A New Saint Position Emerges!

"Let's go. Don't keep that old man Hongjun waiting too long."

Niu Ben grinned at the Three Pure Ones, carrying himself not at all like someone about to meet the ruler of the Primordial Wilderness's Heavenly Dao, but rather as if he were visiting a neighbor.

The moment he finished speaking, the gates of Purple Cloud Palace, which had stood since time immemorial and could not be approached by anyone below Saint level, slowly swung inward on their own with a long creak.

An ancient, indescribable aura of the Great Dao flowed out from beyond the doors.

"Everyone, come in."

An aged yet imposing voice rang directly within everyone's souls. It was Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

The Three Pure Ones entered first. Niu Ben followed close behind, swaggering in with his five spirited disciples.

Only then did Haotian, Di Jun, Zhunti, and the others cautiously follow. Each kept their head lowered, terrified that a single wrong glance might offend the fiend in front.

The interior of Purple Cloud Palace was utterly unlike the resplendent, Dao-filled place everyone had imagined.

It was empty, ancient, and even somewhat plain.

There were no carved beams or painted rafters, no immortal blossoms or spiritual herbs. There was only an endless gray expanse and rows of pouf cushions laid out across the ground.

At the very front were six purple pouf cushions of distinctly different material. Faint Heavenly Dao Destiny circulated over them. They were the six seats representing the Saint Positions of the Heavenly Dao Saints.

Taishang, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and Jieyin each found a place and sat down.

Nuwa had yet to arrive, so the pouf cushion belonging to her remained vacant.

The pouf cushion that had originally belonged to Hong Yun, later seized by Zhunti, and finally destroyed by Niu Ben's punch had now