All beings knelt in submission, beseeching the Heavenly Emperor to enforce the heavenly rules

Within Dream-Awakening Heaven.

The Lord of Dream-Awakening Heaven did not hesitate. He immediately rose from his languid repose on the cloud bed and bowed deeply to the expressionless "Guan Daosheng," his voice brimming with delight:

"Teacher, have you come because of that decree from the Heavenly Emperor?"

His heart filled with anticipation.

With his teacher displeased, could Dream-Awakening Heaven seize this opportunity to greatly bolster its prestige?

If he could get his teacher to openly support him, perhaps he really would have a chance to destroy the Mythic Heavenly Court, establish a new Heavenly Court, and become the first female Heavenly Emperor of the Mythic Dimension!

Just thinking about it.

His spirits soared.

And this was no idle fantasy. He felt it was entirely possible!

After all, his teacher was a Fourth Step Dao-Treading Creature. Now that he was dissatisfied with that false Heavenly Emperor, he might very well take action.

Once he acted—

His teacher would represent Dream-Awakening Heaven!

"That is correct."

"It is because of the Heavenly Emperor's decree."

"Guan Daosheng" spoke expressionlessly.

He looked at the disciple before him, his heart devoid of warmth, filled only with indifference.

He had lived for over five thousand trillion epochs.

Over those long years, he had taken more than a thousand disciples.

Yet only six had truly become Dao-Treading Creatures.

And the disciple before him was the most gifted of them all, having reached the Third Step.

Of course—

The Third Step was merely the Third Step.

The gulf between it and the Fourth Step was immense.

For the Fourth Step stood only a hair's breadth from taboo life, and was even called "Quasi-Taboo."

The Third Step, however, remained far from taboo life.

His disciple was exceptionally gifted.

But what of it?

Now that his disciple had offended the Heavenly