Within the Lost Temple, Mount Tai Venerable and the Heavenly Demon Venerable stood amid a sea of golden light.
They had been seeking treasures in the Lost Temple's rear garden, never imagining that they would enter the Divine Realm along with the Lost Temple itself.
Fortunately, the ascension passage had already reopened. As they passed through it, they received the protection of the power of the Heavenly Dao.
That expanse of golden light was formed from the Heavenly Dao's protective power.
At this moment, under the effects of that golden light, their bodies were undergoing earthshaking changes.
Their divine souls and Sovereign Ranks began to merge. These two forces, which should have been utterly distinct, were undergoing such a direct transformation under the power of the Heavenly Dao.
In the end, the two became one. The divine soul completely merged into the Sovereign Rank, transforming into a Divine Heart.
The Divine Heart was the core of a god's life, much like a mortal's soul.
As for their physical bodies, nourished by the powerful force of the Heavenly Dao, they rapidly fused with the matter of the Divine Realm and attained the most basic divine bodies, ensuring they could withstand the invasion of Divine Realm matter.
The Heavenly Demon Venerable had originally been a void beast that attained cultivation, an intermediate immortal lifeform within the Immortal Sacred Realm.
His ascension was vastly different from Mount Tai Venerable's.
His Sovereign Rank and divine soul likewise merged to form a Divine Heart.
However, under the effects of the Heavenly Dao's power, his body revealed its true form and became a Black Dragon.
Strictly speaking, after ascending to the Divine Realm, the Heavenly Demon Venerable could no longer be called a divine being. He should be called a divine beast.
Mount Tai Venerable had