Immortal figures stood solemnly across the sky, their auras rising and falling, their immense pressure blanketing the entire summit in layer upon layer.
Among them, countless cultivators had reached the rank of Grand Unity Golden Immortal. Standing amid the sea of clouds, protected by immortal light and possessed of stable dao foundations, they formed the backbone of this realm.
Grand Luo Golden Immortals who ruled their own domains and wielded great authority were everywhere. Concentrated dao resonance surrounded them, laws coiled about their bodies, and their auras were deep and weighty. Every gesture carried the momentum of heaven and earth.
Even Primordial Golden Immortals, powerful enough to preside over entire star domains and reign as sovereigns and patriarchs, stood in clusters, their auras linking heaven and earth and their might awing all around them.
Yet compared with the flourishing ranks of middle- and high-level cultivators, the supreme experts who had attained primordial chaos great luo and touched the pinnacle of the Great Dao were few indeed. Only a scattered handful remained hidden deep within the palaces, their auras restrained and unfathomable.
Within the Supreme Hall, the grandest building at the very heart of the immortal mountain, the atmosphere was altogether different.
High upon the supreme throne in the hall was a tall, imposing man of unparalleled bearing.
He wore sun-bright imperial robes of burnished gold, with dragon patterns winding about him and radiant light cloaking his body. His face was solemn and majestic, his features imbued with the supreme imperial bearing of one who commanded the cosmos and looked down upon all living beings.
Boundless, weighty world origin and auspicious qi wreathed him. The Dao principles of heaven and earth followed his every movement, lending him incomparable dignity and majesty.
At that moment, the cold severity that usually marked this