Five disciples, two traveling merchants, two heavenly generals, and one envoy. From this, it could be seen that their personalities were different. No one who had become a gold immortal was an idiot. It was obvious that they had new ideas for their future.
They were the disciples of the venerable sovereign, but they were also golden Immortals from other universes. If they wanted to integrate into the universe, they had to integrate into the heavenly court. If they followed celestial Empress's arrangement, they had the intention to integrate, and different choices would lead to different positions.
They had chosen traveling merchants because they yearned for freedom and enjoyed exploring. If they could become a grand unity godfiend in the future, they would become existences like you Wanli or Emperor Ji Wu. They were also the goals of their two disciples.