With Yue Province raising its cauldron, the provincial cauldron smoothly entered the Earth Temple and began opening the Spirit Cauldron Secret Realm. It could be said that the ceremony for Yue Province raising its cauldron was already more than halfway complete.
What came next was the Imperial Grandson proclaiming the edict, recounting the merits of the Iron Sword Bamboo Xiong Family and others in developing Yue Province. He then appointed Xiong Tielin, head of the Xiong Family, as the Governor of Yue Province, and elevated the Iron Sword Bamboo Xiong Family to a third-rank aristocratic clan of the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty, to guard Yue Province for all time.
Thus, the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty gained another province, bringing its total to twenty-two provinces; it also gained another aristocratic clan, bringing the number of such clans to sixteen.
As Xiong Tielin, the Governor of Yue Province, led the Xiong Family in accepting the imperial edict and the great seal of the Yue Province Governor—
Within the manifested Human Way Heavenly Court above, vast amounts of Human Way Destiny and the Immortal Dynasty's national fortune immediately poured down, flowing into Yue Province to suppress and cleanse heaven and earth.
At the same time, the Iron Sword Bamboo Xiong Family, the Brocade Silk Jiang Family, and many other aristocratic clans, prominent local lineages, Immortal Dynasty military units, and others who had participated in the development of Yue Province were all blessed by Human Way Destiny and the Immortal Dynasty's national fortune.
For a time, auras surged in several places across the scene. They all belonged to cultivators on the verge of breakthroughs; now, with destiny settling upon them, their cultivation stirred, faintly showing signs of advancing.
One such place was particularly conspicuous. It lay among the Xiong Family contingent conducting the ceremony