Myths and Dharma, starting from Erlang Shen

"So all these years, the conflicts between the Human Religion and the Jie Religion were staged by you?"

Although he had already guessed it in his heart, Ji Ren couldn't help but take a breath when he saw Tongtian Sect Master really appear in Bajing Palace.

Who could have thought that the two people who were at loggerheads with each other just a moment ago in the East China Sea would now be sitting together like this.

Laozi’s ally is not Yuanshi, but Tongtian.

Everything is a disguise.

“Not entirely. The fewer people who know about this, the better. There are only two people in the Human Religion and the Orthodox Religion combined. The conflicts among the others are their own conflicts and have nothing to do with us. After all, according to the script, the relationship between the Human Religion and the Demon Religion was not harmonious. They are just following the instinct of the Dharma.” Patriarch Tongtian sat down and chuckled.

"Moreover, although he and I have the same goal of overthrowing Hongjun, other than that, he and I do dislike each other. Maybe it's because of the Dharma, or maybe it's because we hate each other. So this drama is fake, but the feelings cannot be said to be fake." Laozi added.

“So, Grand Master Uncle knew from the beginning that I was the key to breaking the impasse. This time, he joined forces with Jie Yin and the others just to help me defeat Yun Xiao, and then obtain the luck of the remaining waters, to help me improve my strength to the greatest extent in the shortest time?” Ji Ren said.

"Of course. Otherwise, do you think everything will go so smoothly? If you want the luck of the four seas, you will get the luck of the four seas? When you came to my Biyou Palace, I knew that you wanted to plan for the four seas, so I specially asked you to challenge the immortals of the East China Sea, hone your invincibility, and make you familiar with the East China Sea. But at that time, I was surprised that you could comprehend the sword energy of Zhuxian." said Tongtian Sect Master.

"Uncle Grand Master, you also knew that Wu Yunxian was plotting against me in Lei Ze at that time?" Ji Ren said as he recalled every detail of the past.

"I know." Master Tongtian nodded.

“So, for the sake of the greater good, Uncle Grandmaster can watch his disciples commit suicide?” Ji Ren asked again.

"Of course you can. Why? You can't accept it?" said Tongtian Sect Master.

"It's a little hard to accept this kind of Uncle Grandmaster. After all, according to my impression, Uncle Grandmaster should be someone who loves his disciples." Ji Ren said.

"No, you are right. I love my disciples, really do. For them, I once fought with Hongjun, but later all my disciples were killed and turned to ashes. Then, under the Heavenly Dao, I accepted another group of disciples. They used the names of my first batch of disciples, and then repeated the same ending, over and over again. So, I must break this cycle. For this, I can pay any price, not to mention their lives, even my life is fine." said Tongtian Jiaozhu.

"It is my mistake. People often say that corrupt officials are cunning. To be an honest official, one must be more cunning than a corrupt official. A gentleman can be deceived by tricks, so villains gain more. Now that we are facing a villain, we naturally cannot use the simple method of a gentleman." Upon hearing this, Ji Ren apologized immediately.

"Whether he is a gentleman or not has nothing to do with me. I am just the old demon Tongtian. I am not a Taoist, and I don't have any morals or etiquette. It's just that you and I have the same goal, which is to kill Hongjun and give freedom to the three realms." Tongtian Patriarch laughed, "And whoever can achieve this goal, I will help him. It's just that I am not as easy to talk to as the eldest brother. It's too tiring to help you. It's better for me to act as the villain in your life and set many goals for you."

“So Uncle Grand Master tacitly allowed Ma Sui, Wuyunxian, and Niu Mowang to attack me one after another.” Ji Ren said.

"That's right, and your achievements are beyond my imagination, so I have to keep changing candidates. After you killed Wuyunxian and entered Lei Ze for the first time, Ma Sui didn't dare to take action immediately, and the others didn't have the ability to do so. It happened that you and Kuiniu made an enemy at this time, so I made Kuiniu your second opponent and forced your master to take back the Pangu Banner. But I didn't expect that even so, they were not your opponents. It's all because of this old guy. He gave too many magic weapons to your two Taoist companions." Tongtian Jiaozhu looked at Laozi with dissatisfaction.

"There is no one among your disciples, so what does it have to do with me? He has only been practicing for how many years? None of my disciples can find anyone who can subdue him." Laozi said.

"My disciples are not good enough, but yours are good enough? Do you want to compete?" Tongtian Sect Master sneered.

"I won't argue with you." Laozi shook his head slightly, then looked at Ji Ren and said, "This is our plan. You should not know it, but you know it. However, knowing this, you will have no way out in the future. If you quit halfway, we will definitely kill you before we die."

"Don't worry, Grand Master, I won't quit. After all, the way of death is the way of heaven, and the way of heaven with selfish desires is just a special kind of creature. Such a creature is not worthy of being kept." Ji Ren said.

He will not retreat. Not to mention that once he condenses the true form of Fuxi King, Hongjun will not let him go. Even if Hongjun lets him go, he and Hongjun are destined to be different kinds of people.

Because of his own selfish desires, he wantonly manipulated the fate of all living beings, directly causing the deaths of hundreds of millions of lives. In order to provide fate to the divine world, it is a compliment to call him a demon.

These things shouldn't be alive.

"Okay, but your strength is still too weak. I will give you all the luck through Yunxiao. Try to enter Hunyuan within three hundred years." said Master Tongtian.

"Yes, disciple understands." Ji Ren saluted to Master Tongtian.

Master Tongtian nodded slightly, and after talking for a few more words, he let Ji Ren leave.

"Did you say he believed it all?"

After Ji Ren left, Tongtian looked at Laozi and said.

"He should believe it 80%, at most. A person like him won't believe it all at once." Laozi said.

"Is it really troublesome to deal with such a person? You shouldn't have chosen him in the first place." Tongtian Sect Master said.

"It was not me who chose him, it was Fashang who chose him. If I killed him at that time, I couldn't find a more suitable candidate. Who else should I give it to? Zhenwu?" Laozi sneered.

"But such people will be detrimental to our final plan." said Master Tongtian.

"That's the last thing. You see, he is about to enter Hunyuan. Although we have helped him all the way and constantly gave him luck, his cultivation progress has never been so fast. He is the most suitable candidate, otherwise, he would not be able to do the last thing." Laozi said.

"I hope so. Speaking of which, there hasn't been any mistake on Zhenwu's side, right?" Patriarch Tongtian looked at Laozi and said.

“Don’t worry, he thinks everything he knows is based on his own ability and has nothing to do with us.” Lao Tzu chuckled.

"Okay, since that's the case, let's proceed to the last step. This damn God should have been changed long ago. Born as a god, he should be high and mighty? One day, I will make him kneel on the ground!" Tongtian Jiaozhu said disdainfully.