The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings

Chapter 1437: Chapter 1348–1385 Game of Power_2 Chapter 1437: Chapter 1348–1385 Game of Power_2 Could it be that the plan wasn’t going forward?

No, that was impossible; numerous True Immortals had descended for that very World, and if their capabilities were only of this level, he himself would not have been so constrained.

Therefore, Zhu Houji speculated that there might have been some complications, or the True Immortals changed their minds about something.

“Indeed, some problems arose,” Huang Jin explained. “The original plan left by the Taoist Monarch was flawless and could have been successfully executed. However, the critical issue was that once the Taoist Monarch entered seclusion, the plan could not be advanced.”

“The plan couldn’t be advanced?” Zhu Houji first was stunned, then asked thoughtfully, “Is it because there was no one to oversee it, causing the various powerhouses to develop their own ideas?”

If initially he had been somewhat confused, the rationale explained by Huang Jin made everything understandable.

Sometimes, a plan need not be perfect; it must be executable, especially when one’s side has the advantage.

Often, the failure of some is not really due to a lack of wisdom, as spoken, but because they have too many thoughts and lack someone decisive enough to suppress all and settle on a plan, leading to such situations.

It’s like during the Battle of Guandu, where Yuan Shao faced Cao Cao. It wasn’t that Cao Cao’s strategists were smarter or more capable; after all, Yuan Shao’s strategists were individually just as competent.

However, the reason laid in Cao Cao’s ability to unify his strategists’ thoughts and execute the plans once decided. In contrast, Yuan Shao’s side lacked someone who could suppress dissent among his ranks.

These strategists, while devising strategies, had their own ideas and plots but could never unify their thoughts, picking at each other’s flaws.

Any plan cannot guarantee to be completely devoid of oversight–it is bound to have issues identified. However, given Yuan Shao’s strength at the time, a perfect plan wasn’t necessary–just one that could avoid major issues to clinch victory.

However, due to the counsellors’ inability to agree, and Yuan Shao’s indecisiveness under favorable circumstances led to a massive defeat at Guandu, ruining everything.

The situation in the Heavenly Court within the Class B World No.1 is quite similar; initially, Pei Xuanjing’s incarnation, the Emperor of the South Pole Eternal Life, with his status and power, could drive the plan forward.

But when Pei Xuanjing’s incarnation withdrew under the guise of seclusion, handing over the affairs of Class B World No.1 to other True Immortals and Star Lords, it was natural that they initially followed the plan, but a gradual shift was inevitable.

Zhu Houji experienced a moment of realization upon receiving this news, but he was unaware that when Pei Xuanjing decided to seclude himself and let go, he had already anticipated this situation.

Naturally, with more people involved, more opinions emerge–even when Pei Xuanjing first arrived in the Class B World No.1, despite his suppression, those beneath him had their own minor schemes and thoughts; but they didn’t dare go too far.

Yet, without Pei Xuanjing’s suppression, combined with the arrival of many strong entities from the Heavenly Court, while the situation seemed promising, it was natural for these individuals to start operating independently according to their own thoughts.

This anticipation precisely is why Pei Xuanjing knew they wouldn’t faithfully execute his plan and why he didn’t detail it meticulously–there was no point, as it would only be a waste of time.

However, it wasn’t as severe a worry as the Jade Emperor had; although these entities began operating independently, given the strength of Heavenly Court, so many True Immortals and Star Lords descended, they wouldn’t end in total defeat like Yuan Shao at Guandu.

Of course, there was an impact–delays in the anticipated timeline.

For such matters, the Jade Emperor also found himself helpless, for not to mention his absence from that particular world left him unable to intervene, even if he was present, he wouldn’t manage to integrate the various forces like Master Pei and implement his own will.

If the Jade Emperor possessed such capabilities and prestige, he wouldn’t be so constrained and wouldn’t have merely left that world so simply in the beginning.

Of course, if the tables were turned and the Jade Emperor put himself in the shoes of those people, he likely wouldn’t follow Master Pei’s plans step by step but would insert his own ideas instead.

Reaching such a Realm, they all possessed a confidence and dominance of ‘only I reign supreme,’ naturally, they wouldn’t truly follow another’s path; executing their own will was instinctive.

“Since it is so, let’s set aside the matters of Class B World No. 1 for now and focus on the worlds we’ve discovered, swiftly integrating them into the Divine Continent,” the Jade Emperor finally said.

And just as the Jade Emperor had given up intervening in the affairs of Class B World No. 1, the transformations within this world were booming.

Just as the intelligence they had obtained suggested, the plan for this world had already taken a different turn, altered by the True Immortals themselves.

Though Pei Xuanjing had left behind a comprehensive plan that appeared to have no major issues–at least it was complete and highly feasible–

But who are these True Immortals? Each one extremely confident, they certainly wouldn’t just obediently execute Pei Xuanjing’s plan, even though it was a good one.

Each of the True Immortals had their own opinions and their own little schemes, and with no one coming forward to stop them, the situation was allowed to drift freely, and the cloister began to self-implement their plans, causing the original plan to deviate significantly.

These Strong True Immortals found such worlds rare, all seizing the opportunity to execute their own conjectures and plans; some were testing out divine powers they had devised, while others promoted their own ideologies…

More importantly, these powerful beings had another objective: they wanted to use this as an opportunity for training their forces.

The Divine Land World was indeed mighty; capable of venturing beyond its original boundaries into the vast Chaos Void, it had transcended any other known worlds.

But for these powerhouses of the Divine Land World, it wasn’t enough; the current powerhouses of the Heavenly Court were insufficient for their plans and did not fulfill their grand ambitions, thus gaining strength was an extremely pressing matter.

As mentioned before, Class B World No. 1 was the strongest world they had encountered yet, even possessing True Immortal level powerhouses; thus, it was actually very suitable for the Divine Land World.

Particularly now when this world’s many Ancient Emperors held divergent stances toward the Divine Land World: some agreed with assimilating and becoming part of the Divine Land World, seeking to pursue a higher Realm in their Cultivation paths.

Others notably conservative, they resisted the existence of the Heavenly Court, believing that even a golden nest or silver nest isn’t as good as one’s own straw nest. They argued that if the Heavenly Court could achieve this, so could they, so why depend on others.

In their eyes, the Heavenly Court was not to be trusted; even if assimilated into the Divine Land World, as outsiders, they would ultimately be regarded as inferior, not trusted.

Thus, the powerhouses of Class B World No. 1 completely split into two factions, each viewing the other with hostility: one side saw the other as stubborn conservatives, unambitious; the other believed their counterparts to be traitors who had betrayed their own nurturing world.

Neither faction could persuade the other, each steadfast in their own views, and what started as a verbal dispute over principles gradually escalated into armed conflict; over the years both sides continuously waged wars against each other over their respective ideologies, leading to countless deaths and a complete schism.