The Jade Emperor. Pretty impressive, right? Ruler of the Three Realms. What’s so impressive about that? He’s nothing but a prisoner of the Three Pure Ones. The nine seals are not yet complete, so why have all the world’s spiritual veins been ruined? The guilty minister Huandou has been lying low for a thousand years to resurrect his lord. At last, he gets his wish, and the Battle of Zhuolu begins anew. The Investiture of the Gods rises once more. The Buddha complains, “You’ve got to be kidding me. Laozi, you sent me west to establish the Lesser Thunderclap Temple, and it turns out you just wanted me to take part in another Investiture of the Gods war. You can’t do this to Buddha! You sages are all in league with one another.” Chi You glares at the Buddha and says, “You fool, haven’t you heard of the One Breath Transforming into the Three Pure Ones? They’ve always been of one mind. Why would they need to conspire? Have you ever read the Dao De Jing? It says right there that the sages are not benevolent. Why don’t you ever listen? The Old Lord went to all the trouble of sending you west, and you didn’t even read his work.” The sages are not benevolent. Heaven and Earth are not benevolent. They fight over the Primordial Purple Qi. Isn’t it all because they want the Flame of Chaos? Without the Primordial…
