Zhao Gongming rode his cloud, drifting casually toward the target island…

With his third sister’s help, their current “bumping” strategy had been upgraded once again.

In today’s situation, what Zhao Gongming needed to do was even simpler than their usual routine…

On that deserted island, the moment Zhao Gongming deliberately revealed his presence, Wen Jing Daoist sensed it.

She was about to quietly slip away, but just as she was about to move, a strong sense of warning arose in her heart.

As someone like Wen Jing Daoist who had survived ancient times yet had few who knew her background, her spiritual intuition was extremely sensitive.

At this moment, her instincts were warning her that if she fled directly, there would likely be great danger today.

Instead, as long as she stayed still, there would be no dangerous matters…

She had a Western Sect sage blocking her fate from being easily investigated;

And at her level of cultivation, unless she actively revealed her true form, apart from the sages themselves, other experts would find it difficult to see through her original form.

Moreover, Wen Jing Daoist’s karmic obstacles had long been cleansed by merits from worship. Though she currently had zero merit, she wouldn’t be easily mistaken for an evil being…

So Wen Jing Daoist remained calm, continuing to sit there pretending to meditate, secretly observing this outer disciple of the Cutting Teaching who should just be passing over her head.

Wen Jing Daoist naturally recognized Zhao Gongming and knew of his vast divine abilities—when his twenty-four Sea Calming Zhenzhus emerged, only a handful of experts below sage level could handle them.

But she just couldn’t believe that with her alluring appearance, absence of karmic obstacles, and well-hidden background, this outer disciple of the Cutting Teaching would kill her without reason!

Indeed, this Zhao Gongming seemed… to just be passing by coincidentally.

Wen Jing Daoist held her breath, quietly waiting for Zhao Gongming to pass, while staying ready to either flee or strike at any moment.

This place was already quite hidden, yet she still encountered such an expert…

Soon, Zhao Gongming flew directly above Wen Jing Daoist.

Sudden change!

Before Wen Jing Daoist could react, Zhao Gongming on the cloud above suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, clutching his chest as he fell backward from the cloud…

His breath was weak and his dao essence chaotic, giving the immediate impression of being gravely injured with a sudden attack!

With a soft “pat,” a heroic man fell from the sky, face up, spread-eagled, landing right in front of Wen Jing Daoist.

Wen Jing Daoist: …

Could this be… had the Heavenly Dao finally remembered her, the Queen, directly bestowing such a sacrifice?

The blood of such an expert must surely…

“You… you!”

Zhao Gongming suddenly opened his eyes, struggling to raise his head, pointing a trembling finger at Wen Jing Daoist, dramatically shouting:

“Fellow Daoist, why… why did you ambush this poor Daoist?”

Wen Jing Daoist, who had been somewhat excited moments ago, was now stunned, several question marks appearing above her head.

What… was this about?

In all her time surviving the Primordial Chaos, this was her first encounter with such…

“Big Brother! Big Brother, what happened to you!”

Suddenly, Wen Jing Daoist’s inner warning surged as a presence appeared out of nowhere a hundred li away—a young woman materialized without warning and rushed to the scene in several steps.

Lady Qiong… Qiong Xiao?

Could it be that the Cutting Teaching’s Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiao Sisters had already seen through her identity and were laying a trap for her?

But why not directly ambush her, instead of… doing this…

Wen Jing Daoist sat there with eyes open, feigning composure, her eyes full of confusion as she watched the scene before her, secretly preparing to sacrifice ten thousand years of cultivation to desperately escape!

However, what happened next made Wen Jing Daoist feel that she…

Was not only excessively naive but also completely unprepared.

Meanwhile, at the Three Teachings Origin Conference, Li Changshou’s spirit slightly wavered.

He suddenly had a feeling, as if something that would make him happy was happening somewhere.

In meditation, Li Changshou slightly furrowed his brows, secretly calculating;

With his years of immersion in calculation methods, soon… he soon determined he couldn’t calculate anything.

Since the Sea God Sect’s temples had exceeded ten thousand, whenever anything related to the South Sea God Sect happened, Li Changshou could receive some early warning, and considered care from the Heavenly Dao Lord.

This time seemed to be good news.

But according to one of the Three Great Laws of the Primordial Chaos—”Fortune Leans on Misfortune”—good news might not necessarily be truly good news.

After calculating for a while with no results, Li Changshou couldn’t help but deploy his paper avatar at the mortal realm shores of the South Sea, patrolling various places where Sea God Sect temples existed.

For him, no news was better than either good or bad news.

‘Can only observe how things develop.’

Saying this in his heart, Li Changshou maintained his vigilance, trying to analyze exactly which aspect might bring good news.

He naturally couldn’t calculate what was happening on that deserted island in the South Sea at this moment…

Just then, a strand of dao essence quietly arose in Li Changshou’s heart, making him internally startled.

Another enlightenment message!

Li Changshou cultivated the Supreme Clarity Non-Action Dao, and previously Grand Master Xuandu had several times used dao enlightenment to directly form words in his heart.

Now, this situation appeared again!

But this time, that trace of dao essence was so obscure, so mysterious!

Li Changshou immediately focused all his spirit on his true form, feeling and comprehending, his spirit gradually becoming unsettled.

This wasn’t Grand Master Xuandu’s dao essence!

In the current Primordial Chaos, those who could manipulate this Supreme Clarity Sage-transmitted dao to send messages to his heart, besides Grand Master Xuandu, could only be the Supreme Clarity Sage Lord himself!

The Sage Lord…

Not only was familiar with him but had bypassed intermediaries to communicate directly!

As that dao essence slowly circulated, complex enlightenment began appearing in Li Changshou’s heart, and within these enlightenments was interwoven a blurry scene.

Indeed, a scene…

Grand Master Xuandu could only transmit simple characters, but the expert currently transmitting messages through Li Changshou’s dao directly placed a segment of enlightenment and a scene into Li Changshou’s heart!

The cultivation gap was clear at a glance!

Grand Master Xuandu was still at the stage of sending text messages like a basic mobile phone, while the Sage Lord had already opened “5G,” casually throwing him a video clip!

In the scene:

[A black-winged blood mosquito the size of a fist secretly flew into an uninhabited cave mansion filled with golden light, landing in the treasure pool at the center of this cave mansion, transforming into an alluring figure.

A golden lotus with twelve petals rose from within the treasure pool, and this woman raised her hand to touch the golden lotus, streams of golden light rapidly entering her body…

“Beast!”]

A thunderous roar came, and the scene abruptly ended.

Li Changshou was stunned, the information overload was quite substantial.

Could this be… the scene of Mosquito Daoist consuming the Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus!?

Mosquito Daoist’s figure was unexpectedly so good, only slightly inferior to his Senior Uncle Jiu!

Ahem, this aspect of the Primordial Chaos’s style was unexpectedly somewhat beyond his expectations…

And subsequently, those enlightenments were slowly understood by Li Changshou.

Profound and mysterious, beyond words.

The accurate interpretation of these enlightenments, Li Changshou couldn’t express, but according to what he comprehended, it could be roughly translated as—

[This scene was what the Sage Lord had calculated might happen at some unknown time in the future.

This possibility would be related to another major event the Sage Lord would do in the future.

But this future possibility had now experienced some wavering and needed to be corrected, using “active” means to correct this matter into the “effect” that originally could have been achieved through “non-action.”]

Understanding all this, Li Changshou was internally shocked…

He had always known that the power ceiling in the Primordial Chaos was extremely high.

But he couldn’t possibly imagine that sages had such capabilities!

His Supreme Clarity Sage had at this point in time already calculated a segment from the Investiture of the Gods battle…

No, not just that!

Mosquito Daoist consuming the Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus, and another related major event involving the Supreme Clarity Sage and the Western Teaching was likely the “Laozi departing through Hangu Pass, transforming barbarians into Buddhists”!

—This was easy to deduce.

His Sage Lord was well-known throughout the Primordial Chaos as a homebody…

Uh, pure and non-active!

Thinking carefully about the Supreme Clarity Sage’s interactions with the Western Teaching, there was only the joint breaking of the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation and the Demon-Slaying Sword Formation during the Investiture of the Gods battle, and the later event of transforming barbarians into Buddhists.

Li Changshou was internally speechless…

These were the methods of a sage!

Events related to the sage that hadn’t yet occurred had slight changes and gained some variables, and the sage had already sensed it!

The obscure and mysterious dao essence gradually dispersed, and the scene in Li Changshou’s heart slowly dissipated, but he gained some additional understanding.

[South Sea, nine thousand li]

Li Changshou didn’t hesitate at all—his paper avatar wearing the elderly immortal’s appearance, which had been active just a moment ago, rode a cloud swiftly flying due south.

He operated his spirit at full power, striving to understand the messages transmitted by the Sage Lord…

There was a hidden logic within this.

During the Investiture of the Gods battle, the Western Teaching’s two sages frantically poached from the Dao School’s walls, doing too many things openly and secretly, calculating too much, resulting in the Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus being kissed by Mosquito Daoist, becoming a Nine-Petaled Golden Lotus.

It was precisely because there was no Twelve-Petaled Merit Golden Lotus suppressing the Western Teaching’s destiny that Supreme Clarity Laozi could smoothly implement the calculation of transforming barbarians into Buddhists…

Everything was within Supreme Clarity’s sight!

While Li Changshou dared not think too much now, following the Sage Lord’s reminder, he flew south, ready to destroy his paper avatar at any time.

Li Changshou couldn’t help but wonder internally what had happened that would affect the “Mosquito Daoist consuming the Golden Lotus” event.

And why had the Sage Lord placed this matter on his shoulders?

Could there be some karmic connection in this?

Half an incense time later.

Li Changshou flew nine thousand li, looking at the vast sea, not knowing whether to go east or west and could only quietly wait in the sky.

His previous premonition wasn’t wrong.

It was indeed good news.

Going from being the Grand Master’s tool person to accidentally becoming the Sage Lord’s tool person was naturally tremendous good news!

The support behind him instantly became clear and stable…

Meanwhile, in the southeast direction, tens of thousands of li from Li Changshou’s paper avatar.

Wen Jing Daoist rode a white cloud, slowly drifting in the sky.

She rarely traveled while directly showing her presence, but now had no choice…

Over Wen Jing Daoist’s original gauze dress, she had added a white, completely opaque silk dress;

She pressed her hand against her collar, transforming from an alluring woman into a proper female immortal, heading westward…

Her expression was somewhat dazed, her face showing slight desolation.

Wen Jing Daoist recalled the complex and lengthy great dao oath she had just sworn, her eyes showing some indignation.

The Three Teachings of the Dao School, what… what kind of things were they!

Who was the evil demon?

Huh?

Who was the ancient fierce beast?

Who was the bloodthirsty spawn of the Blood Sea?

She, the mighty Queen of the Black-Winged Blood Mosquito tribe, had been… been…

The methods of the Dao School sage disciples were too dirty!

No, their blood must all be black, dirty, flowing with despicable shamelessness that made mosquitoes nauseous.

It was over, completely over…

Those Western Teaching sage disciples who thought themselves clever at scheming and plotting were no match for the Dao School sage disciples in terms of conspiracy and intrigue!

Not even in the same league!

Of course, no matter how frustrated she felt internally, she dared not show it now.

The other party was still observing her behavior!

What kind of joke was this?

Qiong Xiao alone was someone Mosquito Daoist wasn’t confident in dealing with—that famous Golden Scissor was a renowned killing weapon among primordial spiritual treasures;

Moreover, there was also Zhao Gongming with his twenty-four Sea Calming Zhenzhus!

She, Wen Jing Daoist, though the Queen of the Black-Winged Blood Mosquito tribe, was merely a puppet controlled by the Western Teaching, without powerful treasures, relying solely on divine abilities when operating outside.

Wen Jing Daoist tightened her silk dress collar again, her alluring face showing several hints of pitiful charm due to grievance…

This was naturally just acting along, as Wen Jing Daoist could feel those two ruthless ones monitoring her with some kind of treasure.

If she used escape techniques, she would surely expose her background.

Slowly, that sense of being monitored gradually disappeared, and Wen Jing Daoist let out a light snort, continuing to ride her cloud toward the Western Sea.

Suddenly, her immortal sense detected an elderly Daoist with white hair standing on the sea surface ten thousand li away, with cultivation at the early stage of the Celestial Immortal realm.

On normal days, Wen Jing Daoist would casually consume such a Daoist as a snack;

But at this moment, she pretended not to see him, directly flying past on her cloud.

Six thousand li, three thousand li…

Li Changshou suddenly became alert, detecting Wen Jing Daoist’s cloud-riding figure in the sky.

Having just watched the short film of Wen Jing Daoist and the golden lotus in his heart, Li Changshou immediately recognized Wen Jing Daoist and discovered that her current state…

Seemed…

Hmm? How was it so similar to East Wood Lord’s previous lost and dispirited state…

In this instant, Li Changshou suddenly understood why his Supreme Clarity Sage had him come to “correct” this matter…

Wen Jing Daoist flew extremely fast through the void, about to “brush past” Li Changshou several hundred li away, when Li Changshou immediately came to his senses and called out through voice transmission:

“Fellow Daoist!

Please wait!”