"Outrageous!
Utter nonsense!
How can you be so certain we cannot suppress the divine sense and demonic will within You Di!"
Elder Tai of Xuantian could no longer contain his fury and roared, "Hmph!
Let alone the mere divine sense and demonic will on You Di, even if it were the true forms of the three overlords, or even the true forms of the Ancient Clan members, as long as we join forces and work together, we will surely be able to suppress them!"
"I have said all that needs to be said,"
Fusheng Dijun stated. "Whether you believe it or not is your own decision."
At that moment, another Great Dao Patriarch stepped forward and asked, "According to Your Excellency, for us to take action and suppress the divine sense and demonic will on You Di is the wrong choice. Then may I ask, Your Excellency, what is the correct choice?"
"Do not ask me what the correct choice is. I have said I do not know. I only know that if all of you take action to suppress the divine sense and demonic will on You Di, it is the wrong choice."
"If suppressing the divine sense and demonic will on You Di is the wrong choice, then what should we do?
Stand by and watch as those Original Sin Ancestors make their move?
Your Excellency should know that they are not merely trying to stop You Di from letting go of himself; they are also plotting to seize the divine sense and demonic will on him. This means even if we do not act, they will."
Fusheng Dijun said indifferently, "The divine sense and demonic will on You Di cannot be touched by anyone but himself. Whoever touches them will die."
What!
The crowd was greatly alarmed.
"Some existences are simply beyond our comprehension, beyond our ability to withstand, and cannot even be touched. The three overlords—the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura—are such, and the Ancient Clan members are even more so."
"Very well!"
Another Patriarch asked, "Even if what you say is true, and the divine sense and demonic will on You Di cannot be touched, then what should we do?
Continue to watch and wait?
Wait for You Di to let go of himself?
It would be fine if he could succeed in letting go of himself, but what if You Di cannot?
Wouldn't we be missing a golden opportunity for nothing?"
"If we miss this opportunity, there will be another."
"What we fear is that there may not be a next opportunity."
"Whether there is a next opportunity, I do not know. But I do know that if we die here, there will truly be no next opportunity."
Fusheng Dijun looked at the gathered Great Dao Patriarchs and said solemnly, "Do not dwell on whether suppressing the divine sense and demonic will on You Di is right or wrong for the Great Dao. That is utterly unimportant. What matters is that no one can suppress the divine sense and demonic will on You Di!
No one!"
Fusheng Dijun's meaning was simple.
Missing one opportunity is not terrifying; what is terrifying is not even having the chance to miss an opportunity.
What the future holds, no one knows.
Precisely because we do not know, we should stay alive.
Only by staying alive do we have opportunities.
And only by staying alive can we protect the Great Dao in our hearts.
Watching and waiting does not equal sitting idly by, but rather planning before acting.
As he said.
He might not know if You Di is the True Lord of Original Sin recorded in the Book of Fate.
He also does not know what impact You Di letting go of himself will have on this cataclysm.
He does not even know if You Di can succeed in letting go of himself.
He does not know, for the sake of the Great Dao, whether he should stop You Di or protect You Di.
The only thing he knows is that the divine sense and demonic will of the three overlords and the Ancient Clan member on You Di cannot be touched. Whoever touches them will die.
Fusheng Dijun spoke out to stop everyone not to protect the Great Dao, but to let them live.
Even if suppressing the divine sense and demonic will on You Di were the correct choice for the Great Dao, it would be futile, because no one can suppress them. Under such circumstances, whether suppressing them is right or wrong for the Great Dao becomes completely irrelevant.
What matters is staying alive.
"A joke!
What a joke!"
Elder Tai of Xuantian was greatly enraged and shouted sharply, "Fusheng Dijun, you keep saying it's for our own good. Then let this old man ask you, if we choose to stand by now, what if You Di ultimately fails to let go of himself?"
"What if he awakens and launches a massacre against us? What do we do then?"
"You say taking action now to suppress the divine sense and demonic will on You Di is a path of no return. But if we wait for You Di to awaken and launch a massacre, wouldn't that also be a path of no return for us?"
"Elder Tai,"
Fusheng Dijun remained unmoved, his expression still exceptionally calm. "You also said 'what if.' No one knows if You Di can let go of himself, and no one knows if You Di will launch a massacre upon awakening. All of that is merely your 'what if.' However, the fact that the divine sense and demonic will on You Di cannot be touched is not a 'what if.'"
Fusheng Dijun continued, "This cataclysm does not have so many 'what ifs.' We should live in the present, not in unknown 'what ifs,' and we should not let the two words 'what if' become shackles in our hearts. Especially in this cataclysm filled with unknowns and variables, the only thing we can do is stay alive in the present."
"Absurd!
Utterly absurd!"
Elder Tai of Xuantian rebuked angrily, "In this cataclysm where no one knows the answer, if we choose to watch and wait, it is tantamount to sitting idly by and waiting for death. Precisely because we do not know if You Di can let go of himself, precisely because we do not know if You Di will launch a massacre upon awakening, that is all the more reason we should seize this opportunity to take action and suppress the divine sense and demonic will on him."
"If everyone heeds Fusheng Dijun's words to 'live in the present,' it is no different from waiting for death. Once You Di awakens, we will be like lambs to the slaughter. Rather than that, why don't we seize the opportunity and suppress the divine sense and demonic will on him while he is letting go of himself?"
"What nonsense about 'whoever touches the divine sense and demonic will on You Di will die'?!
It's nothing but alarmist talk!
If touching the divine sense and demonic will on You Di truly meant death for whoever touches them, then why did their physical bodies turn to dust and their souls vanish without a trace, leaving behind only this wisp of divine sense and demonic will now?"
"Fusheng Dijun!"
Elder Tai of Xuantian pointed an angry finger at Fusheng Dijun and shouted, "Earlier you said you would only protect the Great Dao in your own heart. This old man does not blame you and respects your choice. Even if you are selfish and disregard the safety of the Great Dao, this old man can only sigh that the True Destiny of the Great Dao was blind to make you a Tribulation Response Constant."
"What this old man never expected was that you are not only selfish and disregard the safety of the Great Dao, but you also spread alarmist rumors to incite all the Great Dao Patriarchs to give up suppressing the divine sense and demonic will on You Di. What you are asking the Patriarchs to give up is not merely the divine sense and demonic will on You Di, but the opportunity to protect the Great Dao."
"If You Di fails to let go of himself, if You Di awakens and launches a massacre, if You Di ascends to become the True Lord of Original Sin and slaughters the Three Thousand Great Daos, bringing devastation to all living beings..."
"Fusheng Dijun!
Can you bear this responsibility?"
"You cannot!
You simply cannot bear it!"
"Or perhaps, the purpose of your inciting the Great Dao Patriarchs to give up suppressing the divine sense and demonic will on You Di is precisely to allow You Di to awaken, to allow You Di to ascend to become the True Lord of Original Sin, to slaughter the Three Thousand Great Daos, so that you can seize this opportunity to make your own Primordial Chaos Great Dao dominate heaven and earth!"