Time turned. Within Grand Unity Palace, the Five Directional Heavenly Emperors' council lasted a full seven days.
Over those seven days, Dao resonance surged through the halls. Every resolution that passed affected the flow of fortune across the Primordial World.
For the Interception Sect disciples by the South Sea, however, seven days in Heaven meant seven years below. Seven years were enough for them to deduce Sect Leader Tongtian's "Heart-Guarding Formation" countless times.
Those demon disciples clad in fur and bearing horns had long since refined their rudimentary cultivation techniques to perfection.
This council had long ceased to be a closed-door discussion among the Five Directional Heavenly Emperors.
Within Inner Chaos, Purple Heaven Palace, Hongjun let out a long sigh. The storm was rising.
Inside Eight Sceneries Palace, Taishang stood beside his pill furnace and lightly waved his Yinyang fan. His gaze passed through the void toward Grand Unity Palace, and he could not help thinking, Were the Dutian Divine Thunder within the Heavenly Tribulation meant for Saints?
In the west, atop Mount Sumeru, the two Saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, exchanged a glance. The lotuses in their palms quietly bloomed, as though they were comprehending the coming Change of Circumstances between Heaven and Earth.
All Grand Unity Experts were both nervous and expectant. They knew this council would surely reshape the cultivation order of the Prehistoric Universe.
At last, at dusk on the seventh day, a vast and majestic voice rang out from the depths of Grand Unity Palace. It pierced the Nine Heavens and Twelve Domains, echoing throughout the Prehistoric Universe:
"Cultivate the Dao through law; temper the heart through tribulation!"
Those eight words exploded like thunder, churning the Four Seas and shaking the Five Sacred Mountains.
In an instant, the originally gray-black sky above the Nine Heavens suddenly