“Ao Yi… Ao Yi!”

On the outskirts of the East Sea Dragon Palace, at one of the battle sites between the Dragon Clan and sea rebel forces;

Hundreds of thousands of beings crowded and fought across hundreds of li of sea territory, stirring up waves upon waves on the sea’s surface.

This was just one of more than ten battlefields on the periphery of the East Sea conflict. The sea rebel forces seemed to have fallen into madness, and the defensive line built by the Dragon Clan with Immortal Sea Serpent soldiers and shrimp-crab troops was under considerable pressure.

Ao Yi was here, leading several hundred elite Immortal Sea Serpent soldiers, fighting fiercely through the enemy forces.

Suddenly hearing Li Changshou’s voice transmission, Ao Yi immediately retreated into the Immortal Sea Serpent soldiers’ encirclement and took out a brocade pouch from his chest.

The pouch opened, and a paper person jumped out from within, taking the form of a young Daoist…

“Elder Brother Master?”

Seeing this paper Dao body’s furrowed brow, Ao Yi hurriedly asked: “What’s wrong?”

Li Changshou spoke without wasting words: “The Grand Magus has gone to the North Sea Eye. Though the Dragon Clan may suffer losses, the Eye will be safe.

The enemy’s assault on the South Sea Eye is strong, but there isn’t a single formidable figure there.

The East Sea Eye is in danger!

Quickly notify your Royal Father to have all East Sea experts seal the space around the Sea Eye!”

Ao Yi was visibly stunned, but his movements were very quick as he took out a jade talisman from his chest.

But before he could activate the talisman’s restrictions, the hundreds of thousands of beings fighting here all paused for an instant, after which the entire sea region began to shake gently.

The Great Dao trembled, and space itself shuddered!

Li Changshou and Ao Yi exchanged glances, and Ao Yi’s delicate face turned bloodless. “Brother…”

“Don’t be afraid, we were just late for the first step.”

Li Changshou showed a slight smile, full of confidence. “It doesn’t matter. Withdraw half of the Dragon Clan experts here to reinforce the Sea Eye.

There are many ancient war dragons at the Eye, they can surely hold for some time.

Don’t panic, I already have a way to deal with this. Keep my paper person by your side, and I’ll tell you what to do next at any time.”

“Yes!”

Calm immediately returned to Ao Yi’s eyes.

The horns on his forehead flickered gently, and a dragon’s roar spread far and wide. Dozens of Dragon Clan experts who had been cutting through enemies like vegetables immediately turned, transformed into azure dragon forms, and sped toward where space had just trembled.

Li Changshou’s paper Dao body had already transformed into paper person form and slipped into Ao Yi’s sleeve;

Ao Yi handed over command authority here to his deputy and then transformed into his azure dragon true form, pursuing his clansmen ahead…

Meanwhile, at the convergence of the South Sea and East Sea, in that streak of light rushing through the sea, Li Changshou was sighing inwardly.

Earlier he had merely been comforting Ao Yi.

Though Li Changshou had ways to deal with this, there was no longer time to implement them…

This revenge from the Western Teaching had deployed their true foundation, and the local power balance at the East Sea Eye had surely already tilted by now.

There was no need for speculation – according to his paper Dao body had captured the situation, and events had completely left the Dragon Clan’s control.

After the spatial tremors that had affected ten thousand li earlier, more than ten rifts appeared near the East Sea Eye, from which black-scaled serpent dragons wrapped in blood energy flew out one after another.

Asura secret techniques, Blood Sea defilement!

These serpent dragons now emerged endlessly, their numbers unknowable.

And among these black-scaled serpents were mixed six-armed and eight-armed Blood Sea Asuras.

That wasn’t all…

Within a hundred li of the Sea Eye, hundreds or thousands of cloaked black shadows appeared mysteriously, coordinating with that batch of Western experts who had appeared first and been engaging in mobile combat. They began to reverse the pressure against the East Sea Dragon Palace dragons.

Monster Clan, Asura Clan, Ancient Fierce Beasts…

Those forces from the Western Teaching’s dark side had actually all gathered at the East Sea!

Seeing this, Li Changshou could only say inwardly:

‘The West has an expert.’

The Monster Clan, Asuras, and Fierce Beasts were all burdened with karmic retribution and abandoned by the Heavenly Dao. Even if they bore part of the karma for breaking the Sea Eye’s seal, their situation would be no different from now.

The Western Teaching had never acknowledged these fierce spirits as belonging to Spirit Mountain. Today’s events wouldn’t implicate Western Teaching, yet could still intimidate those who might oppose the West in the future.

And incidentally, they could also take away the Dragon Clan’s accumulated wealth…

[Had he previously underestimated the West?]

Li Changshou reflected inwardly but found that he hadn’t underestimated the West at all, and had been sufficiently cautious throughout.

Even when the situation required him to stand up against the West, he would always leave a path of retreat.

This loss of control was firstly because the West’s inherent strength was sufficient and had now been unified;

Secondly, Western Teaching had suddenly changed its style of action, switching from its previous arrogance and self-satisfaction to current ruthlessness and decisiveness.

Li Changshou truly wanted to know who exactly was the Western Teaching expert directing this battle from behind the scenes…

Was a Sage personally planning this?

If so, he should have already received a reminder from Lord Grand Pure by now.

The current game hadn’t risen to the level of the Sages.

Pushing these thoughts down in his heart, Li Changshou continuously pondered countermeasures while pushing his water teleportation technique to the limit.

But he could now clearly see the situation at the East Sea Eye.

The Dragon Clan had already lost their defense!

Large numbers of black-scaled blood serpents poured out from those rifts, heading straight for the Sea Eye.

From the edge of the deep pit of the Sea Eye, dozens of elder dragons flew out first to actively meet the enemy;

But when these elder dragons went out, the Sea Eye visibly shuddered slightly, and the dragons plugging the Eye suddenly bore even greater pressure!

The outer Dragon Clan experts fighting fiercely tried to return to help, but Asuras and Monster Clan experts met them head-on, using front and back pincer tactics to completely cut off the Dragon Clan experts’ reinforcement.

Though those ancient war dragons were powerful and fought fiercely, firstly they didn’t dare unleash their dragon power near the Eye, and secondly, there were truly too many black-scaled serpents. After engaging for just a moment, the elder dragons were already covered in wounds from being torn and bitten.

Ants can kill an elephant when numerous enough, and enough serpents can destroy dragons.

The blood energy wrapped around the black-scaled serpents seemed to be highly toxic as well, continuously seeping into these elder dragons’ wounds…

The defensive line constructed by the elder dragons broke almost instantly, and these war dragons could only quickly retreat, again spreading a thick protective barrier above the Sea Eye using their life essence.

— The many great formations arranged here had already been broken in the first wave of Western fierce spirits’ sneak attack.

Looking from the outside now, Li Changshou could see that the Western Teaching’s calculations this time linked the three battle situations together, combining both obvious and hidden strategies.

The main reason for the current situation, for the Dragon Clan being so passive, was precisely that they hadn’t followed Li Changshou’s arrangements, instead deploying all their strength at once and being directly trapped by the enemy…

Li Changshou could understand this as well and had already begun thinking about what he could still do if the Sea Eye was truly broken.

At the East Sea Eye.

Black-scaled serpents charged forward one after another, crashing and biting like maniacs.

The hastily erected formation clearly wouldn’t hold much longer.

Li Changshou could hardly bear to keep watching this place when suddenly a high-pitched dragon roar came from the side…

An elderly azure dragon broke through dozens of black shadows surrounding him, actually transformed to a length of tens of thousands of zhang in an instant, and with one sweep of his vast dragon tail, instantly cleared away half the black serpents above the Sea Eye!

The Dragon King, Ao Guang!

Just then, a muscular black shadow jumped out from a spatial rift.

This black shadow rapidly expanded in the seawater, directly transforming into a three-headed black serpent. Its enormous body was no less than the East Sea Dragon King’s, directly knocking the Dragon King away from above the Sea Eye, and the two quickly became entangled in fierce combat on the seabed.

One enormous black-scaled serpent after another appeared above the Sea Eye, charging toward it without regard for anything!

Li Changshou seemed to hear these black-scaled serpents’ roars, seemed to hear their countless years of resentment…

They were just a military breed carefully selected by the Dragon Clan;

They were just the Dragon Clan’s guards, servants to true dragons, not worthy of any dignity.

The extravagant Dragon Clan children could take their lives at will;

No matter how high their cultivation or how strong their power was, they had to kneel before those useless Dragon Clan members…

Even when their strength reached a certain level, they would have their cultivation crippled, transformed into breeding dragons to birth and multiply, providing more serpent dragon eggs for the Dragon Clan.

Those dragon eggs, their offspring, were mostly useless waste, becoming the first targets for those black-scaled serpents of outstanding talent when they came of age…

Whipping, scolding;

Endurance, sinking.

They were the Dragon Clan’s weapons, yet they were also living beings with flesh and blood!

Living beings!

Amid combat, the three-headed giant serpent was no match for the Dragon King and was quickly defeated, with one neck already caught in the Dragon King’s bite!

“Ao Guang!”

That three-headed giant serpent raised its head and roared in fury: “Your Dragon Clan will end with serpent hands!”

Then this giant serpent violently struggled, its left neck directly breaking off, spraying bursts of fresh blood!

Yet this three-headed dragon turned around and charged toward the Sea Eye’s deep pit again!

The Dragon King’s dragon body moved, immediately about to rush up and block it, but boundless blood energy surged out from around that three-headed giant serpent, condensing into a blood-colored azure dragon that blocked Ao Guang for two breaths!

This small amount of time was already enough.

The Dragon King’s eyes showed complete despair!

That three-headed giant serpent’s enormous body plummeted rapidly toward the Sea Eye!

Black-scaled serpents came flying like black light, circling and entangling around this giant serpent as if merging with it into one being, instantly transforming the black serpent into a huge ‘black sphere’!

That formation broke at a touch!

The group of dragons in the Sea Eye roared in fury, each dragon’s body bursting forth with intense light, seemingly connecting into a great net…

Ao Guang transformed into a ten-thousand-zhang azure dragon, and let out a roar that shook the East Sea, recklessly charging toward the giant serpent from the side, but it was already too late to block it…

Suddenly, a Water-Fire Taiji Diagram appeared above the Sea Eye, rapidly condensing in the seawater!

Li Changshou’s spirit shook at the sight – the Grand Magus had arrived!

Just then, above the Sea Eye, a flash of sword light crossed through the interwoven spatial rifts, and a brilliantly gleaming silver sword directly cut through the Water-Fire Taiji Diagram condensed by the Grand Magus!

Where this sword light passed, space split open again…

One sword’s sharpness could break space itself!

While Li Changshou was still puzzling over what sword this was, Tower Lord’s excited shout already rang in his mind.

“The Yuantou Sword! Holy shit, that’s the Yuantou Sword!

Quick, go up and let it cut us a couple of times, how many years has it been since we felt what pain feels like!”

Li Changshou: …

There was no time to retort as Li Changshou’s teleportation stopped. He was now near the East Sea Dragon Palace, no more than tens of thousands of li from that Sea Eye.

But he was already half a step too late.

The huge mass of flesh formed by the black-scaled serpents had already broken through the ‘dragon body dam’ at the Sea Eye.

Azure dragons wailed in grief, heaven and earth changed color, and boundless blood light suddenly appeared at the Sea Eye as extremely powerful sea currents surged out!

In this instant, all Five Continents of the Primordial World shuddered slightly.

What could he still do if he went over?

Li Changshou stood there lost in thought, and then his form flashed and directly appeared in the sky above the East Sea, transforming into a white cloud gazing toward the Sea Eye.

There, a water sphere thousands of li in diameter slowly bulged up. Looking down from high in the sky, it was as if the East Sea had transformed into a clear spring, with the Sea Eye as the spring’s source.

Boundless seawater surged out from the Sea Eye…

His dao heart shook as a blurry scene appeared in Li Changshou’s mind.

The East Sea Eye erupts, the East Sea raising huge waves to the sky, sweeping across the entire East Victory Divine Continent and most of the South Jambu Continent, with living beings meeting disaster!

‘Does the Heavenly Dao not care?’

Li Changshou raised his head to look at the sky, his eyes full of confusion, followed by understanding.

The polluted spring was originally formed from the karma of creation, mixed with heaven and earth’s resentment toward living beings – this was the karma of all beings.

Only by bearing this karma for all beings could the Dragon Clan offset their karmic retribution for shattering the Primordial World in ancient times…

[What could he do now?]

Li Changshou’s mind raced with thoughts.

If the tragedy he had just seen were truly to occur, the Dao School’s Sages, who were closely connected to humanity, would surely have appeared by now…

In other words, there must be a way to plug the Sea Eye.

Did the Dragon Clan inevitably have to sacrifice large numbers of their clan today? Would they have to repeat the tragedy of ancient times?

If so, pledging allegiance to the Heavenly Court had no effect, and hadn’t he failed to keep his word to the Dragon Clan…

Suddenly he heard…

“Elder Brother Master… the Eye, the Sea Eye is broken.”

Li Changshou’s dao heart tightened as he divided half his divine consciousness to fall beside Ao Yi.

The dozens of azure dragons following Ao Yi now floated in the seawater, their dragon eyes full of bewilderment as several scenes appeared in their minds.

Li Changshou’s paper Dao body transformed into a young Daoist, appearing at Ao Yi’s side.

Ao Yi had also unconsciously returned to his young human form, his eyes rimmed with red as two tears suddenly fell.

“Brother…”

Ao Yi unconsciously reached to grasp his side, and Li Changshou immediately raised his hand to grasp Ao Yi’s palm in return.

“I’m here.”

“The Sea Eye is broken,” Ao Yi seemed to have difficulty breathing as he said softly, “I just saw, saw Father King desperately trying to plug the Sea Eye, but being constantly pushed back by it, his scales all bloody…

Then saw waves submerging the land, countless land-dwelling beings dead and injured, countless Purple Lightning Divine Thunderbolts striking our clansmen to ash…

And saw countless clansmen rushing toward the Sea Eye, only to be torn apart by it…”

Indeed, it was so.

The Heavenly Dao’s will was for the Dragon Clan to fill it with their lives.

This was Heaven’s will, this was the Heavenly Dao;

Even though the Dragon Clan had submitted to the Heavenly Court, essentially working for the Heavenly Dao, they still couldn’t change their destined fate…

“Brother!”

The bewilderment had vanished from Ao Yi’s eyes, and though tears streaked his delicate face, he now showed a slight smile to Li Changshou.

He released Li Changshou’s hand, stepped back twice, and made a Daoist bow to Li Changshou.

“All this time…

Thank you.”

After speaking, he immediately turned around. Ao Yi let out a high-pitched dragon roar, and the dozens of azure dragons around who had seen the same vision didn’t hesitate, rushing forward again.

But…

Just as Ao Yi was about to transform into his dragon form, his feet wavered, his eyes closed powerlessly, and he collapsed into the seawater.

The azure dragons ahead suddenly looked back, but Li Changshou had already stepped forward to support Ao Yi, declaring loudly:

“Everyone, if you trust me as the Water God, I will protect Ao Yi’s life.

The responsibility Ao Yi must fulfill, I will take it on with my avatar!”

Light surged around these dozens of azure dragons as they each transformed into human form, making deep Daoist bows to Li Changshou, then without a word, transformed back into azure dragons and rushed at full speed toward the Sea Eye.

Not just them…

Thousands of azure dragons flew out from the East Sea Dragon Palace, most without much combat power, yet now charging forward without looking back…

At various battle sites throughout the East Sea, azure dragons disengaged from combat despite their injuries, turning to fly with all their might toward the Sea Eye…

Like moths to a flame, yet these were moths rushing to the flames with clear minds.

And in the South Sea, North Sea, and West Sea, Dragon Clan members who could rush to support the East Sea, whether many or few, immediately headed toward the East Sea Eye…

At this moment, those instigators, that large group of fierce beings sent by the Western Teaching, openly scattered to the distance, quickly leaving the East Sea Eye through various transfer formations and spatial rifts.

At the battle sites in the North Sea and South Sea, those Western Teaching experts similarly withdrew quickly, leaving behind a small portion of cannon fodder as rear guard.

The seabed suddenly collapsed not far from the East Sea Dragon Palace, and the Dragon Palace’s largest treasury vanished without a trace…

The West had achieved their goal.

“So they’ve withdrawn…”

Li Changshou suppressed the anger in his heart.

He had to admit, whoever was directing this battle from behind the scenes today was truly ruthless.

Sighing was useless – better to think about how to help the Dragon Clan.

Li Changshou’s immortal consciousness swept across various locations, watching the shadows of Dragon Clan members in the Sea Eye’s torrential flow being instantly pushed back and torn apart as they rushed forward…

They couldn’t plug it, couldn’t hold it back, but still fought to the death pushing forward.

The Dragon Clan had almost lost their reason, falling into madness – if they didn’t go to plug it, the Dragon Clan’s extinction would come within days!

Li Changshou looked up toward the sky above the Sea Eye.

There, East Minister Mu led one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers out of the sea surface, gathering in the high air.

He couldn’t wait anymore – he had to do something, however little.

His right hand turned over, grasping an iron rod that trembled slightly as if telling him something.

Could it work?

Li Changshou couldn’t see hope for success, but he wouldn’t be harmed. With this iron rod, thinking of its future ability to grow large or small, perhaps he could fight for that one line of survival for the Dragon Clan!

The Great Dao is fifty, and Heaven’s evolution is forty-nine.

Could this iron rod be the one that the Dragon Clan could escape to?

“Minister Mu!”

Li Changshou appeared from the white cloud, his shout echoing for ten thousand li around!

His white robes fluttered, white hair flying, the Dark Yellow Pagoda appearing above his head, left hand gripping the Dimensional Ruler, feet stepping forward as his form flickered continuously in the high air, rapidly approaching the sea’s ‘gushing spring’.

East Minister Mu couldn’t help but rejoice, calling out:

“The Water God has come!”

Before Minister Mu’s voice fell, Li Changshou had already appeared a thousand li away, his form flickering twice more to stand directly above the Sea Eye.

What to do?

Li Changshou looked at the iron rod in his hand and called out:

“If you have spirit, show your spiritual nature!”

The iron rod trembled slightly, breaking free from Li Changshou’s control to float vertically before him, suddenly growing thicker and longer, becoming half a meter in diameter.

‘Immortal power.’

As the blurry words formed in his mind, Li Changshou didn’t hesitate, pressing one palm against the iron rod as immortal power surged into it.

The iron rod suddenly expanded, even knocking Li Changshou flying.

Li Changshou called out the Dark Yellow Pagoda to float above his head, immediately jumping on top of the iron rod, his feet pressing down.

Closing his eyes, immortal power continuously poured from his body into the iron rod!

Longer, longer, longer…

Bigger, bigger, bigger!

In just an instant, the iron rod grew to a thousand zhang high, directly piercing into the gushing spring below!

Still not enough.

Li Changshou’s sleeves fluttered as paper people flew out with rustling sounds, instantly transforming into various human forms, quickly floating above the iron rod to pour their stored immortal power into it.

The iron rod’s rate of expansion increased severalfold!

Shortly after, an iron rod three hundred li in diameter stood between heaven and earth, its top connecting to the clouds, its bottom probing into the deep sea, inserted into the center of the ‘spring eye’.

Li Changshou took a gentle breath – the iron rod had now reached its limit.

He stomped hard, and the iron rod immediately sank downward, but after sinking just three hundred zhang, Li Changshou felt the enormous force transmitted from below.

The power erupting from the Sea Eye far exceeded what Li Changshou had imagined!

Taking a gentle breath, spiritual light flickered around Li Changshou as those paper Dao bodies around him immediately rose, coordinating with him to exert force together.

The Sea-Calming Needle sank another hundred zhang.

“Water God! Let me help you!”

Minister Mu called out softly as his form descended from high in the sky, immortal power surging through his body as both palms pressed against the iron rod.

The iron rod… symbolically trembled slightly…

“I’ll help too!”

Bian Zhuang put away his Nine-Toothed Rake and directly crashed into the Sea-Calming Needle’s top!

“I’ll help!”

“Quick, lend the Water God support!”

Figure after figure plunged from the sky – Heavenly Generals and Soldiers putting away their weapons, circulating all their immortal power to push down on this divine needle from top to bottom.

Just then, dragon roars transmitted from the sea as azure dragons broke through the water surface one after another, wheeling through the air before rapidly diving toward the top of this iron rod.

Hundreds of azure dragons flew to high altitudes to press down from the front;

Hundreds of azure dragons dove around the iron rod to stabilize its balance while pulling downward with all their might.

The Sea-Calming Needle immediately sank rapidly, actually splitting the surging seawater flowing from the Sea Eye!

Streams of meritorious virtue flowed around various parts of the iron rod;

A beam of golden light shot from the East Heaven Gate to enter this iron rod, causing it to suddenly blaze with light!

More and more azure dragons flew out of the sea surface, rushing toward the iron rod.

The East Sea Dragon King, already covered in blood, supported his enormous body to fly out of the seawater but exhausted his strength and fainted, sinking directly back into the deep sea…

This line of survival was given by Li Changshou, but the Dragon Clan needed to fight for it, to struggle for it!

Just then, a flash of sword light streaked out, drawing out ten thousand zhang of sword radiance to strike directly at this iron rod.

Li Changshou snorted softly, the Dark Yellow Pagoda above his head about to move when suddenly a golden light flashed and a golden barrel like an ‘earth movement instrument’ appeared, forcibly blocking the sword light.

The Primal Golden Dipper!

A white figure turned out from behind the Primal Golden Dipper, her beautiful face slightly cold, spirit eyes like lightning as her slender hand waved gently, causing the golden barrel to shoot out a beam of golden light striking into the void.

Immortal Yunxiao!

A muffled grunt was heard as the Great Dao trembled in the high air, a shadow bowing its head to spit blood as it fled in a sorry state.

Yunxiao immediately moved to pursue but thought of something and stopped, putting away the Primal Golden Dipper as her form flashed to appear beside Li Changshou.

Her slender hand pressed down gently, and the Sea-Calming Needle that had stopped sank a great distance again!

But the closer to the Sea Eye, the stronger the force of the gushing seawater – with only dozens of zhang remaining between the needle’s bottom and the Sea Eye, it couldn’t advance an inch further.

Dragons and Heavenly Soldiers of insufficient strength were already beginning to exhaust their immortal power…

The previously gloomy sky suddenly brightened!

Li Changshou looked up to see twenty-four deep blue stars in the sky, arranged in some mysterious formation to surround the Sea-Calming Needle as they rapidly descended toward the sea.

That Daoist wearing armor and sporting a beautiful beard now stood with hands clasped behind his back, vast magical power continuously surging around him, his expression solemn, his forehead showing sweat.

The Sea-Calming Zhenzhus!

Brother Zhao!

“Stabilize!”

Zhao Gongming suddenly shouted, and the twenty-four Sea-Calming Zhenzhus erupted with light as space for a thousand li around seemed to freeze, and the Sea Eye below actually fell into stillness.

Li Changshou felt his feet lighten as the Sea-Calming Needle suddenly sank, plugging into the Sea Eye!

With a “pah” sound, Zhao Gongming spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and immediately sat cross-legged in the high air.

Was it… was it plugged in?

Li Changshou wondered inwardly as all the dragons looked down toward the sea, not daring to exert force yet not daring to stop their power.

The Sea-Calming Zhenzhus’ light rapidly dimmed, transforming into twenty-four treasure pearls that flew back to circle Zhao Gongming.

The Sea-Calming Needle trembled slightly, and all the Dragon Clan immediately exerted force, desperately holding it in place.

The Sea Eye seemed… to be sealed just like this.

But now the Sea-Calming Needle’s weight couldn’t hold down the Sea Eye – would they have to keep pressing here forever?

Suddenly, Li Changshou noticed something.

The meritorious virtue on the Sea-Calming Needle was being rapidly consumed!

One-tenth, two-tenths, three-tenths…

The Sea-Calming Needle continuously shrank as the Sea Eye pit below contracted simultaneously!

In just an instant, the Sea Eye had shrunk by about one-tenth its area, while the meritorious power on the Sea-Calming Needle was already exhausted.

The East Sea was quiet for a moment.

Boom!

An even stronger force surged up from beneath the Sea-Calming Needle, almost lifting it out of the Sea Eye!

Meritorious virtue!

To plug this Sea Eye required vast amounts of meritorious virtue!

Li Changshou looked at his left hand, hesitation crossing his eyes, but he quickly made his decision.

What was wrong with returning the great meritorious virtue given by the Dragon Clan?

He could get back double in incense merit from the Dragon Clan later!

This way, he wouldn’t owe the Dragon Clan anything!

But even if he put in all his merit, it would only seal half the Sea Eye, and by then the Sea Eye’s counter-surge would be even stronger…

“Changgeng, you’ve worked hard. Leave the rest to me.”

A soft sigh entered his ear as Li Changshou suddenly raised his head to look toward the distant clouds.

There, Heavenly Court Marshal Hua Ritian stood proudly, his handsome face showing a faint smile as golden light surged around him, penetrating all his robes.

Li Changshou was truly stunned. “Your Majesty…”

Hua Ritian smiled gently and nodded, looking down at the seawater below.

Suddenly he leaped, transforming into a beam of golden light that shot directly toward the Sea Eye!

Li Changshou cried out:

“Your merit golden body is complete! Why not deploy Heaven’s merit!”

But all he received was a gradually fading voice transmission:

“A moment’s hesitation would mean disaster for all beings. I, Haotian, being Heaven’s Emperor, wish to care for all living things.”

Shortly after, layers of golden light spread out, dyeing heaven and earth golden as the Sea-Calming Needle visibly shrank, the Sea Eye below contracting in sync.

Half an hour later…

Li Changshou, Yunxiao, Zhao Gongming, East Minister Mu, leading Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, along with tens of thousands of azure dragons who had arrived one after another, surrounded the seabed.

The Sea-Calming Needle had returned to its original iron rod size, standing quietly in a small ‘spring eye’.

The spring eye flowed with clear water, this water flowed very gently, filling the East Sea’s consumption, incredibly stable, containing meritorious virtue.

An elder with a dragon head asked tremblingly: “Water God, that figure…”

“Was an important general valued by the Jade Emperor,” Li Changshou stood with hands behind his back, speaking calmly, “His name was Hua Ritian, a Marshal of the Heavenly Court.”

Ao Guang, who had just been supported back, his body covered in blood, now said nothing but slowly knelt before that spring eye, bowing deeply.

The surrounding azure dragons all transformed into human form, kneeling one by one on the seabed, prostrating themselves before that spring eye, that Sea-Calming Needle, that vanished ‘Heavenly Court Marshal’.

Zhao Gongming walked up from behind and bumped Li Changshou’s shoulder, transmitting with a laugh:

“This little martial uncle has truly impressed me.”

Li Changshou nodded, and though it wasn’t appropriate to smile at this moment, he simply said:

“The Heavenly Court isn’t bad.”

Immortal Yunxiao blinked, lost in thought.