At the summit of Tianyuan Palace, in the Nine Heavens Cloud Sea.
A vast aura that transcended the myriad Daos of all heavens abruptly erupted from the boy who had been standing still. Neither sorrowful nor joyful, it seemed to encompass the primordial universe itself. The river of time flowed slowly within his eyes, and with one glance, he took in ten thousand years.
This was merely a wisp of Immortal Emperor aura he had inadvertently leaked, yet it instantly swept through the entirety of Tianyuan Palace!
The thirty-six Immortal Halls floating in the heavens shook violently. The palace-protecting immortal runes cracked inch by inch, while countless disciples, True Immortals, and Golden Immortals within the palace all fell prostrate, trembling from head to toe, without even the courage to raise their heads.
Even the unfathomably cultivated Tianyuan Immortal King, who presided over the palace, turned deathly pale. His soul trembled violently as towering waves surged through his heart—this was the might of an Immortal Emperor! The supreme realm of legend, transcending Immortal Kings and ruling over all heavens!
The next instant, Tianyuan Immortal King flashed forward repeatedly and stood bowed before the youth in utmost terror, his voice filled with barely concealed reverence and disbelief.
Hadn't this kid just ascended from the lower realm? How had he become an Immortal Emperor outright!?
No matter how hard he racked his brains, he had never imagined that this youth would, at this very moment and without the slightest warning, ascend to the rank of Immortal Emperor, taking a step no one had achieved throughout the ages.
"Your subordinate, the Lord of Tianyuan Palace, pays respects to the Immortal Emperor!"
Mu Xingqi—the protagonist who had just attained the Dao and become an Emperor—remained calm. He lightly raised a hand, and a gentle yet