Master of Strange Dao

"I advise the heavens, the earth, and myself..."

Yu Ziqing hummed a tuneless song, cheerfully walking along the mountain path filled with wildflowers.

He didn't want to follow the typical deities' mindset of it being either you die or I perish; that was unrealistic and too wasteful.

He wanted to eliminate some, and win over others.

In the past, all gods were forcibly dragged into war, and what was the result? Deities who never wanted to participate had their True Forms destroyed, consciousness obliterated, and even those who barely managed to survive held considerable resentment.

With internal discord, how could they hope to win a war? It was just wishful thinking.

This is the lesson of history.

Yu Ziqing can accommodate deities, but they must change or be changed.

At least for now, third-tier deities are still relatively well-accepted.

Whether you believe in them spiritually or treat it as an excuse for celebration doesn't really matter.

And this aligns quite well with Yu Ziqing's thinking.

He doesn't want the kind of worship where you must devoutly offer prayers for the deity to respond.

Instead, the deity must first respond, only then will people worship them.

Being pragmatic or even utilitarian is not a problem.

Look, isn't the Flower God quite happy now? Crying a river, a deity who can actually cry, looking so delightful with tears and flowers, you could eat two more bowls at meals.

She can't claim to be the best flower farmer in the world, but certainly the most gifted.

Having such a flower farmer work for free, without needing a salary, she even needs to remember Yu Ziqing's goodness.

To be honest, experiencing the feeling of being a lamppost ornament is really exhilarating.

Solving the Flower God's True Form problem, addressing her path to ascension, and also solving the Moon God's path to ascension.

The Flower God has been thoroughly tied to humanity, or rather, tied to Dadui, which is essentially tied to Yu Ziqing.

The Flower God must cultivate flowers, which means she holds the key to the Moon God's ascension path.

Thus calculated, the Moon God is also thoroughly bound.

Not only must they get along well, but their interests are directly related; this is the most thorough way to bind long-term.

After staying in Dadui for another year and confirming there were no issues, Yu Ziqing felt at ease to leave.

He now has a relatively mature binding plan.

The key is the inspiration he got from the villagers of Jinlan Mountain; these folks can find a reason to celebrate any trivial matter, and there are festivals throughout the year.

So, Yu Ziqing planned to insert the targets of his binding plan into these festivals.

The deeper they are embedded, and the longer they can last, the better, and they should be directly connected to the fundamental livelihood.

Therefore, since the Flower God's Heavenly Drum form reminded him of the "Insects Awaken" term, Yu Ziqing had an idea.

Create a new calendar, then introduce the completely unknown Twenty-four Solar Terms to this world.

For example, during "Insects Awaken," it's entirely reasonable to bring out matchstick men for a beating.

Embedding the Flower God into "Grain in Ear" perfectly solves the Flower God's Second True Form issue, and it's very reasonable and smooth.

These terms, directly related to farming seasons and basic livelihood, can benefit everyone from mortals to the Divine Dynasty, and the bound deities as well.

So far, the progress is very smooth.

As long as he binds enough, bringing over everyone who can be won over, even if the Cliff Divine King descends, he will be a lone figure.

Then a new war could not start or would be limited to high-level confrontation.

The fewer enemies, the better, and the more allies, the better; this is the wisdom of the ancestors.

After putting away the Flower God, Yu Ziqing walked out of the Dadui Arch and routinely used the Moonlight Divine Skill to check if anyone had come during his stay.

After confirming there were no changes, he looked up at the Bright Moon and routinely expressed his gratitude.

"Thank you for the blessing. Recently, the research on Spirit Flowers hit a bottleneck, so I have invited someone new to help with the research.

This person is undoubtedly the strongest flower farmer in the world, and soon, there will be new Spirit Flowers in the Moon Palace."

As the moonlight fell like water, it seemed one could sense the Moon God's delight in the splendor.

The Moon God liked that sense of vitality, and then it became about the ascension path, which is very important.

Yu Ziqing dispersed the Moonlight Divine Skill and glanced toward the northwest.

He hopes to quickly help the Moon God ascend so that his Moonlight Divine Skill can become stronger.

At that time, he would be able to peek at what exactly happened in the northern Wilderness back then.

Yu Ziqing even wants to see how he himself appeared in this world back then.

The time for Dadui's return is getting closer, and faintly, Yu Ziqing can already feel that chaos and strife are about to erupt.

With the Dayan Preface he currently holds, his sensing of fortune or misfortune is becoming increasingly blurry.

He feels he needs to speed up a bit.

After leaving the Dadui Arch, Yu Ziqing did not rush back but wandered the southern Wilderness to see what it had become now.

Although it is already June, the climate in the southern Wilderness doesn't feel the slightest bit hot, more like early spring.

In such a case, if he were to compile according to the pre-set solar terms calendar, it might not be usable.

If the climate were restored to over a hundred years ago, it might fit in more easily, but now it simply doesn't work.

Ultimately, to compile and then use it, the current climate anomaly problems must be solved.