Today, the wind in Doushuo Palace suddenly grew restless…

Why were people weeping near his ears?

In a corner of Doushuo Palace’s back courtyard, under a tree, a young Daoist in azure robes slightly furrowed his sword-like eyebrows.

As he meditated, he observed the somewhat blurry scene appearing in his mind:

A short Daoist, about five to six feet tall, was bent over sobbing. Next to him stood a female disciple of fair appearance, her face equally filled with sorrow…

The young Daoist gave a bitter smile and sighed softly.

‘Master, you’re doing this again.

You don’t wish to go out, and your disciple just wants to cultivate in peace.’

They must be praying to Master’s portrait – there shouldn’t be any portraits or sculptures of himself circulating in the primordial world.

Master’s realm was truly profound, directly ‘sliding’ the karmic connection to him, the disciple…

“However, you must be quite remarkable to move my master, who has remained behind closed doors for years and shows little interest in worldly affairs…”

With a light chuckle, the young Daoist slowly stood up.

He made calculations with his fingers, following his master’s guidance, and gained some understanding as he softly said:

“So enemies are troubling the Salvation Sect, bringing them disaster out of nowhere…

My Human Dao inheritance hasn’t provoked anyone, yet someone wants to target us to sow discord among the Three Schools.

Tsk, this cannot be ignored.

Last time at the Moon Elder’s Temple, I broke some small fellow’s marriage clay figure from the Salvation Sect. This time, helping the Salvation Sect will settle that karmic debt.”

Before the young Daoist finished speaking, he took what seemed like a casual step and appeared outside Doushuo Palace.

After a few more steps, he reached the Western Heavenly Gate and floated out, completely unnoticed by the celestial guards…

Shortly after, this youth had left the Nine Heavens and was surveying the vast primordial lands from high above.

“The Salvation Sect is Fellow Daoist Du’e’s teaching lineage, I should bring him along and let him take action.

This way, my karmic involvement will be minimal.

However, there’s one awkward matter…

Although Fellow Daoist Du’e is the only Master’s honorary disciple who attended Master’s lectures several times before I joined, I should call him Senior Brother.

Yet since I’m Master’s only personal disciple and he’s honorary, he should call me Senior Brother…

How should we address each other?”

The young Daoist became quite perplexed. His figure drifted hazily toward Mount Kunlun, located at the intersection of the Western Ox Continent, the Northern Vastness Continent, and the Central Divine Continent.

After flying for a while, with Mount Kunlun in sight, this Xuandu ‘Particularly Reliable’ Great Master soon realized another issue.

“Which cave dwelling on which section of Mount Kunlun is Senior Brother Du’e cultivating?”

Great Master Xuandu calculated briefly with his fingers and soon nodded.

“Fortunately, the Salvation Sect’s destiny is long-lasting and won’t be destroyed so quickly. This disaster seems somewhat fated, so there’s no need to rush…

Let me find Senior Brother Du’e first, to avoid handling this matter imperfectly and getting confined by Master for another few grand kalpas…”

With a soft sigh, the young Daoist’s figure vanished on Mount Kunlun, circling Jade Void Palace while searching for the Salvation Sect’s honorary patriarch.

…

Moments ago, at the Salvation Sect.

It worked!

The Sage Lord has responded- ahem, the Sage’s portrait has responded!

Indeed, the ‘script’ was the issue!

Jiuwu was excited, and Youqin Xuanya also breathed a slight sigh of relief…

Li Changshou, however, wasn’t happy and instead reflected silently.

Earlier, he had been somewhat careless. In the secret instructions he had Elder Wanlin Jun give to Senior Brother Jiuwu, he used the ploy of arousing sympathy but overlooked many details and the main tenets of the Human Dao School.

Just now, when Senior Brother Jiuwu repeatedly cried out, leaving aside whether the Sage could sense it, even if the Sage did sense it, he would hardly spare them a glance…

Analyzing Senior Brother Jiuwu’s words carefully, he was essentially asking for the Human Dao School Patriarch’s help before their sect’s destruction.

This was the Salvation Sect actively trying to increase the Patriarch’s karmic burden.

When Li Changshou realized this, he quickly found a second “crier” to remedy the situation, having Youqin Xuanya focus on emotions and details regarding the Sage’s honorific title.

First clarifying that they were True Person Du’e’s lineage to establish a connection, and finally reciting the Wuwei Scripture to let the Sage Lord verify that they were indeed inheritors of the Human Dao.

This worked because now it became a case of external enemies forcibly disturbing the Salvation Sect, trying to increase the Human Dao Patriarch’s karmic burden.

The Sage’s portrait immediately responded!

However, the Dao rhythm from the Sage’s portrait quickly receded, indicating that either the Sage Lord or some Human Dao expert had learned of this matter.

Whether they would intervene, and when, remained unknown.

Li Changshou quickly analyzed in his mind…

The probability of a Human Dao expert appearing now should be around seventy percent, but whether they could arrive in time to provide support was truly uncertain.

They couldn’t place their hopes on external aid;

He had done all he could regarding “summoning backup,” and shouldn’t waste more mental energy on it.

To be safe, they should stick to their original plan.

If everything truly collapsed, when it came to running…

They would still have to run.

Li Changshou transmitted to Youqin Xuanya again: “This matter is settled, please wait a moment, Sister, and do not mention my transmission to others.”

Youqin Xuanya nodded slightly, seeming to have something more to say.

Meanwhile, Li Changshou’s divine consciousness had already left this place, focusing on controlling his paper puppets…

After the delay in Hundred Mortals Hall, the great battles in the southwest and northwest had become intense.

Both sides had fought from the outer sect to several peaks in the middle section of the sect.

The Salvation Sect’s immortals retreated again and again, with most Celestial and True Immortals wounded, and dozens of True Immortals fallen, though fortunately only two Celestial Immortals had been lost so far.

Looking at the mosquito puppets, although they became increasingly fierce, they had lost considerable fighting power.

Just counting the Celestial Immortal-level demon beasts that perished at Elder Wanlin Jun’s hands, there were already three!

In terms of achievements, next was Immortal Wangqing, ranking second with killing one human Celestial Immortal and one demon Celestial Immortal.

Several other Celestial Immortal elders also had their victories…

But the overall situation remained unfavorable.

Elder Wanlin Jun now seemed to have returned to that battle from ten thousand years ago, his spirit surging as he continued to fight many enemies at once!

However, this elder was secretly frustrated…

Earlier, following Changshou’s guidance, he had buried so many great demons simultaneously without feeling any strain, just using some poison pills…

Now directly fighting like this, the effectiveness of poison pills, poison techniques, and poison divine abilities seemed greatly reduced…

It felt quite laborious, rather inefficient.

It was never as satisfying as ambushing enemies alongside Changshou.

Indeed, Changshou’s unique insights into the Way of Poison and his future potential were immeasurable.

Elder Wan considered this while striking increasingly viciously.

He had now decided that if he could protect the sect in this battle, he would completely pass on his most prized poison scripture to Changshou, as a reward for Changshou’s subtle warning to the sect this time.

Suddenly, Elder Wanlin Jun felt a slight wind disturbing his ear and heard a familiar voice transmission…

“Elder Wan, this is disciple Changshou.

Please don’t get caught up in battle, spare some attention to observe the southern battle situation.

It would be best to retreat together to Breaking Sky Peak, then use the great formation there to resist the enemy – that’s the proper way to reduce our sect’s casualties.”

Elder Wanlin Jun secretly nodded, observed the current situation everywhere, and found he had become somewhat ‘isolated deep in enemy territory.’

This wasn’t because Elder Wan had charged too fiercely forward, but because his fellow sect immortals… had retreated too quickly.

Li Changshou transmitted again:

“Don’t worry about this disciple, Elder. I will join the disciples from various peaks in entering the earth vein transportation formation below Hundred Mortals Hall. Please take care of yourself, Elder.”

Hearing these words, Elder Wanlin Jun’s eyes narrowed slightly, and a somewhat ‘cold’ smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

The several demon beasts who were hard-pressed against Elder Wanlin Jun became nervous and hurriedly retreated;

But Elder Wanlin Jun also retreated simultaneously, getting slightly closer to his side’s immortals.

Just now, he was purely delighted because Li Changshou was safe…

Having resolved this small detail, Li Changshou continued observing both sides’ situation from the shadows.

At this time, the two locations of thousand-immortal battles were only a few peaks away from Breaking Sky Peak.

Li Changshou’s divine consciousness detected several injured True Immortal external affairs elders from the sect hurriedly heading toward Hundred Mortals Hall.

It seemed they were going to have the disciples leave first…

Next, Breaking Sky Peak would become the battleground.

Although there was still a protective formation, many disciples who hadn’t achieved immortality had shallow cultivation, and if they weren’t careful, just a few falling divine abilities or magical treasures would likely turn Hundred Mortals Hall into a bloodbath…

With the Supreme Elder’s order to let disciples of insufficient cultivation temporarily avoid disaster, these several injured True Immortal external affairs elders would soon be responsible for protecting these disciples.

Li Changshou pondered briefly in his heart and transmitted a few instructions to Ling’e, who had been hiding near the underground transportation formation for quite a while, telling her to blend in with the disciples later and bring his ‘true body’ and master along when leaving.

Ling’e immediately nodded in understanding and continued hiding in a rock crevice, quietly waiting for the Salvation Sect’s disciples to appear in large numbers.

As for Li Changshou’s true body…

He had found a hiding place two months ago, cleverly concealed himself within, and hadn’t actively moved since.

Shortly after, a downward hole appeared in a corner of Hundred Mortals Hall.

Under the constant urging of several elders and Youqin Xuanya and Jiuwu, young disciples quickly rushed into this vertical opening, flying urgently toward the underground.

When batch after batch of disciples reached the earth vein transportation formation, Ling’e found the right opportunity and emerged from a corner with ‘Li Changshou’ to join the disciples…

The process was quite perfect, and his junior sister accomplished another achievement.

When Youqin Xuanya arrived and saw Li Changshou and Ling’e, she also let out a long sigh of relief.

She took out the formation control jade talisman and stepped forward to activate the earth vein transportation formation;

At the bottom of this underground cavity, a complex patterned formation disk with a diameter of a hundred zhang suddenly appeared, with what seemed like dragon roars coming from beneath the formation disk…

A Hundred Mortals Hall elder shouted:

“Quick, fifty people at a time, enter the formation!

Xuanya, you and Elder Ge lead the way in front!

The transportation formation’s landing point is in a valley to the east!”

Youqin Xuanya immediately accepted the command, leading the batch of disciples closest to the formation to quickly rush into the formation disk. Their figures sank slightly and disappeared in a flash!

The earth’s main veins were actually like the ‘capillaries’ of the Great God Pangu;

The earth vein transportation formation could allow cultivators to follow the earth vein’s flow for long-distance directional transportation in both forward and reverse directions.

The Salvation Sect disciples weren’t panicked, and many disciples even actively stayed back to let those who had joined the sect more recently go first…

The entire evacuation was orderly, and Ling’e, being looked after by many senior brothers from other peaks, was transported away in the third batch.

Li Changshou kept a strand of divine consciousness accompanying his junior sister, and he no longer had any worries.

With most of the younger generation evacuated, the Salvation Sect’s immortals had all retreated to near Breaking Sky Peak.

At this time, the battle lines were drawn, and the main peak’s formation hadn’t yet been activated;

The Salvation Sect’s immortals showed signs of decline, and the mosquito puppets had already focused their attention completely on the Salvation Sect’s several powerful Celestial Immortals!

This was the opportunity Li Changshou had been waiting for!

‘Paper army, strike!’

Near Breaking Sky Peak, in two river valleys between several mountain peaks, four paper puppets quietly emerged, drilling out half their bodies from the earth;

From their sleeves and clothing seams, small white paper figures quickly jumped out, and then these four paper puppets quickly sank back into the ground.

In the southern and northern river valleys, twenty paper figures each quickly spread out around the four paper puppets…

This number was already the limit of how many original paper figures Li Changshou could control simultaneously through paper puppet relays, and he couldn’t maintain it for long…

Forty paper figures transformed into forty ‘immortal soldiers’ wearing light blue battle armor.

They had different faces, weren’t strong, and their defense was truly paper-thin. Each carried a simple magical tool bow on their back and held a somewhat special ‘arrow.’

These bows only had some basic restrictions and could hardly be called treasures.

They quickly darted toward the forest ahead, reaching various hiding spots that Li Changshou had previously selected, and drew their magical tool bows to full draw.

Complex patterns lit up on the arrows!

[Silent Sky Poison Arrow]: A self-developed disposable magical tool that can instantly and precisely deploy large amounts of poison powder over a wide area without discrimination!

‘Killing enemies doesn’t necessarily require divine abilities or magical treasures, but rather should maximize a particular advantage.

Training a body full of muscles is no match for a brick to the head.

Fire!’

In the dark, narrow corners, Li Changshou snapped his fingers, and forty bowstrings vibrated simultaneously!

Arrow after magical tool arrow, swift and silent, flew from behind the enemy army toward the most densely packed area of mosquito puppets…