Immortal Father
Chapter 461 - 461 164 A Song by Ping'an Accompanied by Fenghou_2

461: Chapter 164 A Song by Ping’an, Accompanied by Fenghou_2 461: Chapter 164 A Song by Ping’an, Accompanied by Fenghou_2 “But over time, some of the alliance members were still corrupted.”

“Why didn’t you ask who sent the messenger from Tianbao, or why he couldn’t refuse such a task?”

Li Ping’an said, “Junior was just about to ask this!”

Fenghou sighed, “That person came from the Holy Mother Palace, a close attendant of the Holy Mother herself.”

Upon hearing this, the immortals outside the hall showed no obvious surprise, but the heavenly troops and generals in the distance were all taken aback.

After a moment of silence, Li Ping’an asked, “Can the Holy Mother’s attendants intervene in the affairs of the East Continent alliance?”

“By rights, they should not.”

Fenghou continued,

“But they insist on intervening, continuously doing so, even attempting to take direct control of the East Continent alliance, which His Majesty skillfully resolved.”

“Do you know, Ping’an, aside from the Holy Mother’s attendants, there’s another group within the East Continent alliance who first obey the king’s command and secondly the master’s command.”

“Sometimes, they claim the king’s command is paramount, but in secret, they take actions that suit their own interests.”

“These followers adhere to the teachings of the Western Sect’s Hierarch, yet His Majesty can do nothing but turn a blind eye.”

Li Ping’an then asked, “Minister Feng, are you saying that the Holy Mother’s attendants and the disciples of the Western Sect, these two groups, are the root of the East Continent alliance’s troubles?

Then why doesn’t His Majesty eradicate these roots of disaster?”

Fenghou retorted, “Why do you think His Majesty retired in the prime of his life?”

Li Ping’an frowned and asked, “Was it because the Holy Mother forced him?”

“It wasn’t the Holy Mother who pressured him; she has always been kind to the Human Race, but sometimes she must consider more.”

Fenghou sighed,

“At the end of the day, it was the Western Sect that forced the issue.”

“The Western Sect forced the issue?”

“It’s not a secret.”

Fenghou shook her head and spoke softly,

“The Western Sect’s Hierarch once came forward, saying they were willing to help the Human Race defeat Chiyou and the Hundred Clans.

The condition was that the Western Sect could preach among the Human Race, to which His Majesty naturally agreed.”

“But later on, the Western Sect neither sent troops nor exerted any effort, and in the final moments, they used the Hierarch’s mana and the greater good of all beings to pressure our Human Race into holding back, leading to many Golden and Heavenly Immortals ending their lives in grievance.”

“The most laughable part is that the Western Sect’s second Hierarch had the audacity to demand that our Human Race keep our promise and allow them to preach in the west!”

Li Ping’an frowned and asked, “Did His Majesty retire because of this?”

“This is only one of the reasons, and a primary one at that.

His Majesty’s retirement was to avoid the Western Sect’s pressure.”

Fenghou sighed,

“His Majesty’s retirement was greatly related to the Skycutter Great Array arranged by the Holy Mother.”

“Today I will tell you all about these hidden facts, and also let the generals and soldiers listen so they don’t mistakenly believe that the corruption of the East Continent alliance is due to His Majesty.”

“The Skycutter Great Array that covers the Southern Continent, originated from a dispute between His Majesty and the Holy Mother.”

“His Majesty believed that immortals and mortals should be united as one, that there is essentially no difference between them.

Although immortals can harm many mortals with their misdeeds, they also have the capacity to protect them.

Both good and evil hinge on a single thought within the human heart.”

“The Holy Mother thought, after cultivation and qi cultivation, one transcends the mortal realm, unable to stand beside mortals to view matters, and therefore holds different perspectives on life and death.”

“As the Human Race proliferated, most were without the talent for cultivation.

How could those without cultivation look up to the carefree and long-lived immortals and feel balanced in their hearts?

They would simply find life meaningless, hence the separation of immortals and mortals was necessary.”

“The disagreements between these two grew wider until it culminated in a fierce argument.

The Holy Mother used her supreme mana to create the Skycutter Great Array, sealing the Southern Continent.”

“Since then, the Southern Continent knew no more of qi cultivation.”

“Following that, His Majesty took his leave aboard a dragon, allowing the title of Human Emperor to pass down through the Southern Continent, leading to the subsequent rotation of the Five Emperors.”

“The Southern Continent developed the narrative of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, with ancient nations rising and falling.

The mortals lived vibrant and stable lives for tens of thousands of years.”

“Then came the Great Xia Kingdom, which became the new sovereign over the world, changing the system of abdication, allowing the throne to be passed down naturally.

The position of Human Emperor of the Great Xia Kingdom has been passed down for thousands of years, leading them down a path entirely different from that of the East Continent.”

“The difference in opinion between the Holy Mother and His Majesty, as to who was right and who was wrong, is difficult to judge.”

“There were dozens of intersecting reasons that led to His Majesty’s retirement; the purpose of the retirement was merely to suppress these issues temporarily, buying time for the Human Race to restore its vitality.”

“I know what you want to ask, why His Majesty did not eradicate these malpractices earlier.”

“It’s not that he didn’t want to cut them out, but that he couldn’t.”

“His Majesty endured for more than sixty thousand years, leading to the prosperity of the East Continent, multiplying the number of Human Race immortals by several times, even ten times that of the Demon Race of the Western Continent, waiting for a batch of experts at the peak of Golden Immortality to break through to Taiyi, and gaining the strength to confront the Western Sect.”

“His Majesty’s plan was to bide time for a hundred thousand years, for the Human Race to gain a few more Da Luo, several more Taiyi, and for the Taoist Sect to overcome the Dao Immortal Tribulation and for the Taoist immortals to emerge from their abodes once more to check the Western Sect.”

“At that time, the Human Race could finally resolve ancient grudges, whether by slaying or subduing the Hundred Clans, we would no longer need to have a great many soldiers fall to demonization and self-immolation.”

Li Ping’an hung his head with a heavy sigh, his heart now clear on the matter.

In the end, it truly was the Western Sect causing trouble.

The Western Sect protected the Hundred Clans, and the Human Race had no experts able to battle the Sect Hierarchs, not to mention the Western Sect had two Hierarchs.

The pressure from the Western Sect and the discord with the Holy Mother greatly weakened the Human Race, forcing Xuanyuan to retire and seek recovery of the Human Race’s vitality and development over time.

Over the past sixty thousand years, Xuanyuan could only endure the lesser evils for the sake of the greater good.

The Western Sect and Holy Mother Palace extended their reach into the East Continent alliance, continuously causing trouble, while Xuanyuan and Minister Feng could only note these crimes one by one, waiting for a later reckoning.

Li Ping’an fell into contemplative silence.

With a long sigh, Fenghou continued to relay these words to Li Ping’an, and to the generals and soldiers of the East Continent alliance: