A Naturally Gifted Talent

Time passed, and several more epochs went by.

At the end of each epoch, heaven and earth returned to Chaos. Then a Sage or someone of the Primordial Realm would intervene, opening a new heaven and earth.

Nuwa created all things, Jieyin and Zhunti manifested Buddhist Pure Lands, Empress Pingxin regulated reincarnation, and Zhenyuanzi used the Book of Earth to anchor the mountains and rivers...

Every time the world was opened, it bore the unique imprint of that Sage's Great Dao, making the Myriad Worlds within the Chaos Bead ever more colorful and their laws ever more complete and profound.

After several epochs of accumulation and refinement, the number of Grand Unity Golden Immortals born within the Chaos Bead had quietly surpassed three hundred.

Some chose to accept Hong Tian's offer.

They took up residence in the still-nascent New Heavenly Court, accepted leisurely posts, and enjoyed peace and the Heavenly Dao's merit.

Others preferred a life of freedom.

Some established sanctuaries and passed down their Daoist Traditions; some wandered the mortal world to understand human affairs; others explored the Myriad Worlds in search of opportunities.

Quite a few of these Grand Unity Golden Immortals had weathered several tribulations and formed more than one Great Luo Dao Fruit within themselves.

Naturally, they were stronger than ordinary Grand Unity Golden Immortals.

In the New Heavenly Court, on the Nine Heavens, several figures gathered in an immortal pavilion wreathed in mist.

They sipped immortal tea as they watched the clouds drift beyond the pavilion and worlds rise and fall.

They were Hong Tian, Tieguai Li, Lin Yan, Hu Fangyuan, and Jin Huang.

The atmosphere in the pavilion was quite relaxed.

Only Hong Tian looked as glum as a bitter melon.

He sighed over and over, completely at odds with the pavilion's ethereal surroundings.