Black Panther Changes His Name, Calculating Bodhi

Li Changshou had always felt a bit of "love and hate" toward this Black Panther.

On one hand, Black Panther could poison-nurse, helping raise the success rate of his schemes, however mystical that was.

On the other hand, Li Changshou worried that Black Panther might cast the "Friend, Please Stay" curse on him.

That was truly inauspicious.

But now that Black Panther had made a move, Li Changshou decided to formally get acquainted with him.

The timing was just right too, falling before Black Panther took Jade Void Palace as his master.

Thus, while Black Panther rode the clouds toward the Demon Race gathering grounds on the Eastern Continent of Sheng, one of Li Changshou's Paper Daoists made ample preparations, taking the form of a middle-aged Daoist and arranging a "beautiful encounter" along the road ahead.

Yet what Li Changshou had never expected was...

"Ah, I should go back to the island and take a look first."

Only a few hundred miles from where Li Changshou's Paper Daoist lay hidden, Black Panther muttered softly, turned around, and headed toward the sea.

Li Changshou had almost unleashed that reverse "Friend, Please Stay."

After pondering briefly, Li Changshou summoned Ao Yi, who had just returned to the Eastern Sea for leave, and had him bring his wife Sir Jiang back to Golden Ao Island.

Li Changshou's Paper Daoist stayed within Ao Yi's sleeve, secretly observing Black Panther's every move.

This Black Panther...

He had already become somewhat out of place amid the atmosphere on Golden Ao Island.

He had originally been Old Daoist Yuan Ze of Golden Ao Island. When he reincarnated, he received some care from the Netherworld; Meng Po gave her soup ladle a shake, and he thus had the chance to recover his Past Life Memory.

But now that