Within the Wei River Water Mansion.
Zhou Yuan ascended the platform to expound the Dao.
Having attained the Grand Unity Great Sage realm this time, he had gained tremendously. This was the perfect opportunity to sort through his own cultivation once more through this sermon.
When Zhou Yuan expounded the Dao, there were no phenomena of golden flowers falling from the heavens or clear springs gushing from the earth.
Nor was the Dao he taught some profound and unfathomable method.
Instead, he began with Opening Acupoints, the very first step in cultivation for the lowliest Postnatal Beings.
He proceeded from the simple to the profound, every word a precious pearl.
The beings within the Water Mansion were all independent cultivators. They were neither highborn scions of great powers nor gifted deities blessed with deep foundations.
They had reached their current level through many coincidences, and quite a few had taken the wrong path at the start of their cultivation.
Zhou Yuan elucidated the path of cultivation for them, moving from shallow to deep. It could be said that he had solved a great problem for these beings. Many in the audience revealed looks of sudden realization, as though they had achieved enlightenment in an instant.
The cultivation bottlenecks they had previously failed to understand now seemed to have become clear in that very moment.
As the sermon gradually deepened, Zhou Yuan's own spiritual platform became increasingly lucid. He was expounding the Dao for the beings of the Water Mansion, but he was also organizing his own path. With every cultivation bottleneck he explained, the aura around him grew ever more restrained.
On this day, Zhou Yuan was still explaining the path of cultivation.
But suddenly, his primordial spirit stirred.
Before he could investigate the heavenly secrets or calculate with his fingers.
A deep Dao voice suddenly rang out across the Primordial Great Land.
A moment later, thunderous divine sound erupted like crashing lightning.
"Today, I, the Sun God Di Jun, have seen the hardships of cultivation and survival endured by Postnatal Beings. Therefore, I establish a race, named [Demon]."
"All sentient beings, whether postnatal or innate, may join my Demon Clan."
"All beings who join the Demon Clan shall be demons. There shall be no distinction of race, status, nobility, or lowliness, and all shall receive the protection of my Demon Clan."
"The Demon Clan is established!"
All beings were shaken, and countless spirits raised their heads.
They saw a towering, vast Dharma image high above the nine heavens, shrouded in immeasurable divine light, speaking with a divine voice.
He wore a Flat Sky Crown and a blazing sun divine robe, held the Golden Sun Sword, and had a great sun rising behind him. Its radiance illuminated the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands, shining throughout the Myriad Heavens and Universes.
As he spoke.
Changes immediately arose throughout the Primordial Great Land.
Countless postnatal races answered Di Jun's call, erecting altars upon which only the three words Heaven, Earth, and Demon were enshrined.
White-haired elders clad in ceremonial robes led the many beings of their clans in kneeling prayers, paying respects to Heaven and Earth and to the Demon Clan.
This scene unfolded in every corner of the Primordial Great Land.
Although the Myriad Races Alliance had only risen to prominence in this era, several major figures at the Innate Dao Lord level stood behind it, and it had developed with astonishing speed.
It was now already a considerable force upon the Primordial Great Land.
Now that Di Jun had issued his call and established the Demon Clan, all races that had joined the Myriad Races Alliance responded in turn.
Streams of destiny converged upon the newly established Demon Clan, gradually giving rise to an immense momentum.
Before the beings of the Primordial Great Land could recover from the momentous event of the Demon Clan's founding.
Di Jun, high in the skies, sensed the layers of destiny gathering between Heaven and Earth, and joy rose in his heart.
His deep gaze swept over the clouds that filled the sky.
Since the Primordial Divine Court had lost its position, the entire Thirty-three Heavenly Palaces had completely concealed itself.
The Thirty-three Heavens had been birthed by Heaven and Earth. They symbolized the orthodoxy of the Primordial Great Land, the seat of worldly authority and the nexus of all spirits.
Their concealment had been driven by the era itself and was also the natural course of the Heavenly Dao's operation.
Di Jun, the Three Sovereigns Hall, and even the Dao Court established by East King Duke had all tried every possible means to find the Thirty-three Heavenly Palaces and enter the Hall of Supreme Harmony, seeking the orthodoxy of Heaven and Earth.
Yet without exception, they had all failed.
"But through my calculations with the River Diagram and Luo Script, I have learned that the Thirty-three Heavens of the Primordial Great Land symbolize its orthodoxy."
"And the orthodoxy of the Primordial Great Land should rightfully be governed by its myriad spirits."
Di Jun thought this to himself. A flash of golden light rose in his eyes, like a blazing sun.
"Heavenly Dao above, today I, Di Jun, lord of the Demon Clan, have perceived that Heaven and Earth are in disorder, that all spirits lack rules, and that the world operates without constancy."
"I wish to bear the fortune of Heaven and Earth with this insignificant body, reestablish the Heavenly Court, and set the order of Heaven and Earth."
Rumble!
The instant Di Jun's words fell, thunder exploded across the heavens.
Then, countless beings of the Primordial Great Land felt as though the Heavenly Dao had cast its gaze upon them from the unseen.
Seeing this, Di Jun's heart stirred. The River Diagram and Luo Script above his head blazed with light as immeasurable destiny of the Demon Clan—or rather, the destiny of all spirits of the Primordial Great Land—converged upon him.
When the Heavenly Dao sensed the destiny of all spirits gathering, the oppressive presence it exerted upon Heaven and Earth gradually diminished.
After a long while, a Great Dao voice resounded in the minds of every being in the Primordial Great Land.
"Granted!"
The beings of the heavens were moved.
Even Great Divine Ability Users abruptly rose to their feet, their expressions shaken.
"The Heavenly Dao actually agreed to let this one from the Sun Star, the nexus of the heavens, preside over all the heavens and assume the rightful position of Heavenly Emperor?!"
One had to know that this was the karmic position of Heavenly Emperor.
It was the supreme position that ruled Heaven and Earth and regulated yin and yang.
The three Primordial Sovereigns had once relied on this position in an attempt to return to Pangu and attain the supreme Dao.
Though they had failed, the position of Heavenly Emperor remained utterly supreme and noble. No one could deny it.
Even if Di Jun's title of Heavenly Emperor was merely an empty name for now, it still left the Great Divine Ability Users of the heavens astounded.
But no matter how shocked they were, this matter was now settled.
A moment later, the Heavenly Dao's gaze withdrew.
Countless beings of the Primordial Great Land watched the scene before them with burning desire, cold indifference, deep regret, or murderous intent.
Sweet rain fell from the heavens, and clear springs gushed from the earth. Golden lotuses drifted through the void.
Divine sounds echoed throughout the Zhou Tian Universe.
Immeasurable light and endless divine radiance condensed into a seven-colored canopy that shrouded the space behind Di Jun.
Feeling the reinforcement of the great momentum of the Heavenly Dao, Di Jun was exhilarated. Empowered by the karmic position of Heavenly Emperor, his strength had increased by far more than a single degree compared to moments ago.
"This is only the title of Heavenly Emperor, empty in all but name."
"If one day my Demon Clan truly occupies the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands, the Myriad Heavens and Universes, what kind of sight will that be?"
With words that carried the authority of Heaven, a single command could make the heavens rise and fall.
Boundless ambition flashed in Di Jun's eyes.
But the most important matter now was clearly to use this tide of Heavenly Dao momentum to draw out the Thirty-three Worldly Heavens.
Holding the Golden Sun Sword, Di Jun guided the vast destiny and lightly pointed it toward the sky.
"Let the Heavenly Realm appear."
An invisible aura spread outward.
Great sound is seldom heard; Great Form is Formless.
Every cultivator felt something stir within.
They raised their heads to look at the sky.
They saw Auspicious Qi rolling and spraying purple mist, while streams of golden light churned with crimson clouds.
Four heavenly gates, too lofty to behold and wreathed in divine radiance, manifested above the firmament.
Beyond the heavenly gates, the Thirty-three Worldly Heavens appeared faintly and indistinctly.
"That is the Thirty-three Heavens."
"Could the Demon Clan Heavenly Court truly be the orthodoxy of Heaven and Earth?"
Quite a few Great Divine Ability Users stood dazed, murmuring under their breaths.
The Thirty-three Heavens had witnessed the rise and fall of the Primordial Divine Race and were also the symbol of the Heavenly Court's orthodoxy.
Now, the moment Di Jun announced the establishment of the Heavenly Court, the Thirty-three Heavens had revealed themselves to the world.
Could this not be the will of Heaven?!
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