Xuandu raised his eyes slightly toward the converging golden light, the corners of his mouth slowly curling into a smile.
The smile was faint, yet carried the ease of someone finally relieved, along with an unmistakable hint of satisfaction.
Sky-Mending Merit.
This was the moment he had been waiting for.
From inviting the North Sea Black Tortoise into the sect, to seizing Nuwa's Creation Divine Stone on the battlefield, to borrowing the Qiankun Cauldron at Purple Heaven Palace to refine the Five-Colored Stone, to using the Black Tortoise's four legs just now to support the sky and stabilize the four poles.
Every step had led to this moment.
At last, it had finally come.
"Bzz!"
Above the Ninth Heaven, the Sky-Mending Merit gathered in ever greater quantities, growing more and more abundant.
Golden light spread like a boundless sea.
But at the very moment the merit reached its peak—
"Boom!"
The Sky-Mending Merit that filled the heavens suddenly split apart!
Into three portions!
The three portions of merit became three golden pillars of light, crashing down toward three different destinations!
The first pillar of merit shot straight toward the East Sea!
It pierced through space, crossing hundreds of millions of miles in an instant, and fell above Golden Ao Island!
"Bzz!"
Golden Ao Island, the Immortal Island that had floated over the East Sea for countless ages, shook violently at that moment!
On the island, the Myriad Immortals of the Interception Sect all looked up, gazing at the golden pillar of light descending from the Ninth Heaven!
The pillar of light sank into the Interception Sect's fortune.
"Boom!!!"
The Interception Sect's fortune surged dramatically in that instant!
The scale and force of its surge left everyone who sensed it trembling to their core!
Thirty percent!
A full thirty percent!
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