Chapter 1861: Chapter 1806—Chapter 1807 Resolving Conflicts, Harboring Malice_2

So upon witnessing this scene, these True Immortals and Gods who wield authority not only had no intention to back down but were even more determined in their resolve to execute the plan.

If Pang Hong’s plan were to succeed, igniting the ambitions of those internal challengers, it would definitely cause rebellion and internal conflict within their own sects and religious orders, which would be absolutely disadvantageous for them.

Thus, not only did they not hesitate, but they also accelerated their collaboration with those newly ascended Dao Lords, joining forces to promote these Dao Lords’ plans, giving no chance to the internal challengers.

Therefore, what seemed to be Pei Xuanjing’s trial in the Myriad Laws Realm, enabling the Jade Emperor to obtain Supreme Divine Powers, thereby igniting the conflict between newly ascended Dao Lords and veteran Daoist Monarchs, laying bare the interest disputes between several Imperial Honors and veteran Daoist Monarchs in the Heavenly Court.

In fact, it was the resolute support from these True Immortals and Gods that further solidified the resolve of the Jade Emperor and Great Emperor Ziwei. With these firm supporters, their powers increased, naturally giving them more confidence to engage in this resistance.

Doing a good deed that led to a bad outcome, Pang Hong’s intention might have been correct, but ultimately it resulted in such an outcome, accelerating the changes in the chaotic situation of heaven and earth, completely contrary to Pang Hong’s original intent.

Despite Pang Hong being the sect leader for so many years, he still underestimated the ambitions and desires of these authority-holding True Immortals and Gods, not realizing how crazed they have become.

Of course, this is due to different statuses and situations among various forces.

Pang Hong himself did not harbor much desire for power; his greatest wish was merely to follow behind his master, which was enough for him.

As for managing the Shenxiao Sect, it was only because his master did not have this thought, and the existence of the Shenxiao Sect was meaningful to his master, that he stepped up to shoulder this heavy responsibility.

So now, seeing the Shenxiao Sect thriving, when he feels he can let go, naturally, he would do so without any hesitation.

But those strong figures of the immortal sects are different. The path they’ve walked is undoubtedly much more complex than Pang Hong’s, and who knows how much they have sacrificed.

For things Pang Hong could easily obtain, they might need to fight with their lives, facing life-threatening situations to reach today’s achievements.

The greater the price one pays to obtain something, the less likely they are willing to give it up due to human instinct, which is difficult to change; just reasoning alone couldn’t untangle this.

To many people, Pang Hong seems to be speaking without feeling pain in his back while standing; he might not care about things others cling to desperately without willing to give them up.

Moreover, the stances of both sides differ; the top-tier immortal sects hold numerous interests; even yielding positions still allows sufficient interests for all to share, enabling peaceful transitions.

For most top-tier immortal sects, unless under exceptionally harsh circumstances, when someone voluntarily gives up, successors would choose restraint, refraining from being too extreme.

But in ordinary immortal sects, even some large ones, their interests are just that limited, only able to support a certain number of strong figures. Once benefits are released, newcomers won’t have enough interests to distribute.

People may not easily give up on their excesses, let alone share what isn’t sufficient for themselves. Where would they want to share with others?

Insufficient interests are indeed the real dilemma faced by these immortal sects.

Unlike top-tier sects, the main contradiction arises from insufficient interests to share, making any so-called delay in solution meaningless, nothing but slow suicide.

After all, those who have reached this point are incredibly smart. Even if some are blinded by self-interests, unwilling to share even a tiny bit, not everyone is like this.

The sharing and cooperation for mutual benefits method was personally promoted by the Longevity Taoist Monarch, Pei Xuanjing, proven feasible; otherwise, they wouldn’t have achieved all today’s accomplishments.

However, the premise of all this is based on sufficient resources to share. If truly lacking resources to distribute, then any talks are meaningless.

Lack of shareable resources is currently the most troublesome issue for many immortal sects. They wish to share some interests with successors, not only to ease contradictions but also to enhance their sect’s strength, thereby qualifying themselves to gain more interests in the Divine Land World and the Realms of Heavenly Seas.

For Pang Hong and these top-tier sects, the interests held are abundant for sharing, for now, resources exceed personnel, and they haven’t yet faced situations of insufficient resources, so even temporary retreats would have no impact.

But for large immortal sects, they’ve reached a limit. The current powers cannot obtain more resources and interests due to insufficient interests for distribution; retreat means reduced acquisition of resources, making them naturally reluctant.

One scenario involves plentiful prey with few predators; the other entails numerous predators with scarce prey, with fundamentally different contradictions needing differing solutions.

Upon seeing Pang Hong’s actions, these strong figures saw Pang Hong as harboring malevolent intentions, adding fuel, deliberately attempting to stir internal conflicts, forcing them into internal strife, weakening their strengths.

If you, Lord Pang, truly have good intentions, why not bring out those surplus resources from your Shenxiao Sect to share with us, even persuade those top-tier immortal sects to stop occupying seats without consuming? Since they can’t consume all, why not distribute these resources to us? Wouldn’t this be better?

If you genuinely want us to consent, start by cutting your own flesh to set an example, stop misleading us into internal conflict while you watch the spectacle and later benefit as a third party.

Over the millennium, the rapid development of the Divine Land World needed efforts from Pei Xuanjing, yet it’s impossible to truly eliminate the apprehensions and wariness among various immortal sects.

Bear in mind, before the revival of the Divine Land World, those top-tier powers consistently suppressed the expansion of first-tier powers, curbing the strengthening strides.

Under previous limited-resource circumstances, these top-tier powers secured most interests, using remaining resource interests to provoke constant conflicts between first-tier and second-tier powers, maintaining their positions without jeopardy.

Before Pei Xuanjing appeared, among many top-tier powers, only the Taixu Sect was newly ascended as a top-tier power, mixed with compromises and accidents.

Beyond this, no other new top-tier power emerged. Even rulers of ancient holy lands, though possessing potential breakthroughs as Supreme Strong beings, restrained themselves from breaking through.

This represents the suppression of newcomers by top-tier powers, conscious that any new Supreme Strong or top-tier power would share resources, diminishing personal resource acquisition.

Thus, despite various contradictions and conflicts, when it comes to suppressing first-tier powers, these top-tier powers hold remarkable unity due to shared interests.

Absent this unity, when Pei Xuanjing emerged, why would Canglang Palace deliberately target Shenxiao Sect? While appearing to represent a force led by Taixu Venerable, it reflects numerous top-tier powers’ collective will, with Taixu Venerable pushed as the scapegoat.

They didn’t expect Pei Xuanjing would be so powerful initially, decisively suppressing a Supreme Strong in Spirit Realm Eighth Layer, especially as the heaven and earth’s revival was incomplete, giving Pei Xuanjing enough time to continue developing.

Ultimately, seeing Pei Xuanjing’s strength as reality, they begrudgingly acknowledged Shenxiao Sect replacing Taixu Sect.

Yet initially, Pei Xuanjing faced apparent exclusion from some top-tier powers, reluctantly accepting due to Pei Xuanjing’s overwhelming strength.