Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Yu Yu Daoist was not at ease entrusting the disciples of the Jie Sect to himself, but if it were Duo Bao Daoist, Yu Yu Daoist would be very at ease.

Even if Daoist Duobao punishes or kills disciples of the Jie Sect who violate the sect's rules, Daoist Duobao will not object, because he is the eldest disciple, and almost all the disciples of the Jie Sect are taught by Daoist Duobao on behalf of his master.

This is why, after confirming that Liu Qing was the reincarnation of Duobao Daoren, Yu Yu Daoren immediately had Wudang Shengmu summon all the disciples of the Jie Sect and directly appointed Liu Qing as the second-generation leader of the Jie Sect, removing the previous "generation".

For Liu Qing, admitting that he was the reincarnation of Daoist Duobao did not prevent him from still being Liu Qing, but it gave him the identity and status of Daoist Duobao, eliminating all potential threats to his future leadership of the Jie Sect.

Not to mention, there was also the gift from Daoist Duobao, the innate spiritual treasure Duobao Pagoda.

Grand Master Xuandu looked troubled, but Daoist Yu Yu waved his hand and said, "My teacher was originally a fragment of a soul, and was not perfect from the beginning. Now that his soul has been injured, even your grandmaster's Nine-Turn Golden Elixir cannot save him."

“We seekers of the Dao have long seen through life and death. It is time for me, your teacher, to depart. Why grieve? My true form is still in the Outer Heavens. If you wish, Liu Qing, you may visit your master in the chaos of the Outer Heavens.”

"Now, while your teacher still has a breath left, do as much as you can for him. Prioritize your path to enlightenment and quickly take back the Pagoda of Many Treasures. Also, have more means to protect your path."

Liu Qing put aside his grief, smiled with relief, and finally reached out to accept the Pagoda of Many Treasures offered by Grand Master Xuandu.

Master Yu Yu Daoren is right. Having cultivated the Dao to this point, how can we not see through life and death? Life is death, and death is life. Life and death are just ordinary things.

As soon as the Duobao Pagoda came into Liu Qing's hands, it began to buzz incessantly, as if reminiscing about the past and anticipating the future.

Upon acquiring the Pagoda of Many Treasures, Liu Qing instantly recognized it as his master with a mere sweep of his soul. The innate restrictions within it offered no protection to Liu Qing, and without any need for refinement, it became the spiritual treasure that Liu Qing trusted most.

Liu Qing scanned the inside of the tower with his divine sense and saw that the Duobao Pagoda was like a vast world. Inside, there were not only countless spiritual herbs, immortal plants, spiritual roots and spiritual materials collected by Duobao Daoist over tens of thousands of years, but also dozens of innate and acquired spiritual treasures.

As expected of the Daoist Duobao, his abundance of spiritual treasures is probably second only to the leaders of the three religions.

The spiritual treasures on Liu Qing's body were no less than those in Duobao Daoren's collection. Thinking about his love and greed for spiritual treasures, Liu Qing felt that it was all Duobao Daoren's fault. Even though his original soul imprint was extremely pure, the bad habits brought by his subconscious had also affected his personality, making him have a bad habit of wanting to collect spiritual treasures whenever he saw them.

It seems that I have already inherited the name "Duobao" from the Taoist name Duobao Daoren.

Besides these, there were many more orbs of light inside the Pagoda of Many Treasures. Liu Qing was overjoyed the moment he touched them with his divine sense.

These orbs of light are all the insights that Daoist Duobao gained at various stages of his cultivation, as well as the recorded teachings of the Sage Tongtian.

Now, he no longer worries that after his teacher, Daoist Yu Yu, has passed away, he will have no one to answer his questions about his future path of cultivation.

Before his reincarnation, Daoist Duobao had already cultivated to the level of half-step Hunyuan Dao Fruit, making him the number one person below the sage.

His many insights, as well as the teachings of the Sage Tongtian that he left behind, were enough to ensure that Liu Qing had a smooth path in his subsequent cultivation in the Undying Realm and the Great Luo Realm.

"Uncle-Master, Senior Brother, Xuan Du has now become the City Lord of Xuan Du City and cannot leave for a long time. Now that the task that Master entrusted to us a thousand years ago has been completed, it is time for him to depart."

Seeing that Liu Qing was somewhat puzzled, Daoist Yu Yu explained, "Your junior brother Xuan Du rarely appears in the Three Realms. The reason is that he has to guard the boundary between the Three Realms and the Chaos of the Outer Heavens to prevent Chaos Gods and Demons from infiltrating the Three Realms from this place and bringing disaster to the Three Realms."

"After the conferment of the title of God, your grandmaster punished the master himself and several other saints, ordering them to stay in the Outer Heaven and not to interfere in the affairs of the Three Realms. In reality, this was also to allow the saints of the Three Realms to guard the chaos in the Outer Heaven and suppress any chaotic gods and demons who dared to spy on the Three Realms!"

Liu Qing suddenly realized why the sages couldn't emerge after the Investiture of the Gods; they were all in the Chaos Beyond the Heavens, suppressing the chaotic gods and demons who dared to spy on the Three Realms.

The sages are the first line of defense protecting the Three Realms, while Xuandu City, where the Grand Master Xuandu is stationed, is the last line of defense.

“Junior brother, you are so kind. I am ashamed of you. Once I have revived the Jie Sect, I will go to Xuandu City and guard it with you.”

Grand Master Xuandu was overjoyed: "Then I wish you a speedy completion of your cultivation journey, and that you will revive the Jie Sect. I will be waiting for you in Xuandu City!"

Liu Qing nodded solemnly.

Grand Master Xuandu bowed and then departed.

Shortly thereafter, the Holy Mother Wudang, along with a group of Jiejiao gods who had perished during the Investiture of the Gods and whose souls were trapped in the Investiture of the Gods list, arrived in a mighty procession.

The reason for the vast and imposing procession was that there were too many gods from the Jie Sect, which also shows the grandeur of the Jie Sect at its peak and reveals the tragic deaths and injuries suffered by the Jie Sect members during the Investiture of the Gods.

The group of Jiejiao deities were led by Doumu Yuanjun, Jinling Shengmu (one of the four original disciples of Jiejiao), Zhao Gongming (who was in charge of the Heavenly Court's Ministry of Finance and the head of the outer disciples of Jiejiao), and the Three Immortal Maidens of Sui Shi Ying Yuan, the powerful Three Immortal Maidens of Jiejiao.

There were also Wen Zhong, the Heavenly Venerable of Thunder; Lü Yue, the Heavenly Venerable of Plague; Luo Xuan, the Star Lord of Fire Virtue; the Holy Mother of Fire Spirit; the Four Saints of Nine Dragons Island; the Ten Heavenly Lords of Golden Turtle Island, and so on. On their way here, they had already learned from the Holy Mother of Wudang that Liu Qing was the reincarnation of Daoist Duobao.

Apart from Wen Zhong, this was the first time these Jie Sect deities had met Liu Qing. They were initially somewhat dissatisfied with Liu Qing, their junior brother who had only recently joined the sect, being appointed as the acting leader of the Jie Sect by their teacher.

Now, having heard about Liu Qing's background and seeing that Liu Qing's appearance is exactly the same as the senior brother in his memory, and also with the senior brother's signature pagoda by his side.

All the Heavenly Gods of the Jie Sect no longer harbored any resentment towards Liu Qing's appointment as sect leader.

The eldest brother should have been the second leader of the Jie Sect.

Almost all of them had been guided in their cultivation by their senior brother, and some of them were even taught by him personally.

They only respected their teacher, the Sage Tongtian, but towards their eldest brother, their respect was tinged with tenderness, and they already regarded their eldest brother as their father.

Golden Spirit Mother, Zhao Gongming, the Three Immortal Maidens, Wen Zhong, Luo Xuan, Lü Yue, the Four Saints of Nine Dragons Island, the Ten Heavenly Lords of Golden Turtle Island, and the Golden Light Mother and Han Zhixian, the Sixteen Heavenly Lords of the Intercepting Sect released by Liu Qing from the Small Thousand World, stood before Yu Yu Dao Ren according to their seniority and respectfully called him "Teacher".

After a thousand years, this single call of "teacher" brought tears to everyone's eyes.

Yu Yu Daoist's eyes also reddened, and he exclaimed "Good!" repeatedly, looking at this one and then at that one, as if he had returned to the old days when his disciples gathered together in joy.

Yu Yu Dao Ren felt that there was no more obsession in his heart. As this obsession dissipated, the shattered soul that had been suppressed could no longer be contained and gradually dissipated like ashes.

With his last breath, Yu Yu Dao Ren instructed the disciples of the Jie Sect: "Quickly pay your respects to your sect leader, Senior Brother!"

Everyone faced Liu Qing and bowed respectfully: "Greetings, Senior Brother! Greetings, Sect Leader!"

Yu Yu Daoist laughed heartily, having no more worries. He took one last look at Liu Qing before turning into ashes and disappearing into the air.

All the disciples of the Jie Sect were deeply grieved and filled with sorrow.

"Fellow disciples and nephews, only a wisp of your teacher's soul has disappeared. Your true self is still in the chaos of the Outer Heaven. There is no need to grieve."

"Right now, our Jie Sect is about to face the greatest calamity in its revival. The Jade Emperor, together with the Buddha, first attacked and killed our teacher, and now they are probably chasing after us."

"Faced with the Jade Emperor, who is at the half-step Hunyuan Dao Fruit level, and the Buddha Tathagata, you have been trapped on the Investiture of the Gods for thousands of years, and your cultivation has not progressed an inch. You are no match for them."

Upon hearing Liu Qing's words, all the disciples of the Jie Sect were enraged and wanted to seek revenge on their teacher from the Jade Emperor and the Buddha. However, Liu Qing bluntly stated that even if they all rushed forward, they would not be a match for the Jade Emperor and the Buddha.

During the Investiture of the Gods, the Golden Spirit Mother, the foremost of the four disciples of the Jie Sect, had reached the Great Luo Realm Perfection. Zhao Gongming and Yunxiao, one of the Three Immortal Maidens, had also reached the late Great Luo Realm. Other pillars of the Jie Sect, such as Luo Xuan, Lü Yue, the Four Saints of Nine Dragons Island, and the Ten Heavenly Lords of Golden Turtle Island, had all reached the early Great Luo Realm and the Undying Realm to varying degrees.

However, none of them reached the half-step Hunyuan Dao Fruit level.

It was only because they were bound by the Investiture of the Gods that their cultivation could not advance even an inch for thousands of years. Otherwise, with the comprehension and background of the Golden Spirit Mother, the Three Immortal Maidens, Zhao Gongming, and others, they would definitely be no less than Buddha and Haotian at this time.

Ashamed, all the disciples looked at Liu Qing, just as they had a thousand years ago, when faced with calamity, they sought help from their senior brother.

Liu Qing didn't keep them waiting any longer: "Later, I will rescue you from the Investiture of the Gods. Do your best to buy me some time."

"Everything will be decided after I emerge from the Hall of Ten Thousand Dragons!"

While on their journey, Jinling Shengmu and the others learned from Wudang Shengmu and Wen Zhong that their eldest brother had the ability to rescue them from the Investiture of the Gods. Upon arriving here, they met Jinguang Shengmu, Hanzhixian, and others, confirming that the rumors were true.

At this moment, the eldest brother personally said that he would rescue them from the Investiture of the Gods. Although he was prepared, he was still extremely excited.

This humiliation that has lasted for a thousand years has finally come to an end today.

Before the Investiture of the Gods, they were all disciples of great sects, standing at the pinnacle of the Three Realms. After the Investiture of the Gods, however, they were reduced to tools of the Heavenly Dao, driven around all day, without any sense of self. This dramatic change made their lives worse than death.

Furthermore, the Jade Emperor was angered that the disciples of the Jie Sect had looked down on him as a child in his youth. After being conferred the title of gods by Heaven, he became the Jade Emperor's subordinate, so how could he not be humiliated?

If their original divine souls hadn't been bound by the Investiture of the Gods, preventing them from even self-destructing their divine souls, it's likely that strong-willed individuals like the Golden Spirit Mother, Zhao Gongming, and the Three Immortal Maidens would have already self-destructed their divine soul imprints. (End of Chapter)