The Five Directional Gods acknowledged it. Earth Mother remained in seclusion, while after leaving and returning three times, the Heavenly Emperor had used the sovereignty of heaven to slaughter a large number of low-ranking ancient gods, then stayed motionless at the center of the Heavenly Realm.
Throughout the entire divine path, no one could any longer oppose Yu Chen's Divine Immortal Path.
As the unseen tide of fortune settled, a wisp of Azure Light surfaced in Yu Chen's eyes.
One hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred talismans automatically combined, forming something like a divine decree yet also like an authority, rising and falling within Yu Chen's pupils.
Yu Chen's aura changed again and again. First it became obscure and profound, then ethereal and sacred, then elusive and traceless, unfathomable and indescribable, before finally returning to how it had been at the start.
"Alas..."
Many heavenly gods sighed. They could all sense that the fortune of the divine path was inexorably merging with that of the immortal path.
And given the original disparity between the fortunes of the immortal and divine paths, calling it a merger was merely putting it nicely.
To put it plainly, Yu Chen's sermon and the Five Directional Gods' acknowledgment had each drawn away a portion of fortune from the immortal and divine paths, laying the foundation for the Divine Immortal Path to spread through this universe.
Because the Divine Immortal Path was closer in intent and foundation to the immortal path—and was even attached to it as one of its branches—
To the eyes of most cultivators of the divine path, it meant that the divine path's fortune had begun shifting toward the immortal path.
Some heavenly gods even believed that the Divine Immortal Path was merely something Yu Chen had created to seize the immortal path's