At that moment, a deafening boom spread forth. Across the world, every mortal and Foundation Establishment cultivator alike found themselves unable to suppress a surge of sorrow.
Heaven and Earth Weep Blood, All Things Mourn Together!
Immediately afterward, every Foundation Establishment True Person looked up in horror. Above the Foundation Establishment Realm, a small part of the boundless Sea of Suffering was suddenly collapsing!
The collapsed region bloomed with myriad illusory colors, interweaving to paint a strange spectacle of luxuriant branches and house beams. Looking over, it was clearly a thriving forest, its woodland waves rolling—yet as it continued to sink and crumble, the once-lush trunks and branches continuously withered away.
And at the center of those illusory colors stood a figure.
"No—!"
The Grand Preceptor of Dao Court let out a shrill roar, thick with despair and unwillingness. Why me? What grudge do I have against you people?
I have nothing to do with the Pure Land!
The one in Dao Court who had a grudge against you was Emperor Jiayou. He was the one whose wife you slept with, not mine! What did it have to do with me? I was even happy to see it happen.
Yet I was the one who died!
I've been wronged!
The Grand Preceptor's fear was not without cause. As Golden Core True Lords, the Three Dukes of Dao Court possessed one fundamental difference from other Golden Core True Lords:
They had no Gold Nature!
Among Dao Court cultivators, aside from the Tian Wu Royal Clan, everyone's cultivation came from their Official Position. Even when they reached Foundation Establishment Perfection, the Gold Nature they condensed was no exception!
Their Gold Nature was bound to their Official Position rather than their souls. Not to mention that the Grotto-Heavens of the Three Dukes of