Seizing Power at Spirit Mountain

Painful—too painful.

Laughing endlessly in his heart while wearing a sorrowful, twisted expression, Li Changshou was truly in too much pain at this moment.

What kind of move was this?

Daoist Duobao had pulled off an online home invasion; Laojun had intercepted the Western Teachings' fate; Venerable Celestial of Primordial Beginning had stepped in to restrain Daoist Jieyin; and the Heavenly Dao had gone with the flow, allowing Saint Jieyin to completely lose his influence between heaven and earth.

This hidden thread had been buried for far, far too long.

From the moment Grand Pure Sage deduced from Wen Jing that she would take a sip from the Golden Lotus, this grand drama had already fallen under Grand Pure Sage's control, with Li Changshou participating throughout.

Yet neither master nor disciple had ever proactively mentioned the word "Buddha." Every exchange between them had been concealed within their conversations, which occurred once every eighteen days on average.

Long ago, Li Changshou had reminded Grand Pure Sage that the Western Teachings might possess countermeasures and that he could refer to the Heavenly Dao Oath template Li Changshou had devised.

Grand Pure Sage had also reminded Li Changshou not to reveal these matters. Otherwise, the two Saints of the Western Teachings might completely throw themselves into the Heavenly Dao's arms and cut off their scheme.

Later, under pressure from the Heavenly Dao and coercion from the Dao Ancestor, Grand Pure Sage had entrusted this matter to Laojun ahead of time.

After that, Li Changshou had kept Daoist Wen Jing steadily lurking in the Western Teachings in secret, drawing closer step by step to where the Golden Lotus was located.

Then, at the final stage of the Great Cataclysm of the Investiture of the Gods, when the Heavenly Dao and Jieyin simultaneously struck against