"Could Maitreya have attained enlightenment from that bit of nonsense I casually spouted...?"
"Could he have had an epiphany?"
Back on Lesser Qiong Peak, Li Changshou, who had just returned from Three Immortal Island, muttered to himself by the lake.
Upon careful reflection, those few words of his really did carry a hint of "awakening the true self" for an expert like Maitreya.
But he had truly only been talking nonsense on the fly, intending to plant a few Dao Heart Gaps in Maitreya.
Over the past thirty-odd years, he had studied the traits of "heavenly demons" too much. Subconsciously, he always wanted to mess with his opponents' mindsets and carve a few gaps into their Dao Hearts.
Maitreya had only sent an incarnation, and a rather crude Spiritual Sense Incarnation at that. Even if it were directly destroyed, it would have little effect on Maitreya.
The problem was that his own incarnation... might not necessarily be able to beat it.
Thinking back to those days, he had used the nested Paper Daoist method to fool Golden Cicada once, making Golden Cicada search for "three moles."
Now, the Paper Daoist method could no longer fool anyone, but he had barely mastered a technique of lip service.
That counted as a tiny bit of progress!
That rumor that "most of Grand White Gold Star's divine abilities lie in his mouth" was not entirely false, either.
Glancing at the lively Game Room, Li Changshou returned to his seat before the Alchemy Room, closed his eyes, steadied his mind, and began carefully comprehending the Great Dao of Balance.
After the Purple Cloud Palace, and until the great calamity officially descended, there were only a few things Li Changshou could do—
Cultivate and comprehend the Great Dao, strengthening himself as much as possible;
Ensure