[Xue Qing's breakthrough produced eight Dao chimes in total, one of which was especially distinct. Outsiders might not have been able to hear the difference, but having verified the Supreme Great Dao and the Great Dao yourself, you immediately realized that Xue Qing had also received the Great Dao's response.
You immediately shared this good news with Xue Que beside you, sending him into wild delight. Were it not for the fact that nothing had been fully settled yet, and for his fear of disturbing his daughter's Dao Verification, he would have surely thrown back his head and laughed three times...]
[That same year, as Xue Qing completed the third stage of Dao Verification, Dao Shaping, Cold Abyss Divine Palace gained another newly advanced Immortal King—the fourth after you, Han Ze, and Han Liang.
The older generation had not yet fully aged, yet Cold Abyss Divine Palace's new generation of Immortal Kings was already rising one after another. With a genius like you leading them, anyone could see that once the next generation matured, Cold Abyss Divine Palace might well forge another era of glory.]
[Elsewhere, Hou Ba fell into thought after watching Xue Qing's entire breakthrough. Ye Chen did not hurry to leave Snow City either. He returned to the residence you had left for him in Maple King Palace, seemingly intending to stay for some time and digest what he had gained from this observation ceremony...]
[In the 4,571,358th year, after Xue Qing's Immortal King celebration banquet ended, Xue Que planned to enter secluded cultivation once more. This time, you could clearly sense the change in his aura.
It seemed that, just as you had thought, Xue Que's previous secluded cultivation had progressed slowly partly because he worried about his daughter. Both their cultivations stood at the threshold