The officials who had impeached Shi Feiyang regrouped and changed their strategy, proposing that a monk from the West Pole Sect be admitted to the court as an official.

They extolled the virtues of the West Pole Sect, likening West Pole Mountain to heaven itself, inhabited by countless nations that all followed the Holy Sect. There had never been wars, all people understood etiquette and enlightenment, and they lived in boundless prosperity, with land flowing with milk and honey.

Spanning vast and bright with auroras, West Pole Mountain stretched for ten thousand miles from south to north. Ordinary folks lived on the plains at the mountain's base, while four grand paths led up to the summit, each guarded by a Heavenly King at one of the Heavenly Gates.

Atop the mountain, gold lay everywhere, amidst marvelous trees, and gold and silver Seven Treasures abounded.

In the Golden Heaven at the mountain peak lived six ancient ancestors, all with Undying Bodies, wide-ranging Divine Skills, and boundless Mana. Each had embodiments walking the Human World, and together with their original selves, the Six Yin and Six Yang formed twelve Dharma Bodies, all revering a creator god even mightier than Pangu...

These officials had all joined the West Pole Sect and were spreading its teachings throughout the Southeast region. Now that Shi Feiyang, that Demon Path figure, had become the State Preceptor, the high monks of the West Pole Sect naturally qualified as well. They suggested to the Emperor to divide the role of State Preceptor into two—one on the left, one on the right—to jointly support the Great Ming's dominion and ensure its eternal stability.

The Great Mage of the West Pole Sect had already arrived in the Capital and was ready to be granted an audience at any moment.

Emperor Taichang, fearing that Shi Feiyang might rashly leave in anger as had happened in previous dynasties, did not agree to the officials' suggestion. He even wrote a letter specifically for a eunuch to deliver to Shi Feiyang, expressing, "You see how much I trust you? I acknowledge only you as State Preceptor. I will not meet with any other sect's demon monks or Demon Paths. Do not betray my sincere trust and hope in you."

But soon after, rumors spread among the people that the Great Mage of the West Pole Sect had come to the Capital to appear before the Emperor, presenting six items from West Pole Mountain, none of which could be found in Central Earth. The Emperor exclaimed that it had opened his eyes, treasuring them as rare jewels.

Even storytellers and opera singers created a new tale called "The West Pole Audience with the Emperor," which gradually evolved into "The Great Mage's Thrice Entry into the Forbidden City," and eventually spawned the episode "West Pole Mage Slays Feiyang"!

It was said that the current State Preceptor was an Essence of the Great Poison Dragon who had bewitched the Emperor and disturbed the court's order. During the Great Mage's first visit to the Emperor, upon seeing Shi Feiyang at his side, the mage declared him a Demon Dragon and offered to subdue him, but the Emperor, already under the Dragon's spell, refused consent.

Later, the second time around, having had his fortune and Essence Energy drained by the Demon Dragon, the Emperor fell ill repeatedly. The Great Mage saw this and offered a sacred medicine from the West Pole, which healed the Emperor's ailments. The Great Mage broached the issue of slaying the Demon Dragon again, and although the Emperor had grown to trust the Great Mage's powers and harbored doubts about Shi Feiyang, he still could not make a definitive decision.

On the third visit, with the Emperor's illness becoming critical, there was no choice but to summon the Great Mage to save him. The Mage was all but set to depart, ready to board a ship back to the West Pole, but the Jinyi Guard caught up with him at the seashore, pleading for him to return to the palace.

In the end, the Great Mage cured the Emperor and disguised himself as the Emperor to summon the Demon Dragon to the palace. With arrangements made beforehand, he deployed the "Holy Water Breaks the Poison Flame" and the "Nine Swords Slay the Demon Dragon," finally killing the catastrophe-causing Great Poison Dragon State Preceptor and saving the entire Great Ming Court!

On this foundation, further tales like "Flooding the Yuan Yang Palace," "The True and False Emperors," and "The Demon Dragon on the Dragon Bed" were crafted, with beautiful melodies, ornate diction, and stories so enthralling that listeners couldn't help but clap and shout in amazement. The drama continued to unfold with wildly exaggerated stories of the Poison Dragon State Preceptor spending nights on the Dragon Bed, assaulting the ladies of the back palace, Princesses, and so on...

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