When Wen Jing Daoist left, she was no longer as dispirited as before;

However, one could see she was deep in thought, and somewhat… felt the urge to vomit…

This naturally wasn’t because of anything Li Changshou had done to her—Li Changshou was just a Celestial Immortal realm paper avatar here, whom Mosquito Daoist could crush casually.

What made her nauseous was this style of great dao oath!

Swearing two such great dao oaths within a few hours, even for Wen Jing Daoist, inevitably left some demonic obstacles in her heart, creating a bit of a psychological shadow.

What truly made Wen Jing Daoist feel she couldn’t match this South Sea God were two things she realized after leaving…

First, Li Changshou told her to continue returning to Western Teaching, serving them wholeheartedly, temporarily treating this matter as if it had never happened.

This showed that the Human Teaching and Heavenly Court hadn’t valued her strength, but rather her current position in Western Teaching…

In other words, while the Western Teaching thought they were being watertight, continuously provoking relations between the Three Teachings, accepting various demons for their own use—the Supreme Clarity Sage had long known about these things.

And this mysterious Supreme Clarity Sage had already begun calculating against the Western Teaching in return, with her becoming a hidden chess piece, prepared for future use…

Heaven and Earth are the chessboard, all beings are chess pieces, and only sages can move the pieces.

Such words, Wen Jing Daoist had heard countless times, but today, she understood them most deeply.

Second, after leaving Nanshengbu Continent, Wen Jing Daoist suddenly realized…

From being suddenly calculated against by the Cutting Teaching’s three fierce ones, to being stopped by the South Sea God, all the way until finally being recruited as a claw for the Human Teaching and Heavenly Court…

Step by step, link by link, everything was under the other party’s control.

The only initiative she could grasp was choosing life or death.

What made Wen Jing Daoist feel even colder was that while drinking earlier, she had unconsciously developed some trust in this South Sea God!

She had even felt then that this South Sea God shared her suffering…

Completely played in the palm of his hand!

In the end, besides knowing the South Sea God was a hidden expert of the Human Teaching, she knew nothing else.

This Sea God was even more mysterious than Grand Master Xuandu…

“Hmph! Playing mysterious!

Sooner or later you’ll know this Queen’s prowess!”

Wen Jing Daoist coldly snorted, casually tearing off the plain white silk dress, returning to the gauze dress style that Lady Qiong Xiao said corrupted the atmosphere.

Her figure subsequently disappeared, leaving only a trace of mosquito buzzing in the mountain ranges between the Xizhenhe Continent and the Nanshengbu Continent…

Meanwhile, Li Changshou also let out a breath.

Not easy…

To ensure Mosquito Daoist would take that “sip” in the future, he directly deceived her into becoming the Heavenly Court’s subordinate, finding an advanced hidden blade for His Majesty the Jade Emperor.

This behavior was like…

Wanting to find a stable place to fish, so they rent the entire pond.

But other methods he could think of weren’t very stable—comparatively, only this current path was most stable. Later he could find an opportunity to convince His Majesty the Jade Emperor.

When the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation comes during the Investiture of the Gods catastrophe, Li Changshou wouldn’t need to manage much—the Supreme Clarity Sage Lord giving this mosquito a slight hint, taking advantage of the Western Two Sages’ absence to secretly take a sip of the Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus…

That would count as a great success…

Li Changshou waited for a while, but the Sage Lord didn’t give further instructions.

This meant the Sage Lord approved of his handling method.

—If the Sage Lord was dissatisfied with this handling method, he would certainly have given a warning when it happened.

Wen Jing Daoist was a poisoned blade, only usable in the shadows—if not used well, she could easily harm oneself.

This time deceiving Wen Jing Daoist…

Tsk, if she knew that he, the Sea God, was just a small disciple of Du Xian Gate, with true cultivation only at the Celestial Immortal realm, would she go crazy and come kill him?

As for Great Lord Zhao’s side, he must find a way to stop this crooked trend…

Now, the matters caused by Great Lord Zhao had already begun affecting the original plot direction of the Investiture of the Gods catastrophe—who knows what bigger, more troublesome things might happen in the future!

But how could this matter be resolved?

Zhao Gongming and Qiong Xiao weren’t like Mosquito Daoist;

Mosquito Daoist herself was only superficially united with the West and had no retreat path—give her a path to survival, and she would naturally take the bait along the fishing line.

In the wine house, Li Changshou’s paper avatar unconsciously smiled bitterly several times.

Difficult…

Throughout the city, various places were busily promoting the Sea God Sect’s teachings, showing a scene of prosperity; Li Changshou burned both wine cups and pot with True Samadhi Fire, erased the aura here, and then quietly left.

To stop the scamming trend, he still needed to start with the Cutting Teaching itself.

Who could control Great Lord Zhao?

The Sage Lord.

Should he try to alert the Original Heavenly Lord over such a small matter?

That would be… too dramatic!

This [Zhao Gongming Scams Mosquito Daoist, Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus Nearly Restored] incident gave Li Changshou a profound lesson—

Every cause must have an effect, karma cannot be escaped.

In the future, if there was karma, settling it quickly was the right principle!

Deceiving Mosquito Daoist this time had another hidden benefit.

[Dragon Clan Ascending to Heaven] was like a great play, with characters divided into positive and negative factions.

Now Li Changshou could influence the Dragon Clan’s judgments through the ‘positive’ character Ao Yi on his right hand;

While on his left hand, he could influence Western Teaching’s actions through the ‘negative’ character Wen Jing Daoist…

He felt he had jumped from being a temporary errand runner to becoming an assistant director and screenwriter, able to make several times more calculations!

However, Li Changshou had deeply recognized the preciousness of letting things take their natural course—non-action, purity, following the momentum, this way he could minimize karmic entanglements.

To be safe, he would try not to contact Wen Jing Daoist afterward, quietly waiting for future developments.

As for how to position himself regarding Wen Jing Daoist…

She was a fierce expert, nothing more.

At the Three Teachings Origin Conference site, Li Changshou sat quietly, opening his eyes slightly to look at the nearby environment, transmitting a few instructions to Xiong Lingli, and then continuing to close his eyes and focus.

He began thinking word by word about his conversation content with Wen Jing Daoist.

He carefully savored every detail, quickly discovering a small issue.

Hmm?

Wen Jing Daoist’s final request to see Grand Master Xuandu in the future seemed to have some deeper meaning.

Li Changshou had previously thought Wen Jing Daoist was just using this method to further confirm he was backed by the Supreme Clarity Sage…

But now carefully considering her gaze, expression, tone when speaking, and that slight tremor in her final syllable.

Could it be that Mosquito Daoist had some feelings for the Grand Master?

Oh no, oh no…

If humanity’s oldest pure yang—Grand Master Xuandu—was truly being eyed by this fierce primordial female beast…

Laozi above!

This had absolutely nothing to do with him, little law master Xuandu!

Li Changshou sighed deeply in his heart—this Primordial Chaos was indeed as dangerous as he thought, yet also more exciting than he imagined.

The Sage Lord gave no further instructions, so Li Changshou assumed his ‘correction’ task was complete.

During this following period, he honestly stayed at the Three Teachings Origin Conference site, pretending to continuously have insights while meditating with closed eyes.

In reality, he was pondering the next step in perfecting paper avatars, as well as the ‘external preparations’ he could make for his Golden Immortal tribulation…

Though he had recently gained many benefits and his foundations were gradually becoming substantial, after returning to the mountain, he would resume his original relaxed cultivation rhythm.

Opportunities were hard to find—he still needed to rely on pill refining to accumulate wealth, continuing to execute the Little Qiong Peak wandering plan.

Several days later, the East Sea Dragon Palace sent a hundred boxes of various treasure materials for arrays, making Li Changshou feel somewhat guilty inside.

Though he had actively tricked the Dragon Clan, they were too generous, giving too much…

This would make him feel a bit more guilty when calculating against the Dragon Clan in the future.

Another half month passed, and Ao Yi excitedly built a spirit bridge to meet him in dreams, immediately saying:

“Teaching Brother, my wedding date has been set, just twelve years from now!”

That “just” word, in Li Changshou’s view, was used quite vividly and expressively…

Li Changshou encouraged Ao Yi with a few words, also inquiring about the Dragon Clan’s recent situation.

The Four Seas’ sea clans continuously caused trouble, but the situation was still under control.

However, the Dragon Kings had already ordered that taking advantage of Ao Yi’s wedding, the Dragon Clan would consolidate their rule over the Four Seas, showing might to the sea clans, and before Ao Yi’s wedding, make several examples to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys…

Li Changshou pondered for a while.

The Dragon Clan naturally had their considerations, but doing this might suppress sea clan rebellions in the short term, yet buried greater hidden dangers for the Dragon Clan themselves.

However, Li Changshou understood his position and couldn’t stop the Dragon Clan from causing trouble…

If the Dragon Clan didn’t suffer and know pain, how could they smoothly enter the Heavenly Court positions?

After chatting with Ao Yi for a while, they ended their spiritual communication.

But three days later, East Wood Lord brought His Majesty the Jade Emperor’s verbal decree, meeting briefly with Li Changshou.

His Majesty the Jade Emperor had agreed that on Ao Yi’s wedding day, Yue Lao would go offer congratulations.

But what identity Yue Lao would use to offer congratulations, whether there would be advance invitations to the Heavenly Court, all needed careful consideration…

Li Changshou had already made proper preparations, now explaining these details to East Wood Lord in detail. East Wood Lord hadn’t even warmed his seat before hurrying back to the Heavenly Court to report.

Thus it was:

Which Primordial Chaos courier is strongest? Find East King in the Heavenly Palace!

Afterward, Li Changshou communicated with Ao Yi through spirit again, having Ao Yi give him an extra invitation when sending them out.

During this spirit of communication, Ao Yi shyly made a small request.

“Teaching Brother, could I bring Sissi to visit in a few months, after you return to Du Xian Gate.”

Sissi was the… pet name of that mermaid princess.

“Oh?” Li Changshou said seriously, “Do you two have some difficulty?”

“Well,” Ao Yi laughed hehe twice, his youthful face full of embarrassment, “I always talk about how Brother Changshou is this and that in front of her…

Teaching Brother, you are who Er admires most, so I want to bring Sissi to pay respects to Teaching Brother.”

Li Changshou: …

What was there to see?

He couldn’t become too familiar with this sister-in-law.

However, having just received a hundred boxes of generous gifts from the Dragon Clan, Li Changshou couldn’t bring himself to refuse, so he agreed on a date, solemnly accepting.

As the three-month-plus lecture period neared its end, this peaceful Three Teachings Origin Conference finally gradually drew its curtain.

This conference was just for the Three Teachings’ immortal sects to gather together, trace their roots, and remember their bitter past while thinking of their sweet present.

In the beginning, the Cutting Teaching, Teaching of Enlightenment, and Human Teaching each had heavyweight figures appear, and the Three Teachings Origin Conference’s purpose had been achieved…

On the hundred-and-eighth day after the conference opening, the five host sect leaders appeared together, bowing to all directions.

Immortal cranes flew up all around the basin valley, hundreds of beautiful immortal maidens flew about scattered flowers, and melodious music rose from beside the lake.

At such a scene, even Li Changshou couldn’t help humming a few lines of “Unforgettable Tonight” in his heart…

Suddenly seeing golden light appear in the sky, auspicious clouds flew from all directions, quickly condensing into three huge, faint figures in heaven and earth.

These three figures only had simple outlines—the middle one seemed an elderly Daoist, the right side appeared to be a middle-aged Daoist with solemn features, and the left was like a young Daoist carrying a sword…

Elder Golden Immortals immediately shouted:

“Disciples pay respects to the Three Teaching Leaders!”

Instantly, throughout the basin valley, figures knelt one after another, bowing to the three figures condensed from auspicious clouds in heaven and earth.

The next moment, all cultivators here, regardless of cultivation level, according to their different Dao origins in the Three Teachings, each heard the word ‘good’ spoken by elderly, middle-aged, and young voices.

These hundreds of immortal sects, tens of thousands of cultivators who came to participate in the conference, were all inexplicably moved…

The sages’ figures only appeared briefly before those auspicious clouds fell below, each sect receiving a cloud.

The Three Teachings sects’ various experts calculated with finger techniques, all delightedly surprised—each sect’s fortune and blessings had increased several portions!

The Dao School, which had already greatly prospered for many years, seemed able to continue prospering, becoming even more flourishing and prosperous!

However, Li Changshou couldn’t help thinking more…

Extreme prosperity must decline—perhaps when the Three Teachings’ great fortune reaches its peak would be the moment the Investiture of the Gods catastrophe arises.

The conference thus concluded.

Half a day later, the Du Xian Gate group returned to their treasure ship.

The Sect Master briefly spoke a few words of instruction, then returned to the top floor suite where wonderful stories had occurred…

Li Changshou found his old position in the ship’s stern corner, bringing Xiong Lingli along.

You Qin Xuanya seemed to want to speak but stopped, watching Li Changshou’s back, gently blinking.

‘Must be mindful in public, whether it would affect Senior Brother Changshou—after returning to the mountain, go to Little Qiong Peak to apologize to Senior Brother Changshou…’

You Qin Xuanya sighed in her heart, not daring to watch Li Changshou’s back longer, carrying her Fire Scale sword case to the cabin, finding a corner to meditate with closed eyes.

However, just as Li Changshou reached the stern, a sudden change occurred!

Hearing a light shout:

“Mountain—Toppling—Sea—Overturning!”

A figure darted out from the side, though carrying an enormous evil and unbearable burden, still nimbly circling past the tower-like young woman Xiong Lingli, two small hands pressing toward Li Changshou’s back…

With two light pats, these two palms naturally used no force.

“Hahaha, finally going back!

This Senior Uncle was suffocating!

Quick! Changshou, hand over those little gadgets you’re carrying! This Senior Uncle has endured you for long enough!”

Hearing this, Li Changshou’s eyes immediately curved into a smile.