"That's not all," Star Constellation added, "It is doing so without Heaven's knowledge which leads to my second point…Earth is waking up."
Red Lotus and Genesis Lotus took a minute to soak in this fact.
"...what do you mean Earth is waking up?" Genesis Lotus waved his hand to add another layer of protection to their conversation.
"Exactly, what I said," Star Constellation also added another layer of safety to prevent Heaven from finding out, "Earth has begun showing signs of awakening from Heaven's seal."
Star Constellation began relaying all the information that Primordial Origin had given her, "Firstly, we know that Heaven has no knowledge of this as he had to detach himself from the Heavenly Dao so that he can inhabit Spectral Soul's body."
This was largely the reason why Heaven could finally begin attacking Fang Yuan and the other Venerables.
In the past, when he was working with Spectral Soul, Heaven was unable to directly interfere, and whenever he used the Heavenly Dao's powers it was very restricted.
For example, the time when Heaven battled the Venerables above the River of Time.
He tried relying purely on the power of Spectral Soul before using the power of the Heavenly Dao to escape.
After which, he began distancing himself from the Heavenly Dao, as it placed too much of a restriction on him.
The Heavenly Dao is fair, it cannot act for the personal interests of Heaven or Earth, even though it was formed from their powers.
"Its as if the Heavenly Dao is alive…" Genesis Lotus pondered aloud,
Red Lotus shook his head, "A living being can not be impartial and fair, they will always form biases, the Heavenly Dao seems to have a certain degree of intelligence but not awareness, it doesn't operate on desire but on rules that are hardwired into it."
Star Constellation nodded in agreement, "Yes when I was there influencing the Heavenly Dao I got a grasp on how Heaven used to operate it since it is the culmination of both of their powers to use it for their own wishes they need consent from both parties if both Heaven and Earth agree then it will be."
"But in the case that either party does not agree, then the Heavenly Dao will reject the action. However, if there is just no response then the Heavenly Dao can be cajoled into acting, but based on its rules."
"So if Heaven wants to break the rules and directly kill us all, he needs Earth's approval, but if he just wants to launch a tribulation for our 'benefit' he can will the Heavenly Dao to do so under its rules." Star Constellation explained, "Which is why we weren't insta killed in the River of Time, the Heavenly Dao has rules on the limits of a Tribulations strength."
Genesis Lotus scratched his head, "So then what does this mean for our alliance with Heaven?"
"For the sake of Humanity we cannot take sides," Star Constellation stressed seriously, "We the Heavenly Court need to operate in the middle, it would be best if both sides somehow kill each other, but apart from that, then we must ensure that neither side wins or comes together!"
"I see," Red Lotus stroked his chin, "The best way to ensure that Humanity continues its survival and prosperity is through a deadlock!"
"If Heaven wins, then we'll forever be trapped and relegated to his whims, and he doesn't have a high favorability of Humans, if Earth wins we don't exactly know what's in store but we can infer that she has a high favorability for all her creations, which means Human will probably be pushed down so that the others can rise up."
"Correct," Star Constellation agreed with Red Lotus, "We must ensure that neither ideology wins, and to do that we must keep Heaven pre-occupied here in the Gu World and not the Celestial."
Genesis Lotus chimed in, "What's the Celestial?"
"Mhm, I was getting to that the Celestial is the space outside the Gu World, it's beyond all the stars and planets we see in the sky. It is where beings that have reached the Dao Emperor realm are relegated to and where the Heavenly Dao is hidden."
"I see," Genesis Lotus and Red Louts nodded their heads.
"Heaven can send his consciousness back in at any time and rejoin the Heavenly Dao, but he will become unable to get back Spectral Soul's body, as the dormant soul and consciousness of Spectral Soul is still there."
"He's still alive!?" Genesis Lotus exclaimed in shock.
Star Constellation nodded, "Naturally he's still alive, Heaven cannot go against his own principles, and since he has dictated that Death is absolute and undeath goes against the natural order, he thus, cannot inhabit a Dead body nor can he willingly invade a living body."
"But after Fang Yuan nearly killed Spectral Soul, Heaven found a gap to exploit and managed to take control of Spectral Soul."
"So if Heaven leaves Spectral Soul's body, then Spectral Soul will return?"
"Yes…that's another one of our potential problems," Star Constellation rubbed her head, "Especially since Heaven is currently increasing the strength of the Yin-Yang Body, which is second only to the Sovereign Immortal Fetus Gu body."
The Yin-Yang body was something that Heaven had planned for quite some time, he used Spectral Soul's state of madness to gain, semi, control over it and adapt the body into the Yin-Yang body, by having Spectral Soul acquire Fire Gu.
But plans went slightly awry when Spectral Soul's consciousness awoke, which was not part of the plan.
Thus, Heaven improvised and came to an agreement with Spectral Soul.
"The Yin-Yang body was made to be the most flawless combat body in the world," Star Constellation exclaimed, "Its ability to, at its highest level, be able to attack ferociously with Yang and viciously with Yin, makes it incredibly troublesome."
"And unlike the Sovereign Gu's jack of all trades approach, it takes a use what is needed when its needed approach. If one uses Yang attacks, then it will counter with Yin, if one uses Yin then it uses Yang. At all times it has a counter and a defence."
"However," Star Constellation added, "The worse part about the Yin-Yang body is that it actually possesses the capability to hold 2 Dao Fruits!"
"This…" Genesis Lotus was taken aback, he did not know that Heaven had such insidious plans, "That explains why Heaven has been working so hard on the Yin Body all of a sudden, he wants to boost its powers so that he can have the power of 2 Dao Emperors in 1 body!"
"But why wait so long? Was it really just to stop Spectral Soul from obtaining a lot of power?"
"Not quite," Star Constellation conjured an image of a beautiful woman, she had flawless skin and hair of snow.
"This Ying Guang Xin, she is the reincarnation of Spectral Soul's well soul, at least one of the split souls."
Genesis Lotus and Red Lotus knew who she was, as she participated on Spectral Soul's behalf during the battle for Reckless's Inheritance.
"So that's who she was," Red Lotus stroked his beard, "I was wondering why she didn't quite seem like just the soul of Spectral, so she's his soul's reincarnation but with all her memories intact."
"Not just that." Star Constellation added, "She is also the Yin Body."
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"What!" Red Lotus and Genesis Lotus exclaimed in unison, "Wasn't she a part of Fang Yuan's team after the end of the Myriad Beast Fusion Color Heaven war?"
"She was the one who entered the Stone Continent on Fang Yuan's behalf! Are you telling me Fang Yuan possesses Heaven's Weakness right now!?"
Star Constellation shook her head, "It is not certain that Fang Yuan knows entirely of the importance that Ying Guang Xing holds, but it is not exactly something that holds Heaven back either."
"One of the features of the Yin-Yang body is its ability to split apart the Yin and Yang, effectively doubling the firepower, or alternatively, one can just switch forms, like what Heaven is doing currently, but him training the Yin form means that he is also helping Ying Guang Xin, as their cultivations are linked."
"Wait," Red Lotus interrupted, "Doesn't that mean that Ying Guang Xin will soon possess the strength of a Dao Emperor?"
"Yes, it does." Star Constellation replied, "Which makes our situation even worse, we must prep for the success of Earth's avatar and there is two option before us."
Genesis Lotus and Red Lotus paid extra focus to what Star Constellation was about to say.
"We have 2 candidates that would be perfect," she raised her index finger, "One, is Ma Hong Yun. He has the 3rd strongest Gu Body, the Undying Love Body."
The Undying Love Body was made using Love Gu as an ingredient, it possesses phenomenal powers, such as resurrection, teleportation, flight, fire, etc, it is not constrained to any path as it is a Heaven Path body.
But it did have one weakness.
"While the Undying Love Body can't be directly killed by conventional means there are 2 ways to kill it," Red Lotus pointed out, "Both involve the Undying Love's host's lover, in this case, Zhao Lian Yun, if she dies then so does Ma Hong Yun or if she attacks him then he can only receive damage and not fight back."
Red Lotus added, "Indeed, if we want to give Earth the strongest avatar, Ma Hong Yun makes the most sense in terms of potential, both his body and aperture are unique. Not only is Undying Love Body nearly impervious to all attacks, but he also possesses the Rank 9 hope Gu Aperture."
Ma Hong Yun was directly elevated to Rank 9 using a Rank 9 Hope Gu.
This gave him the ability to generate Yellow Apricot Immortal Essence and skipped even many tribulations.
"He still isn't a full-fledge Rank 9 because he has not been exposed to Chaos through a Chaotic Tribulation but it's the best body for Earth right now." Genesis Lotus stroked his chin, "On top of that the boy is quite hopeless, even with our combined guidance he seems to still be lacking in many departments and is generally not suited to be a cultivator."
While Ma Hong Yun wasn't as useless or stupid as he was when he was just a mortal, he wasn't exactly a genius now.
And there was less and less time for him to grow.
Star Constellation nodded, "So it's agreed-upon then? We shall do something about Zhao Lian Yun to make sure she doesn't kill herself, while we give Earth Ma Hong Yun?"
Both Genesis Lotus and Red Lotus nodded in agreement.
"Wait, but you said we have 2 options, so if Ma Hong Yun is the main plan then what's the alternative," Genesis Lotus asked.
Star Constellation smiled, "I was thinking that if that guy has any hope of survival it would be if Earth lends a hand."
"You don't mean..."
"That's right during the start of Earth's avatar hunt, the Heavenly Dao will be in disarray and all Dao Fruits and the like will temporarily lose effect, including a certain Dao of Karma." Star Constellation smirked.