Had Heaven Not Given Birth to Me, Feathered Ascension... The universe boiled.
News of Feathered Ascension attaining the Dao was like a massive stone plunging into an abyss, the ripples it stirred sweeping across the entire sea of stars.
Mortal beings fell to their knees, cultivator sects trembled, and ancient sacred lands and divine dynasties alike sent envoys bearing lavish gifts toward the Ancestral Star of the Feathered Ascension Divine Dynasty, seeking to pay homage to the new emperor.
Golden radiance pierced the universe like a sharp sword cleaving through the sea of stars, plunging straight toward the Great Cosmos Ancient Star.
The entire ancient star trembled at that instant, unable to contain its excitement.
Within the divine dynasty's territory, every city and every continent where dragon banners flew erupted in earthshaking cheers at the same time.
"Feathered Ascension Great Emperor! Feathered Ascension Great Emperor! Feathered Ascension Great Emperor!"
The waves of sound rose higher and higher, as though they would overturn the very heavens.
In the square before the divine dynasty's imperial palace, countless heavenly soldiers and divine generals knelt densely packed together, their foreheads pressed against the cold stone slabs while their bodies shook violently with excitement.
"Everyone."
A calm voice descended from the nine heavens.
Feathered Ascension stood in the Void, with an endless river of stars behind him and the divine dynasty's ancestral court beneath his feet.
He had not deliberately unleashed his pressure, yet the natural aura belonging to a Great Emperor had already caused the entire sky to distort faintly, as if even the Void itself could not bear his existence.
His gaze swept over the kneeling officials and those familiar faces. Galaxies flowed in the depths of his eyes, tranquil as the vast heavens overlooking all eternity.
"I have returned."
The old Divine