Above the Three Immortal Islands of the East Sea, the Heavenly Dao had withdrawn, leaving heaven and earth clear and bright, suffused with countless profound meanings. Though the Yin-Yang Realm was hidden in the void and invisible to ordinary beings, Saints like the Three Pure Ones and Great Divine Power Users of the Primordial World like Di Jun and Tai Yi could vaguely sense its existence.
The Yin-Yang Realm connected to the Primordial World and had already become part of it, so it was hardly surprising that powerful beings could sense it.
Connecting a Small World to the Primordial World and making it an outer realm greatly benefited the Primordial World. The merit bestowed by the Heavenly Dao was not as abundant as what the several Saints had received when they became Saints, but it was still considerable—almost as much as what the two Western Saints had each received earlier.
East King Duke naturally had no intention of refining the merit to improve his cultivation. Besides, he was already a Primordial Great Golden Immortal, practically transcendent beyond heaven and earth. Refining Heavenly Dao Merit was far less effective for him than it had been before he attained the Dao.
Still, he would need to travel through the Primordial World in the future, and merit had other uses as well. Naturally, he would not turn down more.
At that moment, all the powerful beings in the Primordial World had their eyes on the East Sea Region. East King Duke paid them no mind. After briefly sensing the Yin-Yang Realm, he returned with Queen Mother of the West to their Three Immortal Islands dojo.
"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Dong Hua, on attaining the Primordial Great Golden Immortal realm. From now on, you transcend the Primordial World Heavenly Dao and have attained carefree freedom!"