Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

Regarding the immense merit of mending the heavens, although the various sects haven't explicitly stated it, they all tend to believe that the organization behind the scenes stole the Heaven-Mending Stone fragments for this immense merit.

Otherwise, just to save the world? What kind of innate saint would do such a thing?

The use of merit is manifold, and with the precedent set by Nuwa, this immense merit should be sufficient to be sent to the Immortal Realm by the Heavenly Dao of this world.

It's important to note here that ascending to the Immortal Realm and being sent there as a gift are two entirely different matters.

The former means that even if you're a Chaotic Great Luo Golden Immortal, you have to rely on the power of ascension to slowly make your way there.

The latter can be understood as the world you saved specifically mobilizing power to open a space channel for you, skipping the long cosmic journey and possible Heavenly Demon attacks, waking up directly in the Immortal Realm.

Of course, the Three Pure Orthodox Sect might be envious, but they never thought of intercepting midway... mainly because the Heavenly Dao's discernment in this regard is too powerful, akin to the laws of physics, with no possibility of deception or alteration.

Even so, if the Heaven-Mending Stone fragments hadn't been stolen, the Three Pure Orthodox Sect combined could only manage to get half a piece of the Heaven-Mending Stone, still far from truly mending the heavens!

Unless they're truly desperate, who would think of enclosing themselves in a shell? This stopgap solution indicates that a fundamental solution is unattainable.

Now that someone can gather the fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone and embrace that immense merit, aside from watching, the Three Pure Orthodox Sect seems to have nothing else they can do.

The sect might have started to slack, but the female immortals are not necessarily willing to accept that.

Xu Yinglian has already strapped on the Tai Yi Dividing Light Sword and secretly left the Kunlun Mountain Range, planning to ambush near the heavenly fissure, waiting for the organization mending the heavens to appear, in hopes of tracing them back to Qiu Changtian.

An Zhisu also persuaded Long Eyebrow Immortal and Sect Leader Su Jian to detour to the Southern Sea and then turn eastward.

Their journeys are top secret because, as two of the top cultivators of the righteous path, if the Demon Cult were to find out, they would certainly stop at nothing to ambush and assassinate them.

Of the Three Pure Orthodox Sect, only Shi Liuli remains inactive for the moment.

She hasn't rushed to seek out Luo Yan's whereabouts, instead repeatedly visiting Wan Xiang Immortal, probing for information on the stolen item.

Wan Xiang Immortal, tired of her pestering, had no choice but to disclose everything in detail, also mentioning Long Eyebrow Immortal's conjectures.

So it turns out that bastard is after mending the heavens... Shi Liuli seemed to have an epiphany.

Even if it's for that immense merit, at least it's also for saving the world. From this perspective, the motives for his betrayal of Penglai don't seem that vile... Ugh, how are they not vile? Can abandoning a wife with tied hair so easily be forgiven?

However, with Shi Liuli's superior analytical abilities, she quickly and suddenly thought of another possibility:

Wait a minute! What organization is behind that bastard anyway!

Kunlun's Qiu Changtian, Shushan's Ling Yunpo, Penglai's Luo Yan, and even Mortal Life Path's Wei Dongliu all appear to be pieces on the board of a giant mastermind, but in fact, they are all the same person!

Since they are the same person, any speculation about some organization behind them falls apart on its own.

If there truly was a massive organization, why would they send one person to infiltrate four sects? Perfectly disguising the habits and speaking styles of four different roles is far more difficult than deploying four spies.

In other words, the one truly trying to steal the Heaven-Mending Stone is just that bastard alone.

However, the reason everyone believes in "some organization behind it" is due to a lack of information.

But if everyone were lurking near the heavenly fissure, waiting for that bastard to mend the heavens, catching him on the spot, his identity would likely be exposed... Even if it isn't exposed, with immeasurable merit protecting him, he might boastfully admit it all!

As the saying goes: A husband cannot be divided, everyone must rely on their own talents.

Unfortunately, though possessing an information advantage, both Shi Liuli herself and her backing, Penglai Jade Pure View, are the weakest among the few parties.

If a saint with immense merit protection doesn't choose to ascend immediately, Penglai is highly likely to compete, trying to make the person stay within the sect. As for the theft of the Heaven-Mending Stone, it becomes unimportant—what's the point of accountability? Don't you know times have changed, if you don't want it, Kunlun and Shushan are eager to have it!

Until now, Kunlun's explanation for Changeng's absence is "establishing his own sect," and Shushan's explanation for Qing Heng's absence is "training outside," showing they are unwilling to completely break this last remaining bond.

This information advantage must quickly be converted into a lead in progress, or when the time comes to completely showdown, lacking a first-mover advantage, Penglai, and herself will certainly be the first to be eliminated!

Shi Liuli was never one for hesitating, otherwise, she wouldn't have first strongly advocated to become Daoist Companions with Luo Yan following Elder Shi Ding's demise, then earned Wan Xiang Immortal's sympathy and protection, and finally started from scratch in the field of sword casting... Her capability for action, resolve, and skill is indeed swift and decisive.

She quickly made a decision and said to Wan Xiang Immortal:

"Immortal, actually I have something, although there's no concrete evidence, the art calculation results indeed show this..."

Wan Xiang Immortal remained silent for a moment, then said: