Simulated immortality allows me to calculate talent stats.

【"Meow~"

[Xu Kun, who was perched on your shoulder, suddenly stood up, his hair standing on end.]

[His pupils glowed with an eerie green light; the inner demons used their treacherous methods to observe this world.]

Your eyes gleamed with a mysterious light, discerning the remaining traces of your presence with your piercing gaze.

"Wei Zhi."

"Meow~ Wei Zhi."

[You two, one human and one cat, spoke at the same time, confirming that the aura of this filthy thing is indeed Wei Zhi's cursed beauty.]

She used techniques at the level of a celestial being to reverse the celestial phenomena, leaving behind traces that lingered for a long time.

"Meow~ Besides Wei Zhi, how come there's another remnant of a celestial being?"

"No, it's three paths."

Your pierced eyes gaze up at Mount Zhenwu, shrouded in a thin mist that stretches to the heavens.

Besides Wei Zhi and an unfamiliar celestial aura, there was also a terrifying trace.

That was a divine punishment that seemed to tear the heavens and earth apart, annihilate all things, and purify the universe.

"Wei Zhihe and his men came to the door, but the old Taoist priest intervened and stopped them."

You deduced what happened from the clues.

[From this, it's not hard to guess the origin of that strange celestial being; it's most likely from the Western Regions.]

[The aura is utterly extinguished, perfectly matching your stereotype of eunuchs.]

Perhaps this is the celestial remnant of the nameless eunuch.

【"Meow~"

Upon hearing your words, Xu Kun stared at you with his eerie green eyes, his expression strange.

"Big brother, are you still going up the mountain? Meow~"

It's obvious without a doubt that Wei Zhi and the strange celestial being will come knocking on your door. The culprit is clearly you, the current Dao Child.

[They schemed against someone else's younger brother, trapping that promising young man.]

This led the two men to come and confront him.

You braced yourself against your back, your dark robe swaying in the breeze.

"This won't do either. Didn't you say you're the only one who matters in heaven and on earth? How come someone dares to come to your door to question you?"

"Moreover, they've already brought them to our doorstep, yet instead of finishing them off, they let them escape."

"Tsk...did I choose the wrong backer...?"

You're standing at the bow of a small boat, leaning on your hips and venting, when suddenly you feel a tickle on your face.

Looking to the side, Xu Kun froze, his entire body bristling with fur that seemed to poke your face.

[Emerald green eyes stared behind you, reflecting a figure.]

[Sizzle...]

[The crackling of electric arcs filled the air; you felt a tingling sensation down your back, and your dark hair began to stand on end.]

[Immediately lower your hands from your waist, bow, and turn around.]

"Master! Your disciple, whom you've never met before, has come to recognize you!"

You turned around and shouted with great emotion.

The blinding flash of lightning made him squint.

The old Taoist priest still looks the same.

He wore a simple, black Taoist robe, was unkempt, and looked quite ordinary on ordinary days.

[His exceptionally tall frame, which filled out the wide robe, made him appear robust and imposing.]

At this moment, his black robes billowed, his black hair danced wildly, his eyes were filled with the light of divine retribution and lightning, and lightning crackled and swirled around his body.

Azure lightning formed mysterious runes, which connected to create shackles that penetrated deep into the surrounding void.

[This place should be sealed off and isolated from the outside world.]

[The old Taoist priest has been inexplicably attacked lately by the Great Cang Empress and that dead eunuch, who came to his door to interrogate him.]

[Originally, according to his nature...]

[If anyone dares to offend us like this, even if we don't kill them, we'll make sure they're bedridden for decades.]

As a result, Wei Zhihe's account, along with that dead eunuch's words, led to him being falsely accused of a seemingly legitimate crime.

[His disciple, the one who locks the gate, is the current Daoist disciple of the Celestial Master's Mansion.]

[They actually plotted against Wei Zhi's younger brother in Yongzhou and trapped Jiang Bofu's apprentice.]

The old Taoist priest, whose eyes were flashing with lightning, was both angry and amused by their words.

When did he get a disciple who locked his door to the sect?

[We must act immediately.]

The three individuals' energies collided, causing the celestial phenomena to shift and the void to dissipate.

[Wei Zhi and the nameless eunuch joined forces to resist, and even borrowed some luck to barely hold on.]

[They were given the opportunity to speak again.]

The two, with extraordinary abilities, clearly explained what had happened in Yongzhou.

The old Taoist priest's eyes, gleaming with lightning, swept over the area; without even needing to calculate, he could confirm it was true.

[Then he became even more enraged.]

[Someone is incredibly audacious, daring to use his name and act recklessly.]

This led to him being confronted and questioned.

The old Taoist knew he had no choice but to accept this loss.

[The dead eunuch, Wei Zhihe, came not only to demand an explanation but also to test his own thoughts.]

His position is too high and his influence too great.

Standing among people, they are too conspicuous.

After saying he would handle the matter himself, he drove Wei Zhi and the dead eunuch away.

Then he sat upright on Zhenwu Mountain and divined for three days and three nights.

[No matter what they tried, they couldn't deduce that they were this "locked-door disciple."]

[Through divination and calculation, I discern cause and effect, and traces of heaven and earth; I myself do not possess such a disciple.]

But then he suddenly realized...

Is it necessary to interpret divination and analyze cause and effect to clarify this matter?

[Whether you have any disciples who are not under your control or not, isn't it obvious if you just think about it?]

Why bother calculating for three days and three nights?

This means that he himself was unaware of the extraordinary, instinctive importance he placed on this matter.

[When he was so distressed that he lost his appetite for roast chicken and could only eat three at a time.]

Suddenly I heard someone say, "In heaven and on earth, I alone am supreme."

[Immediately follow your senses.]

[Silently listening to this "disciple who locks the door," crickets chirping with unbridled ease.]

The old Taoist's eyes, blazing with lightning, locked onto you.

The voice was deep and resonant, like rolling thunder, grand and awe-inspiring.

"You're the brat who claims to be my disciple, the one who flaunts his status as the current Daoist prodigy of the Celestial Master's Mansion, and acts recklessly in public?"

"Master, I am truly your disciple. Whether you lock the door or the window doesn't matter."

【"snort."】

The old Taoist priest sneered.

"We've never met before, nor have we ever crossed paths. When did I take you as my disciple?"

Seeing this, you cough lightly twice.

Standing with his hands behind his back, his black robe fluttering, his head slightly raised, he struck a very poised pose.

[Imitating the old Taoist priest's manner of speaking last time.]

"Above and below heaven, I alone am supreme."

【"Zhang Bingcheng!"】

"Your destined disciple has arrived!"

"Why aren't you welcoming us yet?!"

[Boom!]

The sky was filled with thunder, engulfing the surroundings in a deep blue light, like a vast blue-white ocean, instilling a sense of insignificance, powerlessness, and the threat of death.

"Damn it! You're the one who made me say that! You even said it was nothing, that we could withstand any disaster!"

The thunder that had been roaring and shaking my mind suddenly fell silent.

[You open your eyes and see the old Taoist's lightning shackles binding the void, restraining the materialized runes of the laws of heaven and earth.]

Clearly, the old Taoist priest was shielding you from the oppressive force of heaven and earth.

You stared at the old Taoist priest with a stiff, expressionless face.

"You said you were fine?"

The old Taoist priest snorted coldly, head held high and arrogant: "I can easily block it, and nothing will happen."

His expression changed slightly as soon as he finished speaking.

[His familiar and casual tone, coupled with his lack of awareness of his own acknowledgment, made his responses seem perfectly normal.]

"Strange...really strange...is this some kind of ghost?"

The old Taoist priest sat cross-legged on the spot, the lightning in his eyes subsiding, and rested his chin on his hand, deep in thought.

[After a moment, he frowned and looked up.]

"You...are you really my disciple?"

"Master!!"

Your voice was so sincere.

The old Taoist priest's lips twitched, and his eyelids trembled.