Lingxiao Treasure Hall, Great Divine Ability Users Gather

Lu Yuan followed the sound and looked over, only to see Fuxi and Taiyi approaching with smiles on their faces. The two Demon Emperors of the Yao Race Heavenly Court had personally come to receive them, giving the Pangu Sanqing ample face.

"Since the three Dao brothers have come to attend the ceremony, our Yao Race Heavenly Court is honored beyond measure!" Daoist Fuxi said with a beaming smile, stepping forward to welcome them warmly.

Beside him, even Eastern Emperor Taiyi, whose face was usually stern and cold, wore a faint smile, looking exceptionally high-spirited.

The Heavenly Emperor's enthronement ceremony had drawn great powers from across the Primordial World, causing a tremendous stir throughout the land.

Before the ceremony had even begun, the Yao Race Heavenly Court's name as the rightful orthodoxy of Heaven and Earth had already spread among all living beings.

During this period, the Yao Race Heavenly Court's destiny had risen by a great margin. Affected by this, the cultivation and Daoxing of its upper ranks had also risen with the tide.

Under such circumstances, not only Eastern Emperor Taiyi, but the entire Yao Race Heavenly Court was flourishing with vibrant prosperity!

Seeing the unfathomable cultivation auras around the Three Pure Ones, Taiyi's pupils narrowed slightly. A trace of sharpness flashed across him as he said, "The three of you are indeed worthy of being the Pangu Three Pure Ones. Since we parted at Purple Cloud Palace, your cultivation and Dao practice have climbed another hundred-foot pole. Before long, I fear you will each sever another corpse and step into the Late Quasi-Saint realm, no?"

"Taiyi, you flatter us. The Yao Race Heavenly Court governs the order of the Primordial World, while you occupy the rank of 'Heavenly Emperor,' bestowed with the destiny of Heaven and Earth. How could your cultivation and Daoxing have advanced by merely one step? Compared to you, the three of us brothers are merely idle cultivators of Kunlun Mountain. How could we compare to the Yao Race Heavenly Court's supreme renown?" The Grand Pure Daoist's expression did not change, though his cheek twitched slightly as he spoke calmly.

"Indeed, Eldest Brother speaks truly. Taiyi, your origins are noble—you are the transformed essence of the Heavenly Emperor's primordial spirit and the Sun's Li Fire. Moreover, you hold the position of 'Heavenly Emperor.' With the destiny of Heaven and Earth bolstering you, perhaps you will sever another corpse and enter the Late Quasi-Saint realm even before us Three Pure Ones!" Gazing at Eastern Emperor Taiyi before him, a strange gleam flashed through Shangqing Tongtian Daoist's eyes, and a thread of fighting intent rose within his heart.

As for Yuqing Yuanshi Daoist, he could not stand Taiyi's arrogance and simply said nothing, a trace of gloom passing over his face.

At the side, Lu Yuan followed behind Yuqing Yuanshi Daoist and took in every shift in his expression from the side and rear.

"It seems my Second Martial Uncle truly cannot abide the Yao Race, who delight in valor and violence and cultivate no virtue!"

Thinking of the Yuxu Palace of the Chan Sect in later generations, where among its disciples there was almost no one of Yao Race origin—

And adding Yuqing Yuanshi Daoist's present attitude toward Eastern Emperor Taiyi, this 'Heavenly Emperor' of the Yao Race, his view of the Yao Race was plain to see!

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Fuxi and Taiyi accompanied the Three Pure Ones as they led Daoist Duobao, Saint Mother Jin Ling, Immortal Elder Nanji, and Lu Yuan—the four of them—through the South Heaven Gate in a grand procession.

Lu Yuan's group was settled in a Dao Palace. This palace was magnificent and imposing, vast in area, and did not fall short of the Yao Race Heavenly Court's Lingxiao Treasure Hall in the slightest!

At this time, there was still one sixty-year cycle until the Heavenly Emperor's enthronement ceremony. Though that might seem far away, in the eyes of the great powers of the Primordial World, it was nothing more than the blink of an eye.

As time passed, many guests of Purple Cloud Palace gathered within this Dao Palace that received the great powers of the Primordial World.

The Three Pure Ones, Jieyin and Zhunti, Zhenyuanzi, Queen Mother of the West and Hongyun, Minghe, Kunpeng—even East King Duke, who had established the Purple Mansion Immortal Court, gathered the Group of Immortals, dominated the overseas regions, and was regarded by Dijun and Taiyi as a thorn in their eye and flesh in their flesh—had come as well!

Besides these guests of Purple Cloud Palace, the Demon Clan Heavenly Court had also distributed 129,600 violet-blue invitations throughout the Primordial World for this Heavenly Emperor enthronement ceremony.

These violet-blue invitations had been personally inscribed by Bai Ze, the Demon Clan Heavenly Court's prime minister. They were chiefly sent to Great Luo Dao Lords of the Primordial World who had been unable to enter Purple Cloud Palace to hear the Dao, as well as some Taiyi cultivators with considerable reputations.

These cultivators were akin to the gentry and local worthies of ancient times. The Yao Race Heavenly Court invited them in order to seize the power of public opinion, using their voices to spread the Yao Race Heavenly Court's name as the rightful orthodoxy of Heaven and Earth throughout the Primordial World!

As expected, after witnessing the heavenly court's grand spectacle, many cultivators were awed by the Yao Race Heavenly Court's vast majesty, establishing within their hearts an image of it as lofty and beyond reach!

One could imagine that once the Heavenly Emperor's enthronement ceremony was over, through the mouths of these living beings, the Yao Race Heavenly Court's name as the rightful orthodoxy of Heaven and Earth would resound throughout the Primordial World!

In the blink of an eye, one sixty-year cycle passed, and the Heavenly Emperor's enthronement ceremony officially began on the ninth day of the ninth month.

The ninth day of the ninth month was the day of Heaven and Earth's supreme yang. It embodied the principle of the Heavenly Emperor's Great Dao of Supreme Yang Supreme Strength, while also corresponding to Dijun's identity as the transformed essence of the Sun's Li Fire and a cultivator of the Supreme Yang Great Dao.

Within Lingxiao Treasure Hall, Dijun, Taiyi, Fuxi, Nuwa, and Tengshe—the five Demon Emperors and Heavenly Emperors of the Yao Race Heavenly Court—sat upon their imperial seats.

Led by Bai Ze, Ji Meng, and the other Ten Great Demon Sages, numerous Demon Sages and Demon Gods of the Yao Race Heavenly Court stood in ranks along both sides of Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

The Three Pure Ones, Jieyin and Zhunti, Zhenyuanzi, Hongyun, Minghe, Kunpeng, East King Duke, Queen Mother of the West, and some dozen or twenty first-tier great powers of Purple Cloud Palace sat upon the core Cloud Platforms in the guest area.

Behind them were over a hundred second-tier Great Divine Ability Users. These great powers of Purple Cloud Palace either possessed less exalted origins despite being top-tier Innate God-Demons, or had meager fortunes and lacked suitable Innate Spiritual Treasures, and thus had not successfully severed their corpses.

Further back sat several thousand Great Luo Dao Lords upon the Cloud Platforms around the outer edge of the guest area, nearly spilling out of Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

As for the even greater number of beings below the Great Luo realm, they were unqualified to step into Lingxiao Treasure Hall and were arranged in other Yao Race Heavenly Court palaces nearby, such as Great Sun Palace, Supreme Void Palace, and Dark Yin Palace.

The location of every cultivator's Cloud Platform, and even which palace they were assigned to, had been strictly arranged according to their cultivation and status!

Daoist Duobao, Saint Mother Jin Ling, Immortal Elder Nanji, and Lu Yuan, meanwhile, benefited from the Three Pure Ones' standing. They entered Lingxiao Treasure Hall as juniors and followed behind the Three Pure Ones' Cloud Platform.

Within the High Heaven Treasure Hall, the Great Divine Ability Users and Great Luo Dao Lords had gathered together. Divine light crisscrossed the hall, and magnificent scenery unfolded in countless forms. Gazing at the peaceful sight before him, wreathed in Profound Light of the Great Dao, Lu Yuan sighed softly within his heart. "This Heavenly Emperor enthronement ceremony may well be the Primordial World's final grand spectacle! After the third lecture at Purple Cloud Palace, once the Saint Positions are distributed, the Witch and Demon Clans will have to unify the Primordial World before the Six Saints attain the Dao, gathering the destiny of Heaven and Earth to prove the Dao—unless they are willing to become mere ants! Once that happens, the Witch-Demon Calamity will enter its fiercest and bloodiest stage! Then again, Innate Sacred Beings and Innate God-Demons are all nurtured by Heaven and Earth. Who would willingly become an ant?"

Among the great powers of the Primordial World who had embarked upon the path of proving the Dao, from ancient times to the present, and even into the distant future, none had feared the trend of the Heavenly Dao.

Before the ancient era, in order to overturn the trend of the Heavenly Dao, Shenni led the Fierce Beast Clan in slaughtering the gods and demons of the Primordial World, setting off the Fierce Beast Calamity—only to ultimately fall at the hands of Emperor Cangli!

During the Divine Demon Dao Era, Pan Nie, the transformed evil thought of Pangu, sought to obstruct Earth Emperor Yuejian from opening the Netherworld. He brazenly became Yuejian's human tribulation and dragged the Earth Emperor Heavenly Emperor down with him, both falling together in the Hunyuan Dao Tribulation.

During the Immortal-Demon Tribulation, in order to Prove the Dao of Hunyuan, Demon Ancestor Luohu faced Hongjun, Yangmei, Yin-Yang, and Heaven and Earth—the four Dao Ancestors of the Immortal Dao—at the summit of Mount Sumeru. Even though he failed and perished, he still detonated the Western Ley Lines, leaving Hongjun with a terrible mess.

Now, in order to resist the trend of the Heavenly Dao, Dijun, Taiyi, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches had likewise embarked upon the path of martyrdom for the Dao!