportunity. We must act decisively and ruthlessly!"
Seeing that the once aloof Heavenly Dao of the Great Desolation had become so dejected and embarrassing, the Ancestor Hongjun, on the other hand, made a comeback from a desperate situation.
He persuaded the Heavenly Dao of the Great Desolation to continue cooperating.
Then, he actually did as he said, summoning several young attendants from the depths of the Purple Cloud Palace and secretly instructing them, preparing for a grand undertaking!
At this moment.
The Dao Ancestor finally regained his former unassailable dominance and the majesty of resisting the Three Realms. He finally adopted the posture he should have had!
It was uncertain what the future held.
However, with this change, the Heavenly Dao of the Great Desolation and the Ancestor had regained some vitality.
And more variables were added to the increasingly chaotic heavenly secrets!
...
Meanwhile.
In the Immortal World.
Sun Kong, Jin Chanzi, and their group.
Sun Kong, who had just finalized the general plan with Sakyamuni, naturally had no idea that because of him, even the Heavenly Dao of the Great Desolation and the Ancestor Hongjun had been stimulated to use a damaged Jade of Creation.
He also did not know that his excellence, instead of attracting killing intent, had led these two individuals to increase their investment, attention, and support for him.
After another year or two passed.
When the master and disciples were less than a million li away from the twelfth tribulation, Fuling Mountain.
The system sounded the long-awaited reward voice.
This reward was immense!