Seven Edicts Pierce the Void, Stirring Frenzy and Bloodlust Across the Heavens

Canglan Realm, above the nine heavens.

Boom!

With a sweep of Su Chen's sleeve inside the Library Pavilion, seven rays of purple-gold immortal light tore through the void above the Primeval Holy Land!

These were no ordinary lights. They were Zixiao Dao-Hearing Edicts, imbued with the Laws of the Supreme Great Dao and the karma of the Primordial World. The instant they appeared, golden ripples spread across the sky of Canglan Realm. Purple Qi surged for thirty thousand miles, turning the heavens into a vast expanse of translucent purple jade.

Even more astonishingly, after piercing the barriers of Canglan Realm, the seven rays ignored the bounds of space and time. They shot into the depths of the boundless starry sky, becoming seven magnificent arcs that spanned several star domains!

"Are those... Zixiao Dao-Hearing Edicts?!"

"Heavens! The Dao Ancestor has granted seats at his lecture! Seven! Only seven!"

Across the myriad worlds, countless Tribulation Transcendence Stage old monsters and Primordial Sect Masters had been watching Canglan Realm with their divine senses. Now their eyes went bloodshot!

Dao Ancestor Hongjun had already manifested, suppressed chaos, revealed the three thousand Great Daos, and spoken of guiding the Ascension Path. The desires of the universe's strongest cultivators had reached a fever pitch. Now that seven rays representing the right to hear his teachings had appeared, how could these old monsters, who had lived for tens of thousands of years, possibly show restraint?

"Get them!"

"They're our hope of ascension! Our chance at eternal life!"

Deep in the starry sky, terrifying auras that had slumbered for ages erupted like volcanoes. Countless figures as vast as stars burst from hidden corners of the star domains and charged after the seven arcs!

But how could ordinary cultivators intercept immortal light woven from karma by Su Chen himself through brute force?

"Whoosh!"

The first purple-gold ray fell like a sun. Following a mysterious path beyond the speed of light and the principles of space, it passed straight through the Primeval Holy Land's protective formation and descended unhindered upon the summit of Falling Geese Peak!

Atop Falling Geese Peak, wind stirred the drifting clouds.

Lin Qiye, seated cross-legged on a bluestone, snapped his eyes open. The Golden Mark deep within his pupils blazed with dazzling divine light.

Before he could react, the first ray became an ancient, weighty sigil engraved with chaotic cloud patterns and the words "Purple Sky." It hovered gently before his brow.

"Hum..."

The sigil resonated with the Eight-Nine Profound Art within Lin Qiye more fiercely than ever before. In that instant, he seemed to hear the supreme Dao Ancestor whisper warmly beside his ear. The sigil silently merged with his flesh and blood, forming a faint purple-gold lotus mark in his right palm.

[First seat at Zixiao Palace: confirmed!]

Lin Qiye gazed at the purple-gold lotus in his palm and felt the supreme power within it, enough to protect his soul as it crossed chaos. Awe deepened in his eyes. He turned toward the Library Pavilion and looked at it for a long moment, then closed his eyes again to contemplate in silence.

At almost the same time...

The second purple-gold ray came roaring down amid boundless Purple Qi and plunged into the hall atop the Primeval Main Peak!

Inside the Primeval Holy Hall, Ji Changkong had been directing the elders as they counted the gifts brought by pilgrims from across the heavens. He froze as though struck by lightning.

A Zixiao Dao-Hearing Edict hovered quietly before him, radiating an eternal presence and supreme immortal light that cleansed the soul.

"Th-this... is for me?!"

Ji Changkong trembled violently. His eyes reddened, and two streams of hot tears spilled down his cheeks.

He had lived for three thousand years. With the end of his lifespan approaching, he had once lost all hope and struggled through his final days in despair. Elder Su Chen had revealed the truth to him with a few words. The revival of the Heavenly Court and the Netherworld had given him hope. And now... the supreme Dao Ancestor Hongjun had personally granted him an edict!

"I, Ji Changkong... thank the Dao Ancestor for granting me this teaching! I thank the Heavenly Court for its kindness!"

Disregarding his dignity as Holy Lord, Ji Changkong dropped to both knees in the center of the hall and bowed deeply toward the void. As he did, the second edict turned into a streak of purple light and entered his brow, becoming a purple-gold lotus.

[Second seat at Zixiao Palace: confirmed!]

The Primeval Holy Land had claimed two seats in a single day! As images of the scene spread across the starry sky, countless experts throughout the myriad worlds nearly spat blood from envy. Yet not one of them dared consider taking those edicts by force.

Everyone knew what stood behind the Primeval Holy Land: the Heavenly Court, the Netherworld, and an irresistible supreme order!

Whoever dared seize the edicts from Ji Changkong or Lin Qiye needed only to remember True Lord Kurong's fate when Black and White Impermanence came for his soul!

The Primeval Holy Land was untouchable. That left the other five rays as prizes to be fought over across the heavens!

Boom!

Deep in the starry sky, the third ray crossed the Ziwei Star Domain and flew straight into the ancestral hall of the Primeval Immortal Sect, where it stopped before the Supreme Mystery True Lord.

The strongest cultivator in the Ziwei Star Domain threw back his head and howled in excitement. He immediately bit his tongue and spat a drop of his vital blood into the edict, then roared an order across the entire star domain: "The Supreme Mystery Immortal Sect is sealing its gates at once! Raise the protective formation to full strength! Anyone who covets my edict will earn the Supreme Mystery Immortal Sect's undying enmity!"

[Third seat at Zixiao Palace: confirmed!]

The fourth ray pierced the boundary of the Primordial Demon Realm and flew deep into the forbidden grounds of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Foxes. Their ancestor, Tu Shanye, who had been in seclusion for ten thousand years, swallowed it whole.

[Fourth seat at Zixiao Palace: confirmed!]

The fifth ray plunged into the Nine Nether Blood Sea of the Heavenly Demon Great Realm and landed in the palm of the First Demon Emperor, the Netherworld Blood Emperor. Clutching the edict, the infamous fiend laughed wildly. His surging demonic aura shattered dozens of lifeless stars.

[Fifth seat at Zixiao Palace: confirmed!]

In less than half an hour, five of the seven edicts had found their owners!

After streaking across countless miles of stars, the final two purple-gold rays did not fall into the hands of any immortal sect or Ancient Era clan. Instead, they trailed long comet tails into the boundless star domains of wandering cultivators and a desolate, abandoned mining region!

"The last two! They're in the wandering cultivators' star domains!"

"Get them! Whoever claims one wins a heaven-defying opportunity! They could ascend to immortality!"

Pandemonium erupted!

The myriad worlds plunged into bloodshed and plunder on a scale never seen before!

Hidden Tribulation Transcendence Stage wanderers, ancient beasts that had long withdrawn from the world, and even a few impossibly lucky juniors fought brutal battles to the death in the starry sky for the last two Zixiao Dao-Hearing Edicts.

Stars shattered. Rivers of stars broke apart.

One after another, lofty Mahayana Stage and Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivators fell in the frenzied scramble for the Ascension Path, their souls destroyed along with their bodies.

At last, after three full days of savage fighting and shifting karma...

The sixth edict was seized by Canghai Old Daoist, an ancient wandering cultivator famous across the heavens and eight thousand years old. To claim it, he burned away half the essence of his soul.

But the seventh edict stunned everyone!

After circling through the starry sky, the seventh ray somehow evaded every old Tribulation Transcendence Stage monster's divine-sense blockade. It plunged into the depths of an abandoned mining planet and entered a seventeen-year-old boy. Though he was only at the Qi Condensation Stage, he had been born with the Primordial Desolate Physique!

The boy's name was Ye Chen. Once a servant discarded as worthless by his sect, he became one of the luckiest people in the heavens overnight, holding a Zixiao Dao-Hearing Edict through this chance from above!

And with that...

[All seven seats at Zixiao Palace: filled!]

The old monsters who had failed to claim an edict could beat their chests and howl in despair all they liked. In the palms of the seven recipients, the edicts had become Purple Sky Lotus Marks that could neither be stolen nor extracted by searching their souls.

At that moment, every eye in the universe fixed on those seven people.

Everyone waited with bated breath for Zixiao Palace to open Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens!

Primeval Holy Land, Library Pavilion.

Su Chen sat beside the green lamp, listening to notifications of Karma Points scrolling endlessly through his mind. He slowly breathed out.

"The seven seats are filled. The karma is set."

Su Chen tapped a slender finger against the wooden desk, an inscrutable smile on his lips as though he were looking down upon a chessboard.

"Lin Qiye represents the path of the gods, Ji Changkong the orthodox mortal world, the Supreme Mystery True Lord the great sects of the heavens, Tu Shanye the demons, the Netherworld Blood Emperor the Devil Dao, Canghai Old Daoist the wandering cultivators, and Ye Chen the lowborn child of fortune..."

"Every class and every faction across the myriad worlds has found its own 'anchor' in this web."

Su Chen rose and brushed the dust from his blue robe. Endless Laws of chaos glimmered deep in his eyes.

With a thought, he called up the final manifestation program he had prepared in the fourth-tier exchange. Activating it would also reduce his Karma Points to zero.

[First Lecture at Zixiao Palace: three thousand Great Daos, passage for the soul!]

"The time has come."

Su Chen smiled and said softly,

"Everyone... follow me Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens and hear the Dao."