But now, this emotion has once again become complicated.

"Forming a Dao companion bond is to ensure you can 'stay alive'."

Xie Xuanyi gazed into Jiang Miaoyin's eyes, speaking with utmost seriousness: "There is a problem with this Divine Travel World."

"A problem?"

Jiang Miaoyin was startled.

"The problem is that the world is too perfect."

Xie Xuanyi spoke calmly: "I've encountered a Zen Master, and the River of Destiny is currently in a state of chaos... Someone is manipulating the river, altering cause and effect. I suspect this Divine Travel World has already been tampered with."

"You mean... the cause and effect here have been altered by the Paperman Sect?"

Jiang Miaoyin lowered her voice, incredulous: "So everything we do is under their control?"

"..."

Xie Xuanyi paused for a moment, then spoke meaningfully: "Yes. I suspect Lu Yuzhen has been here before. After the battle in the Moon Hidden Realm ended in failure, he disappeared for some time... Since supporting the Holy Empress ended in failure, it might be better to prevent her from breaking free from the Ren Shou Palace seal right from the start."

This guess is quite unconventional.

Yet it is very reasonable.

"Do you remember the 'Paperman Technique'?"

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "When Lu Yuzhen appeared as the 'Paper Taoist', he used the 'Paperman Technique' to control many important figures. These people are lurking in the major Holy Mountains, influential families, even the Taoist sects, Sword Palace, and Great Chu Imperial City. They remain hidden, nearly undetectable, and when Lu Yuzhen needs them, they will ignite themselves at all costs to fulfill the Paperman Sect's tasks."

Senior Brother Zhou Zhiren is one of them.

Jiang Miaoyin's close maid Qing Zhu is also one.

"What?"

Jiang Miaoyin furrowed her brow, finding this speculation absurd, yet strangely closer to the truth.

"What Lu Yuzhen wants to accomplish is actually quite simple, using the 'Paperman Technique' to silently cast a wide net, infiltrating major forces, and ultimately achieving control."

Xie Xuanyi raised an eyebrow and said: "If possible, he would certainly like to use the 'Paperman Technique' on the Holy Empress, and on the Master... But unfortunately, his Daoist skills are inadequate, even with the Daoist Brush, he cannot achieve this. So, he can only choose the most suitable time point from the River of Destiny to act, and I suspect Zhou Zhiren's betrayal was such an opportunity he found."

In this life, the senior brother lives extremely happily, even marrying a wife.

In his own world, Zhou Zhiren was not like this...

This 'Divine Travel Line' seems to have only one major change, the great calamity of the North Sea, but Zhou Zhiren's marriage proves that the real 'change' occurred before the North Sea calamity, much earlier!

Did Lu Yuzhen give up planting the paperman in Zhou Zhiren?

Or is there another reason?

Jiang Miaoyin cautiously asked: "So you came to Qing State..."

"Waking up from the divine travel, the first reaction was, of course, to find you. After understanding the general situation, I suspect 'King Yanle' is a paperman who has already been assimilated by Lu Yuzhen."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "If you accept that marriage proposal, you might end up with the same outcome as Zhou Zhiren in the original world."

"..."

Jiang Miaoyin's expression became increasingly unpleasant.

"Choosing to form a Dao companion bond is quite simple."

Xie Xuanyi said: "Since this Divine Travel World has been interfered with by Lu Yuzhen, he is very likely hiding in some place not to be seen. He is well aware of what I will do... This marriage announcement is to tell him that I have come."

As a vibrantly alive fish enters a pool of stagnant water.

Then the owner of this stagnant pool has something very important to do.

Xie Xuanyi is thus telling Lu Yuzhen—

He, this 'alive fish', has entered the trap.

"You mean, this so-called 'Dao companion bond' is merely a temporary measure."

Jiang Miaoyin looked at Xie Xuanyi, speaking hoarsely: "You're doing this for my benefit, to protect me, that's why you came up with such a strategy... You are not sincere?"

"This is a talisman I just engraved, it can guard the Divine Soul, you can wear it to prevent the soul from being compromised."

Xie Xuanyi did not answer this question, instead, he took out a talisman from his sleeve, gently tapping it with his finger.

The talisman floated in front of Jiang Miaoyin.

"..."

Jiang Miaoyin's expression was very downcast.

She took the talisman, silently stood up, and controlled her sword to leave.

Xie Xuanyi did not leave with her.

He just stood in front of the pool, watching that departing figure with extreme calm.

...

...

Time passed quickly.

After Xie Xuanyi and Jiang Miaoyin became Dao companions, the world remained peaceful for many years.

Xie Xuanyi did not continue his seclusion in the Sword Palace but traveled alone outside... No one knew where he went.

Many Sword Palace disciples were curious.

Why did Xie Xuanyi and Jiang Miaoyin appear more "distant" after becoming Dao companions?

But the elders at the mountain gate were indifferent.

For Great Practitioners, a short separation of one or two years is nothing, Yang God Realm Great Practitioners, if not involved in cause and effect, can live for hundreds of years, and cultivators as brilliant as Xie Xuanyi, even in unavoidable contentious times, can live for three to four hundred years.

One or two years is but a ripple in the long journey of life.

Xie Xuanyi went to visit his friends.

After Chen Jingxuan defeated Yan Xie, he became the legitimate State Preceptor of Great Chu. On this 'Divine Travel Line,' he did not develop feelings for Tang Fengshu... Perhaps because the 'Chong Kan Good Thought' triumphed, the Taoist sects didn't experience such sinister storms, so although the two were friends, there was no "entanglement."

Xie Xuanyi also went to the South Border.

Yin Mountain still exists and firmly suppresses the other two major evil sects, but White Ghost, Red Immortal, and Green Owl, these seemingly unstoppable "Pseudo-Saints," in this lifetime all tucked their tails between their legs and dared not show any arrogance.

They dared not provoke the Da Sui Sword Palace.

Without the Holy Empress's instructions, these evil cultivators didn't even dare step into the borders of Great Chu.

To the ironclad Great Chu Dynasty, even if these Pseudo-Saints one day Condense Dao, they are nothing more than slightly larger ants.

Of course, going to the South Border was not for these Yin Mountain worms.

Xie Xuanyi wanted to regain the Primordial Inheritance belonging to him, yet the Southern Border Abyss seemingly never existed in this Divine Travel World, and the Bai Ze Secret Tomb was absent.

Since then...

Five years passed.

Xie Xuanyi spent five years traversing almost every corner of Da Chu and Da Li...

He wanted to see what might happen in this Divine Travel World, but everything in the Great Chu Dynasty was perfectly peaceful, with no conflict, no killing; the Four Realms' Holy Mountains lived in harmony with influential families, and there was a peaceful calm on the internal court.

The only upheaval was the internal strife within the Li Kingdom imperial family.

At the end of the second year.

Li Country's Monarch fell ill and was comatose, with the Ninth Prince taking care day and night, while the Crown Prince raised troops to besiege, the two sides started a dispute.

After a battle.

The Monarch passed away, Li Kingdom became fragmented, and both the Crown Prince and Ninth Prince presented their "Proclaimed Edict of Succession," leading to a long struggle... This conflict lasted for years, and when Xie Xuanyi entered Da Li, he had a fight with Chen Chong, not intervening in the Li Kingdom's strife, merely watching as a "tourist" the rise and fall of this world.

For Xie Xuanyi.

The greatest gain in these five years was the completion of the "Life Dao Intent."

The war in Li Kingdom lasted three years.

He roamed the counties, rescuing the dead and wounded without relying on the Undying Spring, but on the Life Dao Intent from the previous life's Divine Sea, continuously healing the injured.

By rights.

In this life, he has already ascended to Yin God through the Path of Destruction.

No matter what, he cannot Condense another "Dao Intent"...

But after five years of persistent toil, ceaselessly aiding, Xie Xuanyi surprisingly condensed a "Life Dao Realm" seemingly real from false.

Buddhist Six Divine Powers require no matter the cultivator's level of attainment.

As long as the heart is sincere, it can be practiced.

This fictitious "Life Dao Realm" is akin to a Buddhist Divine Power...

If Xie Xuanyi returns to the real world now, his Life Dao Realm would probably progress rapidly to a "Perfect" state, but at this moment, due to the lack of Condensing Dao, this Dao Realm can only exist in a form similar to a divine power.

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