Hongjun Joined with the Dao to Complete the Heavenly Dao, and Jieyin Promised the Lordship of Mount Sumeru

The next moment, a figure quietly appeared atop Purple Sky Palace.

A fragment of the Jade Disk of Creation floated above his head, its surface shimmering with the chaotic radiance of the Three Thousand Great Dao.

Countless laws descended around him and coiled about his body, making him appear solemn and eternal, his aura perfectly at one with the boundless world.

Just one glance made the Dao Hearts of countless cultivators tremble, stirring in them an instinctive urge to bow in worship.

"I am Hongjun."

His voice rang out like the Dao Sound, unhurried yet bearing an authority that determined the fate of the universe and could not be defied. It echoed clearly in the depths of every living being's mind.

"I suppressed the world-ending fiendish beasts, quelled the Demon Ancestor's rebellion, and expounded the Great Dao here in Purple Sky Palace, bestowing its blessings upon all living things.

"Today, my merits are complete. Sensing that the Heavenly Dao is incomplete, I shall now merge with it, perfect the Heavenly Dao, and guard the foundation of the Primordial Wilderness for ten thousand ages."

His words burst through the minds of all who had listened to the Dao like thunder from Chaos.

Coming to their senses, the cultivators bowed toward the figure. Their mighty voices echoed through Chaos:

"Dao Ancestor, your compassion is boundless! Your merits are immeasurable!"

Hongjun said no more. His gaze swept over all living things, and over this world he had once guarded and taught. At last, his expression settled into a serene detachment from all things.

He slowly raised his hand toward the endless void and uttered the words that would determine the world's ultimate course:

"Merge!"

As the word fell, the laws followed.

With that utterance of the Dao Sound, Dao Ancestor Hongjun's figure began