The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings

Chapter 1260: Chapter 1208 – Chapter 1209 The Pros and Cons of the Appearance of the Holy Position The New World Chapter 1260: Chapter 1208 – Chapter 1209 The Pros and Cons of the Appearance of the Holy Position The New World Seek the Holy Position from Heaven and Earth?

No!

It was to seize the Holy Position from Heaven and Earth, or rather to wrest it away–this was the true Dao of Pei Xuanjing.

Although he desired to be one with Heaven and Earth, to stand in for Heaven and execute the Dao, he also possessed his own tyrannical way. He was a steward of Heaven and Earth, a collaborator, but not submissive to them.

The Holy Position is a status within Heaven and Earth, perhaps even more revered than the position of the Emperor of Heaven in the Heavenly Court, symbolizing the Authority of Heaven and Earth, symbolizing the power to preside over Heaven and Earth, a level above the Authority of Heaven and Earth obtained in the hands of True Immortals like Pei Xuanjing.

If we liken the initial establishment of the Heavenly Court and its melding into Heaven and Earth to a corporate merger, then treating Heaven and Earth as a large corporation, wielding the Authority of Heaven and Earth is merely being a shareholder of the corporation, while a Saint holds a seat in the corporation’s board of directors. Each seat on the board commands supreme Authority; they can dictate the direction of Heaven and Earth with their will.

For the lesser shareholders, to gain a seat on the board requires the recognition and support of the CEO of the corporation, which is the Will of Heaven and Earth. But for the larger shareholders, such a position is their due, beyond the prevention of even the Will of Heaven and Earth.

Along the journey that Pei Xuanjing had taken, the many things he planned and pushed forward were indeed for his own gain, but at the same time, they brought countless benefits to Heaven and Earth, which enabled him to accumulate a considerable amount of Authority of Heaven and Earth at his disposal.

Now, he was an indispensable part of Heaven and Earth. Even if Pei Xuanjing were to leave the Great Ming World, he could freely enter the Chaos Void, only losing a portion of his Authority.

However, for the Great Ming World, Pei Xuanjing’s departure would inevitably take away much, a considerable loss for this side of Heaven and Earth.

Therefore, if Pei Xuanjing were willing to ascend to the Holy Position and further his relationship with Heaven and Earth, it was, in essence, an invisible means for Heaven and Earth to repay a part of the cause and effect benefits, perhaps even to turn a deficit into a surplus by binding Pei Xuanjing completely to the camp of Heaven and Earth.

In the end, it was Heaven and Earth that owed Pei Xuanjing, and not the other way around. Thus, Pei Xuanjing’s willingness to ascend to the Holy Position was an advantageous matter for Heaven and Earth.

“However, my step to ascend to the Holy Position may make the already intense struggle even fiercer, as many True Immortals will set their sights on this Holy Position,” Pei Xuanjing spoke with an indescribable expression on his face.

At this stage, especially given his position, each choice he made and each action he took was destined to provoke various shifts in the situation between Heaven and Earth.

Just like now, as the most powerful existence between Heaven and Earth, all other potentates, whether they were newly promoted True Immortals following the Enthroning of Gods or the old-school True Immortals, would inevitably look to Pei Xuanjing’s deeds during their continuous strengthening, even emulating the path he had trod.

If Pei Xuanjing’s previous preaching and reiteration of the five Tao-Certifying paths for humans, gods, and ghosts, as well as the classification into Extreme Path True Immortal, Profound Immortal, and Golden Immortal, was just to provide a direction and a goal,

Then Pei Xuanjing’s acceptance of the Authority of Heaven and Earth and his ascension to the Holy Position would naturally show these strong True Immortals a method to rapidly enhance themselves–that is, to follow Pei Xuanjing’s path and pursue the Holy Position.

Executing the Dao on behalf of Heaven is not a unique trait of the Holy Position. The establishment of the Heavenly Court and the Enfeoffment of All Gods are manifestations of this, successful examples. The Holy Position could even be seen as an enlarged version of the Divine Position, possessing more complete and powerful Authority and strength.

But likewise, the stronger and more precious something is, the less there is of it.

The Gods Sealing List has granted countless Divine Positions, but only the Three Hundred and Sixty-Five True Gods possess powerful Divine Authority. They are the direct links to the Great Tao, each True God capable of stepping directly onto the Immortal Path, and even at the pinnacle of the Immortal Path, glimpse the Taiyi and Great Luo Realms that Pei Xuanjing has deduced.

The other Divine Positions must continually devour Authority and amass more in order to progress; otherwise, their potential is doomed to peak upon entering the Immortal Path Realm.

Of course, all this is predicated on the current potential of Heaven and Earth; should Heaven and Earth ascend further one day, the potential of these Divine Positions will also be enhanced.

But no matter what, the potential of the Divine Positions aiding those Divine Positions will never compare to the True Divine Positions.

Yet among these Divine Positions, only very few, such as the masters of Six Imperials, many Emperor Monarchs, and the leaders of the Eight Divisions, truly stand at the apex. For ordinary Divine Positions with potential, true cultivation is also exceedingly difficult.

If Divine Positions are so, then the even stronger Holy Positions? They are certainly even rarer.

Everything starts from one, grows at three, thrives at six, and peaks at nine.

Or it’s nine of yang and six of yin.

Or it is the Great Tao Fifty, the Forty-Nine Heavenly Paths.

There could be nine, fifteen, or forty-nine of these Holy Positions.

But whether there are nine, fifteen, or forty-nine, it is never a large number; rather, it is exceedingly scarce.

Consider that the number of True Immortals of the human race between Heaven and Earth is not large. However, as Heaven and Earth continuously evolve, it is foreseeable that the number of True Immortals will invariably increase. Even if there are forty-nine Holy Positions, they will certainly not be sufficient for so many True Immortals to share and contend over.