Investiture of the Gods Begins

Buzhou Mountain.

Pangu Hall.

Ripples faintly stirred through space, and a figure appeared out of thin air.

It was Zhou Ming, who had returned from Jinao Island.

Houtu, who had been waiting there, came forward to greet him. A trace of concern showed on her cool, beautiful face.

"Brother, you're back."

"Did you gain anything from discussing the Dao with Fellow Daoist Tongtian?"

Houtu's concern was plain to see. She hoped Zhou Ming could go farther along this path and glimpse the supreme realm of the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal as soon as possible.

Zhou Ming nodded calmly, then gently shook his head.

"I gained something, but not much."

Hearing this, Houtu could not help showing a trace of disappointment.

She had originally thought that with her brother's current realm, combined with Tongtian's Sky-Opening Mark—

with the two corroborating each other, they would surely produce dazzling sparks and find a path toward a higher realm.

She had not expected the result to be so unsatisfactory.

Was the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal truly so unattainable?

Even a prodigy as astonishing as her brother had been unable to find a path forward for so long.

Zhou Ming saw her disappointment and smiled indifferently.

"Little Sister Houtu, there's no need to be disappointed."

"Although this discussion of the Dao did little to improve my own realm, it wasn't entirely fruitless."

"I discovered an interesting secret."

"A secret?"

Houtu's attention was immediately drawn over, and she asked curiously,

"What secret?"

The corners of Zhou Ming's lips curved into a meaningful smile.

"Tongtian... he can't comprehend the Sky-Opening Mark left behind by Father God."

"What?"

Houtu was utterly shocked. This answer completely overturned her understanding.

"How is that possible?"

"Fellow Daoist Tongtian is Father God's descendant and bears the Sky-Opening Mark. His foundation