King Li said, "The Immortal of Colossal Spirit will be able to distinguish it."

Chen Shi said, "The Heavenly King's injuries are too severe and he needs to recuperate on Golden Turtle Island for some time, so he cannot return to the Heavenly Court to report for now." 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

King Li nodded, "Indeed, my injuries are quite serious and I need to recuperate, so I will be troubling Golden Turtle Island for these days."

"No need for formalities, brother. Saving lives and healing injuries is part of our duty as cultivators."

Chen Shi then summoned several immortals to escort King Li for treatment, and ordered the collection of Golden Turtle Island's immortal elixir to prepare medicine to heal King Li's injuries.

Yang Bi watched as King Li left, and said, "True King, King Li's life is now in your hands, everything follows your will. He will not and dares not refute. But once he returns to the Heavenly Court, he will inevitably accuse you. It would be better to cut the grass at the roots, eliminating future troubles."

Chen Shi shook his head, "If I kill him, the Great Heavenly Venerate won't tolerate me any longer. Golden Turtle Island is not yet ready to break ties with the Heavenly Court."

Yang Bi said, "You just had someone collect immortal elixir and prepare healing immortal pills, but none of them are for your symptoms; it's to delay King Li's recovery. But if King Li doesn't return for a long time, the Great Heavenly Venerate will also become angry."

Chen Shi said, "It's merely allowing King Li to stay for a while. This time, King Li came with the decree of the Great Heavenly Venerate, intending to force me to dispatch troops. If I dispatch troops, I will die outside, becoming a Heavenly Dao Divine. My killer may not be the Immortal Court, but possibly the Heavenly Court."

"The True King can hide for a while, but he can't hide forever."

"If the Great Heavenly Venerate pushes too hard, I'll hide back in the Heavenly Immortal Realm, continuing to be the True King."

Yang Bi said no more.

Over ten days passed, Qiao Gu and Jing Mei escorted the Immortal of Colossal Spirit and a group of Heavenly Soldiers and Generals back to Golden Turtle Island, where Chen Shi arranged for the Immortal of Colossal Spirit to meet with King Li.

King Li said, "Colossal Spirit, the bandits you encountered in Elder Province were not the Lame Fairy, sick scholar, Medicine Immortal, Coachman of Golden Turtle Island."

The Immortal of Colossal Spirit was slightly astonished, "Not them?"

"Not them."

King Li said, "It was people from the Immortal Court disguised as the Lame Fairy, sick scholar, and others intending to ambush us and frame Golden Turtle Island, driving a wedge between Heavenly King Chen and the Great Heavenly Venerate."

The Immortal of Colossal Spirit scratched his head, "They didn't seem like people disguised by the Immortal Court."

"They were disguised."

King Li said each word carefully, "They covered their faces with black cloth, so you hadn't seen their faces; thus, they were skilled artists from the Immortal Court in disguise. On the contrary, the friends from Golden Turtle Island, Lame Fairy, sick scholar, Medicine Immortal, and Coachman acted righteously, came to the rescue, defeated the enemy, and thus saved us."

The Immortal of Colossal Spirit widened his eyes, arguing, "But they captured me and brought me to Penglai West Golden Turtle Island..."

King Li reminded him, "Wasn't it the sick scholar, Lame Fairy, and others who rescued you and escorted you to Penglai West Golden Turtle Island?"

The Immortal of Colossal Spirit widened his eyes, gradually understanding his meaning.

King Li patiently guided him, "When we met danger, fortunately, the Teaching Venerable Lady of Golden Turtle Island was nearby, saw my grave injury, and came to our aid, saving our lives."

The Immortal of Colossal Spirit's eyes darted around, looking at the soldiers who were also escorted to Penglai West with him, "What about these soldiers?"

"They have already died in the battle."

King Li mourned deeply and tearfully said, "They heroically sacrificed themselves in the battle against the Immortal Court."

The Immortal of Colossal Spirit looked at these immortals, puzzled, "Did they sacrifice themselves?"

"They sacrificed themselves."

The Immortal of Colossal Spirit mourned deeply and tearfully said, "Such good soldiers. Heavenly King, what should I do?"

King Li said, "I will submit a memorial to Your Majesty, detailing this incident to request merit for Golden Turtle Island and Heavenly King Chen. You will take my memorial to the Heavenly Court and report this incident to the Great Heavenly Venerate."

The Immortal of Colossal Spirit hesitated, "What if the Great Heavenly Venerate asks..."

"You will answer as I have described."

King Li said, "Sometimes, if the truth remains concealed, everyone maintains face. If it is uncovered, no one comes out well. The Great Heavenly Venerate is in need of personnel, moving against Heavenly King Chen would implicate many, he won't pursue it."

The Immortal of Colossal Spirit understood, and said, "The Great Heavenly Venerate's current mission for us is to travel and for Heavenly King Chen to deploy troops. Now we have arrived at Golden Turtle Island, if Heavenly King Chen does not deploy troops..."

King Li looked at Chen Shi, who said, "Soon I will lead troops to campaign against the bandits in Elder Province, wiping out the bandit plague, and henceforth the Heavenly Court envoy need not worry about ambush."

King Li said, "This expedition by Heavenly King Chen will surely be triumphant."

Chen Shi solemnly said, "For the Great Heavenly Venerate, I dedicate myself, and will die only after my duty is fulfilled!"

Two days later, Chen Shi had organized his troops, personally leading them to eradicate the bandits in Elder Province, slaying many demons, and returning victorious. The campaign stretched across several months.

Chen Shi then drafted a memorial to the Heavenly Court, detailing the feats of the past few months in combating the bandits in Elder Province. He mentioned the recurring bandit problems, suggesting it was due to the mischief of Immortal Court devils, and requested the Great Heavenly Venerate to send additional Heavenly Soldiers and Generals for support, and so on.

More than three months had passed when the Great Heavenly Venerate read the memorial.

In the Heavenly Court and Immortal Court, chaos reigned supreme, leaving them exhausted, the Great Heavenly Venerate read the memorial, laughed as he slammed the table, threw the memorial down, and shouted, "Still have the nerve to ask me to send more Heavenly Soldiers and Generals! If I send more, it would be like throwing steamed buns to dogs, never to return! Summon Gold Star Taibai here!"

Soon after, Gold Star Taibai hurried over, and said, "What does Your Majesty command?"

The Great Heavenly Venerate instructed him to pick up the memorial.

Gold Star Taibai picked it up and glanced through it, then said, "Your Majesty should not send more Heavenly Soldiers and Generals; otherwise, it would be like throwing meat buns to dogs, never to return!"

The Great Heavenly Venerate said, "This scoundrel deceives the heavens! He dares to detain even my close confidant, King Li! Dares to impersonate Immortal Court bandits, stirring chaos and killing envoys! Taibai, go to Penglai West, behead this scoundrel, and bring his head to me! You shall command his forces!"