Legend of the Great Sage

o emerged from the Shadow palace, saying to the child in her arms proudly, “Listen, that’s your dad’s name.
Look at how impressive he is!”

The child was still very young, but her pitch-black eyes were filled with an intelligent light.
She repeated with a clear, tender voice, “Daddy, Qingshan.”

In the Mist capital, the King of Southern Yue had learnt about Li Qingshan’s return a long time ago.
He even knew all about how he defeated the Corpse Emperor and destroyed the Spirit Kṣetra temple.
At his cultivation, news actually spread very quickly.

Hearing the Great Banyan Tree King’s welcome, he immediately flew off into the distance, also hurrying to Towering city.

The Green province, the Cloud province, the Harmony province… All of the places where the Great Banyan Tree King had become a god echoed with his voice, basically booming across the entire nine provinces.
Everyone murmured that name inside.
This would become a new legend.

Li Qingshan passed through the lush canopy and landed in Towering city.

The Great Banyan Tree King assumed his human form and smiled.
“I’ve never underestimated you, but your performance always takes me by surprise!”

Li Qingshan smiled.
“You’ve already said that many times now.”

The King of Southern Yue studied him closely.
“Just how did you… how…”

“You just have to try.”

“Alright then!”

The King of Southern Yue accepted this explanation helplessly, even though he still had no idea what he wanted to ask.
Just how had he returned from outer space? How had he defeated the Corpse Emperor? And how had he toppled the ghost tower…

Perhaps legends always possessed a rather inconceivable component that could not be understood.

Li Qingshan said, “If it weren’t for the urgency of the matter, I’d definitely go for a good drink with the two of you.
May I ask the tree king how the mouth of the hungry ghost can be closed?”

The Great Banyan Tree King said, “This is a wound to the entire world.
All cultivators are powerless with respect to this.
All you can do is borrow the power of the world…”

Li Qingshan said, “I understand.”

“You understand?”

“I’ve already been a god before.”

The will of the world was powerful but blurred.
Everything operated based on instinct, unable to unleash its power effectively.
However, if there was a capable and powerful head caretaker, then that would be very different.
At the very least, a Corpse King could not have snuck his way in.
He could mobilise the winds and lightning to repel or even kill him.

The Great Banyan Tree King was very surprised.
“You’ve become a god?”

Li Qingshan said, “Let me pass on all of my experiences and knowledge to you right now.
Haha, I never thought there would be a moment when I would have to guide you.”

The Great Banyan Tree King smiled wryly.
“Your knowledge has surpassed mine.
This has always been just a matter of time.”

“I’ll go collect the remaining cauldrons,” Xiao An suddenly said.
Despite her reluctance, she still had to help him out.
After a moment of hesitation, she said, “You better not disappear again.”

Li Qingshan said, “I won’t.
I’ll definitely wait for you to return.
The Frost Province cauldron is already gone, and you can wait for me to retrieve the Dragon Province cauldron.
I’ll leave the rest up to you.”

The Great Banyan Tree King had already become the god of five provinces.
All that remained were two cauldrons.

The King of Southern Yue said, “I might as well come along as a persuasive talker! Though, it would be best if we don’t have to use force.
This is for the sake of the nine provinces.
I’m sure those two fellows will have the bigger picture in mind.”

Li Qingshan smiled.
“You probably don’t need me to visit in person then.”

They split up again.
Li Qingshan followed the hole that had opened up in the tree trunk and entered the internal pith of Towering city.

His experiences as the god of a world were far too vast and profound.
If he tried to pass it on using words, who knew how much saliva and ink it would take.

Hollow, jade-green aerial roots extended out, directly connecting with Li Qingshan’s head.
The Great Banyan Tree King had always been capable of the Wisdom Imbuement technique.
Today, he was just reversing it.

Li Qingshan shut his eyes.
The corresponding information appeared in his sea of consciousness, surging towards the Great Banyan Tree King through the aerial roots.

The information was just so vast and disorderly, containing both the profound nature of the laws of the world, as well as the indifference and loftiness that came with becoming a god of the world.
If it had been any other Daemon King instead, they would probably be overwhelmed immediately, leading to a drastic change in disposition, or it might even drive them insane.

Fortunately, the Great Banyan Tree King had already become the god of half of the world, which was why he could adjust to this influence.
His countless cuttings spread across the world gave him an extremely great ability to digest and calculate.
Every single banyan tree, regardless of size, accepted and checked the information.
The countless banyan trees formed a complicated system similar to a neural network, collaborating together and pouring their efforts together.

Waves of green light swept across the sea of trees.
All of the banyan leaves trembled gently, filled with the Great Banyan Tree King’s shock and joy.
The knowledge was far too important to him.

Originally, he was rather worried when he heard Li Qingshan mention that the Frost Province cauldron was gone, but now, he was completely unfazed.
Even without the Frost Province cauldron, he was confident enough to become the god of the Frost province in a short amount of time.

In order to conserve time and let the Great Banyan Tree King become the god of the world as soon as possible, he only gave him the purest information.

The Great Banyan Tree King was unable to imagine just what kind of dangers he had faced in outer space to obtain something so great.
At this moment, he could not spare the effort to imagine either.
He gathered all of his power to digest this extremely precious treasure trove of information.

And even despite that, it lasted for three days and three nights before the information transfer was complete.

When Li Qingshan opened his eyes again, Xiao An and the King of Southern Yue had already returned with two cauldrons.

“Need me to shatter them?”

“That would be fantastic.”

Li Qingshan punched out, and the cauldrons shattered.