Heavenly Court.
A silver-white firmament stretched overhead, immortal halls standing in dense ranks.
Inside the deliberation hall, more than ten Gu Immortals had already gathered together.
Dragon Duke sat at the highest seat, followed by Immortal Zi Wei and Qin Dingling. After them, White Cangshui, Cong Yan, Che Wei, Yuan Qiongdou, Zhou Xiongxin, and others had personally arrived.
Besides them were the wills of Gu Liu Ru, Wan Zi Hong, Crown Prince Feng Xian, Xing Ye Wang, Jun Shen Guang, and others. Burdened by their respective tasks, these people could not personally attend this Heavenly Court deliberation.
At regular intervals, Heavenly Court's many members would hold a deliberation, discussing matters with one another, voicing their own views, and reaching certain consensuses.
During ordinary times, however, Heavenly Court's affairs were generally overseen by a Wisdom Dao Gu Immortal. In the current Heavenly Court, Dragon Duke was a banner of spiritual inspiration, while the one holding power was Immortal Zi Wei. Before her, it had been the Sky Watching Tower Master.
"Yuan Qiongdou, how is the research into Second Aperture Gu progressing?" Dragon Duke asked.
Yuan Qiongdou replied, "With Lord Zi Wei's assistance, I have seen through some of its secrets. We can now refine rank one through rank five mortal Second Aperture Gu."
Strictly speaking, Heavenly Court's Refinement Dao foundation ran even deeper than Lang Ya Sect's.
Of the three great Supreme Grandmasters of Refinement Dao in history, Old Ancestor Long Hair had been only one. The true inheritances of the other two had almost entirely been collected by Heavenly Court.
Moreover, Yuan Qiongdou was the current leader of Heavenly Court's Refinement Dao, blessed with exceptional talent and ability. In the previous life, it had been through him that Fate Gu was successfully repaired.
With Immortal Zi Wei's deduction ability added