The Giant Wood God truly did not wish to engage in a fierce battle with Shi Zhu here; earlier outside, there was a possibility, but inviting him into the palace mainly aimed at seeking cooperation.

He merely observed that the current Shi Zhu had a character much more different than in his past life and hoped to help him unlock the seals to restore his past memories.

The Giant Wood God knew clearly the personality of the elderly Kuzhu from his previous life; how could he possibly respect a transformed Evil Dragon? It's simply disgraceful to willingly acknowledge it as a master!

Even though the Giant Wood God considered the Great Wilderness Elders to be of a minor path, he indeed recognized their strength. As for Shi Feiyang, he actually looked down upon him, believing that the Great Wilderness Elders also despised him.

As long as the seal within Kuzhu Elder's Primordial Spirit is lifted, allowing him to recover his past memories and personality, he will surely feel ashamed for having acknowledged that Dragon Spirit as a master.

Without needing persuasion, Kuzhu Elder would consider it a disgrace and personally eliminate that Dragon Spirit!

However, he did not expect the resistance of Kuzhu Elder to be so intense, immediately shattering his painstakingly refined Jade Ring into pieces, and then combining the Xuanyuan Nine Swords to destroy his Heavenly Wood Divine Needle!

This Heavenly Wood Divine Needle is a paramount treasure linked to his life and definitely cannot be destroyed by anyone.

Now, the Xuanyuan Nine Swords are exceedingly powerful, only a Purple and Blue gem can somewhat contend with them; although the Heavenly Wood Divine Needle is formidable and domineering, prolonged confrontation will also lead to damage.

Therefore, he decided to intervene and retrieve the Heavenly Wood Divine Needle.

At this time, Lu Yu was also eager to act; in fact, her thoughts were similar to the Giant Wood God's, believing that her brother, who is so proud and ambitious, would never willingly submit to an aberration.

She fought with Kuzhu Elder for nearly a thousand years; back then, she mainly helped Shi Feiyang to put Kuzhu Elder through a nasty plot.

Her intention was to place her brother, who always outperformed her, under the discipline of an aberration, and later restore his memory in the next life to see how ashamed and furious he becomes, how he reacts in wrath and destruction, that's all she wants!

But now, shockingly, her brother enjoyed being a disciple, feeling at ease, as if he has been thoroughly enchanted!

Indeed, this is beyond her previous expectations.

Seeing Giant Wood God's intervention, she became eager to act, indeed preparing to take off the Star Absorption Divine Hairpin from her head, aiming to join Giant Wood God against Shi Zhu, but during this moment, Giant Wood God retracted, leaving her quite displeased.

Shi Zhu withdrew the Flying Sword Magical Treasure and asked the opponent, "What exactly do you want to do?"

The Giant Wood God said, "I intend to preach these ten Heavenly Venerate's Suffering Relief Scriptures in this world as a Heavenly Venerate with you both supporting me from my sides, together to receive my father's Taiyin Qinghua Talisman. In the future, when merit reaches perfection, we shall ascend together to my father's Qinghua Changle World."

The Daoist tradition speaks of "talismans," seemingly a single concept, but in reality, they are two entities; what we usually understand as talismans is merely a symbol, while talisman is not for duels but is a credential granted by the Heavenly Court to divine officials under its rule.

Daoists from the lower realm who receive the talisman are appointed divine officials within the Heavenly Court, and it is only with this identity they can summon Six Ding and Six Jia, Four Duty Officials, Mountain God, Land Deities, Marshal Spirit Officers, invite heavenly gods from various directions, and cast spells.

Without the identity granted by the Heavenly Court, the heavenly gods are generally unresponsive, even if they wanted to be responsive, it's unachievable.

For instance, when a place is suffering from drought, a Wild Taoist, even with high Mana, might summon the Dragon King, but would dare not rain for you.

But, if a Daoist with a talisman uses an authentic Five Thunders Skill, following proper approval procedures, he could command the Dragon King who dare not refuse to rain.

Of course, these are affairs within other Heavenly Worlds, and within the Shushan World, there's also Dongting Dragon Lord, but the Spiritual Space Immortal Realm below governs looseningly, almost in a laissez-faire attitude.

However, Shushan World has something similar, that is the Douluo True Decree received by Qi Shuming of the Emperor Mansion, which was issued by the Heavenly God and corresponds to high-ranking divine officials.

Normally, if Qi Shuming proceeds successfully, becomes a saint with Body Ascension, and ascends the Immortal Mansion, he would acquire a significant official position.

Unfortunately, he prematurely opened the box and took this item out, later during the third swordfight lost his physical body and this True Decree kept downgrading, now ascending, his official rank is not much higher than Shi Sheng.

Above the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly God is the Great Venerable, ruler of the Three Realms, where the Purple Micro Great Emperor and Green Emperor also bear the title of Heavenly Venerate but cannot be considered Great Venerables, though they establish their own mansions and authorities.

Every Great Emperor of Heavenly Venerate level has its own team, passing down their Dao principles and Magic Veins in various heavenly worlds.

For instance, the renowned North Emperor Sect is the Magic Vein from the world passed down by North Pole Purple Micro Great Emperor.

The Ziwei Emperor, master of the stars, has many subordinates, the most famous being the Four Saints of the North Pole: Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy, Marshal of Heavenly Flexibility, True Martial True Monarch, and the True Martial Emperor. He also oversees the Five Emperors Great Demon King, and rules over Yin Mountain's Fengdu Netherworld and Hell.

Thus, under the lineage of the Ziwei Emperor's magical vein, there are the Tianpeng Skill, True Martial Technique, Fengdu Skill, and Five Demonic Arts…

Among these, the Tianpeng Skill is the most powerful in ghost vanquishing and demon suppression. True Martial ranks lowest among the Four Saints, yet his merits are significant, and he was promoted to True Martial Emperor, also known as the Nine Heavens Demon Subjugating Ancestor.

Therefore, it is also called the North Emperor Demon Suppression Sect!

These skills are widely spread across the Heavenly and Myriads of Worlds; however, as time progresses, some prosper, some become lost, and some are mainstream Daoist techniques in this world but are nearly unheard of in another.

But for cultivation in this magical vein, one must use the talismans sent by the Ziwei Emperor's sect!

Similarly, the Green Emperor also establishes his own mansion and institute to seek out suffering, and his magical vein is widely spread as well.

However, when he chooses to relieve suffering, he aids the most destitute, and the most miserable in the Three Realms are the evil ghosts of Nether Hell.

The Green Emperor's ten avatars transform into the Ten Heavenly Venerables, descending into the Underworld, arranging one beside each hall of King Yan…

He also created the Qinghua Changle World in heaven, guiding wandering souls and redeeming evil ghosts.

He can also send the Green Emperor Talisman, but his lineage cannot compare to Ziwei Great Emperor; the number of cultivators is relatively too small.

The Giant Wood God wants to preach on behalf of his father, advocating the Green Emperor's Technique, but single threads don't make a line, and a single tree doesn't form a forest. The plan he made for himself is to first find two helpers, then recruit ten subordinates, each teaching the Ten Heavenly Venerate's Suffering Relief Scripture, and then send them out to preach, developing everyone in the Shu Mountain World into his father's believers.

The helpers he has his eyes on are the Great Wilderness Elders; these two fellows have strong mana, yet fit to be two protectors under his command. As outsiders trapped in this world unable to ascend, as the Son of the Green Emperor, he can one day take them with him to ascend, directly entering the Miao Yan Palace…

He believes the Great Wilderness Elders have no reason to refuse; indeed, Lu Yu did not refuse.

Lu Yu actually had shown favor to Shi Feiyang before, but stopped at tasting slightly without going further, because she thought the Giant Wood God's path was better.

These two couldn't understand why Shi Zhu was so stubborn, insisting on following Shi Feiyang through a dark path.

In their eyes, Shi Feiyang had no way out; the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain would also lose spiritual energy in the Dharma Decline Era, the Aurora Fire would disappear, the jade above would turn to sand, the Divine Tree would rot, and so many demon beasts would meet bad ends.

The Giant Wood God conveyed all this to Shi Zhu, earnestly persuading him: "The North Star has changed position; not only our world will enter the Dharma Decline Era, most of the Heavenly and Myriads of Worlds will experience spiritual energy depletion."

He gestured broadly towards the west: "It's laughable that some people open up Cave Heaven Small Worlds and hide inside, thinking they can be care-free; in reality, these Cave Heaven Worlds will collapse one after another, unable to preserve any. If the people inside don't find a solution before spiritual energy dissipates, they'll become zombies and skeletons!

You've cultivated for twelve hundred years, reincarnating multiple times. This time it's just a short few dozen years span. Back then, the so-called apprenticeship was but a momentarily trap by that Dragon Spirit; everything can be nullified, so why bother? Quickly unseal, come help me. Together with Fellow Daoist Lu, let us achieve and ascend together; wouldn't that be nice?"

Shi Zhu still shook his head: "Master would never deceive me, nor harm me. He sealed my memory, explained the cause and effect clearly to me."

The Giant Wood God saw Shi Zhu unmoved and became impatient, eyeing Lu Yu to persuade him.

Lu Yu also thought her senior brother was too serious; she wanted to trick Kuzhu, watch him embarrass himself, but did not want to see him truly fall: "It's because you haven't recovered your past life's memory; it's all hearsay from others. You reflect on yourself from outsiders' perspectives, unable to resonate…"

"That's exactly it!" Shi Zhu loudly affirmed Lu Yu's words, "Master told me that on every Jiazi in my astral travel through Central Earth, I reincarnated once and never succeeded because I couldn't break free from old patterns, reflecting on myself from others' perspectives! In each life, I regained memory in the womb, after birth got a body, around twenty years returned to Great Wilderness Mountain, repeating over and over, effectively just changing clothes like a mortal, without real benefit to my own life. This time, Master sealed my memory, allowing me to achieve what I have now…"

"What achievements do you have now!" Lu Yu became angry; her senior brother was so stubborn she was flustered, "You are Kuzhu! You are my senior brother Lu Yu! One of the Great Wilderness Elders whose name is revered worldwide! What achievement do you have, worthy of such pride and confidence?"

Shi Zhu was too tired to argue further, bowing again: "I came back this time to retrieve past items; now I've finished packing. If nothing arises, I won't return to Wuzhong Ridge. If you want to spread the Green Emperor's Technique in the Human World, it's unrelated to me. I wish you success, let's part ways here!"

Having said that, he turned and walked out.

Lu Yu, unwilling, intended to stop him but was intercepted by the Giant Wood God: "Let him go! Ungrateful brat!"

The Giant Wood God was actually more upset; the Green Emperor's personal transmission of the Ten Heavenly Venerate's Suffering Relief Scripture, coupled with himself, the Son of the Green Emperor leading, was surely a bright path, yet he didn't follow it; truly looking without seeing!

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