Zixiao Palace, Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.
The Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti had hurried over as soon as they received the Dao Ancestor's voice transmission.
Nuwa arrived a little later because she had made a trip to the Earthly Dao.
But given that Saints could traverse space and time, she was still exceedingly fast.
This was the first time the Heaven-Appointed Six Saints had gathered since attaining sainthood.
Taiqing and Yuanshi sat together.
Jieyin and Zhunti sat together.
Tongtian glanced at them and sat on a meditation cushion a little farther away.
Nuwa was rather aloof by nature, so she also sat alone, neither too close nor too far away.
"I summoned you here this time to prepare for the next tribulation, the Investiture Tribulation."
Hongjun spoke.
"Is another tribulation coming already?"
"Dao Ancestor, what kind of tribulation is the Investiture of the Gods?"
Taiqing asked.
"After the Witch-Demon Tribulation, the karmic retribution between heaven and earth has yet to dissipate."
"The Demon Race withdrew in defeat from the Primordial Wilderness, and the Witch Race entered the Earthly Dao."
"Now Haotian rules the Heavenly Court, governs the Three Realms, and maintains order between heaven and earth."
"Yet the Heavenly Court is weak and short-handed."
"It needs to fill the ranks of its three hundred and sixty-five principal gods."
Hongjun spoke evenly.
It was actually because of that gatekeeping boy, Haotian?
Taiqing and the others felt somewhat reluctant.
They had never expected the protagonist this time-or rather, the ultimate beneficiary-to be a mere gatekeeping boy.
"The Investiture Tribulation will sweep through the Human Religion, the Chan School, the Interception Sect, the Human Race, the Earthly Dao, and Changsheng Heaven."
"It is a tribulation of slaughter for gods and immortals. You must not take it lightly."
Hongjun continued.
"Dao Ancestor, how