Eight Hundred Years of Self-Cultivation, Taking Tianyuan First to Press Jiuzhou

The Investiture of the Gods?!

Its name alone made its purpose clear: it was meant to invest gods through the Divine Path.

That Majesty in Lingxiao Hall had proposed such a thing. Could he mean...

The Pure Yang cultivators understood his intentions after only a moment's thought.

Heavenly Venerable Qingyan said, "Earlier, Lingyuan of our Penglai ventured into the depths of primordial chaos to search for the lost Mountain Sea Realm."

"After finding it, he discovered that ghosts and gods abounded there. To gather their strength, he worked with Xiang Yu to refine a Mountain Sea Ghost-God Diagram, using it to invest the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth and put them to his use."

"When His Majesty learned of this, he decided to refine a Heavenly Investiture List as well, to invest the gods."

"In the present Three Realms, our Daoist Tradition occupies East Heaven, the Buddhist Sect holds the Western Extremity, and the Divine Path rules the central heavens. Yet ultimately, all we control is the Central Continent and half the Southern Domain Continent."

"Whether in the Ninefold Heaven Palace or across the five continents and Four Seas, there are countless celestial immortals of our Daoist Tradition and Venerables of the Buddhist Sect. And how many wandering immortals and demonic cultivators stand outside the ranks of immortals and Buddhas, unbound by the Heavenly Court? How could His Majesty possibly have his way?"

"Thus, he proposed that the three of us combine our strength to refine a Three Realms Investiture of Gods List, using it to confer divine appointments. Those entered on the list would be beyond reincarnation and endure through myriad tribulations, but they would forever be subject to that list's commands, serving at another's disposal."

At this, the Pure Yang cultivators fell silent.

Daoist Lord Kaiyuan