The Dao Ancestor's Decree, the Heavenly Emperor's Ascension

Nearly three thousand years had passed, and the Heavenly Emperor's ascension was drawing near.

Liu Yuanchen and his master, Grand Immortal Zhenyuan, left Longevity Mountain and headed straight for the Ninth Heaven.

The sky of the Primordial World was entirely different from that of the Dongyang Realm.

The Dongyang Realm was a world created through the Earth Immortal Path. The whole world was spherical, half land and half space.

The sky's highest point lay at a height equal to the radius of the entire world.

The Primordial World, however, was different. It had come into being when Great God Pangu split Chaos apart.

Its sky was not a hemisphere. It was more like a pot lid covering the Primordial Land.

Thus, the sky was nowhere near as high as the radius of the entire Primordial World.

Beneath the Spatial Barrier above lay thirty-six heavens.

The Ninth Heaven was high, but reaching it was not difficult for immortals.

The master and disciple set out from Longevity Mountain and arrived at the Ninth Heaven in just a few days.

The Ninth Heaven was far from the bustling place it would become after the Investiture of the Gods.

Only a handful of heavenly generals stood guard before the Southern Heavenly Gate.

Their strength was unremarkable—around the Earth Immortal level.

They could not compare at all to the Four Heavenly Kings who would guard the gate later.

But the Heavenly Court had only just been founded, and the Heavenly Emperor had few people under him.

Putting together even a passable show of authority was already quite an achievement.

Liu Yuanchen and Grand Immortal Zhenyuan reached the gate and showed their invitations. The generals guarding it stepped aside.

An attendant then led the master and disciple toward the Soaring Heaven Palace.

Liu Yuanchen had once