The Great Sun Celestial Pool had shrunk its form and was traveling through the sky of the Demon Vine Minor World, surveying the land and the beings of this minor world, which the Immortal Sect had ruled for over a thousand years.
"Greetings, Great Sun Heavenly Lord!"
"Congratulations on returning victorious from the thousand-year war and laying the foundations for ten thousand years of Immortal Sect prosperity!"
In the Solar Abyss, a large gathering of Immortal Sect Nascent Soul Cultivators and Spirit Transformation cultivators from minor worlds bowed deeply.
Every one of them was beaming. The younger members of the Immortal Sect gazed up at him with admiration and reverence, as though looking at living history, an ancient fossil.
Here stood a hero of the Immortal Sect's age.
A hero worthy of being recorded in history books, with several pages devoted to him!
The Spirit Transformation cultivators from the minor worlds felt profound awe. They did not dare harbor a single stray thought.
Flower Vine, Fire Leopard Three, and the other Spirit Transformation cultivators of high moral character had no such thoughts to begin with. Even as they offered their excited congratulations, they cast expectant looks upward, a certain hope suddenly burning hot in their hearts.
"Please rise, everyone."
"Victory in this war belongs not to me, but to all our billions of citizens. We must not focus too much on individuals in war."
Jiang Ding laughed heartily, then repeated his reminder.
The civil officials and military commanders from the minor worlds below knew the Great Sun Heavenly Lord disliked elaborate formalities, so they soon straightened up.
Gift boxes opened of their own accord and flew before each Nascent Soul True Lord and Spirit Transformation cultivator.
"It has been many years since we last met. I have missed you."
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