The Heavenly Palace assembly continued.
The divine maidens and celestial consorts performing dances were replaced batch after batch, while all manner of delicacies and divine fruits were served again and again.
The gods presented treasures and demonstrated their arts, competing for superiority in contests and duels, drawing forth a profusion of auspicious phenomena. How carefree they were.
Completely unaware that the chaos of the mortal world had already begun to show its first signs.
Though even if they knew, they likely would not have cared much.
Most of the deities able to enter the hall were at the "Great God" level, governing immensely important authorities over a region and presiding over matters of yin and yang, fortune and calamity. So long as life and death continued their cycle in the mortal world, and fortune and misfortune came overnight, their divine positions would remain unaffected.
Or they were at the "True Lord" level, whose cultivation had already been considerable before ascending to godhood, and who had taken divine positions solely for the longevity and long life they offered.
Thus, only a very small number of gods, such as the Lunar Star Lord, had left the Imperial Zenith High Heaven Hall.
As for that Heavenly Venerable, he still sat with lowered eyes in contemplation, without uttering a word.
The Golden Crow incarnation that had come to attend the banquet had not left either. After the Lunar Star Lord departed, it occasionally glanced at the Dao Platform above, its expression inscrutable.
"If we are talking about enjoyment, it still has to be the Divine Path," Hong Sovereign remarked with feeling.
The Divine Path was difficult to enter and laden with restrictions, so naturally its followers devoted more of their thoughts to pleasure.
After watching for some time, he found that all manner of