At that moment, the Grand Elders arrived close behind. They all bowed to the ground and offered their congratulations once more. "Congratulations, Great Pagoda Edict, on successfully overcoming your Dao Tribulation. May you attain eternal life soon!"
"Congratulations, Great Pagoda Edict, on enlightening another savior for this world. There is hope yet for peace in the Panyai Realm!"
"Today brings two joyous occasions. We should choose a place to save as a celebration!"
"Indeed! We implore the Great Pagoda Edict to issue the order to save this world. We will spare no effort!"
"Heaven and earth are vast, the cosmos boundless. Saving only a tiny corner is far too narrow-minded. Why not launch another Anti-Pseudo War? With the Great Pagoda Edict's successful Dao Tribulation and the momentum from enlightening Pei Ling, we can quell the world's calamities in one fell swoop!"
"Wait, have you all forgotten? Before we attack the Five Sects of the False Dao, there's still one matter that needs the Great Pagoda Edict's judgment. The upheaval in the Eternal Night Desert remains unresolved to this day..."
"Reporting to the Great Pagoda Edict: with our strength, we cannot investigate the problem in the Eternal Night Desert. Now that the Great Pagoda Edict has returned victorious, when might you be able to enter the desert and investigate?"
As they chattered among themselves, Pei Ling sat on the throne, expressionless and silent.
The boundless power of heaven and earth continued pouring into his body.
By now, Pei Ling had fully come to his senses.
The real Patriarch Five Plagues had failed his tribulation and perished!
When the Dao Tribulation descended earlier, he hadn't believed for a moment that Patriarch Five Plagues could fail to overcome it. It wasn't that the possibility had never occurred to him. Rather, ever since entering