Had anyone else heard those words, they would surely have cried, "Just as I thought!"
Gu Changqing's former appearance, cherishing wine as dearly as his life and forever lost in a drunken haze, had indeed been a deliberate disguise.
And now, Gu Changqing had finally decided to lay his cards on the table and stop pretending.
From this point onward, he would take the initiative, laying plans for the Investiture of the Gods Measureless Calamity to keep the Interception Sect's hundreds of thousands of disciples safe.
This was precisely why he had come to the Heavenly Court of his own accord, despite everyone's bewilderment.
One had to understand that, under the original Heavenly Mandate, the Interception Sect had very little say among the various Saints' Lineages.
Perhaps this was partly because Tongtian cherished their old bonds and was unwilling to contend with Laozi, Yuanshi, and the others.
And so, although it was the Twelve Golden Immortals' entanglement in the tribulations of the mortal world that had triggered the Investiture of the Gods Measureless Calamity,
Laozi and Yuanshi's scheming had led Tongtian to obediently sign the Investiture of the Gods List as well, dragging the Interception Sect into it.
After today's events, Haotian and Yaochi would presumably no longer dare rely on their supposed positions as Heavenly Emperor and Heavenly Empress to order the Interception Sect's people about.
Beyond that, the Jie Sect Disciples would no longer feel any reverence for the so-called Heavenly Court.
If the Investiture of the Gods Measureless Calamity began as usual in the future, the Interception Sect's resistance would be all the more natural, flowing into place like water into a channel.
He had killed two birds with one stone!
Now that his goal had been achieved, Gu Changqing had no interest in remaining here.
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