Beware the Bizarre Inner Demon (250 Monthly Votes Bonus Chapter)

--It was nearly four by the time I finished writing this. I'm truly useless. Mm, tomorrow morning's chapter will be delayed until around three in the afternoon. I need to catch up on sleep. Monthly votes have passed three hundred; once I completely straighten out this stretch of plot, I'll post a bonus chapter on Monday or Tuesday.

"True Lord Shi, my apologies. Our patriarch does not receive outsiders." The young man dressed as a Daoist gave Shi Xuan a respectful salute.

Shi Xuan shook his head and smiled. "It was Shi who was presumptuous, calling at your door so rashly and putting True Lord Qingchen in a difficult position."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Shi Xuan turned and left Huanyu Temple, sighing softly to himself. There were only a little over eight hundred Half-step Golden Immortals in the Void Universe, while the Great Dao numbered three thousand. Thus, those who had formed auspicious clouds, golden lamps, Dharma Bodies, and the like containing the Space Great Dao Origin were exceedingly few—only a scant handful. Moreover, with Ancestor Dragon blocking the road ahead, these Half-step Golden Immortals each lived their own carefree lives. They simply paid no heed to a visit from a strange Three Tribulations Heavenly Sovereign like Shi Xuan.

Over these eight hundred years, following the information about Half-step Golden Immortals he had learned from Granny Yu, the Five Elements Attendant, Kong Ran, and others, Shi Xuan had traveled through various Great Thousand Worlds while visiting them one by one in a certain order. Unfortunately, he had already been turned away four times.

"One will not always have the chance to attend a Half-step Golden Immortal's birthday celebration." Shi Xuan gave a bitter laugh. "Must I really invoke Granny Yu's influence?"

With a shake of the Heaven and