The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings

Chapter 2037: Chapter 1982–1983: The Whole Story and Underlying Currents (Part 2)

Even though much information about the rules of top immortal sects was acquired from the Sky Mechanism Pavilion and Bai Xiaosheng, some things are core and are destined not to be easily disclosed, especially when you are not powerful enough.

Don’t think that just because the Sky Mechanism Pavilion and Bai Xiaosheng serve as intelligence agencies, they will release every piece of information. They also need to consider the qualifications of the buyer.

Information about top immortal sects, some of which can be spread externally, some of which only other top immortal sects have the right to contact, ordinary immortal sects and True Immortals cannot touch at all.

If not for Bai Xiaosheng and Zhao Baiyang having been friends with the Heterodox Alliance for many years, they wouldn’t have been able to obtain much of the information they have.

Moreover, knowing something is one thing, but how to act on it is another difficult problem.

Especially the way top immortal sects do things, having accumulated countless years, they already have a set of tacit rules. These rules are specific, and newly joined sects will always be uncomfortable at first.

Just like the matter of the Chaos Void this time, if it were not for Lord Divine Skill Miaoji giving some hints, the Heterodox Alliance wouldn’t even be able to touch the general outline; who made Zhao Baiyang go into seclusion and miss this opportunity.

Now, if they want to learn more, they can only see if Bai Xiaosheng and the Sky Mechanism Pavilion have any information.

Knowing oneself and the enemy is the way to victory in battle. For the Heterodox Alliance, they need to understand not only their opponents but also their allies.

Knowing that rivals will compete for benefits with them, certain allies may also abandon them to hog the benefits, or lose the initiative to obtain more benefits.

“Bai Xiaosheng has just certified as Taoist Monarch not long ago, hasn’t had time to explore these matters. The Sky Mechanism Pavilion over there is also very wary of this issue, unwilling to disclose any information.” Tie Qianshan shook his head and said, having received no effective information from these two intelligence agencies.

Perhaps the other side really knows nothing, or maybe it’s because his strength is insufficient to access these messages.

Tie Qianshan tends towards the latter; after all, this time it’s not about probing the news of one or two Taoist Monarchs, but rather the news of over a dozen Taoist Monarchs and the many top immortal sects associated with them thereafter.

“Maybe the price isn’t big enough, they’re waiting for higher bids.” Xue Wuheng sneered and said.

“It seems necessary to wait until I leave seclusion, find an opportunity to probe, or find opportunities from some other Taoist Monarchs.” Zhao Baiyang was not dissatisfied and accepted this point.

After all, if he was standing from the perspective of those two intelligence agencies, he wouldn’t easily disclose such things either; this matter is significantly important.

The matters involving over a dozen Taoist Monarchs and related top immortal sects are definitely linked to their respective strategy plans. Not to mention whether Bai Xiaosheng and the Sky Mechanism Pavilion can get these messages, even if they do, they won’t spread them easily.

Other powers might not be able to do anything to these two parties, but among the dozen or so Taoist Monarchs, there are quite a few that can cause trouble for these two parties.

Such significant news might even relate to future world changes; it is of immense value, and those two parties also do not want to sell it cheaply, given this kind of information is destined to only be sold to a few parties.

Messages related to the layout of top immortal sects, were they to be sold widely, even these two parties wouldn’t bear it.

Of course, he has also made preparations; if he cannot obtain the information from these two parties, he can only look for other networks, believing some wouldn’t mind speaking.

After all, as Zhao Baiyang is aware, among those Taoist Monarchs in the Chaos Void, a few have mortal enemies, and they certainly wouldn’t mind tripping their opponents.

In any case, Zhao Baiyang could not ignore this matter, because he likewise has opponents among them. Being unclear about such major news could probably lead to misjudgments, affecting the upcoming strategic situation.

Not to mention others, just stating this time the Witch Deity Teaching needs to give sufficient compensation to the Jade Emperor side to eliminate the impact, making up for their losses.

Merely a Ju Mang Ancestor Witch distributing an incarnation to retreat as punishment seems too light, were he the Jade Emperor, he wouldn’t accept it; there must be some inside dealings.

And as one of the Jade Emperor’s opponents, if the other side simply captures benefits, then fine; if they make moves against the Heterodox Alliance, that’s definitely not good news.

Even though he still has the Purgatory Demon Monarch and Ten Thousand Beasts Demon Monarch as allies, his two allies have many disagreements with each other, filled with instability.

Adding the current cooperation between the Heterodox Alliance and several Taoist Monarchs of Taoist School, the cooperation with the Human Race Five Emperors, whether Taoist School would want to cooperate with Demonic Gate Demon Monarchs or the Heterodox Alliance make choices are extremely complex issues, not easily solvable.

Only by truly understanding everything can the situation be analyzed, and the most suitable decision made.

“Send someone to collect recent actions of the Shenxiao Sect, Jade Emperor, Witch Deity Teaching to see if there are any significant changes.” Zhao Baiyang settled on the current strategy.

As per his current thoughts, the most concerning actions are those of the Jade Emperor and Witch Deity Teaching; if they secretly collude, there would surely be traces revealed.

Though during his Tao Certifying, the Witch God Sect Leader helped him, but that was just a transaction, not anything substantial.

“Do we need to contact Demonic Gate?” Tie Qianshan asked.

Over the years, many forces have contacted the Heterodox Alliance, but such news is hard to say; rather, it might be easier to breach from Demonic Gate.

To know, several parties involved this time were all Righteous Path affiliates, even the Witch Deity Teaching leans towards Tao Certifying; the branding of Witch Deity Teaching as evil is merely external stigmatization.

According to Witch Deity Teaching’s doctrine, they consider themselves the most orthodox, whether Taoist or Buddhist, Demonic, Confucian, they are heretics, naturally unwilling to align with Demonic Gate.

So these few parties gathering for small meetings, those people from Demonic Gate definitely wouldn’t favor, having chances to cause trouble for them wouldn’t be minded.

“First look at other parties, if there’s absolutely no information, wait until I leave seclusion, then personally see that Blood Fiend Ancestor.” Zhao Baiyang thought for a moment and said, not involving Tie Qianshan in this matter.

Not that he distrusts Tie Qianshan, but he holds serious caution towards Demonic Gate.

Among the members of the Heterodox Alliance, except Tie Qianshan who is from the Righteous Path, the others like Zi Tianxiong, Xue Wuheng, and Vajra Sect Leader are not considered Righteous Path, hence the alliance being termed Heterodox.

The saying goes that family knows its own affairs; it’s precisely because he understands the ways of heterodox people that he’s clearer about the need for sufficient vigilance.

Tie Qianshan’s view is still overly simplistic, indeed from Demonic Gate’s stance they don’t want to see the merging of these Taoist parties, even if there’s cooperation.

But to the various factions of Demonic Gate, they only value interests, as long as there are sufficient benefits, they wouldn’t mind turning coat, thus catching the Heterodox Alliance off guard.

So although cooperating with Purgatory Demon Monarch and Ten Thousand Beasts Demon Monarch, Zhao Baiyang dare not place all trust in them, instead tries to minimize their influence, at least requires balance, otherwise, cooperation with Taoist School wouldn’t be sought.

Besides, he must guard against involvement with the Demonic Way becoming too deep, when future conflicts arise, being targeted under the flattery of eliminating demons for their path.

Zhao Baiyang doesn’t mind some reputation, but also doesn’t want to be the center of adverse attention, nor wants to have his interests divided this way.