Chapter 1331 Dishes on the Table
"There is only one Taoist Lord of Immortality in this world!"
This is what some True Immortals said, but it was also recognized by many top immortal sect masters.
This sentence actually has two meanings. They stand at different angles, represent different interests, and have completely different meanings.
Pei Xuanjing's sudden appearance and rise all the way broke the situation that the top forces had worked hard to manage. With his unparalleled strength, he almost crushed all the masters, making them have to accept the existence of Taoist Lord of Immortality and Shenxiao Sect even if they were extremely repulsive in their hearts.
For these top forces, there are conflicts of interest between them, but they are absolutely unwilling to have latecomers join in to divide their existing resource shares. Every strong and force that intends to do so will inevitably be suppressed by them.
But Pei Xuanjing grew too fast, and his rise along the way was beyond imagination. They didn't give them time to react at all. From the time they knew about Pei Xuanjing's existence to the time they had the opportunity to interfere with Pei Xuanjing, they found that it was too late.
At this time, even if they were dissatisfied and unwilling in their hearts, they had to accept the existence of Pei Xuanjing and Shenxiao Sect. They knew that they had to give up a part of their interests.
There is a tacit understanding between the top forces. While they exclude and suppress latecomers, they will not always be tough. They will choose to accept strong people like Pei Xuanjing, even if they are disgusted and dissatisfied in their hearts.
Because they know that such strong people may not be able to accomplish anything, but they are fully qualified to do bad things, that is, they are qualified to overturn the table.
The appearance of the other party may have to give up part of the resource share, but such a loss is not worth mentioning compared to the loss caused by not accepting the other party, letting the other party wander outside the rules, and then overturning the table and making trouble.
So they want to pull Pei Xuanjing into their alliance, strengthen their own strength, and better suppress the challenges of latecomers.
Similarly, they have enough confidence in their own alliance, believing that with their own alliance rules, they can better restrain Pei Xuanjing, not only prevent the other party from making trouble, but also better contribute to their alliance.
But no one expected that this immortal Taoist was far beyond their imagination. Although he temporarily compromised at the beginning, he did not follow their established rules. Even if he did not choose to overturn the table, he took another path.
Promote the integration of heaven and earth, fight against the demons, establish the Heavenly Court, and start the Heavenly Court development plan.
This series of events was constantly promoted by the Taoist Lord of Longevity. In the case of obvious rich benefits, even if the strong and powerful forces of all parties had some suspicions in their hearts, they could not directly stop it.
Unimaginable benefits, different from the original rules, Pei Xuanjing opened up a new track to crush all the original rules, but instead pulled these strong and powerful forces to his own path, making them his fellow travelers.
When everything was settled, these strong and powerful forces found that in the case of their huge rewards, the Taoist Lord of Longevity had unknowingly grasped the initiative and was no longer under their control.
Faced with such outstanding people and heroes, these strong and powerful forces sighed in vain, but had to accept the reality, because their original interest alliance had been broken up, but a new interest alliance was established around the Taoist Lord of Longevity as the core.
And they knew more clearly that the interests of this interest alliance with the Taoist Lord of Longevity as the core would gain more benefits than their previous alliance.
It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.
What was the purpose of their original interest alliance? In the final analysis, it was not to get more benefits and more resource shares.
Since what the Immortal Taoist Pei Xuanjing did could gain more benefits and resource shares for them, they naturally did not reject the other party's leadership, except for a small number of strong people and forces.
Even in the original interest alliance, everyone was of different levels, not really on an equal footing. The strong people and forces that originally dominated were naturally dissatisfied with losing the initiative, even if they gained more benefits and resources.
But for those ordinary strong people and forces, they knew that no matter which interest alliance they were in, they were just following others. So since they were all younger brothers, why not follow a strong person who could gain more benefits?
So far, the power structure of the Shenzhou world has been formed.
But the appearance of the Immortal Taoist was full of accidents, and his growth was almost impossible to replicate, so for most of the strong people in the immortal gate, they were full of emotion.
For the top masters of these immortal sects, even if they have gained rich benefits and resources in this series of processes, it does not mean that they have been smooth sailing all the way. They have also paid a lot and experienced a lot of crises.
So they not only did not give up their original ideas, but also determined to maintain the status quo, so that the newcomers can stay at ease and not challenge them.
They are the winners of the rise of the Immortal Daoist Lord this time, and they stand to the end. But no one can guarantee that when the next Immortal Daoist Lord appears, they can continue to be the winners.
What's more, the difference between the interests at the beginning and the interests now is huge. In the past, they had tried their best to suppress and maintain the status quo for such a small amount of interests, and now the rich interests make them unwilling to give up even a little bit.
Therefore, even if the top immortal gates of each party have occupied a lot of interests and resources, they are unwilling to give up a little bit. They try their best to curb any attempt of the Jade Emperor to break the shackles and seize power, and do not give the other party a chance to break free.
Of course, the original cause has led to the current result. The current situation of the Shenzhou world has accumulated contradictions to an extreme. It is only natural that the parties will have conflicts and reshuffle.
"It's a precarious time!" Tie Qianshan said with emotion.
As a person in the game, Tie Qianshan has a deep feeling about everything that is happening in the Shenzhou world now.
He was a hero who once controlled one side and led one side to rise. He was not surprised at all that the situation between heaven and earth has come to the present point, but felt it was natural.
All history is contemporary history, this sentence is never wrong.
The conflicts between these forces in the Shenzhou world today, although the roles and characters have changed, are no different from the conflicts of interests between the various forces in the Ming Empire.
There is no eternal peace. Peace means stability and solidification.
For the vested interests, they are the biggest beneficiaries of the current situation, and they will naturally do their best to maintain it.
But for the latecomers, they cannot accept such a situation. Only by constantly challenging and defeating the vested interests can they take over everything from the other side and obtain the interests and resources they want.
Only the constant conflicts and wars between the two sides can constantly reshuffle the power structure between heaven and earth, so as to ensure that the whole world is full of vitality.
"This is not an opportunity for my alliance!" Zi Tianxiong smiled. He was not worried about the current situation, but full of hope.
From the perspective of their Outer Dao Alliance, they have developed to a very large scale now, which is a world of difference from when they were first formed.
But for Yu Zitianxiong and other powerful men who once stood at the top of the Ming Empire, since they have already experienced the peak scenery, they naturally cannot accept being inferior to others.
The current Outer Dao Alliance is indeed not weak, but compared with those top immortal gates, it is not worth mentioning at all. Even among these equally large immortal gates, they are not the most powerful existence.
They know that the current Outer Dao Alliance has developed to a limit, but this limit is not due to internal factors, not because they do not want to be strong, not because they do not have enough Tianjiao disciples, not because they do not want to go to the next level.
It is because of external reasons that they have no resources to continue to move forward and no external environment to continue to move forward.
It is true that this heavenly court development plan can continuously bring them cultivation resources, but compared with the resources needed for the development of the entire Outer Dao Alliance, it is just a drop in the bucket.
But now this stable environment is occupied by many top immortal gates. Most of the resource share, relying solely on the power of the Outer Dao Alliance is not enough to break this layer of shackles.
The current structure of the Shenzhou world is very chaotic and complicated. It cannot be simply cut and separated horizontally and vertically, but it is intricate and intertwined with each other. Different angles will lead to different positions.
Just like the current internal structure of the Heavenly Court, the Jade Emperor wants to gain more power and break the shackles he is in. He is facing not only many old Taoists and the top immortal gates behind them, but all the forces outside the Heavenly Court.
That's right, even from the perspective of large immortal gates such as the Outer Dao Alliance, they are at the same angle as these old Taoists in terms of blocking and restricting the power of the Jade Emperor and preventing him from expanding his influence and controlling the power of the Heavenly Court.
Even among the new Taoists now, their cooperation with the Jade Emperor is based on the desire to use the name of the Jade Emperor to break the power structure controlled by the old Taoists.
But if they seize power from the old Taoist Lords, the first thing they have to do is to repeat the old Taoist Lords' practices, continue to restrict the power of the Jade Emperor and other Yuzun, and suppress the power of the Heavenly Court, instead of letting the Heavenly Court really control everything.
After the Jade Emperor and these Yuzun take power, they will instinctively continue to suppress these new Taoist Lords, and will not really want these new Taoist Lords to accept the power of the old Taoist Lords in full.
The same is true for these large immortal gates. While they are trying to seize the power of the top immortal gates in alliance with the new Taoist Lords, they are also constantly suppressing the power of the sects and schools that are one level lower than them, so as not to threaten their own interests.
"In a complicated situation, all allies exist because of interests. Once the interests conflict, the original allies may also fall apart in an instant." Xue Wuhen sneered.
Nowadays, there are some new Taoist Lords and some large immortal gates who want to unite with their foreign Taoist alliance and win them over to join the other side's camp, and they are willing to promise many benefits for this.
However, none of Xue Wuhen and his friends were willing to believe these promises.
Indeed, these promised benefits sound very good and very tempting. If they really get these benefits as expected, it will be a huge change for their Outer Dao Alliance.
But if you really think about it carefully, you will understand that these benefits are just carrots hanging in front of donkeys, which can only be seen but not eaten.
If they really get these benefits, the power of the entire Outer Dao Alliance will be multiplied. At that time, the Outer Dao Alliance will become a huge interest group, which is a huge threat to the newly promoted Daojun and large immortal gates.
There are only so many worlds in the sea of the heavens explored by the Shenzhou world now, which means that the benefits are fixed. Even if they really succeed in pulling some of the top immortal gates into the water, it does not mean that they can get all the resources.
The centipede is dead but not stiff. Why is the top immortal gate called the top immortal gate? It is because there is a Taoist sitting in the seat.
In today's era, the Taoist is an invincible existence. Even if he is defeated, as long as the Taoist has not fallen, the top immortal gates will admit defeat and give up some of their benefits, but they will not give up all their benefits.
For those Daojuns, the top immortal gates behind them are support but also a constraint. If the top immortal gates are forced to give up everything, wouldn't it be forcing these Daojuns to perish together with them?
A free and unattached True Immortal can threaten a large immortal gate. If a free and unattached Daojun strongman goes crazy, it is probably a headache for any top immortal gate or Daojun.
So it is destined that even if the top immortal gate gives up some of its benefits, it still needs to keep a bottom line, but this benefit resource is not enough for everyone to share.
For these newly promoted Daojuns and the strong men of large immortal gates, will they not know about this?
But if they know, why do they still do this?
It is because they know this that they want to involve more immortal gates in this matter.
For these newly promoted Daojuns and large immortal gates, they have a lot of needs for benefits, but this benefit is not enough to simply plunder from those top immortal gates, so some people have set their sights on the other large immortal gates. (End of this chapter)