Back at the Maple Forest City Daoist Academy, although Zhang Linchuan clearly had the strongest strength among the inner court disciples, he always remained hidden beneath Zhu Weiwo and Wei Yan, maintaining an outstanding yet unremarkable posture.

Isn’t it similar to now in Deer Frost County, where he borrowed Lei Zhanqian’s shell and yet remains hidden behind the Zhou Family of the same county?

The former Zhang Linchuan was unassuming, but during the change in Fenglin City, he suddenly acted, launching a fierce attack to kill Wei Quchibi.

This kind of caution and decisiveness, isn’t it similar to his actions during the plot against Shisi and the murder of Lin Youxie!

And his ruthless erasure of Lin Youxie, just like when he casually struck down Fang Zehou with lightning, and coldly beat Wei Yan to death with his fist, how similar indeed!

A person who remains consistent in this world can only be described as Zhang Linchuan.

At this moment, upon hearing Jiang Wang call out his name.

He clapped his hands again: "Correct."

"Even after I’ve become like this, you still recognize me." He smiled and asked, "What do you call this?"

His smile was so hateful: "Deep camaraderie? A heart-to-heart connection?"

As for Lei Zhanqian, he had been watching for a very, very long time.

From the first time someone from the Lei Family came to him, drawn into the World Without Life, he had a certain concern about the Lu Shuang Lei Clan. But he always remained silent, welcoming those sent by Lei Zhanqian into his world without showing any disturbance.

Because he understood well what Jiang Wuqi’s existence meant to the Lu Shuang Lei Clan. Regarding that Long Life Palace Master with a reputation for wisdom and qualified to contend for the Hegemony Country’s throne, he maintained utmost caution.

The prerequisites for the Divine Skills of replacement life are extremely harsh, and right after completing the life swap, it’s very easy to be spotted for any flaws. Qi Country is such a powerful nation that any random person could easily crush him.

So he waited for a long time, just waiting.

He patiently waited many days until Jiang Wuqi’s death, until Lei Zhanqian was despondent...

Only then did he infiltrate Deer Frost County, sneaking into the Lei Clan’s ancestral home, choosing an auspicious day to crush his ambitions, destroy his body, erode his spirit, and finally silently complete the life swap.

After replacing Lei Zhanqian, completing this most crucial step, it was equivalent to securing a foothold in Qi Country, gaining a great space for development.

Following the trajectory of Lei Zhanqian’s identity, the higher he ascended, the more perfectly aligned his destiny would be, reducing the chance of being discovered.

He became Lei Zhanqian, and Lei Zhanqian became him, exchanging destinies, who would doubt?

He had been in Qi Country for more than a year, still laying the groundwork for the transformation of Lei Zhanqian’s character. In another year or so, he could gradually begin to reveal his talents, engaging in competition with the unparalleled geniuses like Zhongxuan Zun and Jiang Wang.

Just as he had once competed with Zhu Weiwo and Wei Yan at the Maple Forest City Daoist Academy, standing at the forefront of the Dao achievements rankings.

He calmly replicated all of Lei Zhanqian’s ways and further honed them, slowly completing a transformation, molding a reasonable character, methods, and growth. Using Deer Frost County as a base, with Lei Zhanqian’s identity as the core, he began to weave his own web.

He had boarded the great ship of Qi Country, and all that Jiang Wang had achieved by leaning on it, he, being smarter and more powerful, could naturally achieve as well.

He watched with cold eyes as the Great Qi Empire flourished, witnessing his former junior disciple Jiang, who once trailed behind him, gradually emerging prominent.

He remained unhurried, possessing sufficient patience and caution.

As those remarkable figures set traps for each other, fighting with dazzling brilliance and upheaval, he merely waited silently, acting only at the most crucial moments. Just as he had once snatched food from a tiger’s mouth, first seizing the Netherworld Pass, then the Bone Holy Body.

Until the end of April this year, when Zhongxuan Sheng and Jiang Wang emerged from Under Jixuegong, they unexpectedly conducted a rigorous investigation of the border counties, mobilizing enormous personal connections to grandly search for a dead soldier named Shisi.

He saw the importance of that Shisi and realized the excellent opportunity.

On Shisi, there was an excellent entry point. If he could control her, he would have the opportunity to influence Zhongxuan Sheng and Jiang Wang, thus completing the leap of the Lu Shuang Lei Clan faster and more reasonably, allowing him to skip over stages of accumulation and stand on a higher platform.

He thought he was very familiar with Jiang Wang, and he was confident in building a new relationship with this Marquis Wu’an of Great Qi under his new identity.

Even if he failed, it didn’t matter; he would continue to lie in wait. After all, there was no risk in biding one’s time.

He was very good at performing, and he understood very well the art of waiting.

So, when he sensed a Qing brand catcher approaching that day, he immediately abandoned his action, leaving as if passing through.

But unexpectedly...that arrest officer with only Inner Mansion cultivation had such a keen pair of eyes.

He caught the traces that had to be evident in "Lei Zhanqian’s" identity, leading to suspicion!

He acted decisively, wiping out the trace.

Thus, his meeting with Shisi became a huge point of suspicion.

To solve this suspicion.

He combined the history recorded within the Lei Family about the Wildman Forest, temporarily capturing a Ye Nest, allowing it to be tainted with the aura of the Wildman Forest, and then, with the expected power of Lei Zhanqian, struck it down.

And painstakingly, within the Lei Clan, fabricated the collective memory of "traces of Ye Nest appearing in the Wildman Forest, with the Lei Clan Mushroom Picking Team perishing en masse in the Wildman Forest."

To create a rational reason for his appearance in the Wildman Forest.

Whether it was the Lei Family or himself, every detail absolutely stood up to investigation—