Monster Chronicles: My Daoist Skill Comes from Mythology-Chapter 335 - 294 Human Education Pure Yang, Donghua Hidden Lineage_2

On the other side, the Heavenly Court.

Ever since suppressing the Heavenly Great Saint under Huaguo Mountain, his complexion has improved greatly.

At the very least, the Heavenly Court’s dignity has not been compromised.

No, that’s not right!

The Jade Emperor suddenly thought of someone.

This person shares the same audacity as the Heavenly Great Saint who caused a great mess in heaven.

Recalling the scene from more than a decade ago, the Jade Emperor’s face turned ashen.

Song Lin dared to rebuke him in front of so many people, even forcing him to grant an official position—this was an outright humiliation!

Back then, considerable effort was spent, trading the Buddhist Sect’s eastward crossing as bargaining chips to implore the World Venerable to subjugate the Lishan demons.

This time, he planned to handle things internally; requesting the World Venerable’s intervention was too great a price.

The Jade Emperor shared his thoughts with Gold Star Taibai.

Gold Star Taibai shook his head repeatedly.

"Your Majesty, I advise you to hold off for now."

"Why?"

"Are the Lishan demons truly dead? Though suppressed by the World Venerable, none of them have perished. If you were to push Song Lin too hard, should these demons reemerge, then what? Moreover, Song Lin’s influence far exceeds theirs."

Song Lin might not be able to defeat the two Heavenly Venerates, but he can certainly escape.

Should he flee to the mortal world...

Given the influence of the Pure Yang Sect, the mortal realm might no longer belong to the Jade Emperor.

"Then what should be done?"

The Jade Emperor was visibly distressed, increasingly regretting that he had been so impulsive back then, allowing himself to be deceived by this man.

"I suggest..." Gold Star Taibai dragged his words, deliberately teasing the Jade Emperor until he was on the verge of anger, "the boiling frog strategy!"

"The boiling frog strategy?"

"Exactly. If you use boiling water from the start, the frog will be startled and leap out. But using warm water to cook it slowly will make the frog unaware until it’s too late. This is the ’boiling frog strategy.’"

Gold Star Taibai offered a sinister smile.

Then he revealed his plan.

"Song Lin will recruit others, but can’t we do the same? Your Majesty is the Lord of Three Realms—who would be more qualified? Start by gifting high-ranking positions and generous rewards to those below Song Lin. Grant them titles as Great Emperors if needed and let them have whatever roles they desire."

"For those who resist, we can subtly suppress them using official privileges. It is crucial to proceed discreetly so that Song Lin doesn’t notice the signs."

"Or perhaps replace dissenters’ positions with loyalists, instigating internal strife between them."

"This is the boiling frog strategy!"

"Brilliant strategy, my loyal minister!" The Jade Emperor clapped his hands in praise, acknowledging Taibai’s resourcefulness accumulated over countless years, "However, the positions in the Heavenly Court are limited. What if the star constellations grow dissatisfied?"

"Then we must make them endure temporarily. It’s only a momentary inconvenience, not a lifelong issue. Once Song Lin loses his allies and stands alone, won’t those Acquired Immortals be entirely at our mercy?"

Gold Star Taibai had even more schemes.

For instance, assassinating Song Lin and later occupying the Pure Yang Sect to claim its gains.

The Jade Emperor listened with great delight.

"Alright, then we shall start with the Four Marshals. Summon the Four Marshals; I want to grant them promotions and rewards."

"Your Majesty, please be cautious—do not proceed immediately with recruitment."

"I understand."

The Jade Emperor was no fool. Enlightened by Taibai’s warnings, he now knew how to navigate this situation.

A hundred years!

Within a hundred years, this alliance would collapse, leaving Song Lin utterly betrayed and isolated.

By then, he might as well join the Heavenly Great Saint under Huaguo Mountain!

Meanwhile, Song Lin’s cultivation grew increasingly refined.

The Nine-Transformation Dharma Body achieved the fifth transformation, with defensive prowess equivalent to a lower-grade Dao Artifact. His physique alone rivaled powerful Magic Treasures.

Even standing utterly motionless, a million Heavenly Army soldiers couldn’t inflict the slightest harm upon him.

The so-called million Heavenly Army soldiers amounted to nothing more than common Taoist soldiers, roughly on par with Rampant Soldiers.

In the mortal world, people often claimed that Heavenly Soldiers and Generals were immortal—a statement that holds true. Having transformed into Taoist soldiers, they were permanently fixed in this state, with their memories and spiritual wisdom frozen in time. Immortality was thus unsurprising.

In the mortal realm.

The Three Great Heavenly Masters and Zhengyang Zhang Guolao descended to train Pure Yang disciples.

With the advent of True Immortals, the Pure Yang Sect, already the foremost faction, thrived like oil on blazing fire.

For a time, the Pure Yang Sect dominated all Great Sects.

Under Zhengyang’s leadership, all sects revered the Pure Yang Sect as the ancestral lineage of the world.

The Path of Cultivation, the Swordman Dao, and the Dao of Reality flourished brilliantly.

Gradually, outstanding talents emerged.

Among them, Master Sa shone the brightest.

Master Sa was originally a practitioner seeking mentorship, already possessing the cultivation of an Earth Immortal.

While Song Lin was still in the mortal realm, Master Sa sought him out, thus acquiring the world’s first compilation of the Cultivation Path’s teachings.

From then on, his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds.

He had now reached the Purple Mansion’s Sixth Layer Heaven.

The Path of Cultivation’s stages were divided into nine levels per realm.

Master Sa was the first to expand the Path of Cultivation to the Purple Mansion realm.

Upon breaking into the Sixth Layer, condensing the second flower, the entirety of Zhongnan Mountain turned purple in an instant.

The Dao’s resonance lingered for a long time.

The sound of a thunderous clap—

A majestic figure materialized: his visage fierce and heroic, his face red with a beard, clad in golden armor and a crimson robe, a third eye on his forehead, standing atop wind and fire wheels, wielding a golden whip.

Seeing the Sect Hierarch’s breakthrough, Wang Lingguan exhaled in relief.

"Congratulations, True Person! Felicitations, True Person!"

Wang Lingguan cupped his hands in salute.

Wang Lingguan, whose given name was Wang E, was formerly an Evil God haunting the mountains, later subdued by Master Sa and renamed Wang Shan, serving as the Taoist School’s Dharma Guardian Spirit Official.

At the mountain’s first hall stood the temple of Wang Lingguan, the mountain guardian. Nearly every Taoist paid their respects to Wang Lingguan.

Being a deity, he absorbed the faith of the world’s foremost faction and became immeasurably powerful.

Through faith alone, he could form an indestructible dharma body.

As the mortal realm’s foremost Dharma Guardian Protector in Taoism, Wang Lingguan was also known as Firewheel Guardian Marshal Wang, Dutian Great Spirit Official.