The situation on Big Dipper was extraordinarily strange. Those at the very top stood with swords drawn, yet feared smashing the vase while trying to strike the rat. The Ancestral Kings below were cozying up to the Heavenly Court, while the warlike races, still shaken by God Spirit Valley's destruction, dared not make any reckless moves.
For a time, the situation across the Five Regions became exceedingly delicate, settling into a bizarre balance.
Amid this atmosphere, one stunning piece of news after another arrived.
Yao Yuekong, the young master of the Heavenly Demon Palace, took out a loan from the Heavenly Court and actually obtained a fresh portion of Heavenly Demon Body essence from Earth's Heavenly Scale Tribe. It restored his deficient constitution to perfection, causing his cultivation to soar as he swept across the Eastern Wasteland.
The Central Plains also had an outstanding prodigy. Xiang Yufei, whose fame rivaled Gai Jiuyou's, successfully severed the Dao and became the foremost Dao-severer of the current generation. Lin Xian, who should have held that position, had already become a saint and was gradually being regarded as a member of the older generation.
On the day the Central Emperor severed the Dao, astonishing phenomena shook the heavens. A purple sun hung in the sky, auspicious clouds of nine tribulations descended, and divine nectar welled up from the earth, startling the world. These were the very phenomena that had appeared when Emperor Hengyu severed the Dao in ages past.
The Saint Prince cultivated in seclusion on Mount Sumeru. It was said that he had already mastered the Six-Syllable Mantra and gained command of the Buddhist Sect's divine arts.
All of this showed that fortune was surging forth, the Dao-Difficult Era was about to end, and the Golden Great Era was just ahead.
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