Having successfully carried out his Conquer with Virtue plan for birds, Li Changshou naturally put away his many backup plans.
Such as the scene of the Golden-winged Great Peng being frightened off by the Demon-Slaying Sword before he could storm the Heavenly Court;
Or the scene of the Golden-winged Great Peng hanging from some nameless old tree on Taiyin Star, being pointed at and gossiped about by passing fairies;
Or the scene of the Golden-winged Great Peng crashing himself bloody in the Chain Array on the Fourth Heaven...
Now that he had become one of their own, parts of these dark histories naturally had to be destroyed. Only a few key details were retained for unforeseen needs.
The news that the Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird had smoothly been won over by the Heavenly Court and taken Water God Chang Geng as his master did not spread throughout heaven and earth.
Li Changshou had asked all the immortals and gods to keep it secret, and everyone within the Heavenly Court who knew of it had been in the Hall of Supreme Harmony that day.
With the great tribulation looming overhead, even those Heavenly Court Immortal Gods whose elbows turned outward had to consider their own circumstances.
Thus, discussions of the matter in market towns across the Five Continents swiftly died down...
"Didn't that Golden-winged Great Peng of the Phoenix Clan say he was going to storm the Heavenly Court? So much time has passed—why hasn't there been a peep?"
"Probably just grandstanding, trying to win himself some fame with this stunt. How could the Heavenly Court be so easy to storm?"
"Something's off. This is not right."
The Western Teachings also played dumb.
Li Changshou was certain that they had already learned what had happened to the Golden-winged Great Peng, but