Chapter Seventy-One: Blessings and Misfortunes Are Difficult to Assert
First of all, although the invasion of the extraterritorial demon god will exert great pressure on the heavenly court, and may even cause great damage to the heavenly court, there is one thing, with the invasion of the extraterritorial demon god, it is likely to avoid the occurrence of a war between the two lich clans. In the original history of the Flood and Famine, the fundamental reason why the two Lich clans fought was that one mountain could not tolerate two tigers. There can only be one hegemon, no matter where it is, and this is a rule that naturally develops and is accepted by all.
Now the two lich clans in the flood wilderness can be safe and sound because in the flood wilderness now, the heavenly court is the rightful overlord. Dominates most of the regions and creatures of the Flood Wilderness. The Wu Clan is sparsely populated, and its power is naturally far less than that of Heavenly Court, which dominates most of the regions and populations of the Flood Wilderness, and it cannot compete with the Heavenly Court at all in the Flood Wilderness.
According to common sense, the Heavenly Court Demon Clan, as the ruling class of the Flood Desolation, in order to maintain the stability of its own rule, naturally has to maintain its own authority and suppress other forces, so as not to give it the opportunity to develop and threaten the rule of Heavenly Court. The Wu Clan, a rapidly growing and powerful ethnic group, should be among those who have been suppressed.
But the Wu clan has twelve ancestral witches, the twelve top gods of the flood wilderness, and the Wu clan cannot be compared with the Heavenly Court Demon Clan in terms of the number of clans or the number of strong people in the clan, but it is not inferior to the demon clan in terms of top combat power, or even surpasses. The Twelve Ancestral Witches are the top powerhouses of the twelve quasi-saint levels, and they are a strong deterrent to anyone, even the Heavenly Court Demon Clan, which has almost ruled the entire Flood Desolation, is very jealous of them.
This has led to the current situation of the flood famine. Heavenly Court is powerful, dominating most of the regions and populations of the flood wilderness, and most of the forces that are not subject to the management of Heavenly Court have been suppressed and subdued by Heavenly Court, just like the Dragon Clan of the Four Seas. The largest group of forces in the flood was formed. Now, the only forces in the flood that still disobey the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Court are the Wu Clan. But the Wu clan has twelve ancestral witches in charge, although the heavenly court is powerful, but it is also very jealous, and in the case of not being sure to suppress the Wu clan, it also acquiesces to the Wu clan's reading power status in the flood wilderness.
And for the Wu clan, although there are twelve ancestral witches, the twelve top gods of the flood wilderness, but the overall strength of the clan has not yet developed, the population of the whole clan is only more than 10 million, except for the twelve ancestral witches, there are very few strong people who can support the scene, only a few great witches such as Xingtian Kua's father Yi Chiyou and other great witches can take it, compared to the talented heavenly court, the difference is too far. Therefore, for the demon clan that dominates the wilderness, the Wu clan does not dare to provoke easily.
The two lich clans are jealous of each other, and there has been no major conflict of interest, so it is under this circumstance that the two clans are now at peace in the wilderness.
However, this situation cannot be sustained for long. The Twelve Ancestors inherited the Pangu bloodline, so the entire Wu clan belonged to the Pangu Miao descendants, and they also inherited a part of Pangu's great merits in opening the sky like the Sanqing, and their luck was strong and profound. The strength of the Wu clan is still weak, and it has not been as described in the original history of the flood famine, and the loss of its own merit and luck is very small.
And when the Wu clan grows up and has the strength to compete with the demon clan, the natural law that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers will be reflected. With the growth of the Wu Clan, the living space required by the Wu Clan will inevitably expand, although the vast land of the Flood is incomparably vast, but its territory is still limited after all, on the basis of the overall living space unchanged, the Wu Clan must squeeze out the living space of other races if they want to expand the living space of their own population.
In the desolate land, except for the Wu clan, almost all biological populations belong to the demon clan, and the expansion of the Wu clan will inevitably squeeze the living space of the demon clan. As the overlord of the desolation, how could the demon clan tolerate the constant squeeze of its own living space? Conflict with the witch clan has also become inevitable. The interests of the two ethnic groups are conflicting, and conflicts and frictions are inevitable, which will inevitably turn into a race war between the two ethnic groups. That's where the Lich Comeback comes in.
Originally, although the Great Freedom Heaven and the Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal had the memories of their previous lives and knew the cause of the Lich War, the conflict between the fundamental interests of the two clans was irreconcilable at all, and in the face of this irreconcilable contradiction, although the Great Freedom Heaven and the Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal knew that the two clans would break out into a shocking war and eventually both declined, they had no way to stop it. But Dazi Tian passed through the Dao Ancestor's suggestion, but found that the invasion of extraterritorial demon gods was an opportunity to solve this problem.
Just like a war between countries, no matter how big the social contradictions are in the country, once there is a national war with other countries, the people in the country will give up confrontation and join hands with the outside world, and all class contradictions must temporarily retreat in the face of national interests, and win the national war first. Therefore, in many cases, when the rulers of a country find it difficult to resolve domestic contradictions, they often divert the contradictions by waging war.
If the Flood World is compared to a nation, the Lich Clans are equivalent to the two largest classes in the country. And the other universe to which those extraterritorial demon gods belong is equivalent to other countries. There is a fierce conflict between the two major classes of lichs in the country, and both want to control the country, if there is no external force to influence the situation, and no one will back down, the two classes must completely resolve the conflict through war.
However, if there is a foreign invasion, the two classes will temporarily abandon the conflict and work together to deal with the invaders. Otherwise, even the country will die, and there will be nothing to fight for. That is to say, once the extraterritorial demon god invades the flood wilderness, the contradiction between the two lich clans will be temporarily diluted, and they will work together to fight against the extraterritorial demon god, which is exactly what the Great Freedom Heaven and the Long-eared Dingguang Immortal have been pursuing.
Through Dao Ancestor's deduction, Da Zi Zai Tian learned that the strength of the Extraterritorial Demon God was also extremely strong. Although the strength of any extraterritorial demon god in any other universe cannot compete with the desolate universe alone, but when multiple other universe forces are combined, the strength is not something that can be easily dealt with.
After dealing with the invasion of those extraterritorial demon gods, even if the two lich clans persist in the final victory, they will definitely be greatly injured, so there is still enough strength to kill each other? Rather than let the two great powers of the Lich be consumed in infighting, it is better to consume in the war against foreign invasion.
If the extraterritorial demon god invades the Flood Desolate Universe in advance, it can still solve a problem that has plagued the Great Freedom Heaven and the Long-eared Dingguang Immortal for a long time, that is, the relationship between the three Qings. Originally, in the memory of the previous life, Da Zi Zaitian and Long Ear Dingguang Immortal did not have a good impression of Lao Tzu and Yuan Shi in the Sanqing Dynasty. There is no other reason, just looking at the fact that the two of them actually colluded with outsiders to deal with their brother Tongtian in the Great Tribulation of the Gods, it is difficult for people to have a good impression of these two Taoist saints.
When he happened to meet the Sanqing Dynasty, although the long-eared Dingguang Immortal wanted to worship under the door of Lao Tzu and Yuan Shi, it was just out of the consideration of saving his life, and he wanted to avoid standing on the side of the sect in the catastrophe of the gods and finally being sent to the god list. In fact, the perception of Lao Tzu and Yuan Shi is not very good.
However, after worshipping under the Sanqing Sect, the long-eared Dingguang Immortal has completely changed his past views. Over the years, Sanqing has done his best to Chang'er, the first disciple of his disciple, not only bothering to teach in the Tao, but also caring for other aspects. Not only is Tongtian, the teacher very good to him, but also Lao Tzu and Yuan Shi, the two masters, are also good to the long-eared Dingguang Immortal.
Over the years, Sanqing has not been less worried about the long-eared Dingguang Immortal, if Sanqing was like the Bing surname in the memory of his previous life, the disciple of the Long-eared Dingguang Immortal, who was frequently stirred into the whirlpool of cause and effect, would have been kicked out of the door by Sanqing. Although Da Zizai Tian is not the identity of a disciple of Sanqing, he has a relationship with Sanqing's peers. He and the long-eared Dingguang Immortal are two-in-one relationship, what is the difference between Sanqing's good for the long-eared Dingguang Immortal and good for him?
Therefore, the long-eared Dingguang Immortal and the Great Freedom Zaitian have been worried about one thing over the years, that is, in the end, they still started a war with the three religions in the original history of the flood and became a god, and the three Qings broke off their brotherhood in the battle of the gods, and turned against each other. This is also the reason why the long-eared Dingguang Immortal has been hiding the matter of Da Zi Zai Tian from Sanqing, he wants to keep a hole card for himself, so as not to lose too badly in the battle of the gods.
Although he wanted to hide the relationship between Da Zi Zai Tian and Chang Er, in case one person explained the three sects against each other, as a backhand to deal with the two masters of Lao Tzu and Yuan Shi. But in fact, whether it is the long-eared Dingguang Immortal or the Great Freedom Heaven, there are 10,000 people who are unwilling to do anything with Lao Tzu and Yuan Shi. The two of them are good to the long-eared Dingguang Immortal, and the long-eared and the Great Freedom are both clear in their hearts, if one day for the sake of their own sect and their own survival, they will face the two teachers and uncles who love him very much, so that the Long-Eared Dingguang Immortal and the Great Freedom Heavenly Affection will be embarrassed!
The invasion of the extraterritorial demon god is very likely to solve this problem that has plagued the long-eared Dingguang Immortal and the Great Freedom Heaven for many years. In Da Zi Zaitian's view, the reason why Sanqing completely turned his face in the Great Tribulation of the Gods was because of the strength of the three of them. Yes, it's because of the strength of Sanqing.
Since its birth, Sanqing has always been the top powerhouse in the flood wilderness. Sanqing is composed of three parts of Pangu's original gods, not only has excellent qualifications, but also inherits part of Pangu's memory and great merits. These innate advantages made Sanqing all the way smooth, worshiped into the Hongjun Daozu as a personal disciple, was set up as a saint of heaven, and later became holy one after another, three brothers together, strengthen the Xuanmen, educate the famine.
In the original history of the flood famine, except for the Hongjun Dao Ancestor of the Heavenly Dao, there were only six saints in the entire flood famine. And among these six saints, Sanqing occupies half of the seats. In addition, the Sanqing cultivation is a powerful and profound magic weapon, and when the Sanqing works together, even if the remaining three saints join forces, it will be a little difficult to compete with the Sanqing. The strength of Sanqing can be seen.
But it is precisely because the Sanqing is so powerful that on the road of their strengthening of the Xuanmen Sect and the transformation of the desolate beings, no one can stop them from moving forward, whether it is Nuwa or the two sages of the West, they have to retreat in the face of the edge of the Sanqing. The only one who can pose a threat to them is themselves.
So after eliminating all competitors, Sanqing began to compete internally. It's not that there is no brotherhood between the Sanqing, in fact, there is a deep brotherhood between the Sanqing, and the feelings cultivated by accompanying and supporting each other for hundreds of millions of years can be fake?
It's just that the relationship between people needs to be constantly maintained, even saints are no exception. Since the dissatisfaction of Yuan Shi because of Tongtian's wide acceptance of disciples, Sanqing split up, Lao Tzu moved the cave to Shouyang Mountain, Tongtian set up the cave on Jinao Island overseas, and Yuan Shi stayed in the Yuxu Palace in Kunlun Mountain.
In fact, when Sanqing split up, it was just because there were differences of opinion on the matter of accepting apprentices, and the affection between them was not weakened because of the separation. What really made the Sanqing love fade was after the Sanqing separation.
Tongtian was angry that the second brother Yuan Shi said that his method of accepting disciples was wrong, so he devoted himself to fighting his disciples, wanting to make his disciples better than Yuan Shi's disciples, so as to prove that his path of accepting disciples was not wrong. Together, Tongtian has less movement with the two brothers Lao Tzu and Yuan Shi.
Lao Tzu and Yuan Shi are the elder brothers, and if Tongtian's younger brother doesn't come and go, can he still let the elder brother take the initiative to go to Tongtian to pay a visit? Especially Yuan Shi, Yuan Shi already has a better face, and the reason why Sanqing separates the family is largely because he can't stand Tongtian's practice of not distinguishing between good and bad and recruiting disciples. There is still a trace of regret in the heart of Tongtian who ran away, as long as Tongtian goes to the Yuxu Palace after the separation, Yuan Shi will naturally express his apologies to Tongtian, and the dark clouds in the sky between the brothers will disperse.
However, Tongtian did not return to the Yuxu Palace for a long time after the separation, which made Yuan Shi misunderstand that Tongtian was still angry with him, and Yuan Shi had the intention to resolve it, but he couldn't pull his face and went to Biyou Palace on Jinao Island to find Tongtian to apologize. Tongtian didn't come to Kunlun Mountain, and didn't give him a chance to apologize, and after a long time, Yuan Shi screwed a knot in his heart.
In addition, the disciples and disciples under the Sanqing seat are not convinced by each other, and there are often conflicts, and they often go to their respective teachers. But I can't stand it for three days, and the two heads keep making trouble like this. Because there is less communication between each other, they only listen to the words of the disciples in the seat, and it is inevitable that they will be a little biased after a long time. I also have some opinions about each other in my heart.
When it comes to the Great Tribulation of the Gods, the calamity is caused, and the calamity can only be completed within the Dao Gate. That is, people must be selected among the Daomen to be listed as gods. Among the three sects of Taoism, Renjiao, Interpretation, and Interception, Lao Tzu, the leader of the Human Sect, is the eldest brother of the Sanqing, and there is only one disciple under the sect, Xuandu ** Master, so it is naturally impossible to let Lao Tzu, the only disciple, die on the list.
Since Lao Tzu's subordinates can't be on the list, the gods on the god list have to be filled by the disciples of the two sects. Since there must be someone who dies and is full of the list of gods, there is usually a lot of discord between the two sects, and there is fierce competition, when the catastrophe of the gods comes, it is natural to desperately send the opponent to the list in order to protect himself.
The two sects attacked and killed each other, and the dead were all under the saint's disciples, and the saints were also affectionate, and it was heartbreaking to see the disciples under them die. Especially Tongtian, he received a large number of disciples, and the number of people who participated in the Great Tribulation was large, and the number of disciples who died naturally increased. After all, they are all disciples taught by Tongtian, and Tongtian is surnamed Lover, how can he have no feelings for these disciples?
These disciples have died in the hands of the sect of exposition, once or twice Tongtian can still suppress the pain in their hearts, but with the growth of the number of fallen disciples, especially after some disciples who are very valued by Tongtian also fell into the hands of the disciples of the sect, Tongtian finally couldn't help it, and came out of the mountain angrily, competing with the sect.
There are many disciples under Tongtianmen, known as the Ten Thousand Immortals. The magnitude of the sect interception has long aroused the dissatisfaction of other saints. The two saints of the West have long had a calculating plan for the East, needless to say. There are only a dozen disciples under the Yuan Shi Sect, and there are several named disciples, the number of which is far less than that of the sect.
Lao Tzu, the head of the Three Qings, was dissatisfied with Tongtian, the third brother, not moving around with the two brothers after the separation, and at the same time felt that there were many disciples of the sect, and the good and the bad were mixed, so it was suitable to pick out some of the gods on the list to fill the gods, and he was a little biased towards expounding the teachings in the catastrophe.
Tongtian was a person with a straight surname, and when he saw that his disciples were wronged and killed, he was angry and went to the opposite side with the two brothers and the four saints of the West, and finally had one person fight the four saints and was defeated. The tragic end of the sect being exterminated several times.
But if the extraterritorial demon god invades the flood wilderness in advance, in the face of a strong enemy, Sanqing is no longer a single family, and naturally there will be no chance of internal division and hatred, or good brothers who advance and retreat together, Da Zi Zaitian and Chang Ear Dingguang Immortal, they have long been worried about Tongtian and Lao Tzu Yuanshi, and the two people who have been worried about each other will not happen, and he, who is a junior, naturally does not need to be an enemy of the elders. Thinking of this, Da Zizai Tian even looked forward to the invasion of the extraterritorial demon gods.
However, this invasion of the Extraterritorial Demon God also has to pay attention to a timing, in the opinion of Da Zi Zaitian, although it is a good thing for the Extraterritorial Demon God to invade in advance, it is better to have this happen again after some years. Because it is still the pillar of heaven in the wilderness, the Wu clan has not yet fully developed. If it is really an invasion of the Extraterritorial Demon God, Heavenly Court will have to act as the main force to meet the Extraterritorial Demon God, and in the end, it is likely that the strength of Heavenly Court will be greatly damaged, giving the Wu Clan a chance to overtake Heavenly Court and lose the hegemony of the Flood Desolation.
In the idea of the Great Freedom Heaven, the best time for the invasion of the extraterritorial demon god is when the strength of the witch clan grows to the point where it begins to threaten the hegemony of the heavenly court, and the extraterritorial demon god invades, attracting the attention of the two lich clans who were supposed to kill each other to the extraterritorial demon god.
Let the two Lich Clans and the Extraterritorial Demon God consume each other, with the help of the war with the Extraterritorial Demon God, let the Lich Two Clan lose the strength of the civil strife, and use the power of the Lich Clan to weaken the strength of the Extraterritorial Demon God, and reduce the evil impact of the Extraterritorial Demon God on the desolate universe to the lowest point.
However, after all, the extraterritorial demon god is not a subordinate of the Great Freedom Heaven, and it is impossible to ask for the opinion of the Great Freedom Heaven when to launch an invasion of the Flood Universe. Therefore, if the Great Freedom Heaven wanted the Extraterritorial Demon God to act according to his wishes, he would have to rely on himself to operate it carefully.
(To be continued)