At this moment, Sacred Teacher Receiving was nearly ‘broken down.’
What was this? Was the Heavenly Dao deliberately targeting his Western Teaching?
It had been promised that becoming a saint through grand wishes and following heaven’s will would lead to the Western Teaching’s prosperity, with him and his fellow disciples becoming Heavenly Dao Saints equal to the Three Pure Ones.
But now, what was this?
His junior brother being slain by a non-saint was barely acceptable—after all, his junior brother had been truly excessive. Many times, even he as the senior brother couldn’t help but want to slap him twice.
But now!
The foundation of the Western Teaching’s prosperous destiny, his only trump card as a saint that could compare to the Three Pure Ones’ Primordial Treasures, the Twelve-Petaled Merit Golden Lotus…
Was about to be gone!
He had entrusted their sect’s foundational treasure to a traitor’s care for so many years!
This Mosquito hadn’t made a move for so long, yet waited until he found the chance to deploy the Receiving Divine Banner, at the crucial moment when he had converted a large batch of Severing Sect disciples into Western Teaching disciples during this rebellion against heaven.
The Western Teaching’s destiny had barely flourished for a moment… and the Golden Lotus was gone!
According to the rules of the conversion dao, he as the sect leader couldn’t directly destroy these new Western Teaching disciples.
Truly, in just an instant, the Western Teaching’s destiny that he, Sacred Teacher Receiving, had painstakingly maintained for several kalpas, collapsed!
The karmic backlash from previous accumulation, the miscellaneous karmic backlash from these Severing Sect disciples, the Twelve-Petaled Golden Lotus losing its spiritual power…
The Western Teaching could now be renamed the Little Severing Sect!
The predicament that the Severing Sect faced during the great tribulation had directly transferred to their Western Teaching!
This group of Severing Sect disciples he had converted had even survived because of this!
How could Receiving not think this was Li Changshou’s calculation, that this was the Severing Sect’s scheme to ‘possess their shell’?
“Li Changgen!” Receiving cursed through gritted teeth, “Just let this poor dao return, this poor dao owes you a favor today!”
Li Changshou remained silent, pushing the Eight-Nine Mystic Art to its limit, using the Xuanhuang Pagoda to suppress himself. Even though his qi and blood were turbulent, he was still buying more time for Mosquito to escape.
Given the current situation, Literary Purity Daoist going to the Heavenly Court as a ‘hidden blade’ was no longer very practical.
He had already shown Mosquito the way earlier, and to be safe, had Literary Purity go directly to Xuandu City to find Senior Brother.
By the way, Senior Brother not entering the world was something he had mentioned to his teacher long ago.
Although the real reason might offend the Great Law Master, if the Great Law Master rashly entered, being unable to resist the Heavenly Dao, he would inevitably become the Orthodox Teaching’s weakness…
That was very real.
Li Changshou barely battled with Sacred Teacher Receiving for a moment.
“By the Dao Ancestor’s command, capture Grand White Star!”
A low shout came from the sky, and several streaks of light smashed down, transforming into six gray-robed elders who charged into the battlefield.
Li Changshou’s lips curled into a faint cold smile, his form suddenly turning, directly ‘floating’ several hundred li along the curve of space-time, leaving the saint and these six gray-robed elders behind.
Above the East Sea, the Taiji Chart’s dao charm was still continuously manifesting, Yun Xiao was still saving people, and Li Changshou had to cover for them for a while longer.
Holding the small Soul-Reaping Spear, he smiled and said:
“Friend, won’t you show yourself?”
That group of elderly Daoists maintained cold expressions and didn’t reply, directly shooting out streams of light toward Li Changshou.
Sacred Teacher Receiving turned and left immediately, grabbing the Receiving Divine Banner and hurriedly returning to Spirit Mountain.
Li Changshou turned and flew rapidly, leading these gray-robed elders to higher skies, appearing to charge toward the South Heaven Gate.
At the Heaven Gate, a group of celestial soldiers and generals who still didn’t know what had happened were suddenly pushed back inside the Heaven Gate by the Heavenly Court’s grand formation, and the Investiture Platform also appeared inside the Central Heaven Gate.
The entire Heavenly Court’s thirty-three layers of heaven were already wrapped in dense Heavenly Dao power, with boundless spiritual energy gathering toward the Heavenly Court.
The Dao Ancestor feared Li Changshou would do something desperate.
Li Changshou was just putting on a show, he wouldn’t approach the South Heaven Gate.
This Heavenly Court carried several hundred years of his effort and had many of his friends. He hadn’t reached a dead end yet, so how could he do such things?
In Zhaoge City, You Qin Xuanya, who was hiding in a corner of the Great King’s Palace with Yin Hong and Yin Jiao, was watching the increasingly distant figure in the high sky.
She wanted to go up and help but had earlier received Senior Brother Changshou’s voice transmission telling her not to go throw her life away, everything was under control.
Was everything really under control like this?
Senior Brother was just being stubborn, right? Falling out with the Heavenly Dao, battling with saints, being captured by the Dao Ancestor…
“Senior Brother…”
You Qin Xuanya murmured, unconsciously biting her lower lip.
She suddenly thought of something and took out that treasure pouch from her sleeve. Her immortal consciousness probed inside, finding a jade talisman, several magical treasures, and bottles and jars of pills.
Inside the jade talisman was a letter, the contents merely instructing her to serve well in the Heavenly Court, not to worry too much in the future, he would live very freely outside heaven.
The letter also mentioned that this world had some problems, but these problems hadn’t reached the degree where they must break the world and return all things to silence, he would find ways to correct these problems.
These weren’t levels she could get involved in, what she could do, and needed to do, was…
[Be yourself, and persist in your justice, don’t let this light dim in the primitive world.]
You Qin Xuanya gripped the treasure pouch tightly, raising her head to watch the sky.
She took a gentle breath, and her emotions quickly stabilized.
After all, she was no longer that little immortal maiden who had just left Crossing Immortal Gate, she should have some opinions and more responsibility now.
The thunder from all directions was weakening, the heavenly punishment slowly ceasing.
Streams of spiritual energy returned to the primitive world from the nine heavens;
This spiritual energy seemed abundant, but after dispersing in the world, one would find the total amount was about two-tenths less.
To seal the Supreme Pure Yin-Yang Natural Dao, the Dao Ancestor Hongjun had nearly consumed two-tenths of the spiritual energy of the Five Continents.
In the sky, the number of gray-robed elders had doubled again.
This was the Dao Ancestor’s power rapidly recovering, seemingly truly wanting to capture Li Changshou.
Li Changshou was mainly using escape techniques at this moment, his form fighting while retreating, occasionally launching counterattacks, still able to destroy one or two gray-robed elders.
Until;
Yin and yang qi gathered before Li Changshou, the Taiji Chart returned, Li Changshou turned and escaped toward Yun Xiao;
Yun Xiao transformed into a streak of white light, drilling into Li Changshou’s sleeve, her form becoming two or three inches small.
She understood clearly that now wasn’t the time for emotional actions, nor to prove she could help him.
Not giving him trouble, letting him have no worries, sharing life and death, advancing and retreating together, this was enough.
Li Changshou transmitted: “Where did Qiong Xiao and Bi Xiao go?”
Yun Xiao hurriedly said: “Already gone to Xuandu City, sent by the Taiji Chart.”
A spiritual sense stirred in his heart, it was Chart Elder speaking, saying so many words for the first time:
“Little disciple need not worry, those who should be sent have all been sent.
I earlier buried many streams of yin-yang qi by the Old Master’s command.
Now you just need to retreat safely.
The Old Master is fine, just sealed by the Heavenly Dao’s dao, Hongjun can’t move the yin-yang dao, otherwise clear and turbid would return to chaos.”
“Let’s go.”
Li Changshou transmitted these words, taking a final look toward Zhaoge City.
There, Original Commencement Heaven Honored One stood quietly with his disciples, constantly watching his figure.
There, Jiang Shang still held the God-Striking Rod, not knowing whether to strike it down on Da Ji.
There, You Qin Xuanya’s eyes held starlight, gazing in the direction he was leaving.
But what slightly confused Li Changshou now was that the Dao Ancestor was still continuously sending out gray-robed elders, appearing to want to kill him.
Something wasn’t right…
The Dao Ancestor knew he had many trump cards.
Moreover, at this moment four of the Six Saints were controlled by the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao’s power was unprecedentedly strong, already reaching a certain critical point.
What the Dao Ancestor should most hope for now should be Li Changshou, who represented variables, escaping from the world, thereby letting the Heavenly Dao reach an instant of perfection, restraining the power of primitive world beings.
This was one of the Dao Ancestor’s ultimate goals, and this was the closest moment the Dao Ancestor had been to this goal.
The Supreme Pure Saint being suppressed was the Dao Ancestor’s best opportunity.
There was a calculation, there must be a calculation here.
Li Changshou’s eyelid twitched, his form charging out of the East Sea’s end of sky and earth, leaving the Five Continents’ territory, and entering the range of the Three Thousand Worlds.
The pursuing gray-robed elders behind him already numbered twenty or thirty, streams of light continuously shooting, making the Xuanhuang Pagoda cry out constantly.
The kind of crying that meant it felt good.
Suddenly several streams of light came from ahead, which were also gray-robed elders.
Li Changshou’s dao charm spread out, his heart slightly shook, suddenly capturing a scene:
Above the ‘world’ of a great thousand worlds, streams of spiritual energy gathered, and a streak of blue energy similar to hongmeng purple qi descended, instantly transforming into the figure of a gray-robed elder.
This elder opened his eyes looking toward Li Changshou’s position, transforming into a stream of light shooting over.
This scene was playing out across the Three Thousand Worlds!
The Dao Ancestor was mobilizing the origin power of the Three Thousand Worlds, appearing determined to capture him!
Just at this moment!
“Teacher!”
“Master!”
An urgent shout came from ahead, a golden line flying straight toward Li Changshou.
The Golden-Winged Great Peng!
And on the Golden-Winged Great Peng’s back, who else could it be but Dragon Lucky, who had hurriedly gone to seek the Golden-Winged Great Peng’s aid earlier?
“Don’t come over!”
Li Changshou shouted firmly: “Go back!”
But it was too late.
Two gray-robed elders shot out dozens of pitch-black chains from their hands, instantly arranging them into a great chain net, directly covering the Golden-Winged Great Peng and Dragon Lucky, pressing them down in void space.
Li Changshou cursed: “Dao Ancestor if you harm them!”
“By the Dao Ancestor’s command, capture the heaven-betraying Grand White Star!”
A gray-robed elder shouted, raising his hand to point a finger, but only making Dragon Lucky and the Golden-Winged Great Peng fall asleep.
Understood.
Li Changshou breathed a sigh of relief.
The Dao Ancestor wanted a name, wanted righteousness.
Give it to him, so what?
Li Changshou’s form suddenly accelerated, urgently escaping toward Xuandu City.
In this void space, starlight flashed, the Milky Way brilliant, more and more gray-robed Daoists appearing in the world, pouncing toward Li Changshou.
Those voices calling to capture the heaven-betrayer were endless, those shouts claiming the Dao Ancestor’s command particularly grating.
At Zhaoge City, Yang Jian and Nezha stood together, looking toward the outer heavens, their respective teachers standing behind them.
Nezha kicked away the broken stones at his feet, muttering: “Uncle Chang’an isn’t a traitor.”
“Sigh,” Yang Jian sighed, “This world, reeks of evil qi.”
“Watch your words,” Jade Tripod True Person said sternly, his expression quite solemn.
On the other side, Supreme Unity True Person wore a ball-gag magical device, glaring at the sky, frantically outputting with his eyes, but unfortunately got no response.
And so, two hours later.
Li Changshou’s escape technique was pushed to the limit, and after several consecutive uses of the Gate Escape, he had now reached the entrance of Xuandu City.
But, just as he was about to leave the world at this final stop, dense figures appeared ahead.
Gray-robed elders gathered in groups, numbering about three or four hundred, each gathering divine abilities and magical power, waiting for Li Changshou to appear.
They had even sealed the inside of Xuandu City’s entrance with a great formation, filling that entrance with Purple Empyrean Divine Thunder.
By the looks of it, they just wouldn’t let Li Changshou leave safely.
What exactly was the Dao Ancestor calculating…
Roar—
A roar shook the void!
The void suddenly erupted in ten thousand zhang of golden light, nine ancient azure dragons pulling a carriage flying swiftly over, nearly instantly charging to Li Changshou’s side.
The carriage opened, and a large hand reached out to grab Li Changshou.
Li Changshou looked up, his eyes suddenly widening.
A white robe…
The Jade Emperor!
“Quick, come!”
The Jade Emperor shouted lowly, pulling Li Changshou directly into the carriage, then let out a great shout, golden light bursting from his forehead, protecting the Nine Dragons Carriage as it charged toward those layers upon layers of figures ahead!
In this instant, Li Changshou suddenly understood what the Dao Ancestor was calculating.
He had become the Dao Ancestor’s chess piece again, a piece used to calculate against the Jade Emperor!
“Your Majesty… this is a calcu—”
Li Changshou’s words suddenly choked, looking at the Jade Emperor’s frowning profile, and said softly: “Thank you, Your Majesty!”
“Changgeng, I cannot help you too much, can only send you this one journey.
Supreme Pure Senior Brother is only sealed, do not be hasty.”
The Nine Dragons Carriage charged forward frantically, the Jade Emperor’s form constantly trembling, the golden light on his forehead flickering unstably.
Ahead, gray-robed elders were sent flying one after another by the carriage.
The Jade Emperor turned his head to look at Li Changshou, revealing a slight smile: “Don’t worry, I am still the Heaven Emperor after all, the Dao Ancestor won’t do anything to me.
It’s just, being Heaven Emperor is quite frustrating, unable to protect whoever one wants to protect.”
“Your Majesty, please endure patiently, do not take excessive action, this small deity will handle everything.”
“Mm, with my family to care for, I cannot be excessive either.”
The Jade Emperor shook his head, condensing a divine sword in his hand, directly slashing forward into the void.
The carriage had already charged to the entrance of the worldly passage, and this slash from the Jade Emperor pacified the Purple Empyrean Divine Thunder within.
“Go,” the Jade Emperor gazed at Li Changshou, his eyes carrying some brightness, “take care.”
“Your Majesty take care!”
Li Changshou bowed his head in a Daoist salute:
“Your subject, Grand White Star, temporarily leaves the Three Realms!”
After speaking, Li Changshou turned and leaped toward that passage.
Behind, streams of gray shadows pounced over, that white-robed Heaven Emperor now held a long whip, striking out countless golden thunderbolts ahead.
Li Changshou dared not look back, he feared he couldn’t help but think too much, he feared he would shatter his void-bright dao heart.
Behind him, the worldly passage was rapidly closing.
Yes, closing.
The passage to Xuandu City was the primitive world’s final flaw, and also the direct manifestation of ‘Dao has fifty, Heaven evolves forty-nine’, but as Li Changshou’s form leaped out, the flaw here was being filled, rapidly closing.
The Heavenly Dao was perfected!
Along with it, the ‘membrane’ that originally allowed primitive world beings to freely enter and exit, only isolating chaos beings, which wrapped around the primitive world’s exterior, was now solidifying into substance!
Cutting off the connection between the world and chaos sea!
As one escaped through escape, the Heavenly Dao was seizing this instant of opportunity, constructing world barriers, making the world become a whole, and making the dao that should continuously evolve freeze in this instant.
Li Changshou still couldn’t help but take a look, before the passage closed.
The white-robed Heaven Emperor wielded his thunder whip to battle hundreds of gray-robed Daoists, but was entangled by chains;
The carriage was destroyed, but the Heaven Emperor’s dignity hadn’t weakened at all, even making those gray-robed elders hesitate to attack for several moments.
But ultimately, this was a trap set for the Heaven Emperor.
The ripples of space-time gradually smoothed out, the Jade Emperor looked back.
The passage to Xuandu City was completely sealed, only faint barriers like eggshells remained in the space-time here.
He let out a light breath, put down his thunder whip, his form pressed down by gray-robed Daoists one after another, then bound by chains.
“Audacious Haotian, privately releasing a heaven-betrayer, do you know your crime!”
The Jade Emperor smiled self-mockingly, saying calmly: “I submit to Master’s punishment.”
“Take him back to the Purple Void Palace!”
“Take him back to the Purple Void Palace!”
As the crowd of elderly Daoists turned to fly, the Jade Emperor slowly closed his eyes.
Boom!
Space-time shook, and the newly formed world barrier behind trembled.
Boom!
Boom, boom, boom!
The crowd of elderly Daoists immediately turned around, but before they could make any moves, the world barrier suddenly shattered!
Xuandu City’s inner entrance reappeared!
That black figure stood at the edge of the world, holding a long spear, shouting firmly into the world:
“Hongjun!”
The Three Realms trembled as one!
“If you dare harm Teacher, Jade Emperor Uncle Master, or Mortal Mother! I will let you and this world return to ashes together!
I am watching you from outside heaven!
I am watching you from outside heaven!”
Gray-robed elders charged forward one after another, expelling that figure, and quickly filling the gap.
In the Purple Void Palace, Dao Ancestor Hongjun’s lips revealed a slightly cold smile, his great sleeve waving, streams of blue light scattering in all directions.
The world’s origin power is directly connected with the world barriers around the primitive world!
This wasn’t finished yet, Hongjun summoned a divine banner carved full of talismans, throwing it toward the thirty-three layers of heaven, letting it float in the highest layer, slowly rotating.
Circles of blue light ripples, taking the Heavenly Court as the center point, spread throughout the Three Realms.
In the next instant, the Jade Emperor was bound by layers of chains, his form appearing again in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall, but tied to the throne, his white robe covered by yellow robes, a crown with front and back curtains appearing on his head, the entire Lingxiao Hall painted in gold.
Blue ripples spread.
Before the Lingxiao Hall, a gray-robed elder transformed into a white-robed elder, face kind and benevolent, kind brows and gentle eyes, forehead bearing a golden five-pointed star, holding a feather duster as he stepped into the hall, kneeling before the Jade Emperor’s throne.
“Your subject, Grand White Star Li Changgeng, pays respects to Your Majesty.”
The Jade Emperor’s cold expression slowly nodded.
This ‘Grand White Star’ walked up the high platform, standing beside the throne, slowly closing his eyes.
Blue ripples spread.
In South Jambudvipa Continent, Yang Jian and Nezha suddenly felt like they had lost something, some images in their hearts were erased, and some images were generated again.
Behind them, Jade Tripod True Person gripped Supreme Unity True Person’s wrist, Jade Tripod lowering his head, his eyes full of jade-colored light, those blue ripples gently crushed by him.
In the Four Seas Dragon Palaces, except for the four Dragon Kings and a small portion of dragon clan elders, dragon sons and daughters, guards, and sea maidens one after another, similarly had a figure shatter in their hearts, then restored into a thinner, simpler figure.
[Grand White Star Li Changgeng, right-hand assistant to the Heavenly Court’s Jade Emperor, often serving as Heaven’s messenger.]
In the various Sea God temples of the South Sea, those two statues slowly changed into the image of a dragon-headed elder, mortal commoners completely unaware.
Hasn’t the Sea God always been the Dragon King? That’s what they thought.
In the Heavenly Court, at the Sky River training grounds.
Ao Yi who was meditating opened his eyes, looked down at his palm, then raised his hand to wipe his eyes.
Why was he crying… it seemed like, it seemed like… he couldn’t remember.
Not far away, Bian Zhuang scratched his head while sleeping soundly, muttering:
“Wait, what gift should I send to old man Grand White?”
Blue ripples spread.
The Underworld;
Crossing Immortal Gate;
Northern Continent boundary demon clans, North Uttarakuru Continent shaman tribes, East Victory Divine Continent Flower Fruit Mountain demon circles…
In the Fire Cloud Cave.
Several Human Race Sovereigns exchanged glances, Fu Xi raising his hand in a gesture for silence, each nodding in agreement.
“Let’s drink,” Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan smiled, “celebrate celebrate.”
“What’s there to celebrate?”
Great Yu Emperor muttered softly.
Zhuanxu smiled and said: “It’s good that he left, don’t know why, but always felt, there’s more hope than before.”
Several Human Sovereigns each smiled lightly.
In the Holy Mother Palace.
Holy Mother Nuwa gently clenched her delicate fist, then let out a breath, opening her fist, continuing to flip through the picture book before her, seemingly completely unaware of the world’s turbulence.
At the Five Village Observatory.
The old Daoist sitting under the Ginseng Fruit Tree laughed lightly, raising his head to look toward where Xuandu City was, sighing:
“Going out will be troublesome from now on.”
“Master, what happened?” a child attendant asked softly beside him.
“Don’t ask too much, take these few rotten fruits to feed the immortal cranes.”
The old Daoist laughed lightly, waving his feather duster, singing an ancient entrance poem, and opening the thin book in his hand.
Its name was the Earth Book, originally the embryonic membrane of heaven and earth.
…
Xuandu City was gradually drifting away.
In the instant the worldly passage closed, the Three Thousand Great Daos perfected, Xuandu City was pushed toward the Chaos Sea.
Li Changshou stood quietly before that already vanished vortex, hands behind his back, head lowered, expression somewhat heavy.
Behind him, those figures didn’t dare disturb him, only quietly waiting with sorrowful expressions.
The Chaos Sea suddenly surged with waves upon waves, a black shadow suddenly appearing, startling many experts who immediately moved to deploy their treasures.
“It’s the Kun Peng vessel,” Li Changshou said, “no need to hurry, it will take Xuandu City to a place with spiritual energy.”
Xuandu City shook once or twice, already being carried on Kun Peng’s back, escaping toward the depths of the Chaos Sea.
Xuandu City had truly gathered many experts at this time but still had a gloomy atmosphere.
Yun Xiao, Qiong Xiao, Bi Xiao, Holy Mother Turtle Spirit, except for Duobao Daoist and Holy Mother Wudang, the Severing Sect’s senior disciples, and personal disciples who could escape had all escaped out.
Those who entered the Investiture Platform needn’t think too much about it, now Zhao Gongming and Golden Spirit not being affected by those blue ripples was already quite fortunate.
Lü Yue wasn’t here, actually, he had the chance to escape, but in the end chose to stay within the world.
No choice, couldn’t leave.
White Marsh opened a barrier, protecting the several people from Crossing Immortal Gate from being corroded by chaos energy.
Forgetting Emotions Senior, Jiang Liner, Wine Yiyi, Wine Wu, and Wine Shi, were all here now.
In another corner, the Great Law Master was somewhat at his wit’s end.
Kong Xuan sat to one side brooding.
That Literary Purity Daoist wearing golden gauze skirts, delicate hands twirling a lock of hair, was looking at the Great Law Master shyly and coyly, eyes full of tender affection.
Great Consort~
Ah no, Great Law Master~
“Your servant, did quite well this time, didn’t I?”
“Well,” the Great Law Master laughed dryly, hurriedly looking toward Kong Xuan, only receiving a cold snort in return.
Wine Nine and Spirit Moth arm in arm, not far behind Li Changshou, standing together with Fairy Yun Xiao, watching Li Changshou’s back with concern.
Li Changshou sighed, and slowly sat down, his form somewhat weary, the dao charm around him dispersing, again letting out a light sigh.
Got out.
Still got out.
Although everything was proceeding according to plan, now with an eighty percent chance of victory, ultimately, there was still some attachment, some helplessness.
He hadn’t thought about sacrificing anyone, nor thought about having anyone make sacrifices for victory, only calculated some situations, ‘saw’ them, and thereby made plans and arrangements.
Closing his eyes, Li Changshou began to meditate.
Xuandu City grew quiet again, and the crowd of Severing Sect immortals came forward, making Daoist salutes to Li Changshou in turn, then finding places to meditate and cultivate.
Fairy Yun Xiao raised her hand to embrace Spirit Moth’s shoulders, saying something softly, telling Spirit Moth not to worry too much.
Initially, only Little Qiong Peak was wandering.
And now, being carried by Kun Peng to wander, was the entire Xuandu City.
The road ahead was vast and boundless, time unknown;
Six directions indistinguishable, spiritual energy completely absent.
After being depressed for over half a year, Li Changshou also meditated for over half a year, until the Kun Peng vessel finally slowly stopped, arriving at a rare immortal realm in the Chaos Sea.
Kun Peng Secret Realm.
Li Changshou roused his spirits, stood up, gathered the various immortals, and drew out several areas in the Kun Peng Secret Realm, letting them cultivate separately, quietly awaiting what was to come.
The Great Law Master wanted to come forward to talk with Li Changshou, but Kong Xuan snorted coldly and flew toward a remote mountain peak, he could only glare at Li Changshou before quickly chasing after him.
Behind was still a golden glittering great mosquito.
Li Changshou looked at Yun Xiao and Spirit Moth, saying: “You two, accompany me for a while.”
“Mm,” Yun Xiao and Spirit Moth agreed in unison, seeing Li Changshou ride a cloud forward, each following behind.
Wine Nine watching this scene, her lips revealed a slightly relieved smile.
Jiang Liner bumped Wine Nine with her shoulder, teasing: “Hey, aren’t you going to join in?”
“Don’t joke,” Wine Nine snorted, “This Master Aunt has already come along, there’s still long days ahead, what’s the rush?”
The surrounding immortals laughed lightly.
That great hall was quickly wrapped in light, cutting off external probing.
Bi Xiao said softly: “Brother-in-law must be feeling terrible.”
Qiong Xiao also said: “Great Senior Uncle was sealed by the Heavenly Dao, brother-in-law was the high and mighty Grand White Star just yesterday, now has become a traitor in the Dao Ancestor’s mouth.”
Holy Mother Turtle Spirit asked quietly: “Can we curse the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor now?”
The crowd of immortals nodded together.
Holy Mother Turtle Spirit bit her silver teeth, lightly scolding: “Really! Not reasonable at all! Heart completely rotten!”
The crowd: …
Someone laughed, and the group burst into laughter, their mouths not lacking crude words about the Heavenly Dao, filling this secret realm with a joyous atmosphere.
In the great hall.
Four beautiful figures knelt before Li Changshou, strange ripples surging around them at this moment.
They were, the outer realm… Four Holy Mothers.
Mei Bingbing, Mei Wenhua, Mei Dixian, and Mei Xinqing held hands, working hard to sense something, quickly saying:
“Master, it’s ready.”
“Good,” Li Changshou immediately sat cross-legged, light surging from his forehead, merging with the ripples around the four Meis.
Soon, Li Changshou laughed lightly, then threw back his head in great laughter, the laughter echoing back and forth in the great hall.
Spirit Moth and Yun Xiao exchanged glances, seeing the worry in each other’s eyes.
Spirit Moth’s small hands made gestures.
‘Has Senior Brother received too much shock, has this part broken?’
Yun Xiao slightly frowned, gently blinking at Spirit Moth.
‘Should be extreme sorrow producing joy, we should comfort him more.’
At this, Spirit Moth stepped forward half a step, smiling: “Senior Brother, why so happy?”
Yun Xiao also smiled: “Can you share with us?”
“Good, good, hahaha!”
Li Changshou jumped up, immediately reactivating his void-bright dao heart to suppress his mental state, smiling:
“Do you think we lost?
This journey was acting for fellow travelers to see, there might be the Dao Ancestor’s spies among them… of course, I’m saying there might be.
Later don’t show any signs of happiness.
Come, come here!”
Question marks immediately popped up on Yun Xiao and Spirit Moth’s foreheads, but they followed as told, being pressed by Li Changshou to sit on jade thrones to one side.
Li Changshou took a cushion and sat down, looking at Yun Xiao, then looking at Spirit Moth, smiling:
“From today onwards, we won’t separate.
Spirit Moth, Yun Xiao, let’s become dao companions, and spend the rest of our lives here.”
“Mm,” Spirit Moth responded with red cheeks.
But Yun Xiao said: “I will naturally follow you, but, why did you just now, why suddenly speak of these things.”
“The logic is a bit confused,” Li Changshou said, “Let me sort it out… like this, I’ll start from the beginning, you should already know now, what is the biggest problem in the primitive world.”
Spirit Moth said: “The Heavenly Dao has selfish desires, the Dao Ancestor wishes to suppress the power of living beings.”
“Correct, this is the primitive world’s illness, I didn’t want to manage it much at first, but Master’s death moved me greatly.”
Li Changshou sighed: “Talk of any sense of mission is all empty words, I wanted to kill the Heavenly Dao, initially just wanted to avenge Master, this was the driving force.
But think about it, the Heavenly Dao, or say the Dao Ancestor, controls heaven and earth, possesses the world’s origin, can mobilize the entire primitive world’s spiritual energy, how can we win against him?”
Yun Xiao and Spirit Moth shook their heads simultaneously, now seeing their Senior Brother and dao companion’s abundant desire to confide.
Li Changshou laughed several times, saying:
“What I first thought of was Teacher, Teacher was nearly omniscient and omnipotent, only one step away from Mixed Origin Limitless Great Dao Saint, but in several conversations with Teacher, Teacher revealed several important pieces of information.
He was one step too late, one step later than the Dao Ancestor.
The Heaven’s Dao Fruit should have been inherited by the Three Pure Ones, guarding heaven and earth, but was seized by Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who even took them as disciples while the Three Pure Ones had not yet comprehended the dao.
In other words, the Dao Ancestor was fundamentally the villain.
But Teacher was late by this one step and lost the restraint over the Dao Ancestor, Teacher only couldn’t handle the Dao Ancestor’s fusion with the world’s origin, otherwise would have overthrown the Dao Ancestor long ago.
This is also the reason Teacher was suppressed by the Dao Ancestor this time.
I never told Teacher my plan, but I believe, with Teacher’s ability, he understood my plan at some moment.”
Spirit Moth dizzily asked:
“What plan?”
“The plan to erase the Dao Ancestor.”
Li Changshou took a gentle breath, smiling: “This process needed to be stable and more stable, if exposed early would be erased by the Dao Ancestor.
So, I first executed a surface plan, named the ‘Disappearance of X’ Thousand Year Plan.
The Dao Ancestor knew, and the Dao Ancestor assisted me, because he wanted me to become the one who escaped, leaving the primitive world after the Investiture tribulation, thereby thoroughly eliminating the world’s variables, making the world stable, to achieve his ultimate purpose.
We’ll discuss the Dao Ancestor’s ultimate purpose later, I can only see three layers now.
I helped the Heavenly Court rise, arranged variables like Yang Jian, Li Jing, and Nezha, and comprehended the Dao of Balance, letting most variables besides myself be controlled by me, so their variables gathered on me.
Regrettably, couldn’t arrange Thunder Shock Child, but this fellow’s variables weren’t great and can be considered a tool person arranged by the Heavenly Dao.
Let alone types like Huang Tianhua, just an Orthodox Teaching disciple blocking disaster.
Of course, most importantly, was still my Dao of Balance.
When I discovered I already occupied seventy percent of the world’s variables, the Heavenly Dao couldn’t directly move against me, I no longer had life-threatening danger, what needed worry then, was your lives.”
Li Changshou’s words paused, his eyes full of tenderness.
“After all, I couldn’t let anything happen to you, nor let anything happen to those you care about.
Although it was a bit troublesome, but now it’s barely been accomplished.
You might not understand, why when we’re driven out of the primitive world, I now seem to have victory in hand.”
“Yes…”
Spirit Moth cooperatively asked.
Li Changshou counter-asked: “Try to imagine, facing Dao Ancestor Hongjun, in circumstances where Dao Ancestor Hongjun controls the power of heaven and earth, controls the Three Thousand Great Daos, and still can’t directly kill him, how to achieve victory?
Moreover, the Dao Ancestor has been arranging since ancient times, how to achieve victory?”
Yun Xiao hummed several times, saying: “No chance of victory.”
“Right, before the Dao Ancestor made his move this time, we had no chance of victory.
Even if the Three Pure Ones rebelled against heaven, as long as they didn’t dare erase the world’s origin, they would ultimately be exhausted of magical power, suppressed by the Dao Ancestor using primitive world spiritual energy.
The world’s origin cannot be sealed and suppressed, this is the most troublesome thing.”
Li Changshou stood up, waving his great hand, manifesting the primitive world’s shadow.
“But now?
Look!
The primitive world is wrapped in world barriers made of spiritual energy, Hongjun releases the world’s original power, and the world is perfected.
But likewise, Hongjun has merged with the primitive world as one!
Hongjun now is the primitive world, controlling everything in the Three Realms.”
Spirit Moth frowned: “But, what does this mean…”
“It means, the Dao Ancestor has used up his trump cards.
It means contradictions have appeared between the Dao Ancestor and the Heavenly Dao’s foundational dao.
It means, that as long as we open a gap in the primitive world, we create the Dao Ancestor’s flaw!
The original Dao Ancestor had no flaws, but after he let the Heavenly Dao perfect, let himself perfect, and completely merged with the primitive world, although still perfect, flaws can now appear.”
Li Changshou laughed twice, then said:
“To make the Dao Ancestor take action, Teacher and I very tacitly arranged everything today.
What the Dao Ancestor most feared was the Teacher, The Teacher took action accordingly, and had his dao suppressed by the Dao Ancestor; think about it, why could the Taiji Chart be sent back by the Teacher?
It shows Teacher still had strength to spare when suppressed!
Right, Chart Elder?”
The Taiji Chart manifested from Li Changshou’s chest, calmly ‘mm-ed.’
But Yun Xiao said: “But now, the primitive world should be completely controlled by the Dao Ancestor, the meaning of perfection, means there’s no more power of resistance internally.”
Li Changshou smiled:
“Correct, now there’s no power to resist the Heavenly Dao in the world.
The Orthodox Teaching follows the Heavenly Dao, the Western Teaching’s two saints were originally puppets of the Heavenly Dao, Sacred Teacher Receiving just offset Second Uncle Master Original Commencement Heaven Honored One’s threat to the Heavenly Dao.
And now, four saints are restrained by the Heavenly Dao, becoming the Heavenly Dao’s power source.
The primitive world’s Three Thousand Worlds became the Heavenly Dao’s sea of spiritual energy.
The Five Continents became the Heavenly Dao’s sandbox, deducing the dao of living beings.
Senior Brother Duobao and others will soon also be restrained by the Heavenly Dao.
The Fire Cloud Cave lost Elder Suiren, and also can’t contend with the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao only needs to brainwash humans with Buddhist teachings, which will make people forget the human spirit represented by Fire Cloud Cave.
No more power to resist the Heavenly Dao in the world, the Heavenly Dao only needs to guard against us externally, and the primitive world will continue evolving according to the Dao Ancestor’s envisioned script.
Nothing can threaten the Dao Ancestor anymore.”
Spirit Moth and Yun Xiao nodded together.
Spirit Moth sighed: “Yes, nothing can threaten the Dao Ancestor, and there’s no more power of resistance in the world.”
“This is the most crucial step in my first backup plan!”
Li Changshou’s eyes flashed with divine light, smiling:
“The Heavenly Dao seems perfect but has many flaws itself.
The Dao Ancestor’s framework is too large, there are too many points that can be attacked.
The simplest example, the Heavenly Dao can influence human hearts, trigger heart demons, and even restrain human hearts, but cannot understand human hearts.
Guess what I did before?
Hahaha!
I buried the Heavenly Demon Sovereign’s spirit core under the Reincarnation Tower.
The Dao Ancestor completely didn’t realize what I was doing, I just added a dao to the primitive world in the name of suppressing chaotic divine demons and opened a back door.
The Dao Ancestor has now comprehended this dao, meaning that Creation Jade Disc also gained one more dao.
The Outer Realm Heavenly Demon Dao.
I have many trump cards that can threaten the primitive world, but that would only lead to the destruction of world beings, not worth it, purely giving Hongjun a deterrent.
But Hongjun will measure others by himself, he can do things like killing ninety percent of beings to erase opponents, so he thinks, I would also do such things.
But in my eyes, the Heavenly Dao just has some problems and is sick.
I don’t deny the Heavenly Dao, I just deny the Heavenly Dao having selfish desires, support the Heavenly Dao’s overall control of beings, and oppose the Heavenly Dao’s oppression of beings.
Now, I can counter-attack back at any time, burying one hidden thunder after another.
Just waiting for me to find the right opportunity, then trigger all hidden thunder, correcting the Heavenly Dao in one move, erasing the Dao Ancestor!
Ahem, of course, still need to arrange, can’t rush.
Now victory chance is only eighty-five percent, still too unstable.
The current situation is like this, presumably, the Dao Ancestor has also erased traces of my existence in the world, can’t get worse than this.
This is my plan!
Advance by retreating, seal heaven to break the situation!”
Yun Xiao: …
Spirit Moth: …
“Senior Brother,” Spirit Moth said softly, “do your later arrangements include marriage?”
“Of course,” Li Changshou smiled with narrowed eyes, “but still wait for me for a while, ranging from several decades to several hundred years, I’ll arrange first.
The previous Heavenly Dao was curled into a ball.
Now the Heavenly Dao has completely spread out, I want to take this opportunity to make some core arrangements well.”
“Then you work hard,” Spirit Moth clenched her fist and waved, “Sister and I fully support you!”
Yun Xiao responded gently, saying: “What do you need us to do?”
“Accompany me here, then regularly go out for walks,” Li Changshou said, “act for possibly existing spies to see, when necessary we still need to enter the bridal chamber, make the appearance of settling here.
Don’t startle the snake in the grass, also only possibly existing spies.”
Yun Xiao gently nodded and naturally didn’t feel anything strange.
But from the side came a soft “poof,” Spirit Moth’s forehead smoking, her form swaying, eyes spinning in spirals.
Yun Xiao blinked, somewhat puzzled.
“Moth, what’s wrong?”
“Bri-bri-bridal chamber… yi! Too embarrassing, Senior Brother said it so calmly…”
Li Changshou laughed lightly, walked behind the four Meis, and sat cross-legged, his expression returning to solemn.
Demon Dao, connect demon heart.
‘Virtual Bodhi… Virtual Bodhi…’
In the primitive world, in some hidden corner of the Three Thousand Worlds.
The old Daoist’s body was meditating cross-legged, forehead full of cold sweat, echoing calls resounding in his heart, his dao heart invaded by black qi, then quickly recovering.
‘Virtual Bodhi… Virtual Bodhi…’
‘Who-who are you?’
‘I am you, you are me, I am your heart, am your obsession, am your dao, am your dao fruit.’
‘You are me, I am me, you are my heart, are my obsession, are my dao, are my dao fruit.’
‘You are Virtual Bodhi, are Bodhi Patriarch, are Western Teaching Saint’s disciple, are an important chess piece arranged by the Heavenly Dao.’
‘I am Virtual Bodhi, am Bodhi Patriarch, am Western Teaching Saint’s disciple, am an important chess piece arranged by the Heavenly Dao.’
‘We, are all me.’
‘I, am just me.’
Virtual Bodhi opened his eyes, azure divine light flashing in his eyes, slightly shrugged his shoulders, and again closed his eyes to concentrate.
A strand of Heavenly Dao will be slid past, not discovering anything unusual.
In the Purple Void Palace.
The Dao Ancestor’s figure had already disappeared, only leaving a stone statue of an old Daoist, the statue in a posture of pressing forward with one hand.
And now, this stone statue’s lips seemed to reveal a faint smile, but this smile seemed to have existed long ago, extremely natural.