[The Three Pure Ones stood side by side, an endless sea of clouds churning behind them. Golden light descended from the Nine Heavens, casting a thin dawn-like sheen over their Daoist robes.
The three joined hands to draft a proclamation. Golden runes soared into the sky, transforming into a torrent that swept across the Prehistoric World.
"Here is a living being named Su Miao, with the Daoist Name Miao Heng.
We, Taiqing, Yuqing, and Shangqing, bear witness together.
She is the shared Personal Disciple of the three of us, and also the daughter jointly acknowledged by us.
Any who humiliate, slight, or harm her shall be enemies of us, the Three Pure Ones of Kunlun."
The Dao Sound swept through the Prehistoric World, and all creation heard it.]
Yuanshi sat alone in Yuxu Palace. He understood the solemnity contained within that proclamation.
Those disciples under his sect.
On the day Taiyi entered the sect, he had bestowed a scroll of Daoist scripture and a protective Jade Pendant, then said, "Take care of yourself."
On the day Guang Chengzi entered the sect, he had given him an additional Fly Whisk and said, "Do not disgrace my sect."
They were both Personal Disciples.
He had given them Dharma Treasures, Cultivation Methods, and status.
But what that proclamation declared—
A shared daughter, sharing Kunlun Fortune, representing the will of the Three Pure Ones.
He had never given that to anyone.
The disciples of all three sects fell silent. Such blatant favoritism was something even their Eldest Martial Brother Xuandu had never received.
Xuandu sat on the stone steps outside Eight Views Palace, watching the proclamation stretch across the heavens.
He was Laozi's only disciple.
When he became Laozi's apprentice, Laozi had told him,
"Enter my sect and inherit my Dao. The Dao lies