Hadn’t she said she would just give some instructions? How did both these eavesdropping Junior Sisters get called over?

Above the Three Immortal Islands, the Great Dharma Master of Xuandu looked at these three renowned and formidable Junior Sisters of the Severing Teaching before him, feeling slightly hesitant in his heart.

He had only wanted Yunxiao to come;

He knew well the playful nature of Qiongxiao and Bixiao…

Yunxiao said softly: “Senior Brother Xuandu, my two sisters also want to go see. Why don’t we bring them along?”

One could see that Yunxiao was also somewhat troubled, unable to withstand her sisters’ pleading.

“Senior Brother Xuandu, please don’t worry!” Qiongxiao hurriedly said, “My Fourth Sister and I absolutely won’t cause trouble, we’ll just hide and watch quietly. We’re just curious in our hearts, wanting to see what kind of disciple could make you, Senior Brother Xuandu, go to such lengths.”

Beside her, Bixiao also nodded quite obediently, her big eyes revealing some anticipation…

“Very well.”

The Great Dharma Master responded with a smile, not worried about them causing trouble in his presence.

“Since that’s the case, let’s depart now, to avoid keeping him waiting too long.”

At that moment, Yin and Yang flowed in the Great Dharma Master’s palm, and wisps of clouds appeared around his body.

The Great Dharma Master’s left hand behind his back, his right hand making a welcoming gesture, he then took the lead in stepping into these clouds.

The Great Dharma Master’s form disappeared, but the clouds remained in place.

This wasn’t just a divine ability, it also borrowed the power of the Taiji Diagram.

As Qiongxiao and Bixiao were about to step forward, Yunxiao made a gesture for them to wait, stepping into the clouds first. Finding nothing amiss, just a path through space and time, she then let her two sisters follow.

The Great Dharma Master gave a soft chuckle, and the clouds quickly gathered and vanished into thin air above the Three Immortal Islands.

At the same time, above the desolate mountain where Li Changshou’s true body was located in his chosen tribulation ground, these clouds silently appeared, and four figures flew out from within.

As soon as they appeared here, they sensed the vast heavenly might gathering in the sky!

Had the tribulation already begun?

The four reflexively were about to move away from this place, avoiding unnecessarily drawing heaven’s punishment, but then they sensed some mysterious Dao rhythm fluctuations and all looked toward the great formation on the desolate mountain below.

Of these four, one was the Great Dharma Master of Xuandu City, the only disciple of Laozi, the Great Senior Brother of the Dao School.

Three were famous fierce characters of the primordial world who had taken the Sovereign of Eastern Virtue as their master and were ranked among the four great outer disciples of the Severing Teaching – the Three Xiao Ladies…

Though the single formation Li Changshou had arranged here could resist Golden Immortal investigation, it couldn’t block the gazes of these four.

When they looked, the Great Dharma Master frowned, Yunxiao couldn’t help but exclaim softly, and Bixiao and Qiongxiao blinked repeatedly…

They saw within the formation, in an inconspicuous rock crevice, the young cultivator who was apparently about to undergo tribulation held a golden sword and was fiercely striking it toward his forehead!

Yunxiao almost blurted out: “The method of severing the Dao realm?”

The Great Dharma Master moved even faster, his figure vanishing with a whoosh, appearing directly within the formation below!

Fearing he might harm Li Changshou, the Great Dharma Master didn’t dare act carelessly at such a moment and could only hurriedly shout:

“Stop, I’ve arrived!”

Slap!

The golden sword in Li Changshou’s hand had already struck fiercely at his forehead!

As if he had a grudge against himself.

In an instant, golden stars scattered and golden light flashed chaotically. The ‘Sword of Severing the Dao Realm’ Li Changshou had condensed directly shattered, while his still fairly full forehead remained unharmed!

And Li Changshou’s already perfect Dao rhythm transformed into three twelve-petaled green lotuses the size of sea bowls, now condensed around his body, gently trembling;

Those pure, clear, almost transparent petals shook out tiny bits of impurities…

Li Changshou’s aura slowly dropped – perhaps by a thousandth, no, less than a ten-thousandth.

Following this, those three green lotuses vanished, and the Dao rhythm around Li Changshou quickly gathered back in.

Even the usually composed Great Dharma Master stared somewhat dazedly, his mouth twitching slightly…

By his teacher above, what had he just seen?

The green lotus was a symbol of the Dao School – three flowers in lotus form represented cultivating the orthodox Dao School inheritance, receiving the protection of the Dao School’s fortunes;

The more petals the lotus had, the more perfect the Dao foundation, the greater the potential, the higher the future limit;

And the more clear and bright the lotus flowers were, the more stable the Dao foundation, the more thorough the understanding of the Dao…

But these three almost transparent twelve-petaled green lotuses…

This was too much!

The Great Dharma Master suddenly understood why his teacher paid special attention to this young disciple.

This fellow Changshou wasn’t just clever, eloquent, and skilled in strategy and planning – he himself had the potential to rank among the Dao School’s top experts!

In that brief moment before Li Changshou could speak, thoughts in the Great Dharma Master’s mind had already turned in another direction.

— He needed to find a way to let Junior Sister Yunxiao know of Changshou’s potential!

Meanwhile, Li Changshou was also somewhat embarrassed.

If the Great Dharma Master had appeared a few breaths earlier, he wouldn’t have struck down with this sword!

Nine was the extreme of odd numbers;

Severing the Dao realm nine times, deceiving the Heavenly Way nine times – that tenth time triggering tribulation would likely bring down heavenly punishment.

Uh… why were there more people?

Li Changshou looked at the three figures descending from the sky, question marks slowly appearing above his head.

At this moment, through the paper avatars outside the formation, using his immortal consciousness, he could detect those three graceful figures;

They weren’t deliberately concealing their forms or using any pixelation techniques, just openly and naturally descending from the sky on clouds.

The fairy on the left first caught Li Changshou’s attention;

She was rather tall, wearing a perfectly fitting plain white dress, her fair skin as if condensed from moonlight, her beautiful face intoxicating to the spirit.

Wasn’t this Yunxiao?

Beside Yunxiao, a young woman in a light green gauze dress and another in a light red short dress, each with a pretty face, both quite lovely.

Naturally, these were Bixiao and Qiongxiao.

Coming back to it, every time Fairy Yunxiao appeared, her clothes and hair ornaments were slightly different, but she was beautiful each time, never tiring to look at.

However, the key point now seemed to be…

Why had the Three Xiao Sisters appeared here?!

Li Changshou hurriedly said: “This disciple acted too hastily just now, may the Great Dharma Master forgive me… Please have the Great Dharma Master wait another hour or two, this disciple will quickly comprehend the Dao and undergo tribulation. But this, Great Dharma Master… What’s the situation up there?”

“Ahem, it’s like this,” the Great Dharma Master smiled and said, “To help you safely undergo tribulation and gain the benefits of the Golden Immortal tribulation, I specially went to request Junior Sister Yunxiao’s help. Junior Sisters Qiongxiao and Bixiao just came to watch the excitement. Junior Sister Yunxiao’s Mixed Origin Golden Dipper is quite extraordinary…”

Then the Great Dharma Master briefly explained the effectiveness of the Mixed Origin Golden Dipper to Li Changshou.

Li Changshou’s heart was instantly filled with gratitude, so much that he wanted to quip at the Great Dharma Master a few times…

Later during tribulation, he would likely have to bring out all his trump cards. Having the Great Dharma Master see them was naturally fine since the Great Dharma Master was his own powerful backer.

But if the Three Xiao Sisters saw them…

Wouldn’t that be taking a huge loss?

Li Changshou thought again – before becoming a Golden Immortal, any of his trump cards would be like jokes before experts of this level, so revealing them would just be revealing them.

How could he ask for more when the Great Dharma Master was already thinking of him, this junior disciple, to such an extent?

Li Changshou made a Daoist salute to the Great Dharma Master and sighed: “This disciple is useless, causing you such trouble.”

“Hahaha, no need for ceremony.”

The Great Dharma Master laughed somewhat guiltily, waiting for the Three Xiao Sisters to enter the formation before making introductions.

Fortunately, Li Changshou’s true body was currently using the appearance of an Orthodox Unity Sect minor law master, temporarily not exposing his final background as a Spirit Immortal Gate disciple…

Probably.

But later during tribulation, he would most likely – no, definitely have to expose his true appearance before the Three Xiao Sisters.

This made Li Changshou feel somewhat uneasy in his heart…

He stepped forward and performed a disciple’s salute. Yunxiao turned sideways to half-accept it, smiling and nodding to him.

Bixiao and Qiongxiao also knew Li Changshou was an Orthodox Unity Sect disciple valued by the Great Master Uncle and Senior Brother Xuandu, so naturally spoke kindly to him.

— The treatment was worlds apart from when the old immortal’s paper avatar first arrived at the Three Immortal Islands.

Yunxiao asked with some concern: “Fellow Daoist, you just severed your Dao realm – did you feel your way of Dao was unsuitable?”

“Not at all,” Li Changshou hurriedly said, “This disciple cultivates the Supreme Clarity’s Non-Action Dao, fortunate to receive the Great Dharma Master’s marvelous methods, cultivating today’s Celestial Immortal Dao. Earlier was only because my Dao foundation was still somewhat unstable, so I used the method of severing the Dao realm to stabilize myself.”

[Severing the Dao realm to delay time] – such words naturally couldn’t be said…

Qiongxiao laughed lightly from the side and sighed: “Then with this severing, haven’t we made this trip for nothing? Who knows when you’ll next undergo tribulation.”

Li Changshou hesitated slightly in his heart, not daring to directly say he could do it again right away, lest the Three Xiao Sisters think he was boasting and leaving a bad impression.

However, just as Li Changshou had carefully considered his response, he heard the Great Dharma Master speak with a smile…

“Junior Sister Qiongxiao need not worry, if we wait an hour or two, he can proceed with tribulation again.”

“Eh?” Qiongxiao was instantly puzzled.

The Great Dharma Master smiled and said: “Changshou, show your yet-to-bloom three flowers.”

Li Changshou: …

Great Dharma Master, you just called this disciple by his true name, right?

Could these three flowers that only showed the Dao foundation be taken out for others to appreciate?

Appreciate… flowers?

Hearing the Great Dharma Master’s words, the Three Xiao Sisters were all somewhat curious, especially Yunxiao, whose eyes held a gentle smile as she looked at Li Changshou, wanting to see what other surprises he could give her.

The Great Dharma Master urged: “Why so shy now, this isn’t something shameful.”

“Yes, this disciple obeys.”

Li Changshou agreed, thinking briefly in his heart before condensing a twelve-petaled green lotus at his chest.

The Great Dharma Master must have other considerations.

But overall, Li Changshou still felt he had been slightly set up…

…

A moment later;

Li Changshou sat cross-legged quietly in the formation, his left palm gripping a jade talisman.

This was the latter half of Spirit Immortal Gate’s Non-Action Scripture.

If the ‘Supreme Clarity Dao Contains’ could be considered the Orthodox Unity Sect’s high-level cultivation classic, then the ‘Non-Action Scripture’ could also be considered mid-to-high level.

Li Changshou now only needed one impulse to trigger tribulation again.

Most of the content in the ‘Non-Action Scripture’ was covered in the ‘Supreme Clarity Dao Contains.’ What Li Changshou needed to comprehend wasn’t the ‘Non-Action Scripture’ itself, but rather…

The slight evolution of the Supreme Clarity Great Dao from the ‘Non-Action Scripture’ to the ‘Supreme Clarity Dao Contains.’

Hidden within were the subtle changes when the Sage comprehended the Dao, perfect enlightenment points for finding sudden insight…

Such things as sudden insight weren’t untraceable, nor were they simply the culmination of accumulated effort.

Most important wasn’t sweat, but inspiration.

Before Li Changshou finished reading this half scripture, he smiled slightly in his heart, already closing his eyes in concentration, entering the state of Dao comprehension.

Only see him:

Five energies in his chest condensed to pearl rings, three flowers about to bloom gathering true essence.

His precious body was clear and pure without worldly dust, just waiting for the tribulation to descend to become a Golden Immortal.

Outside the formation, the Great Dharma Master and the Three Xiao Sisters had conjured a wooden table and four chairs, quietly drinking tea in the clouds.

Qiongxiao and Bixiao continuously praised the Orthodox Unity Sect’s profound foundation, that this disciple’s Dao foundation could be stable to such an extent;

But Yunxiao and the Great Dharma Master were both slightly frowning now, constantly pondering.

In terms of strength and insight, the Great Dharma Master and Yunxiao were naturally several levels above the two sisters Qiong and Bi.

At this moment, both experts had realized an issue—

Li Changshou’s Dao foundation was too stable!

It was even somewhat overly stable!

“Such a Dao foundation, who knows what kind of tribulation it will attract,” Fairy Yunxiao sighed softly. “Since ancient times, how many brilliant talents who amazed heaven and earth have fallen under the Golden Immortal tribulation.”

The Great Dharma Master slowly nodded and said: “Perhaps this time we must request the power of the teacher’s supreme treasures.”

Yunxiao said: “If it’s just a Golden Immortal tribulation, my Mixed Origin Golden Dipper can help him. Senior Brother Xuandu need not worry.”

The Great Dharma Master calculated with his fingers and said softly: “I fear it won’t be as simple as a Golden Immortal tribulation.”

Beside them, Qiongxiao thought briefly and asked: “Senior Brother Xuandu, is this what’s rumored to be the Ultimate Great Perfection before establishing one’s Dao?”

“It seems to be so.”

The Great Dharma Master said calmly: “I had overlooked this matter before, thinking he had only cultivated for a few hundred years, at most attracting nine Golden Immortal tribulations, showing Great Luo potential. Unexpectedly, this fellow Changshou quietly achieved an Ultimate Great Perfect Dao foundation. I now truly suspect Changshou might be the reincarnation of some ancient senior expert, to reach such a level…”

Yunxiao said: “If he were a powerful being’s reincarnation, Great Master Uncle probably wouldn’t allow it.”

“Just a joke,” the Great Dharma Master laughed lightly.

Qiongxiao muttered softly: “Wasn’t it said that cultivators with such Ultimate Great Perfect foundations aren’t tolerated by the Heavenly Way…?”

“No matter,” the Great Dharma Master smiled and said, “Let’s just watch Changshou’s fate unfold.”

Speaking with such confidence, the Great Dharma Master had naturally prepared to use his full power to snatch someone from under the tribulation.

Just then, a ripple of Dao rhythm appeared within the formation.

Like a stubborn bean sprout breaking through the soil after rain, a Great Dao born from Supreme Clarity and belonging only to Li Changshou burst through the formation at this moment!

Bixiao exclaimed happily: “It came again! Is his Dao comprehension this quick? It hasn’t even been half an hour!”

Just as Bixiao’s words fell, thunder suddenly sounded in the sky, and vast heavenly might frantically surge in from high above and in all directions!

Just this heavenly might alone made the Great Dharma Master and Yunxiao slightly frown, and made all living beings within tens of thousands of miles simultaneously terrified.

Li Changshou jumped onto a large rock at this moment, standing with hands behind his back. Just as he was about to recite a pre-tribulation thank-you speech, an anomaly suddenly appeared in the high sky – a grey cloud a hundred zhang in diameter materialized out of nowhere, condensing into an elder’s blurry face, gazing down at Li Changshou…

Yunxiao said in wonder: “Why would there be the Dao Ancestor’s shadow…”

However, this was already Li Changshou’s second meeting with such an apparition…

Before Li Changshou could speak, he suddenly understood something in his heart, as if someone had asked him a question, but he couldn’t hear any sound or sense any Dao rhythm from the other party, only knowing what the question was.

[Undergo?]

“Yes!” Li Changshou nodded heavily, “Undergo!”

The grey cloud instantly dispersed. Within ten thousand miles, the entire world suddenly darkened, and boundless spiritual energy came surging in majestically.

One couldn’t see at all where the tribulation clouds were coming from. Almost in an instant, the high sky was filled with black clouds spanning nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine li, pressing down fiercely toward below!

A heavenly might directly locked onto Li Changshou, as if afraid he might run away.

Li Changshou took a deep breath, and that thank-you speech he had long since memorized backward and forwards came flowing out, with carefully considered expression, tone, rhythm, and accent.

…

Meanwhile, a thousand li away, several black panthers crouched down in the jungle.

Earlier when they were startled by the heavenly might, they had instinctively wanted to flee far away, but after running just a few hundred li, another extremely powerful heavenly might pressed down, making them completely unable to move.

Among this black panther family, the one with the highest cultivation who had condensed a demon core currently stood with difficulty, gazing toward where the heavenly might was most concentrated.

Its gaze was very complex.

[Another Golden Immortal tribulation? Is undergoing Golden Immortal tribulation in the primordial world this casual? Just felt one earlier.

This heavenly might, how is it so terrifying… Could it be one of the legendary top three most difficult Golden Immortal tribulations?]

Ugh, where did it know all this from…

If it truly was one of the legendary Golden Immortal tribulations, it would be impossible for anyone to survive it. That would already be a de facto heavenly punishment, incurring heaven’s jealousy.

Incurring heaven’s jealousy… these words were so familiar. Where did these memories and knowledge come from?

Never mind, it wasn’t important.

With such a great tribulation today, the being undergoing tribulation would certainly die. If they could pass through it, this Lord Panther would eat tree bark for three years!