Arc 11Golden Immortal and Sea God

Li Changshou entered the Heavenly Court, passed an extraordinary Golden Immortal tribulation, and brought the Dragon Clan into Heavenly Court service. After rebuffing Randeng’s attempt to negotiate over the Dragon Clan, he faced a major Asura assault on the Sea God Temple.

  • Li Changshou registered as a Heavenly Court immortal, received three thousand Heavenly Soldiers, and visited Tushita Palace, where Taishang Laojun’s Pill Dao teaching left him unconscious for three years.
  • Li Changshou rejected Golden Cicada’s proposal to divide the Dragon Clan’s Four Seas Dragon Palaces, then escorted Wan Jiangyu’s soul through reincarnation and gained a new understanding of his Dao heart.
  • Li Changshou prepared for his Golden Immortal tribulation with help from Grand Master Xuandu and Yunxiao, endured the Myriad Spirits Tribulation, and survived Heavenly Punishment after reaching the Golden Immortal Realm.
  • Li Changshou returned from seclusion, visited Three Immortal Island, and later organized a contest that granted sixteen Dragon Princes and Dragon Princesses Heavenly Court god positions.
  • Li Changshou rejected Randeng’s proposal concerning the Dragon Clan, while Zhao Gongming used the Twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls to corner Randeng before ending their confrontation.
  • Li Changshou brought Wan Jiangyu’s reincarnated body back to Du Xian Sect, where Qi Yuan learned her identity and accepted her return to the sect.
  • Twelve Asuras attacked the Sea God Temple, and Li Changshou evacuated the mortals, summoned reinforcements, and revealed an army of Immortal Bean Soldiers to stall the attackers.
  • Four Eight-Armed Asuras led a larger force through a spatial passage, but Ox-Head and Horse-Face arrived and knocked the commanders into the ground.
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Ch. 253Can It Be Cashed Out?

Li Changshou celebrated his appointment as a Heavenly Court god while guiding the Dragon Clan toward serving Heaven and keeping his ties with powerful immortals carefully balanced. After warning Yunxiao against relying too heavily on a Saint’s protection, he returned to find the Dragon Clan and Netherworld competing to present him with gifts.

  • Matchmaker and the Heavenly Court immortals congratulated Li Changshou, while Dong Mugong told him to report to the Hall of Brightness within three years.
  • Ao Yi completed his transformation, carried Li Changshou through the skies above the Southern Sea, and agreed to accompany him to the Heavenly Court when he reported.
  • Grand Master Xuandu hosted a Dao discussion at the Sea God Temple, but Li Changshou left to avoid disrupting his preparations for tribulation crossing.
  • Yunxiao explained that she had persuaded Zhao Gongming to attend after he felt slighted, and Li Changshou walked with her and cautioned her not to assume a Saint’s protection guaranteed safety.
  • Li Changshou discovered that the Dragon Clan had delivered treasures and hundreds of maids, while Ox-Head ordered the Netherworld to gather hundreds of female ghosts as its own offering.

Ch. 254Human Teaching Traditional Art

After the Sea God Ceremony, Li Changshou handled gifts and requests from the Dragon Clan and Netherworld while learning that the Western Teachings planned to compete with the Heavenly Court for the Dragon Clan’s benefits. Grand Master Xuandu then showed Yunxiao a portrait of Li Changshou, and her amused recognition suggested she had met him recently.

  • The Dragon Clan showered Li Changshou with gifts, including a lavish sea-view estate, but he declined it and promised to choose a site for his own Sea God cave abode.
  • Netherworld experts offered Li Changshou five hundred female fierce souls and asked him to improve the Wu Tribe’s living conditions; he promised to visit the Northern Julu Continent within a hundred years and freed the souls from their grievances.
  • Daoist Wen Jing told Li Changshou that the Western Teachings planned to divide the Dragon Clan’s benefits with the Heavenly Court, then eagerly agreed to wait for a chance to see the Great Mage.
  • Grand Master Xuandu asked Yunxiao about taking a Dao companion and showed her a portrait of Li Changshou; Yunxiao recognized him and laughed about his disguised appearance.

Ch. 255A Good Person

Grand Master Xuandu escorted Li Changshou back toward Du Xian Sect and urged him to consider his feelings for Yunxiao, while Li Changshou returned to his routine and studied his Sea God powers. Half a year later, he prepared to visit the Heavenly Court through a Paper Daoist, while Yunxiao chose to let matters follow her heart and resumed cultivating.

  • Grand Master Xuandu told Li Changshou that Yunxiao appreciated him, and Li Changshou explained that his favorable feelings had not become romantic love.
  • Li Changshou returned to Du Xian Sect and met Ling'e outside the mountain gate after she cautiously tested the area for traps.
  • Li Changshou found that the Western Teachings had stopped investigating the South Sea God Cult and that the Dragon Clan wanted positions in the Heavenly Court.
  • Ling'e planned to enter secluded cultivation while Li Changshou studied his Sea God powers and the Sea God Cult expanded its influence.
  • After half a year, Li Changshou arranged to meet Ao Yi at the Sea God Temple before visiting the Heavenly Court through a Paper Daoist.
  • Yunxiao dismissed Grand Master Xuandu's attempt to influence her, put away a painting scroll, and returned to cultivating the Great Dao.

Ch. 256Pretty Much the Treatment of an Ordinary Powerful Minister

Li Changshou and Ao Yi entered the Heavenly Court, where Ao Yi showered officials with Dragon Clan greeting gifts and Li Changshou received a powerful minister’s appointments and forces. A summons from the Saint Lord drew Li Changshou toward Tushita Palace, but before they arrived, Ao Yi recognized a young heavenly general tending a bean field and drew his sword.

  • Li Changshou and Ao Yi ascended to the South Heaven Gate, where the guards verified Li Changshou’s identity and let them enter.
  • Ao Yi handed treasure chests to Dong Mugong, the gate guards, and other heavenly officials as greeting gifts, while Li Changshou let the gifts pass.
  • Li Changshou and Ao Yi met the Jade Emperor in the Hall of Exalted Peace, and Li Changshou received a Tiger tally, travel privileges, and permission to enter the hall without reporting.
  • At the Hall of Brightness, Li Changshou registered as an immortal, chose a residence, and received three thousand Heavenly Soldiers for the Sea God’s naval forces.
  • Li Changshou sensed a summons from the Saint Lord and headed toward Tushita Palace with Ao Yi.
  • Near a bean field, Ao Yi spotted a young heavenly general and drew his sword.

Ch. 257The Only Way to Treat the Comatose

Li Changshou received three chapters of the Pill Dao from Taishang Laojun, but the Saint’s teaching kept him unconscious for three years. After waking, he learned that a fight had begun and immediately returned his mind to his Paper Daoist in Tushita Palace.

  • Li Changshou visited Tushita Palace with Ao Yi and met Grand Master Xuandu and Taishang Laojun.
  • Taishang Laojun imparted the Pill Dao to Li Changshou and Grand Master Xuandu, leaving both unconscious as the lesson overwhelmed them.
  • While Li Changshou remained unconscious for three years, Ling'e, Jiu Jiu, and Youqin Xuanya worried about him and entered his formation to check on him.
  • Li Changshou awoke when Ling'e and Youqin Xuanya prepared to rouse him, then learned he had been out for three years.
  • After restoring several Paper Daoist incarnations, Li Changshou sensed that a fight had begun and returned his mind to his Paper Daoist in Tushita Palace.

Ch. 258Human Teaching's Six Prodigies

After receiving Laojun’s Pill Dao teachings, Li Changshou found Ao Yi and Bian Zhuang brawling outside Tushita Palace and discovered Bian Zhuang had obtained a nine-toothed silver rake. Li Changshou settled into his Heavenly Court post and tried to rest, but a sudden Heavenly Might above Du Xian Sect suggested that Venerable Fugui was about to undergo tribulation.

  • Li Changshou awoke from Laojun’s teachings and found Ao Yi and Bian Zhuang grappling outside Tushita Palace while Great Mage watched.
  • Ao Yi explained that he had fought Bian Zhuang after Bian Zhuang said he had forgotten Ke Le’er and fallen for another woman.
  • Great Mage sent Bian Zhuang a silver rake, and Li Changshou recognized it as a nine-toothed rake that might mark Bian Zhuang as the future Marshal Tianpeng.
  • Li Changshou left Tushita Palace with Ao Yi, established his Sea God Mansion in Heavenly Court, and arranged for Ao Yi to remain there temporarily.
  • Li Changshou prepared to sleep in his underground chamber, then sensed a vast Heavenly Might above Du Xian Sect and suspected Venerable Fugui was about to undergo tribulation.

Ch. 259The Same Old Formula, the Same Familiar Taste

Venerable Wangqing underwent his Golden Immortal Tribulation while Li Changshou observed and recorded its stages. After Wangqing survived the eighth tribulation, Li Changshou sensed Golden Cicada arrive at a Sea God Temple, leaving him wondering whether he was tied to the Journey to the West Calamity.

  • Venerable Wangqing left Du Xian Sect to cross his Golden Immortal Tribulation in the Desolate Mountains, with sect elders and disciples watching from a distance.
  • Li Changshou joined Elder Wan Linjun and recorded the tribulation’s lightning strikes, intervals, and attacks on Wangqing’s Dao heart.
  • Venerable Wangqing endured the first seven tribulations, suffering injuries as lightning, wind, fire, and heart demons attacked him.
  • Wangqing swallowed two pills before the eighth tribulation and survived its combined assaults while Li Changshou recorded his observations.
  • Li Changshou sensed Golden Cicada arrive at a Sea God Temple and wondered whether he was destined to become involved in the Journey to the West Calamity.

Ch. 260On-Site Lessons in Tactics

Li Changshou ignored Golden Cicada’s attempts to meet and negotiate while Venerable Wangqing survived the Golden Immortal Tribulation and celebrated his breakthrough. After arranging for the Dragon Clan to witness their meeting, Li Changshou drew out Golden Cicada’s oath that he represented Western Teachings, then refused to discuss dividing the Dragon Clan.

  • Venerable Wangqing survived the Golden Immortal Tribulation, reached the Golden Immortal realm, and was welcomed by the Du Xian Sect.
  • Li Changshou spent half a month organizing Pill Scriptures and formulas while ignoring Golden Cicada’s repeated calls from the Sea God Temple.
  • Ao Yi told Li Changshou about Golden Cicada, and Li Changshou arranged for trusted Eastern Sea dragons to observe the temple secretly.
  • Li Changshou appeared before Golden Cicada in disguise and refused to enter the barrier around them, forcing Golden Cicada to discuss his purpose openly.
  • Golden Cicada proposed dividing the Dragon Clan’s Four Seas Dragon Palaces between Western Teachings and the Heavenly Court, and swore that he represented Western Teachings.
  • Li Changshou rejected the proposal, saying he had no interest in dividing the Dragon Clan and telling Golden Cicada to leave.

Ch. 261Sending Senior Uncle... on His Way

Li Changshou turned Jin Chan’s insult toward the Dragon Clan into a reason for the clan to draw closer to the Heavenly Court, securing sixteen low-ranking divine posts with the Jade Emperor’s approval. After preparing for his Golden Immortal Tribulation, he set out with Jiu Jiu to escort the Little Tree Spirit’s soul to the Netherworld.

  • Li Changshou left Jin Chan fuming at the Sea God Temple, while the Dragon Clan’s leaders grew furious at the Western Teachings’ scheme.
  • Ao Yi told Li Changshou that the Dragon Clan wanted Heavenly Court positions, and Li Changshou obtained the Jade Emperor’s approval for sixteen Sea Patrol Guardians.
  • The Jade Emperor discussed rewarding Li Changshou and considered promoting Bian Zhuang after hearing about the rake he received from Tushita Palace.
  • Li Changshou gathered spiritual medicine and prepared pills for his Golden Immortal Tribulation, while agreeing to arrange the Little Tree Spirit’s reincarnation.
  • The Little Tree Spirit died, and Li Changshou collected its soul before traveling toward the Netherworld with Jiu Jiu.

Ch. 262VIP Passage for Reincarnation

Li Changshou and Jiu Jiu traveled to the Netherworld to arrange Wan Jiangyu’s reincarnation, with Ox-Head and Horse-Face helping them navigate Fengdu and its procedures. Wan Jiangyu entered the reincarnation disk with a kinder fate and a little of her memory preserved, and Li Changshou resolved to protect her after rebirth.

  • Li Changshou explained Wan Jiangyu’s story to Jiu Jiu as they flew toward the Netherworld, and Jiu Jiu reflected on immortality and cultivation.
  • Ox-Head and Horse-Face recognized Li Changshou at A Slit of Sky, drove off an insulting Emissary General, and escorted him and Jiu Jiu into Fengdu City.
  • Li Changshou released Wan Jiangyu’s soul in the Hall of Yama, where a judge arranged a favorable fate and a place of birth for her next life.
  • Ox-Head and Horse-Face led the group through the reincarnation grounds, where Wan Jiangyu revisited her past lives and thanked Li Changshou and Jiu Jiu.
  • Wan Jiangyu crossed the Bridge of Helplessness and drank only a little Meng Po’s Soup before entering the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk, and Li Changshou decided to send a Paper Daoist to protect her.

Ch. 263Golden Immortal Tribulation Countdown!

After escorting Wan Jiangyu into reincarnation, Li Changshou visited the Mortal World and completed the insight he needed before his Golden Immortal tribulation. Jiu Jiu gained insight from his Dao charm and began approaching a Celestial Immortal breakthrough, so Li Changshou took her to an island to cultivate while he checked his tribulation preparations.

  • Li Changshou and Jiu Jiu left the Netherworld after giving Ox-Head and Horse-Face spirit fish and spirit beasts, which the two feasted on with great enthusiasm.
  • Li Changshou and Jiu Jiu traveled to a Southern Continent city to visit the family into which Wan Jiangyu would be reincarnated, then explored the Mortal World.
  • Li Changshou gained the insight that his Dao heart was complete when he accepted the connection between living beings, human nature, and the Mortal World.
  • Jiu Jiu contemplated Li Changshou's Dao charm and began advancing toward the Celestial Immortal Realm.
  • Li Changshou moved Jiu Jiu to an island in the Eastern Sea to break through safely while he checked the supplies prepared for his own tribulation.

Ch. 264Selected Tribulation Site (2)

Li Changshou prepared to pass the Golden Immortal Tribulation and left Du Xian Sect after making arrangements for Ling'e and the sect. Grand Master Xuandu, delayed on his way to meet him, recruited Yunxiao and her Primordial Golden Dou to help protect him, and she agreed once she learned he was the one passing tribulation.

  • Ling'e worried about Li Changshou and Jiu Jiu, then received Li Changshou’s instructions and two boxes of preparations for her future tribulation.
  • Li Changshou entrusted Lesser Qiong Peak’s spirit beasts and cultivation grounds to Xiong Lingli, settled his affairs at the sect, and secretly departed for his chosen tribulation site.
  • Li Changshou set up defenses, Paper Daoist immortal-power reserves, and backup tribulation grounds, then waited for Grand Master Xuandu to arrive.
  • Grand Master Xuandu visited Yunxiao on Three Immortal Island and asked her to bring the Primordial Golden Dou to help a disciple pass tribulation.
  • Yunxiao initially hesitated to interfere, but agreed to accompany Grand Master Xuandu after he revealed that Li Changshou was the one passing tribulation.

Ch. 265This Time, Are You Sure You're Undergoing the Tribulation?

Grand Master Xuandu brought Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, and Bixiao to watch Li Changshou prepare for his Golden Immortal tribulation. After Li Changshou revealed an astonishingly perfect Dao foundation, a tremendous tribulation descended, leaving everyone to wonder whether he could survive it.

  • Grand Master Xuandu arrived at Li Changshou’s tribulation site with the Three Xiao Sisters and found Li Changshou striking his own forehead with a golden sword to sever his Dao realm.
  • Li Changshou’s sword shattered against his unharmed forehead, while three flawless twelve-petaled azure lotuses appeared and astonished Grand Master Xuandu and Yunxiao.
  • Grand Master Xuandu explained that Yunxiao had brought her Primordial Golden Dou to help Li Changshou, then urged him to reveal one of his three flowers.
  • Li Changshou studied the Du Xian Sect’s Wu Wei Scripture and entered Dao comprehension, while Grand Master Xuandu and Yunxiao worried that his supreme Dao foundation would draw an extraordinary tribulation.
  • A phantom resembling the Dao Ancestor appeared and asked whether Li Changshou would cross; Li Changshou agreed, and a vast, terrifying tribulation cloud covered the sky.
  • A family of black panthers nearby sensed the Heavenly Might and feared that the creature undergoing the tribulation would die.

Ch. 266Few Words, Great Calamity for All Spirits!

Li Changshou began his Golden Immortal tribulation, which took the form of the legendary second-ranked Myriad Spirits Tribulation. He endured its escalating assaults with his hidden techniques and prepared defenses, but the sixth bolt brought down hundreds of heavenly soldiers as the battle continued.

  • Li Changshou petitioned the Azure Heavens before his tribulation, and the Heavenly Dao answered with a word of approval.
  • The Tribulation Cloud formed a vast pagoda, and Qiongxiao identified Li Changshou's trial as the Myriad Spirits Tribulation.
  • Li Changshou endured the first five increasingly powerful assaults, using talismans, written Dao characters, defensive techniques, and lightning arts.
  • Three of Li Changshou's Paper Daoist incarnations replenished his immortal power before the sixth assault began.
  • The sixth assault combined thunder, fire, wind, ice, and heart demons, then sent hundreds of heavenly soldiers charging at Li Changshou.
  • Li Changshou deployed ten Paper Daoists to summon hundreds of Immortal Bean Soldiers against the descending attackers.

Ch. 267Changshou's Strongest Divine Ability!

Li Changshou faced the eighth and final waves of his Golden Immortal Tribulation, using Immortal Bean Soldiers to hold off its spirit armies. When the Dragon Phoenix Phantoms overwhelmed his defenses, he escaped into the tribulation lightning and let it destroy them, then endured the remaining heavenly power as his Golden Immortal breakthrough began.

  • Li Changshou used Paper Daoists and Immortal Beans to block the eighth tribulation’s spirit soldiers while he endured the lightning strikes.
  • The eighth tribulation summoned hundreds of demon and witch spirit soldiers, and Li Changshou’s bean soldiers helped him survive their assault alongside the Five Elements tribulation.
  • Before Li Changshou could recover, the ninth tribulation unleashed Dragon Phoenix Phantoms and intensified lightning, wind, fire, and ice; Xuandu and Yunxiao prepared to intervene if he called for help.
  • Li Changshou drew the Dragon Phoenix Phantoms toward him, then used the Nine Heavens Thunder Evasion Art to enter the tribulation lightning and evade their attack.
  • The Dragon Phoenix Phantoms were shattered by the tribulation lightning, while Li Changshou was forced out and endured the remaining heavenly power without using his Nine-Turn Golden Elixir.
  • Golden light rose from Li Changshou as his Dao rhythm and aura surged, and the tribulation’s power began to fade.

Ch. 268Truly, They Couldn't Stop It Even If They Tried

Li Changshou attained the Golden Immortal Realm, but the Heavenly Dao punished him with twelve bolts of divine lightning before he could enter seclusion. After recovering inside Yunxiao’s Primordial Golden Dou, he began consolidating his realm while the Heavenly Court prepared a list of benefits for Orthodox Gods.

  • Li Changshou completed his Golden Immortal tribulation, fused his Dao body and Primordial Spirit, and waited for the auspicious phenomena to pass.
  • A Gray Cloud appeared and struck Li Changshou with repeated Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunders for his earlier actions, forcing him to use his Nine-Turn Golden Elixir.
  • Yunxiao placed Li Changshou inside the Primordial Golden Dou while Grand Master Xuandu shielded it, but the punishment followed him inside and continued until the cloud vanished.
  • Grand Master Xuandu sensed that the Heavenly Dao was punishing Li Changshou for repeatedly delaying his tribulation, but he told Yunxiao that the Heavenly Secrets must not be divulged.
  • Li Changshou left notices announcing a twelve-year seclusion, recovered in the Primordial Golden Dou, and entered the Gate of All Wonders to consolidate his Golden Immortal Realm.
  • Dong Mugong presented the Heavenly Court’s Orthodox God benefits to the white-robed youth, who wondered what cultivation realm Li Changshou had reached.

Ch. 269Some Things Are Hard to Understand

Li Changshou ended his twelve-year seclusion in Fairy Yunxiao’s Primordial Golden Dou after advancing to the second rank of the Golden Immortal Realm and improving his concealment and escape techniques. He returned to the sea, contacted Ao Yi and Ling’e, and headed toward Du Xian Sect, unaware that two sisters were preparing to ambush him.

  • Li Changshou spent seven years in ascension enlightenment, two years reviewing his insights, and three years improving the Golden Turtle Qi Harmonizing Art and his Earth Evasion and Water Escape techniques.
  • Li Changshou left the Primordial Golden Dou, thanked Yunxiao for guarding him, and received her invitation to visit Three Immortal Island and discuss the Dao.
  • Li Changshou used a disguise, contacted Ao Yi about the Four Seas and Heavenly Court divine positions, and planned to visit the Jade Emperor after returning to Du Xian Sect.
  • Li Changshou contacted Ling'e and found her playing tiles with Jiu Jiu, Jiang Lin'er, and Xiong Lingli; Ling'e admitted that she missed him.
  • Li Changshou sent a Paper Daoist ahead toward Du Xian Sect, while two sisters watching the island prepared to bind and ambush him.

Ch. 270Look at This Pit, So Big and So Deep

Li Changshou escaped Qiongxiao and Bixiao’s interrogation and returned to Du Xian Sect, where he realized his future identity might be Grand White Gold Star. Meanwhile, the Panther Demon’s plan to seize territory failed, and the chapter left Li Changshou considering how to proceed with his cultivation and Heavenly Court ambitions.

  • Qiongxiao and Bixiao captured Li Changshou’s Paper Daoist, bound him, and questioned him about his relationship with Yunxiao and his origins.
  • Li Changshou answered the sisters’ questions and discovered they were testing whether he had improper intentions toward Yunxiao; Yunxiao arrived and ordered them to kneel as Li Changshou escaped in an incarnation.
  • Li Changshou visited the young girl Jiang Lin'er planned to take as her disciple, then returned to Du Xian Sect and resumed planning to cultivate Lesser Qiong Peak into a large magical treasure.
  • Li Changshou realized that the name Li Chang Geng and his future role might connect him to Grand White Gold Star from the Journey to the West calamity.
  • The Panther Demon and his companions failed to seize a mountain, and three Demon Race factions exterminated the Old Rhinoceros Demon and divided his territory.

Ch. 271Take Care, Old Friends

After returning to Du Xian Sect, Li Changshou planned his cultivation, taught Ling'e and Xiong Lingli, and prepared a Heavenly Court decree granting positions to the Dragon Clan. The chapter ended with the battered Master Panther rescued by a water demon, who made him her husband.

  • Ling'e worried that Li Changshou had spent his twelve-year absence pursuing a Dao companion, but he reassured her that he had been handling proper business.
  • Li Changshou sealed his memories about becoming Grand White Gold Star and planned to focus on cultivating safely and strengthening his Paper Daoists.
  • Li Changshou taught Ling'e and Xiong Lingli the Dao, then uprooted and burned the spirit trees on Lesser Qiong Peak because they knew too much.
  • After the Jade Emperor approved his plan, Li Changshou gathered five thousand heavenly soldiers and told Ao Yi that the decree granting the Dragon Clan god positions had formed.
  • Master Panther collapsed at a lakeside after another demon group was wiped out, and a water demon rescued him and forcibly made him her husband.

Ch. 272Primordial Wilderness's First... Talent Show

Li Changshou staged a Dragon Clan selection contest to award sixteen Heavenly Court sea-patrol god positions, but the spectacle drew a crowd of powerful guests. After Grand Master Xuandu visited him, Li Changshou met an arrogant child at the Sea God Temple who demanded he visit his master, whom the child identified as the Burning Lamp Daoist.

  • Li Changshou and Ao Yi organized a Dragon Clan god-selection contest, but the Four Seas Dragon Kings postponed it so they could invite guests from across the Primordial Wilderness.
  • Li Changshou directed the grand contest before numerous immortals and Heavenly Court officials, and the sixteen selected Dragon Princes and Dragon Princesses received god positions and broke through.
  • Li Changshou met Grand Master Xuandu, who praised his progress and encouraged him not to be overly cautious as the Dragon Clan joined the Heavenly Court.
  • Grand Master Xuandu took Li Changshou to Anshui City, where an arrogant child riding an Immortal Crane demanded that the Sea God meet his master.
  • The child recited a verse identifying his master as the Burning Lamp Daoist, and Li Changshou dismissed him without agreeing to go.

Ch. 273Hard Confrontation Was Out of the Question

Li Changshou refused Randeng’s demand to meet in person and gained the Great Mage’s support, then arranged to confront Randeng with witnesses and recordings. Randeng arrived at the Sea God Temple with the child, while Zhao Gongming and True Person Huang Long hid nearby to record what happened next.

  • Li Changshou rebuffed Randeng’s arrogant Daoist Child and sent him away from the Sea God Temple.
  • The Great Mage divined that Randeng was acting as guarantor for a Western Teachings disciple seeking to discuss the Dragon Clan, then placed the Taiji Diagram’s protection over the temple.
  • Li Changshou recruited True Person Huang Long at the Dragon Palace and explained Randeng’s demand; Ao Yi escorted them out.
  • Zhao Gongming joined Li Changshou and True Person Huang Long, and the three prepared recording treasures to document Randeng’s arrival.
  • Randeng reached the Sea God Temple with the Daoist Child, and Li Changshou rose above the courtyard to meet him.

Ch. 274First 'Battle' with Randeng

Li Changshou confronted Daoist Randeng, who sought concessions for the Western Teachings in the Dragon Clan dispute, and maneuvered through their tense conversation without giving him what he wanted. Randeng left without securing an agreement, while Zhao Gongming went off to fight.

  • Daoist Randeng arrived at the Sea God Temple and accused Li Changshou of disrespecting Chan Teaching, but Li challenged his identity and mocked him as an impostor.
  • Randeng proved who he was by displaying his treasures and swearing a Heavenly Dao oath, after which Li apologized and invited him inside.
  • Li showed Randeng an Image Recording Orb documenting the Daoist Child's earlier visit, then asked whether Randeng was negotiating personally or ordering him as Chan Teaching's Vice Sect Master.
  • Li argued that helping the Western Teachings weaken the Heavenly Court would conflict with Randeng's position in Chan Teaching, and Randeng apologized before departing with his Daoist Child.
  • After Randeng left, Li burned the chair he had used and cleared away a hidden trace of aura; True Person Huang Long then revealed that Zhao Gongming had gone to fight.

Ch. 275I Need to Enrich Myself!

Li Changshou managed the fallout after Zhao Gongming ambushed Daoist Randeng, then searched for ways to obtain treasures without taking on excessive karma. His attempt to strengthen his Paper Daoists caused repeated explosions near Du Xian Sect before he suspended his experiments and joined Jiang Lin'er and Venerable Wangqing on a trip to recruit disciples.

  • Zhao Gongming explained how he had used the Twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls to corner Daoist Randeng, then claimed he had only wanted to test a method for breaking the trick.
  • At True Person Huang Long's prompting, Zhao Gongming ended the confrontation without demanding anything from Randeng and warned him that Li Changshou had powerful allies.
  • Li Changshou assessed Randeng's standing within Chan Teaching and made a list of treasures, but crossed out the candidates because they were already owned or carried too much karma.
  • Li Changshou identified the Treasure-Dropping Copper Coins as a possible target and began upgrading his Paper Daoists, but an experiment destroyed a mountain near Du Xian Sect.
  • Over the next two months, Li Changshou's experiments caused more than twenty explosions, and he eventually suspended his research into divine abilities.
  • Jiang Lin'er and Venerable Wangqing summoned Qi Yuan and his three disciples, and they went to the Southern Continent to accept disciples.

Ch. 276Master, Look This Way...

Li Changshou brought Old Daoist Qi Yuan to meet Wan Jiangyu’s reincarnated body, helping his master accept the truth about his Martial Uncle’s fate. As the group approached the Southern Continent, Li Changshou sensed trouble at the Sea God Temple and found Asuras demanding his death.

  • Jiang Lin'er gathered the Lesser Qiong Peak group to bring Wan Jiangyu’s reincarnated body back to Du Xian Sect, while Li Changshou arranged a private conversation with Old Daoist Qi Yuan.
  • Li Changshou confessed to Qi Yuan that he had killed Daoist Kuai Si, and Qi Yuan offered to take the blame for him.
  • Li Changshou showed Qi Yuan the reincarnated girl, then explained that she was Wan Jiangyu; Qi Yuan broke down in tears before accepting her return to the sect.
  • As the group flew toward the Southern Continent, Li Changshou sensed trouble at the Sea God Temple and used his divine sense to investigate.
  • Twelve Asuras attacked the Sea God Temple, and Li Changshou ordered the Sea God Cult’s divine envoys to retreat while summoning dragon reinforcements and deploying Paper Daoists.
  • A Female Asura called for the Sea God to come out and die, and Li Changshou’s Old Immortal Paper Daoist appeared before the temple.

Ch. 277Longevity Guardian Envoy

Li Changshou faced an Asura assault on the Sea God Temple, using poison, avatars, and Immortal Bean Soldiers to protect the mortals and contain the attackers. As four Eight-Armed Asuras charged, Horse-Face and Ox-Head arrived from the Netherworld and crushed the assaulting commanders.

  • Li Changshou poisoned the twelve Asuras who first attacked the Sea God Temple, but a hidden expert opened a spatial passage beneath the temple.
  • Four Eight-Armed Asuras and hundreds of other Asuras emerged, and Li Changshou evacuated the mortals while stalling them with his avatar.
  • Li Changshou revealed three hundred and sixty-five pillars and thirty thousand Immortal Bean Soldiers surrounding the temple, prompting the Asuras to hesitate.
  • Horse and Ox watched the battle through a bloody well and threw roasted meat, a grill rack, and Ox-Head Headgear through the portal.
  • The four Eight-Armed Asuras charged Li Changshou’s avatars, but Horse-Face and Ox-Head arrived and knocked the commanders into the ground.
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