In the Heavenly Venerable's realm, every word from his jade lips became a golden decree.
As Kaiyuan Heavenly Venerable fixed the Fruition Ranks of Eastern Imperial and Western Imperial, the two Dao-Wielding Fruition Ranks nurtured within the unseen workings of the Three Realms slowly descended. They entered the Ninefold Heaven Palace, sank into Diuniu Palace and Peixiang Palace, and merged with Daoist Lord Chixiao and Golden Mother Primordial Lord.
In an instant, celestial flowers blazed and golden lotuses surged. Sweet heavenly music rang out as the power of fortune and merit appeared around Daoist Lord Chixiao and Golden Mother Primordial Lord.
It was the fortune and merit they had earned during the Xuanmen Great Calamity.
With Kaiyuan Heavenly Venerable, the newly ascended Heavenly Venerable of the Three Realms, driving the matter forward, Daoist Lord Chixiao and Golden Mother Primordial Lord used their own fortune and merit as a catalyst to secure the Fruition Ranks of Eastern Imperial and Western Imperial outright.
The imperial lords, prefectural lords, immortal lords, and venerables in Peixiang Palace all looked over. Within the interwoven fortune and merit, the hazy power of fortune and merit stirred against the authority of Eastern Imperial and Western Imperial. Azure and white radiance swelled through the hall, enveloping Daoist Lord Chixiao and Golden Mother Primordial Lord.
Moments later, both had changed into new robes and crowns.
Daoist Lord Chixiao wore the Eastern Azure Venerable Crown and the robes of a heavenly imperial lord. A jade tablet rested in his hands. His expression was calm, his bearing vast and commanding. Above his head, a cloud of auspicious light rose and fell, bearing the authority of Eastern Imperial, while behind him, three Daoist halos of azure, gold, and purple shimmered with countless rays.
Golden Mother Primordial Lord wore the Western Golden Venerable