In the Purple Star Palace, Qing Xuan had only just sat down when a peal from the Chaos Bell passed through the Cosmic Star Sea and reached the palace.
Kong Xuan turned toward the East Sea. "Master, Mistress, the Immortal Court has gathered more and more divine beings over the years."
"After the Myriad Immortals Assembly, the tribes of the East Sea gathered at Penglai again. Now even the spiritual vitality of the stars throughout the heavens is flowing there."
Qing Xuan followed the sound of the bell with his gaze. A Pure Yang Sun was illuminating the East Sea.
Beneath that sun, the fate aura of myriad immortals converged. Countless thoughts rose and fell with the Dao light, staining the once-pure radiance of pure yang with a layer of somber color.
Qing Yi also raised her eyes. The essences within the Qiankun Cauldron had yet to be fully refined, but the fate aura of myriad immortals before her had already revealed an entirely different transformation.
In the Immortal Court on Penglai, the Eastern King stood above the myriad immortals, the Dragon-Headed Staff hanging at his side.
The thoughts of the gods all flowed into the Pure Yang Sun. Some sought the Dao, some sought power, and others hoped to use the Immortal Court's might to reclaim what they had lost.
He accepted all those desires, using his own Great Dao to bind together the fate aura of myriad immortals.
The Pure Yang Sun grew ever more brilliant. Deep within it, the shadow of a black lotus flickered in and out, always hidden where the immortals could hardly see it.
Within the Outer-Domain Demon Realm, beneath the Twelve-Layered Dark Heaven, countless Heavenly Demons opened their eyes, following the desires that drifted out.
Luohou sat upon the World-Destroying Black Lotus, watching