Shichen's phantom floated silently within the void, an eleven-colored Dao Wheel slowly rotating behind him.
He lowered his head to look down at Di Jun and Hongyun, who were kneeling in the void. The power of time flowed through his pupils as he traced back the cause of everything.
A silent pressure enveloped them. Di Jun and Hongyun's breathing grew heavy, cold sweat sliding down their foreheads.
After an unknown period of silence, Shichen's phantom finally spoke, his Dao voice indifferent:
"So that's how it is. I was wondering why a great amount of providence had suddenly gathered here, even increasing my source authority by a fraction."
He lowered his gaze toward Di Jun, his tone easing slightly. "Di Jun, I already know of your merits."
"Everything is for the Dao Venerable! This junior would not hesitate to die ten thousand deaths!" Di Jun hurriedly kowtowed, unable to hide the excitement in his voice.
Shichen's phantom fell silent for a moment, as though considering something.
Then, with a flick of his finger, two streams of light flew from his fingertips and plunged directly into Di Jun's glabella.
Di Jun only felt his brow grow hot as two vast torrents of information surged into his sea of consciousness.
"This is your reward. One is a drop of my Demon God True Body blood essence," Shichen's phantom said calmly.
"Fuse with it, and from this day onward, you will become a true inheritor of my lineage. From then on, you will no longer be restricted by the Heavenly Dao's Sage position. You may cultivate the laws together and go straight to Hundun."
"The second is my inheritance technique. Whether you can comprehend it depends on your own Creation."
Di Jun blankly raised a hand to touch his brow, before overwhelming ecstasy instantly