Di Jun's expression was inscrutable, but a shocking killing intent burst from within him.
Just then, he suddenly felt a stirring in his heart. With a wave of his hand, the River Diagram and Luo Book appeared before him.
"What is this...?"
Taiyi stared in shock at the profound energy appearing on the River Diagram and Luo Book.
"The Heavenly Dao has changed. A great opportunity has appeared for our Demon Court!"
Di Jun frantically activated the River Diagram and Luo Book. Quasi-Saint power surged around him, and the intricate workings of the heavenly secrets enveloped his entire body.
He wanted to calculate where this opportunity lay. Anything that could be called a great opportunity by beings of their Quasi-Saint cultivation was bound to be extraordinary.
Di Jun wasn't the only one. All the Great Powers in the world who commanded forces could sense the heavenly secrets pointing the way.
Kunpeng in the Demon Master Palace, the Asura Race's ancestor Minghe, and even Houtu in the Ancestor Witch Hall all sensed it.
One after another, they displayed their abilities, hoping to find the place of opportunity first.
West Kunlun.
Dong King Duke watched West Queen Mother's bashful expression and smiled, about to continue speaking.
But suddenly, his heart stirred, and he looked up at the heavens.
West Queen Mother looked up at almost the same moment.
Then delight filled her beautiful eyes.
"Donghua, did you sense that heavenly revelation?"
Though she didn't say so outright, West Queen Mother's fondness for Dong King Duke had clearly grown. She had even changed the way she addressed him.
Dong King Duke looked down at West Queen Mother, who was a head shorter than him, then said thoughtfully,
"From the looks of it, there's a good chance that thing has emerged."
"What? What thing?"
West Queen Mother blinked at Dong King Duke, looking a little bemused.
"It's something good. Would you care to come with me, Taihua?"
Dong King Duke gave her a mysterious smile, then held out his hand.
The unexpected gesture brought another blush to West Queen Mother's cheeks.
Buzhou Mountain.
This ancient divine mountain had formed from Pangu's Spine. Legend had it that Pangu had held up the sky until his strength gave out and he died, after which Buzhou Mountain took his place, keeping heaven and earth apart.
Dong King Duke knew that this legend was true.
During the War of the Lich, Gonggong had crashed into Buzhou Mountain in a fit of rage.
In an instant, the pillars of heaven broke and the bonds of earth snapped. The sky tilted to the northwest, shifting the Sun, Moon, and Stars, while the earth sank in the southeast, sending the rivers rushing toward it.
Thus came the legend of Nuwa Mending the Heavens.
At this time, Buzhou Mountain was deserted. Pangu's lingering might circled its peak, never fading.
Ordinary cultivators couldn't make it up the mountain, while the Great Powers of the Primordial World believed the place bore too much karmic weight and wouldn't come here lightly.
But now, a spatial ripple appeared at the summit, and a pair of immortal companions emerged from the void.
"Buzhou Mountain?"
West Queen Mother looked around curiously, unsure why he had brought her here.
As the place closest to the heavens, Buzhou Mountain was constantly battered by fierce gales. The bitter cold even made West Queen Mother feel a chill.
Dong King Duke didn't answer. Instead, he summoned the Heavenly Emperor Seal.
A square jade seal suddenly appeared, wrapped in golden Auspiciousness Golden Dragons. Its noble, majestic aura suppressed the entire void, and the biting winds and cold vanished in an instant.
"How powerful."
Though she had seen it before, West Queen Mother was still astonished.
She had often heard others speak of how powerful Innate Supreme Treasures were, but this was her first time coming so close to one.
She had barely finished praising it when the Heavenly Emperor Seal in the sky seemed to sense something. Blinding divine light blazed from it, and all the Heavenly Emperor Auspiciousness manifested. The Myriad Laws fell silent; only the Heavenly Emperor's Law remained in this realm.
Then it shot toward the void above the Ninth Heaven.
In an instant, the void split open, and a palace appeared from nothingness. One after another, jade palaces and lofty halls followed, as if setting off a chain reaction.
That realm was divided into Thirty-Three Heavens, vast and magnificent, with an imposing grandeur.
"Clang!"
Another strange phenomenon appeared across the Primordial World, divine light dancing through the air and purple qi filling the sky.
Everyone instinctively looked toward Buzhou Mountain.
Above Buzhou Mountain.
The River of Weak Water, which nothing could cross, lay beneath the feet of Dong King Duke and West Queen Mother.
"Heavenly Court!"
Seeing the three characters "South Heaven Gate" before her, West Queen Mother's mind instinctively supplied the name.
"This truly is a great opportunity. Congratulations, Donghua, on gaining it."
The Heavenly Court had Thirty-Three Heavens, each different from the next. It was a blessed Grotto-Heaven formed by heaven and earth—perhaps the greatest blessed Grotto-Heaven in the Primordial World, second only to the Saints' sanctuaries.
Even her own Kunlun couldn't compare.
"It is a great opportunity, but the Heavenly Court itself isn't it."
Dong King Duke shook his head with a smile.
The emergence of the Heavenly Court was a happy accident, but he could use this moment to establish the Immortal Court.
With the momentum of the Heavenly Court's emergence, along with the Auspicious Golden Wheel he had revealed at Zixiao Palace, the result would surely be greater than the sum of its parts.
With that in mind, he gave West Queen Mother a reassuring look, then stepped forward and arrived above the Heavenly Court.
The Great Dao manifested, and the Heavenly Dao's laws rejoiced around him. At that moment, Dong King Duke seemed to have become the center of heaven and earth.
Ancestor Witch Hall.
Houtu's thoughts stirred, and she emerged from her cultivation.
Before the other Ancestral Witches could ask what was happening, a Dao Sound swept across the Primordial World, bearing the might to suppress the heavens.
"Great Dao above, I, Dong King Duke, establish the supreme Immortal Court in the Heavenly Court of the Thirty-Three Heavens, a blessed land. I take the Exalted Position of Heavenly Emperor as proof, and use the Heavenly Emperor Seal to suppress the Immortal Court's auspiciousness. I shall follow the will of Heaven and govern all things in the Primordial World.
"Any virtuous True Immortal blessed with profound merit and enduring auspiciousness who wishes to serve in the Immortal Court may receive investiture from the Heavenly Dao and enjoy the Immortal Court's auspiciousness."
Along with his declaration came images of the Thirty-Three Heavens. Dong King Duke stood atop the Heavenly Court in a Heavenly Emperor's robe, the Heavenly Emperor Seal above his head. His unmatched nobility and the aura with which he suppressed the heavens left everyone aghast.
"Dong King Duke has established the Immortal Court!"
Feeling that terrifying aura, Di Jiang's expression turned grave.
Houtu had told them before that Dong King Duke had become a force to be reckoned with.
They had thought that even so, it would be tens of thousands of years before he built a force of his own, once everything was ready. They hadn't expected him to move so quickly.
Thinking of this, Di Jiang turned to Houtu.
"Sister Houtu, for the sake of the Witch Race, I'm afraid you'll have to make a trip."
The Immortal Court was newly established. They wanted to build a good relationship with Dong King Duke, and this was the perfect opportunity.
East Kunlun.
The Three Pure Ones had been discussing the Dao when they saw the Heavenly Dao's projection of Dong King Duke. Their expressions changed at once.
"Claim the Exalted Position of Heavenly Emperor, obtain an Innate Supreme Treasure, gather an Auspicious Golden Wheel, open up the Heavenly Court of the Thirty-Three Heavens, and establish the supreme Immortal Court. What a scheme!"
A flicker of shock crossed Taishang's eyes.
He wondered whether the Dao Ancestor had already planned this outcome when he made Dong King Duke the Head of Male Immortals.
If so, the Dao Ancestor was terrifying.
With each step, the establishment of the Immortal Court had become inevitable.
And if Taishang weren't the Dao Ancestor's personal disciple, destined to become a Saint in the future, ...
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