And this is why I call the TA a bitchass

Indeed

Oooo, nice~

[spoiler title=”Explained”] What actually happened to Senior Bold? What does “deleted” mean?
The answer is a bit complicated because there are two stages to Senior Bold’s fate.

Senior Bold (Original Original) was the original transmigrant who arrived in the primordial chaos before the world existed. After endless ages of solitude, his true spirit split into multiple personalities. These personalities eventually became figures such as Hongjun, Luohou(Demon Ancestor), and others. Senior Bold was also the split personality of the original Senior Bold.

When Senior Bold was “Deleted,” it refers to Hongjun eliminating the original main personality. Hongjun merged with the Heavenly Dao, killed the main personality “Lang(Bold),” swallowed the other splits, and completely united with the Heavenly Dao. Since both were the same being, he completely absorbed Senior Bold into himself, “killing” him.

2. Didn’t Li Changshou correct King Zhou’s personality?
What Li Changshou was correcting was Di Xin himself, his temperament, decision-making, and the trajectory of his life. His goal was to make Di Xin a better ruler than the one recorded in the original Heavenly Dao script. In the original version of history, Di Xin was supposed to become a notorious tyrant whose actions would justify the destruction of the Shang Dynasty. Li Changshou tried to reduce those flaws and prevent the situation from becoming as extreme.

3. So was Di Xin actually corrupt after that?
Li Changshou’s corrections were real, but they could not completely negate a tribulation that the Heavenly Dao itself was determined to enforce. So the fall of Shang is a Must.

Li Changshou’s changes were partially successful in softening some aspects, but the Heavenly Dao’s overwhelming “general trend” overpowered individual adjustments, That’s why King Zhou still ended up on the corrupt path despite the earlier guidance. Heavenly Dao can override personality to maintain the general, original timeline to continue, so he did the same with King Zhou (Di Xin). [/spoiler]

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But is the Dao Ancestor really doing what the ToH wants? Or is it the other way around?

Yup! It’s Nezha’s fault for the Tao Ancestor forcing fate to play out as intended.

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Two follow-up questions:

1. What actually happened to Senior Bold then? I knew they said he got “deleted,” but what does that mean exactly?
2. I thought Li Changshou changed/corrected King Zhou (Di Xin)’s fate/personality? Or what he was able to, anyway. I know TA forced him to disrespect Nüwa using ugly face, boldass monk bitch. He still shouldn’t turn out corrupt under Li Changshou’s guidance, unless who was “corrected “when made to desecrate Nüwa’s temple.