A figure in blue robes stood proudly in the firmament.
The tribulation lightning dispersed, and myriad rays of rosy light descended from heaven upon the blue-robed figure. Li Qingyuan stood above the nine heavens with his hands behind his back, his robes fluttering, his immortal bearing transcendent.
His heart surged, and poetry came naturally:
"Jianmu hid its roots through a hundred thousand autumns; the Eight-Nine Profound Technique tempered a golden vessel.
"A thousand layers of tribulation lightning scorched immortal bones; a single ray of clear light ascended the jade tower.
"Cultivating nature and life together forged the Dao body; tempering body and mind alike broke free of mortal imprisonment.
"Today I shattered the barriers of all heavens, becoming at last a Heavenly Immortal lord of Investiture of the Gods."
The eight lines recited, their lingering resonance circled the sky, and heaven and earth echoed in accord.
Li Qingyuan walked upon the clouds, his expression intoxicated, immersed in the joy of his breakthrough.
The world around him was already different.
"Was this the power of a Heavenly Immortal Powerhouse?"
With a change in perspective, heaven and earth became utterly different.
The firmament he had once needed to look up at was now within reach; the principles once obscure and incomprehensible were now as clear as the lines on his palm.
"The Heavenly Immortal Realm, a lifespan of ten million years."
"My cultivation and combat strength far surpass the half-step Heavenly Immortal Realm by several times, even tenfold."
"A Heavenly Immortal body, an Immortal Dao Great Power beneath Golden Immortals. Roaming the Investiture of the Gods Great World, welcomed as an honored guest by a hundred houses."
The name of Heavenly Immortal placed one among a domain's foremost.
Traveling through the Investiture of the Gods Great World, all the major powers would