Chan Sect Enforces Heavenly Punishment? Let's Start with the Welcoming Procedure!

The system's cold, mechanical chime echoed relentlessly in Chen Changsheng's mind.

He only pondered for a moment before laying it all out.

No one was too shocked or suspicious—after all, Chen Changsheng had already demonstrated an ability to foresee danger before.

Having said that, he immediately put on a show of suffering backlash from his prediction, growing visibly weaker and his face turning even paler.

But the moment this news landed, it was like a bucket of ice water poured over their heads, instantly dousing the fervor that had swept Golden Ao Island.

The tens of thousands of disciples, who had just been ecstatic over the procedural reforms, froze mid-smile.

The air itself seemed to be sucked dry in that instant.

"The Chan Sect?"

"All twelve Golden Immortals, mobilized?!"

Daoist Duobao stepped forward, the aura he had just reined in surging skyward once more, flames of fury blazing in his eyes.

"Too far gone!"

Zhao Gongming went even further, directly summoning the twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls. The pearls orbited around him, radiating boundless divine light, and a torrent of battle intent shot straight into the heavens.

"Dao Protector! Give the order!"

Zhao Gongming's voice boomed like a great bell, ringing across the entire scene.

"Since when have we Jie Sect disciples ever feared a fight!"

"Fight! Fight! Fight!"

The disciples, fresh from their baptism in procedural discipline, had the fierce, unyielding spirit of the Jie Sect reignited in their bones.

Tens of thousands of gazes converged on Chen Changsheng, burning with fervor and trust.

Yet Chen Changsheng merely raised a hand lightly.

The clamor across the entire island cut off instantly.

He didn't look at the raging Duobao, nor did he acknowledge Zhao Gongming's blazing battle intent.

He simply spoke calmly, his voice not loud, yet it clearly overpowered the heartbeat of every person present.

"What's the panic?"

"Everything, follow the procedure."

He turned to Daoist Duobao, his expression utterly unruffled.

"Senior Brother Duobao, transmit my decree."

"The Calamity Aversion Department is to immediately activate the 'Level 1 External Conflict Emergency Plan'!"

Daoist Duobao froze.

Emergency plan?

Wasn't that something written in the third volume, seventeenth chapter of the General Rules of Procedure, only used for theoretical drills?

And it had three levels, with Level 1 being the highest, corresponding to a Sage's personal arrival.

Now, to deal with the twelve Golden Immortals, they were activating the highest level?

Before he could dwell on it, Chen Changsheng issued a second order.

"Senior Brother Zhao, I order the Center for Tactical Wargaming and Data Analysis to project all data on the Chan Sect's twelve Golden Immortals onto the Mission Assessment Wall within the time it takes an incense stick to burn."

"I want to see everyone's weakness analysis, personality profiles, and... historical embarrassments."

"Understood!"

Though puzzled, Zhao Gongming immediately accepted the order and transformed into a streak of light, speeding toward the newly inaugurated data center.

The entire Golden Ao Island, like a finely tuned war machine, began operating methodically under Chen Changsheng's string of commands.

The disciples stopped clamoring for battle and returned to their posts.

Those in charge of formations inspected the formation bases.

Those handling logistics inventoried the pills.

A tense, yet utterly orderly atmosphere enveloped the entire island.

One incense stick later.

The Calamity Aversion Department's main hall.

On the massive Mission Assessment Wall, light swirled and shimmered.

The portraits of the Chan Sect's twelve Golden Immortals appeared side by side.

[Name: Guangchengzi] [Cultivation: Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, peak] [Treasures: Heaven-Turning Seal (top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure), Soul-Dropping Bell, Cloud-Sweeping Robe...] [Personality Profile: Extremely concerned with face; considers himself the Chan Sect's foremost disciple; values rules, emphasizes pomp and ceremony; has a moral purity complex.]

[Historical Embarrassment: Once left in indignation because the Human Emperor Xuanyuan failed to show sufficient respect in his bow, nearly delaying a major matter for the human race.]

[Name: Chi Jingzi]

[Cultivation: Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Peak]

[Treasures: Yin Yang Mirror, Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe...]

[Personality Profile: Hot-tempered, impulsive, but soft-hearted and easily swayed by words.]

[Historical Embarrassment: ...]

Item after item of data, laid out with crystal clarity.

A hundred times more detailed than the report from the Dragon Clan.

Even what color Dao robe each person liked to wear, what pet phrases they had, were all marked out with perfect precision.

The core disciples of the Jie Sect inside the great hall stared at these intelligence reports, so exhaustive they bordered on terrifying, their mouths hanging wide open.

They felt that the Chan Sect Twelve Golden Immortals were no longer lofty great beings before them, but twelve stripped-bare data models, with even the number of hairs on their bodies counted down to the last strand.

"Dao Protector... this intelligence..."

Daoist Duobao swallowed hard with difficulty.

He couldn't imagine how these secrets, which even the Chan Sect's own people might not know clearly, had been gathered.

"Data is power."

Chen Changsheng didn't explain. He walked slowly to the Assessment Wall and picked up a vermilion brush.

He didn't look at their cultivation or treasures. Instead, he directly drew heavy red circles under the "Personality Profiles" and "Historical Embarrassments" of the Twelve Golden Immortals.

"See this?"

He pointed at those red circles, his voice calm.

"They are strong, but even more... arrogant."

"They came to 'execute Heaven's punishment,' to display the Chan Sect's authority, to teach us 'unruly' junior brothers a lesson."

"What they want is a grand, earth-shattering battle, then to judge our sect from the position of victors."

Chen Changsheng put down the brush, turned around, and revealed a smile that sent a chill through everyone present.

"So, we simply won't give it to them."

He took a deep breath and issued a series of commands that left the entire hall stunned.

"Pass my Siling!"

"Order the Calamity Aversion Department's Technology Research and Development Division to take out all stored Nine-Revolutions Bewitching Incense and Seven-Treasures Illusionary Spirit Smoke, and connect them to the Xun Wind Array Eye of the island-protecting formation!"

"Order the Ten Heavenly Lords to activate the Ten Ultimate Arrays. But not for killing."

"Change the Golden Light Array into the 'Myriad-Colored Glazed Celebration Immortal Light Array.'"

"Change the Blood Dissolving Array into the 'Guest-Welcoming Agarwood Purification Array.'"

"Change the Red Water Array into the 'Nine-Bend Jade Pool Hot Spring Array.'"

"In short, remove all killing intent! Replace it with auspicious energy! It must be festive and harmonious, so that everyone who enters the arrays feels at home!"

"Pass the order: All disciples are forbidden from manifesting treasures or revealing killing intent. Everyone, change into our Jie Sect's most formal welcoming Dao robes!"

"Finally..."

Chen Changsheng looked toward the hall's entrance, his voice carrying across the entire Golden Ao Island.

"At the mountain gate, hang a banner."

"On the banner, write--"

"'Warmly welcome the direct disciples of Uncle-Master Yuanshi from Jade Void Palace on Kunlun Mountain to Golden Ao Island for inspection and guidance!'"

Three shichen passed in the blink of an eye.

Golden Ao Island had transformed.

The Sage's Dao field, once shrouded in immortal mist and brimming with Dao Charm, was now decked with lanterns and banners, brimming with joy and festivity.

Above the massive mountain gate, a red banner a thousand zhang long fluttered in the wind, its golden characters gleaming brilliantly under the sunlight.

From the mountain gate to the Jade Palace, a grand path paved with flowers and immortal herbs stretched straight ahead.

On both sides of the path, every ten zhang, stood a Jie Sect disciple in uniform attire, beaming with smiles.

In their hands, there were no blades, no treasures.

Only... fruit platters, immortal wine, and brand-new Jade Slips.

On the covers of those Jade Slips, several large characters were clearly engraved.

<Golden Ao Island Visitor's Guide and Jie Sect Procedure Introduction>.

Throughout the entire Golden Ao Island, not a trace of gunpowder could be smelled.

In its place was a thick, almost tangible sense of... absurdity.

Daoist Duobao and Zhao Gongming stood before the mountain gate, watching the scene unfold, the corners of their mouths still twitching uncontrollably.

Just then.

At the edge of the sky, twelve streaks of dazzling golden light tore through the sea of clouds, bearing down with unparalleled Pressure and fury.

Before the golden light even arrived, that overwhelming, irresistible aura of slaughter had already sent the waters of the East Sea churning back, ten thousand hectares of azure waves boiling.

At the forefront was none other than Guangchengzi.

He held the Heaven-Turning Seal in his hand, his face as heavy as water, his eyes filled with the solemn righteousness of one executing heaven's punishment.

He had already made up his mind.

Once he reached the skies above Golden Ao Island, he would directly unleash the Heaven-Turning Seal, giving the Jie Sect's arrogant Mountain Protection Array a proper show of force!

But then.

When his divine sense swept over Golden Ao Island and he clearly read every single word on that enormous red banner—

Guangchengzi's figure came to an abrupt halt in midair.

The raging fury on his face instantly froze.

The hand that had been ready to unleash the Heaven-Turning Seal also stiffened in midair.

Behind him, Chi Jingzi and the others also stopped, one by one, their faces all wearing expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

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