Chapter 1844 — The Summons from the Holy Court
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The wars of the Ancestral Court no longer concerned people.
The vast majority did not even know that bloody battles were still being fought there.
They did not care, did not know what those men fought for, why they slew and why they died, nor whether the warriors there lived or died. Those predecessors and sages were like stars in the night sky, hung high and far away.
Only the Dao-attainers of Jingping, whether in seclusion or preaching the Dao, still cared for the wars there, asking those who returned from the Ancestral Court for news of that man. "He has stayed there a million years now, has he not?
Where is he still holding guard? " "Yes.
A million years, the whole history of Longhan, Chiming, Shanghuang, Kaihuang and Jingping, and he has held on so long. He said when the number of Jingping Dao-attainers reaches a certain point, there will be a decisive battle.
Then, he will return. " .
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"He has guarded the Ancestral Court ten million years now, has he not? Has the war there still not been settled? " "Yes.
The hidden peril in the Ancestral Court is too great, and he cannot free himself now.
The strength of Wuji has grown again, the strength of Old Man Wuya has increased, and there are other changes in the Ancestral Court. The treasure palaces of the Young Masters have descended, and there are several more Hall Masters.
He says he will return.
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"A hundred million years have passed and the world has utterly changed.
Is he still guarding there?
" "Yes, he still guards there, suppressing Wuji, suppressing Wuya. Last time he went to Jade Capital City in the Ancestral Court and fought his way into the Lingxiao Treasure Hall. His strength has grown greater, and he told us with great joy that the day of his return is not far off.
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. "A billion years have passed. When does he mean to fight the decisive battle?
When will he return?
" "Wait a little longer.
Wuya is nothing to fear, and the two Young Masters cannot fully descend, but there are still too few Jingping Dao-attainers, not enough to stand against them. Wait a little longer.
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Three and a half billion years passed, and the ways of the world had changed like seas turned to mulberry fields, so greatly that even Dao-attainers devoted to comprehending the Dao felt strange when they woke from seclusion. The starry sky had grown vaster, the Four Polar Heavens lay farther from Yuanjie and all heavens and myriad worlds, Xuandu had risen higher, Youdu shrouded a wider reach, so that even Tubo Shen Fengqing and Celestial Venerable You found it extremely hard to govern so vast a Youdu universe. They first divided the Youdu universe into four jurisdictions, forged four more Six Paths Heavenly Wheels, built four great Dao halls, and set up the Four Yamas, but later the Youdu universe grew vaster still and four jurisdictions could hardly govern it.
The Four Yamas gradually became the Ten Yamas, and as the universe keeps growing, more halls may yet be set up. On this day, a messenger from the Ancestral Court came to Yuanjie to see the two Old Ancestors, Xu Shenghua and Lan Yutian, saying, "The Celestial Venerable asks the two Old Ancestors to summon all Dao-attainers and return to the Ancestral Court. " Xu Shenghua and Lan Yutian were stirred beyond words, and though their Dao hearts had been cultivated to the fortieth heaven realm, they could hardly steady their minds.
The two Dao Ancestors walked out of the ancient Dao hall, and waves of the great Dao spread outward from the hall, trembling like ripples in space.