Chapter 1354 - 1320 - 1323: The Tide of the Times Rolls On
In the Great Ming World, Pei Xuanjing was revered as the strongest in heaven and earth, the foremost among all.
Thus, many people might simply believe that from the initial War of Sealing Gods, to the later establishment of the Heavenly Court, and up to today’s Heavenly Court Expansion Plan, all were driven by the will of Pei Xuanjing, the strongest one.
However, in reality, this was not the case, not so at all.
Even if Pei Xuanjing truly possessed such capability, such power, the real truth was not as such, not just the power and will of Pei Xuanjing alone.
Indeed Pei Xuanjing played a major role in driving these plans, but the execution of all these plans was not merely a representation of Pei Xuanjing’s individual will, but included the collective will of many True Immortals, including Pei Xuanjing, those truly standing at the pinnacle of heaven and earth.
They were a collective, their powers converged together, forming a force that dominated heaven and earth, thus guiding the development direction of the Great Ming World.
And what brought all these powerful individuals together was none other than the goals set by Pei Xuanjing, their shared interests bound them together.
Just as Jade Emperor Zhu Houji believed, if he wanted to seize the discourse power, to vie for the true authority of the Heavenly Court, he needed to face not just the many Imperial Honors and True Gods of the Heavenly Court, or even the myriad True Immortals behind them, but also Pei Xuanjing, the Longevity Taoist Monarch who single-handedly pushed his rise to power.
Because these people were a collective, a community of interests bound together by numerous trials and shared benefits.
Even Jade Emperor Zhu Houji himself was actually a part of this community of interests. The authority he sought was not about complete overthrow, but more like a struggle for discourse power, a share and seating within this community of interests, a fight for leadership.
"But in this world, no Great Ancient Emperor could achieve this. Even the simplest issue of trust is hard to establish, especially under the temptation of interests," lamented the Saint Lord of Wind and Thunder, his expression forlorn.
Not knowing the method was one thing, but when he truly understood the approach of the other party, he realized even more how difficult it was to achieve this point.
Over tens of thousands of years, the grudges and conflicts among the many Great Ancient Emperors were hard to resolve, lacking a sufficiently qualified and powerful figure to unite them, which was a key issue.