The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings

Regarding the transfer of authority, there were essentially two types. One was to overthrow opponents directly with violent means, suppress them, and annihilate the enemy to seize power.

Such struggles had no rules, or rather, they trampled all rules outright, upending the established order through violence to forge an entirely new set of rules, thereby taking control of authority.

But with such transitions, everything depended on strength; strength alone guaranteed everything and could overwhelm all scheming and break all conspiracies. Without strength, all was empty talk.

Just like Master Pei’s rise, he went from insignificant to his current status, and secured his position by displaying the strength that forced others to accept him and act according to his will.

Although Master Pei did not directly use violence to overthrow everything during his rise, everything he did related to reform and breaking the old rules was undoubtedly based on his own strength, and it was with the guarantee of his strength that they could be carried out.

If it were others in his place, they probably would not have even started before attracting the joint attack of numerous True Immortals, who would suppress them from ever surpassing them.

Moreover, times had changed. When Master Pei rose up, he was all alone, fearless as the saying "People who have nothing are least afraid of losing" goes, making others wary of him.

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But now, I already had many possessions. If I were to truly flip the table, it would also mean reshuffling the deck, turning into a zero-sum game. The risks were too great, unacceptable for me, so even if I had the ability to do it, I wouldn’t.

For Zhu Houji, he preferred another way of transferring authority.

The other type was a bloodless battle, where all strife occurred within the rules, everyone was bound by certain constraints, and everyone followed the game’s rules, using their own intelligence and capabilities to obtain corresponding power.

This method might not be as direct as using violence, but it was filled with safety features that Zhu Houji knew well and could control within a certain range, preventing him from being besieged on all sides, and effectively countering with his own methods.

As an Emperor, Zhu Houji’s political maneuvers were among the best in the world, and even if he had once been somewhat immature, the trials of the Great Ming Divine Dynasty and the current position on the Heavenly Court Jade Emperor had without a doubt made him more mature.

Haste does not bring success; the seizure of authority was never an overnight affair.