Twelve years in advance…

This had to be intentional, right?

The Sect Master and those elders who knew about this matter must be deliberately messing with him, right?

Actually, the first to receive news of the Three Teachings Origin Conference was Sect Master Worry-free Daoist.

Li Changshou had secretly observed that a few days ago, when a [Cloud-Piercing Spirit Sword] arrived breaking through the void, the Sect Master had gathered several elders for discussion.

Because he was constantly monitoring Spiritual Rain Peak, Li Changshou had also… monitored the sect’s activities up and down.

But through passive investigation with the Wind Communication Spell, he could only hear news that today disciples would be gathered at Baifan Palace for discussion…

No matter how one judged it, wasn’t this supposed to be a ‘pre-departure’ gathering for discussion?

No matter how one thought about it, from gathering disciples for instructions to departure, the interval shouldn’t exceed two or three years, right?

Gathering disciples was just to read through sect rules, admonish disciples, make them follow the rules, and not embarrass themselves outside…

Warning them twelve years in advance – weren’t they afraid people would forget?

Last time for the Dragon Palace Conference, how far in advance had they gathered disciples for meetings?

Why this time!

“Forget it.”

Li Changshou had calculated thousands of possibilities but failed to account for the depths of human hearts;

He had anticipated that the sect’s master and elders would take the Three Teachings Origin Conference very seriously, after all, their Du Xian Sect barely qualified to participate;

But Li Changshou hadn’t expected they would take it seriously to this degree!

It was outrageous, their hearts were truly porcine!

Li Changshou lay on his grass bed, his thoughts slowly rising and falling until settling into stillness, quickly seeking countermeasures.

This unexpected event was merely a small setback in life;

On the path of growing toward becoming a Great Luo Immortal, how could one expect smooth sailing and direct enlightenment?

After Jiu Wu and You Qin Xuan Ya left, Ling’e held back for a long time by his side, almost biting through her lip, but finally couldn’t resist and covered her mouth as she laughed…

Li Changshou glanced at her;

Ling’e immediately suppressed her laughter, putting on a pitiful expression, her eyes full of sympathy.

Ling’e spoke softly: “Senior Brother… as your junior sister, my heart aches for you.”

Li Changshou calmly transmitted his voice: “Go cultivate, I’m now very tempted to change strategies and have you lie here instead.”

“Pardon the intrusion!

Farewell!

Call if needed!”

Ling’e made a Daoist salute, hurriedly left the thatched cottage, covering her mouth and giggling as she floated back to her own cottage like the wind.

It was truly rare for her to see her senior brother at a disadvantage!

If one puts on an act, it must be done thoroughly;

Li Changshou forcefully lay in bed for three years before finally getting up and returning to his pill room, concentrating on pondering methods of external incarnation.

The Three Teachings Origin Conference was actually quite safe, with Dao sect bigwigs gathering, and the main conflicts centered on the Jie Teaching and Chan Teaching.

Du Xian Sect was just going as a minor participant…

But that place would be, twelve years later, where all the karma of the Great Wilderness world converged!

Casually encountering any bigwig could trigger a series of subsequent events…

Li Changshou no longer needed recognition from other high-level experts of the three teachings.

He had already connected with Grand Master Xuandu, and had tasks arranged by Supreme Elder Taiqing. He only needed to maintain the eight-character principle of ‘peaceful inaction, causing no trouble,’ and his future would be stable!

At this conference, several of Chan Teaching’s Twelve Golden Immortals would likely appear;

Correspondingly, Jie Teaching might also have several inner and outer senior disciples appear in Middle Continent.

The purpose of this conference was to resolve the increasing conflicts between the three teachings and make the Dao sect more prosperous.

The reason Li Changshou wanted to avoid it was because he had early on seen the massive karma that might appear at this conference…

In fact, not exaggerating, Li Changshou saw more deeply than any expert below the Supreme Elder level!

[This Three Teachings Origin Conference aims to trace origins and reflect on past hardships, having the three Dao teachings temporarily set aside previous conflicts, with Jie and Chan showing restraint, each developing their own territories and accepting disciples to spread teachings, bringing greater prosperity to the three teachings.

Afterward, the three teachings’ forces would become increasingly inflated, threatening the stability of heaven and earth, and the Heavenly Dao Lord would brew an immeasurable killing tribulation…

The Investiture of the Gods, wouldn’t it arrive then?]

Regarding the Investiture of the Gods tribulation, Li Changshou had already grasped the rope to reach shore, and there was no need to get involved in this matter.

So these years, Li Changshou had prioritized improving the “Turtle Scripture” three times, developing this method of disguising cultivation level to an almost flawless degree!

He had made so many efforts for this fake illness!

Who knew…

Well, better not mention it.

There were still nine years until the Three Teachings Origin Conference opened, and now he had to make a decision.

To go or not to go, this was quite a serious question.

…

During these three years of lying in bed recuperating, Li Changshou naturally hadn’t been idle.

Some paper dao clones were busy accumulating wealth and beginning to build ‘safe houses’ outside the sect;

Some paper dao clones were rotating guard duty at the South Sea’s edge, ready to respond to the Western Teaching, Dragon Clan, and East Wood Duke at any time.

Cultivation naturally wouldn’t be neglected;

Besides cultivation, Li Changshou had spent all three years on deducing methods of external incarnation.

[Using the divine ability bestowed by Grand Master Xuandu to perfect the paper dao clone method]

This path wasn’t easy to walk. True external incarnation divine ability was difficult to cultivate and couldn’t be compared to Li Changshou’s previous shortcut method with paper dao clones.

But, if Li Changshou’s current ideas could be realized, then paper dao clones would undergo a qualitative change!

There was one principle Li Changshou always kept in mind:

[For safety’s sake, paper dao clones absolutely cannot develop any consciousness, they are purely divine ability treasures]

Li Changshou wouldn’t leave hidden dangers around himself…

What actually inspired Li Changshou in this aspect was a classic ‘TV series’ he had watched many times in his previous life — “My Bald Monk Master Seems Weak But Has Abundant Romantic Luck.”

There was a classic scene of ‘White Bone’s Three Tricks on Royal Brother, Stone Monkey Angrily Raises Club in Shame.’

At that time, the White Bone Spirit female donor constantly changed bodies using demon methods, harming mortal lives…

The paper dao clone method Li Changshou wanted was this form — paper dao clones like clothes.

Only his main body would have one spirit and consciousness, moving back and forth.

Thus, Li Changshou didn’t directly cultivate that external incarnation divine ability, but instead spent more time and effort improving his paper dao clone method.

The progress made during these three years of bed rest was quite good.

In the secret chamber under the pill room, Li Changshou sat in an armchair, his fingers lightly tapping the table surface.

Should he use his identity as an ordinary disciple from a remote Taoist Teaching lineage to take a tour of the Three Teachings Origin Conference; or should he create more trouble before departure to avoid this conference?

The sect gathering disciples twelve years in advance, this matter… Li Changshou reflected on it and felt something was off.

It was like the whole sect was targeting him…

Li Changshou quickly decided not to make this decision yet.

Wait another four years until his ‘injury recovered,’ then go to Baifan Palace to continue burning incense and paying respects to the Supreme Elder.

If his own Supreme Elder had secretly influenced Du Xian Sect and arranged this matter, there would likely be other hints…

Thus, four years later, one afternoon.

“The weather is quite nice today.”

Li Changshou slowly flew back from Dan Ding Peak on a cloud, his divine consciousness sweeping past to see Ling’e and Little Martial Aunt being sneaky in the Spirit Beast Ring…

Ling’e didn’t need to go to the conference, but Little Martial Aunt was the sect’s True Immortal representative and had to make an appearance.

Within Du Xian Sect, a tense atmosphere was once again circulating, exceeding that before the sect’s internal competition.

The Three Teachings Origin Conference was imminent, and in another three to four years, Du Xian Sect’s participating group would set out.

Today was the day of Li Changshou’s ‘recovery.’

He had specially gone to Dan Ding Peak first to visit the lonely Elder Wan Lingyun, chatted with Elder Wan for several hours and took a walk before returning to Little Jade Peak.

Elder Wan hadn’t seen through it…

Li Changshou pondered for a moment, looking down at his hands, and had another idea in mind.

He passed over Little Jade Peak without landing, driving his cloud at an appropriate height to fly to the Dao Collection Hall on Breaking Heaven Peak…

Half an hour later, Li Changshou returned from Dao Collection Hall, a smile flashing across his lips before rushing back to Little Jade Peak.

He had gone to visit Elder Qi Ling and thank him for coming to diagnose him when he was bedridden earlier.

Afterward, Li Changshou thick-skinedly chatted with Elder Qi Ling for a while, finally confirming —

His new version of paper dao clone hadn’t been seen through by Elder Qi Ling!

‘The divine ability given by the Grand Master is truly powerful.’

This new type of paper dao clone of Li Changshou’s had taken him half a year of hard work, and now had a ‘living person’ aura, with shallow, low, middle, and high four layers of cultivation disguise, like a mecha that could be disassembled at any time.

For Li Changshou, the biggest improvement of the new version paper dao clone was that the upper limit of power it could display had reached the early stage of the Celestial Immortal realm!

In other words, with his self-honed skill of using multiple minds simultaneously, Li Changshou could control three to four combat units with Celestial Immortal realm battle power at the same time.

For this, Li Changshou recently had an idea for a [Paper Person Elite Squad], wanting to use paper dao clones’ mutual coordination for main attack, support, poisoning, and dividing the opponent’s spirit, to defeat some powerful Celestial Immortals without taking damage…

Of course, there would need to be a necessary reason to act.

This paper dao clone still had a fatal flaw, a problem Li Changshou couldn’t overcome at his current level.

— Immortal power couldn’t recover on its own.

Moreover, manufacturing this new type of paper dao clone consumed three times more spirit tree sap than before, and also required various spirit beast blood combinations, carrying more of his divine spirit power.

If this paper dao clone self-destructed or was destroyed, Li Changshou would feel somewhat distressed.

But necessary restrictions still had to be complete;

Having tasted the benefits of self-destruction and self-scattering before, Li Changshou naturally couldn’t give it up…

Returning to Little Jade Peak from Breaking Heaven Peak, Li Changshou waited half a day before going to Breaking Heaven Peak again.

This time, he went in his true form, lighting three high-grade incense sticks before the Supreme Elder’s portrait, speaking softly:

“This disciple Changshou has doubts, not knowing if he can shoulder his responsibilities when heading east to Middle Continent.”

Several external affairs elders who heard this muttering each smiled slightly and nodded, their favorable impression of Li Changshou increasing slightly.

The Supreme Elder’s portrait showed no movement at this time, nor was there any dao charm bestowed.

But suddenly several strands of unfamiliar enlightenment appeared in Li Changshou’s heart, this enlightenment condensed into eight simple characters, slowly emerging in his heart before quickly dissipating, as if they had never appeared.

[Quiet], [Heart], [Non], [Action]

[Begin], [One], [Stable], [End]

This was…

The Supreme Elder’s instruction!

The Supreme Elder not only recognized him but had personally given instructions!

Li Changshou immediately became spiritually invigorated, his heart already having made a decision, and after three kowtows he rose and retreated.

At the same time, under that tree in Doushuai Palace’s backyard, Grand Master Xuandu blinked, his eyes full of pure kindness.

“Master’s method of transmitting enlightenment through the Great Dao…

I must say, it truly works well.”

…

In Middle Continent, at one of the Taoist Teaching’s few lineages, the Carefree Immortal Sect.

On a peak bustling with people within the thickened yet equally smooth protective mountain array…

An old Daoist carrying a fly whisk floated to the ‘stone room’ where his beloved disciple practiced daily.

Just approaching this stone room, this Celestial Immortal realm old Daoist shuddered, unconsciously arranging several layers of immortal power screens around himself;

After thinking, the old Daoist also took out a heart-protecting mirror and stuck it to his chest, took out a suit of armor shining with immortal light, and put it on…

After doing all this, the fully armed old Daoist carefully pushed open the stone room’s door, calling out:

“Lingli, master has come to tell you something.”

Whoosh—

Urgent wind sounds came from inside the door, as a figure strong as an iron tower was seen constantly wielding a long staff.

This staff weighing three thousand jin, forged from Earth Mystery Spirit Iron, was like mulberry wood in her hands!

The old Daoist called out again, this time using immortal power:

“Lingli, master has something to tell you!”

That strong figure turned around, revealing an adorable young girl’s face, showing joy upon seeing the old Daoist.

“Ah, Master! You’ve come to see your disciple!”

Before the words finished, perhaps due to too much excitement, that staff flew from her hand, shooting straight at the old Daoist’s face, immediately changing his expression…