"It was actually this. You are truly generous, sir."
Yu Chen looked at the treasure the celestial god had handed over and sighed with feeling.
The treasure was a palm-sized glazed stone, crystal-clear and translucent. Seven-colored radiance flowed within it, changing in an instant, as though it contained every splendid hue in the world.
"A naturally formed Myriad Radiance Glazed Stone. These are not commonly seen. Only someone like you, who governs the morning glow, evening twilight, and countless rays of light beneath heaven, could have some left. Such a palm-sized piece makes the congratulatory gift I prepared beforehand seem rather unpresentable."
An exceedingly aged celestial god at the side glanced at the glazed stone. His dry, wizened fingers reached into his sleeve and took out a golden lotus wreathed in dark yellow qi, which he handed to Yu Chen.
"You two—one has brought a Myriad Radiance Glazed Stone wrought by heaven and earth, while the other has brought a golden lotus blossom condensed from acquired vows and merit. What are poor folk like us supposed to do?"
A Dao Realm cultivator could not help but laugh bitterly as he looked at the gifts presented by the two celestial gods.
Since ancient times, Myriad Radiance Glazed Stones had been among the gods' favorite ornaments. They were treasures born of heaven and earth, containing every splendor of the world. Their nature was somewhat akin to the manifestation of Dao principles governing clouds, rosy mists, and radiance—or rather, derivatives of authority over clouds, rosy mists, and radiance.
When necessary, they could supplement golden-edict divine authority.
Moreover, if such a thing was nurtured entirely by heaven and earth, it would unconsciously carry certain laws of the world's operation. Following external fate, the seasons, and other influences, it displayed changes of color that even