Tongtian's Boast, Investiture of Immortals!

"Clang!"

The sword's cry echoed through the nine heavens, a Quasi-Saint's aura erupting with immense power, tearing off a corner of the Demon Court with the might to annihilate all.

Watching the Demon Court crumble, Taiyi's hand within his sleeve was clenched tightly, his gaze profound.

"I am Tongtian. The Demon Court dared to trespass into my Dao field. Know this, Saints cannot be lightly insulted. Today, I sever a corner of your Demon Court. From now on, any member of the Yao Race shall not approach within ten thousand miles of Kunlun, lest you blame me for not issuing a warning!"

Tongtian's icy voice, amplified by Saintly power, reverberated throughout the Great Desolation.

All living beings looked on, seeing the eternally existing Demon Court now alight with divine fire, countless structures collapsing towards the earth. The corpses of Demon Generals and soldiers rained down like hailstones, innumerable.

"This... this is a Quasi-Saint's doing?!"

They trembled as they witnessed the scene, as if transported back tens of thousands of years to the great battle that swept across the Great Desolation.

On that day, tens of thousands of Immortals perished, including even Primordial Unity Golden Immortals and Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals.

These cultivators, who could dominate a region even in the Great Desolation, were now struck down and annihilated by a Quasi-Saint's casual move.

The demons of the Demon Court also fell silent. They had once believed that by joining the Yao Race, they could roam freely throughout the Great Desolation.

But this scene now clearly told them that even gathering many weak individuals would still result in indiscriminate slaughter if they encountered true powerhouses.

This world would forever be governed by the principle of the strong ruling the weak.

If they truly provoked someone they shouldn't have, even the Demon Court could not protect them.

Thinking of this, they were filled with dread.

The Northern Region, previously a chaotic mess due to those burdened with immense Karmic Debt, unexpectedly welcomed a brief period of peace for many years to come.

Endless Chaos.

Zixiao Palace.

The Chaos Qi was violent, capable of obliterating ordinary Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals.

Yet, Zixiao Palace suppressed a region of Chaos, which flowed around it like a docile river.

If one were to look, they might even perceive Zixiao Palace as somewhat illusory, as if it existed independently of Chaos, yet was transcendent.

Inside Zixiao Palace.

Hongjun opened his eyes, casting his gaze towards the direction of the Great Desolation's Demon Court.

Although he resided in Chaos, he constantly monitored everything happening in the Great Desolation.

He was about to merge with the Heavenly Dao and naturally had to ensure its development was not affected in any way.

When he saw East King Duke establish the Immortal Court, he had regretted it, regretting granting him the title of Heavenly Emperor.

He knew that the future trajectory of the Heavenly Dao had no place for East King Duke.

If not for the critical juncture he was currently in before merging with the Dao, preventing him from leaving Zixiao Palace freely, he would have wanted to personally set things right.

However...

He looked at Tongtian's aura pressuring the Demon Court and was immensely satisfied.

This was also one of the reasons he had taken the Three Pure Ones as disciples.

Since he could not act freely, the Three Pure Ones could.

Although the Immortal Court was powerful now, the Great Desolation Tribulation would not begin for hundreds of thousands of years.

During this time, he had already commenced his third sermon.

The Three Pure Ones had also become Saints. With three Saints, how could East King Duke resist?

Thinking this, Hongjun's worries vanished, and he resumed his contemplation of the secrets of merging with the Dao.

Heavenly Court.

Divine Hall.

East King Duke sat enthroned on a high platform. On the divine altar lay two golden booklets.

The booklets bore many mottled energies; some were immensely powerful, while others were as weak as the wind.

"Myriad Immortals Scroll!"

This was a treasure bestowed by Hongjun after he became the Head of Male Immortals.

It could record the names of all male Immortals under heaven, facilitating their governance.

The other belonged to the West Queen Mother, but he had taken it.

"Good Corpse?"

East King Duke's gaze pierced through the Heavenly Court, crossing billions of miles to see the sword Tongtian had unleashed.

While other beings and Great Powers were astonished by the power of Tongtian's sword strike, he focused his attention on Tongtian himself.

Upon seeing Tongtian unleash his Good Corpse, he felt no jealousy. Instead, a mocking smile appeared on his lips.

Cutting the Three Corpses to attain the Dao, though seemingly a supreme path leading directly to Sainthood, was in reality a dead end.

So he simply treated it as a method, like the three-lives bodies he evolved, rather than actually severing the three corpses.

There are many paths to becoming a Saint. The furthest is the one taken by the Great God Pangu, who opened the heavens with his strength, directly becoming a Great Dao Saint upon success.

If we speak of closer paths, during the time of Dao Ancestor Hongjun, the Demon Ancestor Luohu, and the clan leaders of the Dragon-Phoenix and Kirin tribes all forged their own paths and became Saints.

Especially the Demon Ancestor, who was only one step away from Becoming a Saint.

Therefore, severing three corpses is not the only method to become a Saint.

And if you truly sever them, it's irreversible; you can only follow that path to the end.

Once you've painstakingly severed the three corpses, you still need to merge them to become a Saint.

At this stage, one can only use the Primordial Violet Qi to achieve this.

Herein lies the problem: there are only seven strands of Primordial Violet Qi in total. The Three Pure Ones, the two from the West, and Nuwa—that leaves only one strand.

Even if you were to snatch this strand of Primordial Violet Qi from all the Great Powers, after becoming a Saint with it, you would be controlled by the Heavenly Dao.

You would become a puppet of the Heavenly Dao, working for it.

What he desires is freedom and ease, not to become a puppet with no control over himself.

Therefore, the path he must take is the same as that of the Great God Pangu.

Proving the Dao through laws.

Naturally, he dared not emulate the Great God Pangu's path of opening the Great Desolation world with his strength to instantly become a Great Dao Saint.

However, he has the Chat Group, which can gather the Auspiciousness of all heavens, making it perfectly suited for the path of the Auspiciousness Great Dao.

And the law of faith is precisely a branch of the Auspiciousness Great Dao.

As long as he fully comprehends the law of faith, the Auspiciousness Great Dao will be within his grasp.

East King Duke shook his head and snapped back to reality. He hadn't even become a Quasi-Saint yet, so thinking about these things was useless.

He refocused his mind, turning his attention to the Myriad Immortals Scroll before him.

Ever since he obtained the Myriad Immortals Scroll, he had always felt some flaw, making it imperfect.

He couldn't understand why until the West Queen Mother agreed to become the Queen Mother of the Immortal Court and brought out her Myriad Immortals Scroll. Only then did he understand the cause of this imperfection.

"There are no two identical leaves in the world, so there can't be two identical Magic Treasures, unless they were originally one Magic Treasure!"

With a thought from East King Duke, the Heavenly Emperor Seal emerged from his body, emitting immeasurable divine light that illuminated the entire Heavenly Court.

Since establishing the Immortal Court, the Heavenly Emperor Seal seemed to have come alive, filled with vitality and living up to its name even more.

Before, he had the title of Heavenly Emperor in name only, without corresponding power, which prevented him from unleashing the full might of the Heavenly Emperor Seal.

As the Heavenly Emperor Seal appeared, the two golden scrolls seemed to be strongly stimulated, beginning to emit multicolored divine light.

Streams of Heavenly Emperor Auspiciousness flowed slowly from the Heavenly Emperor Seal, coiling around the two Myriad Immortals Scrolls like threads, binding them tightly.

"Dong!"

Like a drop of water into a pond, the Great Dao hummed softly!

[Ding! Through your unremitting efforts, you have comprehended the secret of the Myriad Immortals Scroll and obtained the Investiture of Immortals!]

The long-awaited notification lit up before his eyes.

"Investiture of Immortals?!"