Not Contending for Immortality or Divinity

Ever since the Dao Court disbanded, chaos had persisted in the mortal world. Even after more than a million years, no sect had been able to unite all beneath heaven, but the overall strength of the Heavenly Spirit Great World had been constantly growing stronger. This could be seen from the Heavenly Dao Light Layer that enveloped the Heavenly Spirit Great World—the Heavenly Dao Light Layer had grown ever more radiant, and the region of the universe it illuminated kept expanding.

The title of Hundred Sects of the Mortal World was gradually eliminated by the era, and the pattern of the world ushered in new changes.

Against the greater backdrop of rival heroes contending, the gap between sects began to widen.

Nine sects fought their way out of the encirclement and became the supreme orthodoxies in the hearts of all under heaven.

In the years that followed, Immortal Monarch Taiyi and the Seventy-Two Immortals of Jindong widely spread immortal opportunities throughout the mortal world, driving the development of cultivation arts of the Immortal Path among mankind.

And in Beyond Heaven, traces of immortal gods also began to appear among the Three Thousand Great Worlds. The prelude to the contest of the Sons of Heaven was brewing.

Taiwei Great World.

Inside a bright and imposing palace, Zhu Xi, dressed in majestic golden robes, sat upon the chief seat. Her hair was coiled high and bound beneath a sacred crown, her expression solemn, and between her brows radiated a pressure that seemed to look down upon all living beings.

Many cultivators stood in the hall, wearing identical great robes, each of them dignified and mighty in bearing.

An aged cultivator with a head of white hair stepped forward, cupped his hands toward Zhu Xi, and said, "Your Majesty, though that immortal god's