CHAPTER 1949: CHAPTER 1227: DECLINE FOLLOWS PROSPERITY (PART 2)

Upon considering this consequence, the powerful members of the Mystic Sect were not very enthusiastic about the birth of the seventh saint in the sect.

If the Mystic Sect were to split, there would hardly be any who would benefit, and most people would be affected.

After all, only a powerful Mystic Sect can continue to hold the discourse power in the Prehistoric World. Conversely, if the sect splits, they will lose their discursive power.

This is what is known as losing legitimacy, making it difficult to act without being influenced. They can no longer simply brandish calls for justice and act unbridled.

"The zenith must decline!"

The truth spoken by the Taoist Ancestors is something Jiang Chen understands well. The zenith must decline—these four words can be said to be a nightmare for many forces in the Prehistoric World.

From the initial primordial three tribes, to the two tribes of witches and demons in the Great Ancient, to the Human Race in the distant past, and the Jiejiao Sect in ancient times, all are examples of reaching the zenith and then declining. At their most glorious, they gradually began to go downhill.

No one can escape this law, not even the Taoist Ancestors can do anything but try their best to avoid it. The only way to truly avoid the zenith and decline is to advance the Prehistoric World to become the Eternal World.

In the Prehistoric World, there is no force that is long-lasting. The protagonists between Heaven and Earth have always been replaced. This happens because the responsibility rests between Heaven and Earth.

Because the Prehistoric World is flawed and resources are limited, it has led to this situation. If the Prehistoric World were without defect and had infinite resources and boundless territory, enduring forces would naturally arise.

And what kind of place has no flaws, with infinite resources and boundless territory? The answer is the Eternal World.

Only the Eternal World holds infinite possibilities.

Therefore, to solve the problem of reaching the zenith and declining, the Prehistoric World must advance to become the Eternal World.

As for why Jiang Chen is so eager to let the Prehistoric World give rise to the ninth sacred position, does he not know that the Prehistoric World has just ended its tribulation, and he should focus on self-cultivation?

Indeed, even if it is to nurture a new sacred position, it should wait until the Prehistoric World has thoroughly refined places like Thunder Marsh, Mount Buzhou, and Ruined Land, becoming more complete, before giving rise to a new sacred position.

Jiang Chen is rather hurried, disregarding the newly restored stability of the Prehistoric World, immediately wanting to give rise to a new sacred position, so eagerly, that one wrong move could even damage the original source of the Prehistoric World.

And the reason he acts this way is all due to the words zenith must decline.

Zenith must decline, it is a fate even the Prehistoric World cannot escape. And as of now, although the Prehistoric World has just shown signs of prosperity, it is not far from reaching the zenith and declining.

For the Mystic Sect, the seventh saint is the beginning of zenith and decline for the sect. But for the World of Heaven and Earth, is it not the same?

The Ancient Chaos indeed had seven saints, the Sanqing, Nuwa, Jieyin, Zhunti, and Mother Earth, just happened to be seven saints.

Seven saints coexisted within one era, and the World of Heaven and Earth indeed reached its pinnacle because of them. Then, it began the zenith and decline, constantly going downhill.

The Prehistoric World was like this before, and surely the current Prehistoric World is no different. The cycle of zenith and decline cannot escape unless reaching eternity, but it can be delayed.

Now in the World of Heaven and Earth, there are only five saints, even with Duobao returning, there are only six. For the seventh saint to be born, the Prehistoric World will truly enter the zenith stage. Then comes the zenith and decline.

And here arises a question, what is meant by zenith?

Extreme means the utmost. The Prehistoric World must develop to the utmost extent to be considered the zenith, after which it will weaken.

Jiang Chen’s method to delay the zenith and decline is to elevate the limits of heaven and earth, allowing the Prehistoric World to reach zenith after zenith, until advancing to the Eternal World.

As long as zenith continues without end, the fate of zenith and decline will naturally be avoided.

And Jiang Chen’s way to elevate the limits of the Prehistoric World is by giving rise to the eighth saint, even the ninth saint.

After the seventh saint emerges, the World of Heaven and Earth will enter a long period of thriving, then suddenly weaken upon reaching the limit.

At that moment, if the Prehistoric World can give rise to the eighth saint, it will continue to thrive after reaching the zenith, reaching a new utmost.

Then the Prehistoric World will remain in a more prosperous state for a long time.

And when this thriving stage reaches its limit, the ninth saint of the Prehistoric World will be born, breaking the limits once more and continuing to thrive after the zenith.

Breaking the limits twice in succession, allowing the World of Heaven and Earth to continue to thrive even after thriving. It’s believed that through such development, the Prehistoric World is not far from advancing to the Eternal World.

At that time, even without external intervention, the World of Heaven and Earth should be able to evolve into the tenth sacred position. Thus, allowing the Prehistoric World to advance to the Eternal World, utterly escaping the fate of zenith and decline.

This is Jiang Chen’s conception, and it is inevitable.

Because under normal circumstances, if he doesn’t perish, the trajectory of the Prehistoric World will surely develop as he envisages.

Thus, what he envisions will certainly become reality, unless something happens to him, otherwise there will be no changes.

Artificially evolving into the ninth sacred position, now beginning to choose candidates for the ninth saint. Once a suitable person is found, the prosperity of the Prehistoric World can continue, and become stronger.

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Thoughts flying within his mind, Jiang Chen thought of many things and made various plans for the future of the Prehistoric World. But these happened within a moment, soon Jiang Chen came back to his senses, following the Taoist Ancestors said:

"The Taoist Ancestors are correct, the Mystic Sect, meaning the Heavenly Dao, already has six saints, which is quite a lot. The remaining sacred positions should be given to the Human Path and Earth Path."

"And now, the Earth Path already has the saint Mother Earth, yet the Human Path does not have even a single saint, which is not good."

"Therefore, I decide that the ninth saint of the Prehistoric World should be from the Human Path, preferably a living being born post creation."

Jiang Chen spoke directly to limit the selection for the ninth saint, it must belong to the Human Path and also be born post creation.

This is almost saying that the ninth saint must be chosen from the Human Race. After all, there are many living beings associated with the Human Path, but only the Human Race, as the post-creation race, has been recognized by Heaven and Earth.

There are other post-creation races such as the Asura tribe, but they carry too much innate essence and are not favored by Heaven and Earth like the Human Race.

Many post-creation races exist, but few are as pure as the Human Race, none are as strong as they are. Not to mention, a character like Jiang Chen emerged from the Human Race.

With Jiang Chen’s voice falling, the selection range for the ninth saint was essentially set, limited to the Human Race.

"Innate or post-creation, both are living beings of the Prehistoric World. Since His Majesty chooses post-creation beings, then the Purple Qi of Hongmeng I hold will choose an innate being."

Honjan Daizu pondered and spoke.

Affected by the Heavenly Dao, he acts in such a way, trying to emphasize fairness. Since post-creation beings can become saints, innate beings naturally can too.

The Prehistoric World indeed didn’t have post-creation beings becoming saints, neither did innate beings. Both represent, from some perspective, the two largest underlying groups of the Prehistoric World.

And now, the new saints chosen from amongst them also symbolize the theme of the New Era, to not judge by birth.

"Four sacred positions, one belonging to the Human Path, chosen from post-creation beings. One belonging to the Heavenly Dao, chosen from innate beings."

"One belonging to the Old Era, should be for Duobao. One belonging to the New Era, should be for the future."

The belonging of the four sacred positions was set during the conversation between Jiang Chen and the Taoist Ancestors, each having a selection scope.

Almost everyone had no reason to oppose this, but there was one exception, which was Mother Earth!

She is the master of the Earth Path, logically she also has the qualification to select a saint. Not to mention, she made a great effort for the rebirth of the Prehistoric World this time.

Therefore, in confirming the sacred position’s attribution, in sentiment and in principle, Mother Earth had the qualification to speak.