After everyone took away their own merits, Jiang Chen looked at the black and yellow merit energy in the sky that had not disappeared much, and suddenly asked the Tao Ancestor beside him.
"The number of the world, nine is the extreme and ten is the fullness. In order to achieve perfection in the ancient world and be promoted to the highest and eternal heaven and earth, ten saints are required."
"Eight is indeed too few."
Upon hearing this, Daozu seemed to have guessed Jiang Chen's thoughts and replied with a smile.
The conversation between the two fell into the ears of everyone nearby, but it suddenly made them energetic. Why did they think that there were too few saints, so they wanted to add a few more saints?
If this is the case, then their opportunity has come. It is true that as strong men from the old era, they have been abandoned by heaven and are indeed not qualified to become saints.
But just because they are not qualified does not mean that their disciples are not qualified. If the saint of the new era comes from their disciples, it will also bring them great benefits.
In today's prehistoric times, there are a total of eight saints. Of course, there are eight saints, but there are only five saints.
The eight saints are the original Six Saints of Heaven, plus Hongyun's Hongmeng Purple Qi, and the authentic saint Houtu Empress.
The five saints are from the beginning of the Taiqing Dynasty, including Yin Zhunti and Houtu Empress. If we add Duobao, who is about to become a saint, there are six people.
Of the two missing ones, one is in the hands of Daozu Hongjun and the other is in the hands of Jiang Chen. They are waiting for the two to pick a suitable candidate to help him become a saint.
This time may be very short, or it may be extremely long. It basically depends on luck or luck.
"Nine is the ultimate. Today's prehistoric world is about to reach its limit, and it is indeed time to give birth to the ninth saint."
Jiang Chen smiled and agreed with Daozu's words. Now that Heaven has given him so much merit, he has no need to use it.
In this case, it is better to use these extra merits to create a new holy throne.
"That's how it should be!"
Daozu readily agreed and agreed very much with Jiang Chen's proposal.
The more saints there are in the prehistoric world, it means the more perfect the prehistoric world is, and the closer we are to the eternal world. This is the prosperous age of the prehistoric world, how could Taozu refuse?
"New holy throne!"
When the nearby great supernatural beings heard that a new saint was born, their eyes couldn't help but become hot again. This new saint must be born under their sect.
In the ancient times, the prehistoric world could give birth to eight saints. But now, after the prehistoric world has experienced the great catastrophe of destruction and re-establishment, its origins have become stronger and stronger, and it can naturally evolve into another saint.
The number of holy places is the criterion for testing the degree of evolution of the prehistoric world. The richer the origin, the more complete the rules of the avenue, the more holy places will be eliminated by evolution.
"The number begins with one, establishes with three, becomes five, flourishes with seven, and reaches its peak with nine."
"Seven is the number of great prosperity. Six saints are enough for Xuanmen. It is only one step away from the extreme prosperity. This shows that Xuanmen still has room for improvement, and the younger generations of disciples can continue to make progress."
"But if there is one more saint, it will reach its peak and there will be no possibility of progress. If this continues, there will inevitably be signs of decline from peak to peak."
"Therefore, there can be no more six holy places. The two extra holy places will never be born in Xuanmen."
Just when the great practitioners of Xuanmen, dreaming of saints from the new era, came under their door, Taozu suddenly spoke and poured cold water on their heads.
The Xuanmen can only have six saints at most, no more. Therefore, facing the holy position released by Jiang Chen, their disciples have no qualifications to compete for it.
The only holy position they can compete for is in the hands of Dao Ancestor, which should have originally belonged to Patriarch Hongyun.
From fighting for three to fighting for one, it was countless times more difficult. Everyone was speechless for a moment. But they had to admit that what Daozu said was indeed very reasonable.
Due to the incompleteness of the way of heaven, everything that flourishes must eventually decline. This is the ultimate principle of heaven and earth, and even the prehistoric world cannot escape it.
The ancient prehistoric era is a symbol. The ancient prehistoric era can be said to have reached its peak of prosperity. However, after the ancient times, the prehistoric era began to decline, and it is only now that it has recovered.
Even the ancient world cannot escape the natural law of prosperity and decline, let alone Xuanmen? If the seventh saint is really born, then Xuanmen will not be far away from declining.
At this time, let’s not say that the Second Sage of the West is not a Xuanmen Sage.
Their holy titles were given by Taoist ancestors and they were received in the name of Taoist disciples in Zixiao Palace. Therefore, unless they abandon their holy titles, even if they apostatize, this fact cannot be changed.
They are the saints of Xuanmen, one of the six saints.
All other forces can weaken, but Xuanmen cannot. Because Xuanmen is too powerful, once Xuanmen weakens, all the forces in the prehistoric world will probably compete to bite Xuanmen and squeeze as much benefit from Xuanmen as possible
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In other words, once Xuanmen is weak, it will immediately become the target of all forces in the ancient world, and will completely decline, with no possibility of rising again.
This is the inevitable consequence of the birth of the seventh saint in Xuanmen. If you want to make the powerful Xuanmen fall apart, external forces simply cannot do it. The only possibility is for Xuanmen to split internally.
That is to say, once the seventh saint of Xuanmen is born, Xuanmen will not be far away from splitting. The seventh saint is the beginning of the split of Xuanmen.
Thinking of this consequence, all the powerful Xuanmen were not very enthusiastic about the birth of the seventh saint in Xuanmen.
If Xuanmen is split, then only a few people in Xuanmen will benefit, and most people will be affected.
After all, only the powerful Xuanmen can continue to have the right to speak in the ancient times. On the contrary, if the Xuanmen splits, they will lose the right to speak in the ancient times.
This is the so-called loss of orthodoxy, which will inevitably affect your actions. You can no longer do what you used to do before, as long as you make slogans of justice, you can basically have no taboos.
"What goes up must come down!"
Jiang Chen didn't understand what Daozu said. The words "the most prosperous must inevitably decline" can be said to be the nightmare of many forces in the ancient times.
From the original three Xiantian tribes, to the two ancient Lich and Demon tribes, to the ancient human race, and the ancient Jie Cult, they were all examples of prosperity and decline. During their most glorious period, they gradually began to decline.
No one can escape this law, even Taoist ancestors can only try their best to avoid it. And if you want to really avoid prosperity and decline, there is only one way, and that is to promote the prehistoric world to the eternal world.
In the ancient times, there was no ever-lasting force, and the protagonists between heaven and earth were always changing. The reason for this is that the responsibility lies with both heaven and earth.
Because there were shortages in the ancient world and limited resources, this situation occurred. If there were no flaws in the ancient world, with unlimited resources and boundless territory, then a long-lasting force would naturally be born.
And what kind of place has no flaws, unlimited resources, and unlimited territory? The answer is eternal heaven and earth.
Only in the eternal heaven and earth can there be infinite possibilities.
Therefore, the only way to solve the problem of prosperity and decline is to promote the prehistoric world to the eternal world.
Just ask why Jiang Chen is so impatient to let the ninth saint be derived from the ancient world? Doesn't he know that the ancient world has just ended, and I should focus on self-cultivation.
Even if we want to give birth to a new holy throne, it is not too late to derive a new holy throne after the prehistoric generals such as Lei Ze, Buzhou Mountain, and Guixu have been thoroughly refined and become more perfect.
Jiang Chen was a little anxious. He didn't care that Honghuang had just returned to stability and was about to create a new holy position. He was so impatient that a bad operation would even damage the origin of Honghuang.
And the reason why he did this was because of the four words "prosperity and decline".
To prosper and then decline is a fate that even the prehistoric era cannot escape. And although the current prehistoric period has just shown signs of prosperity, it is not far away from the peak of prosperity and then to decline.
As far as Xuanmen is concerned, the seventh saint is the beginning of Xuanmen's prosperity and decline. But for the ancient world, is it not the same?
In ancient times, weren't there seven saints? Nuwa of the Sanqing Dynasty, Jie Yin Zhunti, and Empress Houtu, there were exactly seven saints.
The Seven Saints coexisted for a lifetime, and the prehistoric world was indeed prosperous to the extreme. Then, it began to flourish and decline, and it continued to decline.
This was the case in the prehistoric times, and it is certainly the same in the prehistoric times now. The reincarnation of prosperity and decline cannot be escaped forever, but it can delay this time.
Today, there are only five saints in the prehistoric world. Even if Duobao returns to his throne, there will only be six. Only when the seventh saint is born will the prehistoric world officially enter the stage of prosperity. Then, it will flourish and then decline.
And there is a question here, what is Shengji?
Ji, Ji means limit. The prehistoric period has to develop to the limit before it can be considered prosperous, and then it will weaken.
Jiang Chen's way of delaying his prosperity and decline is to raise the limit of the world, allowing him to flourish again after the prehistoric peak, until he is promoted to the eternal heaven and earth.
As long as it continues to prosper and never reaches a limit, it will naturally avoid the fate of prosperity and decline.
And Jiang Chen's way to increase his prehistoric limit is to give birth to an eighth saint, or even a ninth saint.
After the birth of the seventh saint, the ancient world will enter a long period of prosperity, and then suddenly weaken when it reaches its limit.
At this time, if the eighth saint can be born in the prehistoric times, after its peak, it will continue to flourish and reach a new limit.
Then, the prehistoric period will continue in a more prosperous state for a long time.
And when this peak stage develops to the limit, the ninth saint of the ancient world will be born. In this way, the limit can continue to be broken, and the prosperity will continue after the peak.
After breaking the limit twice in succession, the prehistoric world continued to flourish even more prosperously. I believe that after such development, the prehistoric world should not be far away from being promoted to the eternal world.
At that time, even without external force, the prehistoric world should be able to evolve into the tenth holy position. In this way, the prehistoric world can be promoted to the eternal world, and thus it can completely escape the fate of prosperity and decline.
This is Jiang Chen's idea, and it is inevitable.
Because under normal circumstances, if he had not died, the prehistoric trend would have developed as he thought.
Therefore, what he thinks will definitely become reality. Unless something happens to him, there will never be any changes.
The Ninth Saint has been artificially evolved, and the selection of candidates for the Ninth Saint has begun now. After finding the right person, the prosperity of the ancient world can be continued and become stronger.
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With thoughts flying in his mind, Jiang Chen thought a lot and made various plans for the future of the prehistoric era. But it all happened in a single thought. Soon, Jiang Chen came back to his senses and followed Daozu's words and said:
"Taozu is right. Xuanmen should refer to the way of heaven. Six saints are already a lot. The remaining saints should be divided between the earthly way and the human way."
"Now, the underground realm already has a saint named Hou Tu Niangniang, but the human realm doesn't even have a saint. This is not good."
"Therefore, I decided that this ninth saint from the ancient world should come from the human realm, and preferably be an acquired creature."
Jiang Chen opened his mouth and directly restricted the selection of the ninth saint. He must belong to the human realm and must be an acquired creature.
This basically means that the ninth saint must be chosen from the human race. After all, there are many creatures related to humanity, but there is only one acquired race recognized by heaven and earth, the human race.
There are other acquired races, such as the Asuras, but their innate elements are too heavy, and they are not as beloved by heaven and earth as the human race.
There are many acquired races, but few are as pure as the human race, and none are as powerful as the human race. Not to mention, the human race has a character like Jiang Chen.
As Jiang Chen finished speaking, the selection range for this ninth saint was basically determined, and he could only choose from the human race.
"Innate and acquired, all are creatures from the ancient world. Since Your Majesty chooses the acquired creature, then for this Hongmeng Purple Qi in the hand of this poor Taoist, let's choose an innate creature."
Taoist Hongjun thought for a while and said.
He was influenced by the way of heaven, so he did things like this, trying to highlight fairness. Since the inborn souls can become saints, then the innate souls can naturally do it too.
It is true that in the prehistoric times, there were no acquired souls that became saints, but there were also no inborn souls that became saints. To a certain extent, the two represented the two largest low-level groups in the prehistoric times.
And now, new saints are selected from among them, which also marks the theme of the new era, not judging one's status based on one's origin.
"Of the four saints, one belongs to the human realm and is chosen among the innate creatures. The other belongs to the heavenly realm and is chosen among the innate creatures."
"One belongs to the old era and should be in Duobao. The other belongs to the new era and should be in the future."
The ownership of the four holy positions was decided during the conversation between Jiang Chen and Daozu, and each had its own selection scope.
In this regard, almost everyone has no reason to refute, but one person is an exception, and that is Empress Houtu!
She is the master of the tunnel. Logically speaking, she is also qualified to choose a saint, not to mention that she has also made great efforts in this rebirth.
Therefore, to confirm the ownership of the holy throne this time, Empress Houtu is qualified to speak out both emotionally and rationally.