Jieyin's Summons

Searching every three steps, hiding east and west.

Li Changshou naturally understood that once Xu Bodhi entered the Five Continents, he would likely be noticed by the Heavenly Dao.

Yet there was only a tiny chance that the Heavenly Dao and the Dao Ancestor would directly erase Xu Bodhi; this stemmed from the Dao Ancestor's ingrained "arrogance" of viewing all living beings as ants.

The Dao Ancestor had stood at the pinnacle of the Three Realms for far too long.

So long that he had grown accustomed to having everything under his control, and thus lost the caution born of "wariness" and "fear."

Li Changshou understood that this caution, this thoroughness, was the most important trump card in his game against the Dao Ancestor.

Trump card: steadiness.

Xu Bodhi furtively circled from the Southern Sea to the Western Sea. After entering the Western Ox Continent, he concealed himself completely and quietly drew closer to Spirit Mountain.

His face always bore a lingering trace of worry. He often hesitated, and whenever he looked toward the Spirit Mountain that had changed beyond recognition, there was always a little helplessness and indignation in his eyes.

This acting was very natural.

Li Changshou did not know whether this performance would have any effect. That depended on whether the Heavenly Dao would keep watching him.

Following the principle of believing it existed rather than believing it did not, he persevered from beginning to end.

After feeling his way around for most of the day, Li Changshou had "Xu Bodhi" stop in a mountain valley.

It was not far from Spirit Mountain, yet he now appeared hesitant, unsure how to enter—or whether he should enter at all.

After all, when Buddhism had seized power years ago, Xu Bodhi had chosen to flee rather than firmly support