Named Li Dan and possessing the Dao De Jing personally written by the Moral Heavenly Venerable, Meng Qi instinctively thought of Taishang sending a representative to spread his teachings.
Taishang had withdrawn from the Investiture of the Gods World and could no longer appear in person. After sensing his connection to Yuanshi Tianzun and Jade Void Palace, had he casually bestowed the Dao De Jing and guided Meng Qi to spread his teachings in this world?
Now, caught in the game and having weathered so much, Meng Qi was no longer the ignorant innocent he had once been. He was always wary of coincidences—and this was far too much to call a coincidence. It was almost certainly deliberate!
If Taishang wanted Meng Qi to incarnate as Li Dan and spread his teachings for him, he must know all about Meng Qi's body on Earth. It had to be part of his calculations; otherwise, things could not have unfolded as they had. So Taishang was at least on the neutral side. He had offered neither support nor help, but at least he had not exposed Meng Qi.
If Meng Qi considered the Moral Heavenly Venerable part of the same group as the Lord of Six Paths Samsara or the great power behind him, then even his last trump card had been exposed. He could no longer see any hope of escaping his identity as a "fish." All he could do was pray day and night for some other great power to get involved. His life and death would no longer have anything to do with his own efforts.
That was the last thing Meng Qi wanted. If fate could manipulate him, leaving him no say in anything, then whether he struggled or gave up would make no difference. It would be