Above the Thirty-Three Heavens, High Heaven Palace.
The vast and majestic palace halls radiated boundless golden light.
The workings of the Heavenly Court had long since entered their proper course.
Ye Xuan wore a dark-golden dragon robe of the Heavenly Emperor as he sat high upon the Supreme Imperial Throne, overlooking the three realms of the Primordial Wilderness.
On the plaza below, the heavenly soldiers and generals stood in orderly ranks.
Great Emperor Gouchen Haotian wore armor, diligently overseeing the Heavenly Court's military affairs.
He guarded every celestial gate so tightly that not a drop could slip through.
The Three Ancestors of the human race—Suiren Shi, Youchaoshi, Ziyishi, and the rest—had become the Great Emperors and Star Lords handling the Heavenly Court's affairs.
They assisted in regulating the movement of the stars across the heavens and sorted out the flow of spiritual energy throughout the Primordial Wilderness. Under the management of humanity's finest, the entire Heavenly Court displayed unprecedented vitality and vigor.
In the rear gardens, immortal aura curled through the air.
Ye Xuan sat facing Heavenly Empress Xihe.
With their eyes closed and minds focused, the two cultivated the Great Dao together.
Xihe circulated the origin of the Greater Yin, and a cool, gentle power of moonlight flowed around her.
Ye Xuan, meanwhile, activated the pure-yang blood and qi of the Human Emperor, vast and forceful.
As yin and yang converged, the Great Dao Laws thundered around them.
Nurtured by the immense dual fortune of the Human Path and the Heavenly Path, the Inner Universe within Ye Xuan grew ever more complete.
Mountains and rivers took shape upon the stars within his Inner Universe, while the sun, moon, and stars moved steadily along fixed trajectories.
His magical power was as vast as a sea of stars, and his strength