Chen Shi was taken aback by the words: "Me?"

Emperor Houtu nodded: "You are now the Dharma Transmission Ancestor conferred by the Great Heavenly Venerate, the Supreme Sage, and the incense grows stronger. Your Penglai West is now a major power, hard to ignore. The dangers you will face in the future will also increase."

She gently raised her hand, and a lotus petal fell from the lotus throne beneath her, drifting towards Chen Shi, saying: "This is the Divine Dao Technique I created after becoming a Daoist God, called the Xuanhuang Dao Collection. Take it, it might be useful."

One of Chen Shi's purposes for coming here was to seek her Divine Dao Technique, but before he could speak, Emperor Houtu bestowed this technique upon him!

Chen Shi was moved, examining the lotus petal, and saw that it contained a Magic Skill to refine Extraordinary Power into Xuanhuang Dao Power, more exquisite than King Li's Heavenly Treasure Illumination Scripture.

Chen Shi put away the lotus petal and said: "At the beginning of the war between Immortals and Gods, godmother taught me how to deal with the manipulations of the Great Heavenly Venerate. Is there anything else you can teach me now?"

Emperor Houtu looked at him deeply, saying: "If I were you, I would abandon Penglai West, feign death, and escape, waiting for the future."

Chen Shi fell silent.

Penglai West was a Holy Land he established through great effort, finally achieving its current scale, becoming the fifth major power in the Earth Immortal Realm.

Abandon Penglai West, how could he bear to?

"Godmother, is there any other path?" Chen Shi asked.

Emperor Houtu shook her head and said: "There is no second path. You are now the leader of the fifth largest force in the world and the Patriarch of the Primordial Talisman Lineage. The longer time passes, the more stable your position will be. But you are still a Golden Immortal, too weak. Who in the world doesn't want to control you? Controlling you would mean being the future rightful leader of the world!

If they can't control you, then destroying you is all too easy.

Even if you entrust your life to the Great Heavenly Venerate, the Great Heavenly Venerate has no reason to protect you. Your wife is a remnant of the previous dynasty, after all. You might even gain a sliver of trust if you cut off her head and present it to the Great Heavenly Venerate. But for the Great Heavenly Venerate to fully protect you, it's impossible.

As for the Immortal Court, it's also impossible. If you spread the Primordial Talisman, the prestige of the Immortal Emperor Supreme does not exceed yours, he absolutely cannot tolerate you, let alone protect you?

The Three Pure Ones Realm and your Golden Turtle Island are enemies, lifelong enemies, and won't tolerate you. As for the Western Heaven, given the chance, they'd eat you up without a trace."

She sighed and said: "I could protect you for a while, but not for long. You abandon Penglai West, return to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, and wait for the future. If one day you cultivate to become a Daluo Golden Immortal, then return to the Earth Immortal Realm."

Chen Shi's mind was a whirl, and Emperor Houtu did not press him, allowing the couple to rest in the Eastern Palace.

Little Dun Fairy said: "Husband, don't worry, at worst we'll return to the West Bull New Continent. We originally came from there, going back wouldn't be shameful."

Chen Shi said: "As this generation's Teacher, how could I abandon the Teacher's legacy?"

Little Dun Fairy said: "Didn't the previous generation's Teacher abandon it? If he could, why can't you? Losing everything means having nothing at all! Retreating now, there's still the West Bull New Continent, and in the future we can rise again."

Chen Shi didn't respond, saying: "I'll first study the technique the Lady taught."

Little Dun didn't disturb him and left.

Chen Shi took out the lotus petal to study, but his mind was in turmoil and he couldn't calm his Heart Spirit to focus.

Various heart matters flooded in, plagued by gains and losses, Heart Demons arose.

As he intended to refine away these Heart Demons, nurturing his dirt body among others, an overwhelmingly dense and pure Extraordinary Power surged in the shadows, continuous and majestic.

Chen Shi was slightly stunned, investigating the source of this Extraordinary Power, discovering it came from places like the Three Pure Ones Realm, the Western Heaven, the Heavenly Court, and the Immortal Court.

But the source of the incense wasn't the giants of the Three Pure Ones Realm, the Western Heaven, the Heavenly Court, or the Immortal Court, but their Great Luotian, or some other Dao Realm!

In their Great Luotian or Dao Realms, countless lower-level Immortals sheltered under their wings, relying on the breath of the Earth Immortal Realm giants to sustain their lives.

The Earth Immortal Realm giants obtained the Primordial Talisman and passed it onto these lower-level Immortals for study. They gained insights, cultivating themselves by replacing their Dao Patterns.

Unknowingly, they already revered Chen Shi as the Patriarch.

This was the source of Chen Shi's Extraordinary Power!

Chen Shi was dumbfounded.

Gradually, a smile spread across his face, growing larger, transforming into laughter, loud and resonant, echoing through the Thick Virtue Palace.

"I, won't leave anymore!"

"I will stay!"

"If I stay, and stand firm, I will become the Daoist Ancestor!"

"Immortal Gods lend their strength, aiding me to ascend to Heaven! Though I am now a Golden Immortal, in the future, I will certainly be more than just a Golden Immortal!"

——In the past two days, practicing the Six Character Mantra and Twelve Movement Skills, I've felt my Spirit improving. Preparing to Cultivate Immortality.