With a faint rustling sound, the inconspicuous mosquito on the paper doll’s shoulder silently dissipated.

Li Changshou’s heart stirred slightly, and he transmitted a message to Priest Wenjing’s not-yet-fully-dispersed divine consciousness:

“Don’t keep appearing as a mosquito anymore. Better safe than sorry—from now on… add some disguise to your divine ability, take the form of a cicada or grasshopper instead.”

In the secret cave dwelling at the foot of Spirit Mountain, Priest Wenjing, who was soaking in a pool, was momentarily stunned.

The Star-Lord was truly… somewhat difficult to describe.

In the underground chamber of Small Jade Peak, Li Changshou spread a piece of paper, quietly analyzing the other party’s scheme.

The news Priest Wenjing brought didn’t differ much from what Truth Listener had provided, just from a slightly different angle.

In the evil cultivator’s jade talisman that True Lord Yuding had unexpectedly intercepted, the evil cultivators had received orders to eliminate several human monarchs and leaders of the South Jambu Continent, the so-called ‘mortal emperors’;

When Maitreya went to ‘confide’ in Ksitigarbha, he revealed more explicit and detailed schemes, targeting the leading clan of the Shang tribe, namely the descendants of Qi;

As for the news Priest Wenjing brought, it was her received orders.

These orders weren’t to personally deal with the mortals but to wait in the south of the South Sea. Regardless of whether those evil cultivators succeeded, they were to annihilate these ‘hired’ evil cultivators at the other end of their ‘escape route’, leaving none alive.

These three pieces of information, have three different angles, yet they could be reasonably integrated.

The Western Religion wanted to achieve the result of disrupting Heaven’s pace with minimal investment.

Since the Purple Palace meeting, when the Jade Emperor confronted the two Western Religion sages face-to-face, both forces have stood in opposition.

The Western Religion’s interference with Heaven was meant to buy themselves breathing room.

After careful analysis, Li Changshou felt that Western Religion’s scheme wasn’t problematic apart from their poor secrecy work.

Regardless, he would still treat it with utmost caution. Even if it meant using a butcher’s knife to kill a chicken, so be it.

By the way, he still needed to spare some attention to his Sect Leader’s situation, lest the Sect Leader fall victim to the Great Tribulation’s schemes and become an unremarkable ripple.

Common Golden Immortals had very little influence on the Great Tribulation, but if protection could be provided, it should be;

After all, without the Enlightenment Immortal Sect, there wouldn’t be his current self.

Li Changshou sighed softly, went to burn three incense sticks at his master’s thatched cottage, and then turned to immerse himself in this scheme.

Intercepting the Western Religion!

And incidentally, designs a small plot to let Priest Wenjing inadvertently establish some merit, strengthening her antagonistic relationship with himself. It would be best if there could be a chase scene.

This way, Priest Wenjing, who had passed the Sage’s test, could gain more influence within the Western Religion.

—These were all bonus questions; better secure the base scores first.

Li Changshou prepared for two months, contacting Kong Xuan about this matter in advance and requesting True Lord Taiji and True Lord Yuding to provide support from the sidelines.

Besides this, it was Li Changshou’s first time bringing the nineteen human ancestor experts who had long followed him but had been merely eating, drinking, and making merry—the nineteen demon soldiers that Senior Brother Xuandu had brought back from Xuandu City—to another ambush point.

Top powerhouse Kong Xuan, two Enlightenment School True Lords, nineteen ancient human demon soldiers whose overall combat strength couldn’t be underestimated;

Add to that himself, a small Human School law master heading to the South Jambu Continent, carrying the Taiji Diagram, Primordial Tower, and Heaven-Earth Ruler, should be…

Ahem, no flag-raising, just full effort.

Taking one more precaution, he arranged to separate Qi’s several grandsons. As long as the greater righteousness wasn’t lost and the Immortal Contract remained intact, the Shang tribe’s rise to become the Shang nation wouldn’t be greatly affected.

As usual, when Old Chief Diagram came with Tower Lord and Ruler Brother, Flag Aunt also descended together.

She immediately understood when Li Changshou, holding the Earth-Leaving Flame Banner, went to find Ling’e.

“Senior Brother, are you going out again?”

“Yes,” Li Changshou smiled warmly, “Don’t worry, I’m just going to the South Jambu Continent for about a month. Keep Master’s treasures close to you, don’t let them leave your person.”

“Oh,” Ling’e responded, her eyes showing a trace of reluctance.

Although when Senior Brother was in the mountains, they weren’t together every day as brother and sister, and after Senior Brother let her focus on cultivation and not handle Immortal Union affairs, she had been diligently cultivating and staying in closed practice daily.

Li Changshou raised his hand to pat Ling’e’s head, then his form disappeared, the universe rippling faintly—using sophisticated teleportation techniques.

“Still saying how dangerous it is outside, telling others not to go out for walks, yet running outside every day himself, not caring about this junior sister at all, hmph!”

Ling’e’s lips twisted as she put her hands behind her back, pouting sullenly for a while, but soon humming a light tune as she meditated under her favorite lakeside tree.

Li Changshou, watching this scene through his paper doll, just chuckled softly, shifting his divine consciousness to Heaven.

At this time, he needed to inform the Jade Emperor in advance, give His Majesty some sense of participation, and perhaps have an avatar come down too busy about, after all, His Majesty was now almost bored too…

Heaven had long been peaceful, yet the Jade Emperor could still steadily sit in the Jade Palace—this was rare perseverance and a sense of responsibility.

Sure enough, after Li Changshou went to report this matter to the Jade Emperor, General Wei Shenmo eagerly went to the Hall of Clear Understanding to fetch a token, took off his battle armor, changed into a purple-red Daoist robe, and secretly headed to the South Jambu Continent to rendezvous with Li Changshou.

Although the Shang tribe was developing rapidly, occupying large territories in the eastern South Jambu Continent, there weren’t many prosperous cities within their borders.

At this time, the Shang tribe had already set their sights on the prosperous central regions of the South Continent, continuously encroaching and advancing, with captured prisoners providing a surplus labor force, and the privileged class taking initial shape.

However, due to the Immortal Contract’s restrictions, those in power respected the ancestral instructions and couldn’t use immortal pills and spiritual medicines to extend their lives;

Even if some Shang tribal leaders harbored dissatisfaction and secretly obtained spiritual pills, these pills would self-destruct before reaching their mouths.

And these ‘descendants of Qi’ who didn’t respect ancestral instructions and violated the Immortal Contract either died suddenly or went insane. After several attempts, the Shang tribal leading clan gave up on this idea.

One lifetime of mortal wealth, not coveting immortal longevity.

In an elegant chamber of a tall building in a prosperous city in the central South Continent, listening to Li Changshou explain these things, Wei Shenmo sipped mortal tea, continuously nodding in approval.

“Much hardship to you, beloved official Changshou, arranging this matter so long ago!”

Li Changshou…

So you never cared about such a major matter as the separation of immortals and mortals!

He had written all this in his memorial back then, truly reading and forgetting…

Wei Shenmo smiled and said: “By the way, isn’t You Qin Xuanya originally a princess of this clan? Should we summon Xuanya over this time?”

Li Changshou said: “Of course, it’s up to Your Majesty, but Xuanya going back and forth…”

“It’s decided then!”

Wei Shenmo immediately concluded and closed his eyes, quickly opening them to say: “The Wood Minister has already gone to arrange it. Soon, Xuanya will lead a team of heavenly soldiers, secretly disguising themselves as mortals, to enter the Shang tribe.

Xuanya has made outstanding contributions to improving Heaven’s image and influence these years.

Beloved official Changshou, think about how to reward Xuanya.”

Li Changshou smiled and said: “Why not wait until Xuanya passes the Golden Immortal tribulation and can truly lead an army, before discussing rewards?”

“Fine, you as her senior brother have the final say,” Wei Shenmo raised his eyebrows at Li Changshou.

Li Changshou muttered inwardly, feeling that the Jade Emperor hadn’t suddenly become more thorough in his considerations, but was finding ways to arrange some ‘good things’ for him.

Having a superior who was dedicated to giving benefits to his subordinate…

It was truly exhausting.

On another front, Li Changshou had been secretly observing the environment around Empty Void Sect Leader Ji Wuyou, witnessing what could be called ‘immortal sect squabbling’.

Just as Ji Wuyou had said, after multiple forces intervened, the逍遥 Immortal Sect and those three immortal sects didn’t fight.

First, they confronted each other for a month, during which various reinforcements arrived;

Then some Great Luo Golden Immortals of higher seniority and better connections ‘happened to pass by’ and stood out to ‘speak frankly’ and ‘indeed’, after which the three major immortal sects retreated angrily, and both sides began to haggle over conditions.

Li Changshou finally felt relieved about this.

To truly destroy a sect, one must plot in secret and strike like lightning, breaking through the mountain-protecting formation in the shortest time, unleashing the strongest killing power!

Operations like gathering reinforcements everywhere, both sides confronting high-profile, continuously flexing muscles, were instead meant to gain more benefits in the upcoming negotiations.

The four immortal sects found a mountaintop and, under the watchful eyes of many experts who came to support both sides, began to enumerate past grievances.

From disciples killed in conflicts a hundred years ago, all the way back to tens of thousands of years ago when an elder of a certain immortal sect bought inferior pills produced by the 逍遥 Immortal Sect in the market town.

The 逍遥 Immortal Sect also temporarily put aside their tranquility and non-action, counting past grievances individually.

Like how several rogue cultivators misused their 逍遥 Immortal Sect’s name to deceive another immortal sect of a batch of magical treasures, that immortal sect came to demand spirit stones from the 逍遥 Immortal Sect, resulting in a big fight that became a laughingstock in the Central Divine Continent… and so on.

When relations between both sides became stiff and tense again, peacemakers stood out to speak fair words, while both sides took half a step back and continued haggling.

Back and forth, Li Changshou watched with great interest.

The 逍遥 Immortal Sect, being the weaker party, would certainly have to give up several market town spirit medicine shops and compensate with spirit stones. The current issue was just how much they would lose.

Finally, after nearly fifty days of haggling, this farce ended, with the 逍遥 Immortal Sect bleeding a little and the crisis resolved.

Enlightenment Immortal Sect Leader Ji Wuyou and several elders attended the 逍遥 Immortal Sect’s thank-you banquet, then quietly set off on their return journey.

Li Changshou didn’t relax his vigilance. Even though evil cultivators began appearing in the South Sea and the Western Religion’s scheme was about to be implemented, he kept part of his divine consciousness by Ji Wuyou’s side.

During this period, Li Changshou had taken the Jade Emperor’s avatar sightseeing and inspecting mortal human affairs everywhere, and all arrangements in the South Jambu Continent were complete.

When the South Sea evil cultivators showed their traces, Li Changshou summoned the Golden Roc Marshal for overall support.

He also arranged paper dolls in several major kingdom capitals of the South Jambu Continent for constant monitoring, to prevent human disasters caused by the destruction of these nations’ ruling clans.

Calculating and thinking it through, Li Changshou felt he hadn’t left any loopholes.

When he arrived with Wei Shenmo at the great city where the Shang tribe leader resided, meeting with Kong Xuan in an elegant residence.

Kong Xuan asked directly:

“Since we already grasp the enemy’s movements, why not strike directly when they gather, catching them completely off guard?

This way, we can avoid causing panic among the local mortals.”

Li Changshou thought carefully and said: “To be safe, it’s better to guard here. We don’t know if these evil cultivators are just decoys; hasty action might instead fall into their trap.”

“Indeed so,” Kong Xuan nodded slightly, sitting quietly in the wooden chair by the window, lowering his brows in thought.

Beside them, Wei Shenmo couldn’t help but frown repeatedly, unconsciously looking toward Kong Xuan, then quickly averting his gaze, sizing up this first peacock since the creation of heaven and earth.

He saw that Kong Xuan now had completely taken on a woman’s appearance.

Her figure was slender and shapely, her face becoming beautiful, her phoenix eyes losing some of their majesty and gaining a touch of allure. Originally of undefined yin and yang, now having settled into womanhood, she had gained the natural assets of a woman.

The kind that would make ‘Little Ancestral Master’ Jiang Lin’er burst into tears.

Wei Shenmo looked toward Li Changshou, giving him a gaze of admiration.

Li Changshou instantly understood the deeper meaning in that gaze and quickly transmitted a message to Wei Shenmo saying ‘Great Law Master’, hurrying to clarify the matter.

Kong Xuan asked softly: “Has he returned recently?”

“He came back for the Purple Palace meeting,” Li Changshou said, “but then hurried back to Xuandu City.”

Kong Xuan nodded, not saying more, sitting there with eyes closed to rest her spirit.

Though her gender was now fixed and yin-yang divided, her personality had never changed. The pride in her bones was hard to conceal, nor did she wish to conceal it.

After waiting here for just half a day, Li Changshou’s paper doll detected dozens of streaking lights flying out from an island in the South Sea, rushing toward this great city of the Shang tribe in the South Jambu Continent.

“They’re here.”

“Mm,” Kong Xuan responded, five-colored divine light blooming around her body, her slowly opening eyes filled with cold killing intent.

Li Changshou glanced at his Sect Leader, and seeing that the Sect Leader had safely returned to the Enlightenment Immortal Sect, he turned most of his attention to the matter at hand.

At the South Sea shore, in Anshui City.

The young Daoist transformed from the Golden-Winged Great Peng was holding a round flatbread, leisurely savoring it by the street.

When those streaks of light rapidly passed by ten thousand li away, Golden Peng showed a trace of regret, swallowed the meat bread in one bite, patted his hands, and his form disappeared like a gentle breeze.

…

“It has begun.”

At the top level of the Six Realms Tower, a Daoist sitting in a shadowy corner spoke with a light laugh, his Daoist robe like a patch-covered sack.

Under the window, Truth Listener listlessly swayed its tail, while Earth Store who sat cross-legged beside it opened his eyes.

Earth Store asked: “If you know it’s bound to fail, why waste energy in vain?”

“Oh?” The slightly chubby Daoist’s lips maintained a constant smile as he asked: “How does junior brother define victory and defeat?”

Earth Store fell silent.

The chubby Daoist’s hand produced a golden alms bowl, slowly pushing it forward. A screen of light shone from within, showing the outline of a mortal great city.

In the southern sky above the great city, dozens of stars lined up in a row, softly twinkling as they rapidly rushed toward the city.

The chubby Daoist raised his eyebrows, the smile at his lips growing deeper.

“Almost forgot, junior brother’s mount can monitor the heart voices of all beings. This situation needs not to be shown by this poor Daoist—sitting here, you already know all matters of the Three Realms.”

Earth Store frowned and said: “Senior brother’s words carry implications, seeming to suspect something about me.”

“Indeed, this poor Daoist does have suspicions.”

This slightly chubby Daoist, Western Religion’s Senior Brother Maitreya, sat up straight and leaned half his body forward. His slightly oily smiling face made Truth Listener instinctively lower its head, not daring to look directly.

Maitreya said slowly:

“This poor Daoist certainly doesn’t suspect junior brother. Junior brother can sacrifice himself for Spirit Mountain, this poor Daoist naturally holds great respect.

However, doesn’t Junior Brother feel that in the previous contests with the Water God, everything carried a hint of strangeness?

Is Li Changgeng truly so prophetic, always seizing the initiative before you and me? His arrival was suspiciously timely even in the East Sea Dragon Eye battle.

Has Junior Brother ever suspected there might be some issues here?”

Earth Store’s gaze moved back and forth, his eyes carrying traces of contemplation.

At this moment, in the light screen projected by the golden alms bowl, the dozens of streaks of light had rushed to within a hundred li of the great city, about to crash toward the palace at the city’s center.

Suddenly in that great city, a five-colored divine light flashed, and a figure appeared extremely quickly in the air, standing quietly there, facing the dozens of approaching evil cultivators.

Phoenix Tribe, Kong Xuan.

Maitreya glanced at the scene in the screen, seemingly completely unconcerned, and continued to gaze through the light screen at Earth Store and Truth Listener, smiling as he said:

“Junior brother, your mount not only can hear the voices of all beings but can also transmit heart voices back to all beings, correct?”

Truth Listener’s body stiffened, inexplicably feeling a chill rise from all its limbs and bones.

It seemed that behind that smiling face was an extremely fierce and evil beast that could swallow it in one bite, despite its not inconsiderable strength.

Earth Store said coldly: “Senior brother, I don’t know what you mean exactly. Right now you should focus on the group of human qi practitioners you arranged.”

“Them?”

Maitreya smiled and said: “Junior brother, do you know how mortals catch fish?

There is a method called angling, using fine string and hook, wrapped with bait, sinking it into rivers, pools, and lakes, waiting quietly for a while until the fish takes the bait and falls into the angler’s scheme.”

“Senior brother used a chain of schemes?”

“It hardly counts as a chain of schemes, just some small arrangements.”

Maitreya raised his hand to point at the light screen and then seemed to point through the screen at Truth Listener, making the latter’s body almost completely tense up.

“Look, junior brother,” Maitreya’s smile gradually withdrew, “this woman is Phoenix Tribe’s Kong Xuan, with the divine ability of Five-Colored Divine Light, a strength comparable to the top disciples of the Dao School’s sages. Even this elder brother has no confidence in defeating her.

These evil cultivator desperados gathered from the Three Thousand Worlds have no idea they’re facing such an opponent, and have already begun to panic.

Look, Kong Xuan is making her move.”

As shown in the light screen, Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light flickered, like five sharp swords sweeping across the heavens, and over ten evil cultivators at the front were immediately decapitated.

Kong Xuan coldly snorted, revealing her imposing presence.

That group of evil cultivators was stunned for a moment. When Kong Xuan’s form flashed and appeared before these evil cultivators, the remaining twenty-some evil cultivators turned and fled, each displaying their divine abilities, moving more than twice as fast as when they came!

Kong Xuan snorted coldly, divine light falling with her hand’s movement, and several more figures were horizontally sliced by the Five-Colored Divine Light.

This was merely the most superficial application of the Five-Colored Divine Light; its sealing, prohibiting, imprisoning, and sweeping effects had no chance to be employed.

At the top of the Six Realms Tower, Maitreya explained this scene with a smile;

Truth Listener, for some unknown reason, began trembling all over, burying its head in its paws, completely not daring to look up.

“See, these scattered cultivators are quite clever, beginning to flee in all directions. And from the south flies a golden peng bird—it’s the Golden-Winged Great Peng who first went to Spirit Mountain and then defected to Heaven, sister and brother with Kong Xuan.

However, several people still carry Great Teleportation Talismans, which can directly teleport their forms to the south of the South Sea.

There, this poor Daoist has arranged dozens of Primordial Fierce Beasts.”

Earth Store slowly nodded and said: “It’s a good scheme, but the senior brother seems to have underestimated the Water God. He naturally won’t fall for such an obvious trap.”

Maitreya said: “That’s not certain.”

“Does senior brother have other arrangements?”

“Ah,” Maitreya sighed lightly, “This elder brother actually doesn’t wish to get involved in these matters, but our Western Religion has truly reached a critical moment.

This elder brother has carefully observed the Water God for a long time and has completely reconstructed our several encounters with the Water God, finding the Water God’s weakness…

Does junior brother feel that the Water God excels at scheming and is suspicious by nature?”

“Indeed.”

“Then you’re wrong,” Maitreya said, “The Water God has been pursuing maximum certainty all along. His nature isn’t suspicion, but seeking stability.

For example, right now…”

As shown in the light screen:

Under Kong Xuan and Golden Peng’s front and back encirclement, the fleeing evil cultivators quickly collapsed, but several people in the chaos took out jade talismans one after another, luckily escaping the Five-Colored Divine Light and golden feathers.

At this time, Golden Peng unhesitatingly chased toward the outer South Sea, while Kong Xuan didn’t pursue forcefully, directly returning to that great city.

“See,” Maitreya smiled and said, “This sister and brother pair shouldn’t have had a chance to communicate, yet they so decisively took up attack and defense positions—naturally the Water God is directing from the shadows.

Even in an easy victory, he still won’t be careless—this is the Water God’s way of doing things.”

Earth Store asked in return: “How is Golden Peng’s pursuit alone considered steady?”

“Junior brother is wrong. It’s not just Golden Peng giving chase, but also the Water God whom we cannot see.”

“Why is senior brother so certain? Neither you nor I have seen the Water God’s shadow. Perhaps today he only has an avatar here, his true body not yet revealed.”

“Why so certain… junior brother, just watch.”

Maitreya’s finger lightly slid, and the golden light screen showed a dark place that seemed to be the void outside heaven.

There was a huge hexagram formation, above which appeared a gray vortex. One could barely see dozens of figures, some human-formed, some fierce beasts, lurking around the formation.

The Great Teleportation Talismans’ destination point was right here. Those few evil cultivators emerged from it one after another, and a graceful figure actively went forward to meet them.

In the Six Realms Tower, god, spirit, and beast watched this scene. Earth Store had already seen these people’s fate and revealed a slightly bitter smile at the corner of his mouth.

Maitreya smiled with narrowed eyes.

“Hasn’t Junior brother noticed yet?

When the Water God was still the Sea God, whenever his true body appeared, he was either beside the Great Law Master or had numerous supreme treasures protecting him—these are changes that appeared as the Water God’s strength continuously increased.

The target this elder brother chose this time seems to be just a mortal great city, but it’s a weak point in the Water God’s major plan connecting Heaven and mortal humans. He will naturally take it very seriously. His true body must be here, and he must have brought the primordial supreme treasures Taiji Diagram and Heaven-Earth Primordial Mysterious Yellow Precious Tower with him.

In the situation just now, since Golden Peng gave chase, the Water God had no reason to let his beloved general face danger alone.

According to the Water God’s way of doing things, the one making a move this time is him, with Golden Peng only providing support.

With the Taiji Diagram and Primordial Tower protecting his body, unless a sage makes a move, no one can harm him. His making a move is the most steady approach.

Look, hasn’t he arrived?”

As Maitreya spoke, that graceful figure walked onto the cosmic formation. Light blue formation light illuminated her enchanting appearance—it was naturally Priest Wenjing.

Wenjing walked in front of those who had fled here, the corner of her mouth curving into an intoxicating smile, her eyes flashing with demonic blood light.

Those few evil cultivators’ eyes immediately became dull, allowing Wenjing to walk past them, allowing her slender fingers to slide across their foreheads.

When Wenjing walked to the other side of the formation, these kneeling figures suddenly collapsed, turning into piles of fine sand, suspended in the void.

Just then!

A Taiji Diagram’s phantom image mysteriously appeared above Priest Wenjing, and that white-browed, white-haired old Daoist stepped out.

Great White Star, Li Changgeng!

Wenjing’s expression changed, and she almost instinctively let out a sharp shriek. The dozens of fierce beast shadows around her pounced violently, unleashing fierce attacks at this old Daoist.

At the top of the Six Realms Tower, Maitreya’s eyes narrowed, the light screen projected by the golden alms bowl locked onto Priest Wenjing and several other fierce beasts with the highest strength.

Watching them continuously spitting blood under the Primordial Tower’s suppression, Maitreya’s smile grew deeper.

“The several information leaks should have nothing to do with Wenjing, then…

Truth Listener, shouldn’t you give this poor Daoist an explanation?”

“Ex-explain what?”

Truth Listener muttered quietly: “Aren’t you misunderstanding? The Water God wants to eliminate me.”

But Earth Store said: “Senior brother made such a grand display just to investigate who is the Water God’s inside agent?”

“That was only thirty percent of the plan.”

Maitreya’s finger moved, dividing the screen into two parts.

On the left was the void, where numerous Primordial Fierce Beasts surrounded the Great White Star who held up the Primordial Tower, temporarily able to keep Li Changshou trapped in place;

On the right was a scene in grayish mist, where more than ten shadows wrapped in black qi sat quietly, this gray mist seeming to move continuously.

Maitreya smiled and said: “Look at these—they are Golden Immortals that this elder brother painstakingly gathered. Though their strength isn’t outstanding, they all come from severe school backgrounds.

Junior brother, Truth Listener, I only ask you one question today.

Where exactly is the Water God’s true body hidden?”

Earth Store frowned: “How would I know?”

“You don’t know, but it does,” Maitreya looked at Truth Listener, that smile becoming incomparably grim, waves of pressure sweeping toward Truth Listener!

Truth Listener’s blue fur stood on end, but in just an instant, it was pressed flat to the ground by this pressure, its whole body stiff and unable to move.

Earth Store showed anger: “Senior brother, what do you mean? You think I betrayed Spirit Mountain, conspiring with the Water God long ago?”

“Don’t be anxious, junior brother. This elder brother just feels your divine beast has some issues—naturally wouldn’t suspect you.”

Maitreya wore a faint smile, his finger pointing distantly at Truth Listener.

“Little one, Earth Store junior brother is now ranked in the Heavenly Dao sequence, while you are still just a mount.

Let this poor Daoist ask you once more—where does that Water God’s true body usually hide? And from which Human School immortal sect did he start his cultivation path?”

Truth Listener produced: “Really can’t be certain…”

“Is that so?”

Cold light flashed in Maitreya’s eyes.

“Senior brother, that’s enough.”

Earth Store’s sleeves billowed, his long hair flying, dense Heavenly Dao power erupting around his body, divine light surging in his eyes.

“Truth Listener is my mount.”

Maitreya’s smile remained unchanged, but the cold light in his eyes became almost substantial.

“But you are still a disciple of our Western Religion.”

Crack, crack!

At the corner, that bookshelf suddenly shattered, and in this Six Realms Tower, an outward-blowing fierce wind arose.

“Enlightenment Immortal Sect… it’s the Enlightenment Immortal Sect!”

Truth Listener suddenly shouted lowly: “The Water God’s hiding place is the Enlightenment Immortal Sect. Truth Listener only learned this half a month ago and hadn’t yet had time to report to master!”

Earth Store frowned, while the cold light in Maitreya’s eyes receded, and he very naturally gave a light laugh.

Just then, in the light screen between Earth Store and Maitreya, both the left and right parts suddenly showed changes.

On the left, several fierce beasts suddenly threw out dozens of streaking lights, blasting cosmic rifts around Heaven’s Great White Star!

On the right, that grayish misty screen suddenly turned, the gray mist dispersing with the wind, revealing over ten figures shrouded in black qi appearing in the high sky.

They looked down, directly below was a peaceful immortal sect mountain gate, its thin smooth formation reflecting the sun star’s light.

Truth Listener almost held its breath, watching this scene on the screen. Just as its throat produced a trembling sound, those ten-plus black shadows suddenly plunged without any hesitation, crashing toward the mountain-protecting formation!

Just then, on the left side of the golden light screen, that Great White Star suddenly turned around, his eyes showing slight anxiety.

On Small Jade Peak!

In the various forests and streams around the outer mountain-protecting formation!

Figure after figure shot skyward—dozens of Heaven Immortal realm men, women, old and young seemed to have lurked in various places for a long, about to meet those dozen-plus black shadows rushing down from the sky.

The black shadow charging at the front suddenly stopped, took out a black pearl from within, and squeezed it forcefully—a jet-black sphere erupted, almost instantly enveloping the mountain gate below, sweeping across a thousand li of land!

Those men and women rushing skyward suddenly lost their forward momentum, turning into paper dolls in mid-air, powerlessly floating down!

Paper dolls are out of control!

Several black shadows struck out their palms together, smashing down on the mountain-protecting formation below. The formation blazed with light, but cracks appeared all across its light barrier.

At the top of the Six Realms Tower, Maitreya had already stood up.

“For the sake of your divine beast finally telling the truth, this poor Daoist will spare its life today. From now on, you two just stay quietly and honestly in this Six Realms Tower.

Having already jumped out of the great religious struggle’s vortex, why must you get involved again?

Also, today’s game will have no clues pointing to our Spirit Mountain, except for this poor Daoist telling you about it here.

The false appearance this poor Daoist created this time is that our Western Religion and the Enlightenment School jointly schemed against this Water God, and we will deny doing anything afterward.

If this provocation fails and the Water God only resents us, unable to blame the Enlightenment School…

Tsk, wonder how divine beast meat tastes.”

Truth Listener’s whole body trembled chaotically, lowering its head with a dejected sigh.

As Maitreya turned to leave, Earth Store said firmly: “Senior brother, what difference does destroying this Human School immortal sect make? It won’t harm the Water God’s foundation.”

“But it will make him very unhappy.”

“This will deepen his prejudice against our Western Religion, bringing us no benefit!”

“Foolish junior brother,” Maitreya, facing the wall, turned his head slightly, his peripheral vision watching Earth Store by the windowsill, “Whether from a position or personal emotion, he already wants to eliminate the Western Religion as soon as possible.

After the Purple Palace, we became mortal enemies with him.

Only by letting him taste some bitterness will he have deeper misgivings. That nature of his that seeks maximum certainty will make him reassess our Western Religion’s strength.

And most importantly…”

The golden alms bowl flew into Maitreya’s hand. The final remaining image showed the Great White Star wanting to leave on the Taiji Diagram, but those fierce beasts attacked madly, making the surrounding cosmos continuously shake.

While at the Enlightenment Immortal Sect’s gate, the mountain-protecting formation had shattered under the black shadows’ continued impacts, figures flying out from various peaks of the Enlightenment Immortal Sect, hurriedly meeting the attack…

The image faded and dispersed with the light screen, as Maitreya had already put the golden alms bowl in his sleeve.

Maitreya’s form vanished as if he had never been here, not leaving even a trace of dao rhythm, only that final light laugh and faint words.

“Taking revenge on the Water God once will make this poor Daoist’s mood much better.”

Earth Store closed his eyes with furrowed brows, while Truth Listener collapsed on the ground, letting out a deep sigh.

“It was you leaking information?”

“Master, you must believe… sigh, just these recent times…”

“Don’t get involved anymore.”

“Yes,” Truth Listener closed its eyes, trying hard to sense the heart voices of living beings in the direction of the Enlightenment Immortal Sect.

Anxiety, anger, fear, blankness, complete chaos.

The tribulation of the Enlightenment Immortal Sect had descended.