Golden Lotuses Surge into the Ninth Heaven, and All Worlds Hear the Supreme Voice

Rumble—!!

Canglan Realm, Primeval Holy Land, Falling Geese Peak.

The vast sunlight that had hung high overhead was suddenly veiled in a supremely noble purple-gold glow!

Far above, boundless Nine-Colored Auspicious Clouds surged into being. Heavenly blossoms rained down, and Golden Lotuses sprang from the earth! Waves of mysterious Great Dao Immortal Music resounded through all of Canglan Realm and even the void of dozens of surrounding great thousand worlds!

It did not reach only a chosen few. Every living being with senses and spiritual awareness heard that faint, elusive voice of the Great Dao!

Withered trees sprang back to life, and flowers bloomed everywhere.

Countless ordinary cultivators who had been trapped at bottlenecks, their lifespans nearly exhausted, broke through on the spot as the descending rain of immortal light washed over them!

"Heavenly rain! Blossoms falling from the sky!"

"This is... the sign that the lecture at Zixiao Palace has ended and the Dao Listeners have returned!"

Across Canglan Realm, countless ancestors of ancient clans rushed out of seclusion. Gazing at the spectacle filling the sky, they fell to their knees in excitement, tears streaming down their faces.

And at the heart of this world-shaking spectacle—on the cliff at Falling Geese Peak—

Lin Qiye, seated cross-legged on a bluestone, snapped his eyes open!

Hum—!

A dark-gold divine beam a hundred miles long shot from Lin Qiye's eyes and pierced the clouds!

Deep between his brows, the ancient golden mark that had once flickered in and out of sight had fully formed into a sacred Heavenly Eye Talisman Seal. The Eight-Nine Profound Art roared to life within him. The little dark-gold cauldron deep in his Qi Sea unleashed a raging torrent of Laws, and his entire body shone as though forged from Immortal Gold, radiating the suffocating pressure of a god of war!

A breakthrough!

The second level of the Eight-Nine Profound Art—an adamantine body, and the first opening of the Heavenly Eye!

Lin Qiye slowly rose. Without using the slightest trace of spiritual power, he merely took one step forward. The ancient bluestone beneath his foot silently melted away, and tiny black fissures opened in the space around him.

"Immortals have five ranks... Golden Immortals are undying..."

Lin Qiye gripped the Broken Sword at his back, his eyes blazing like the sun.

"True Lord, I understand now! The end of our arduous cultivation is not this tiny Canglan Realm, but the supreme Immortal Dao deep within the Primordial World!"

Primeval Main Peak, Primeval Holy Hall.

"Hahahaha! I understand! I finally understand!!"

A deafening laugh burst through the hall like thunder from the highest heavens!

Ji Changkong, who had been seated at the center of the hall, floated into the air. His aged face grew younger before their eyes, his silver hair turned black, and his depleted vitality surged like a raging tide!

Above his head, a Purple-Gold Auspicious Cloud woven from pure human fortune and the Laws of the Immortal Dao slowly unfurled!

He broke through Dao-Slaying!

The peak Dao-Slaying bottleneck that had held him back for a full thousand years vanished the moment he absorbed the Zixiao Listening Dao Revelation! Ji Changkong skipped straight past half-step tribulation and attained the rank of Half-Step Human Immortal in one leap!

"Congratulations, Holy Lord! You've broken through and become an immortal!"

Outside the hall, the Heavenly Sword Guest, Perfected One Ten Thousand Laws, and dozens of other Grand Elders sensed the transformed immortal aura emanating from Ji Changkong, an aura that seemed to transcend this world. They dropped to their knees and cried out in wild delight!

Ji Changkong slowly descended to the floor, immortal energy drifting around him. His bright eyes were filled with absolute reverence for the Heavenly Dao.

"This is not my accomplishment. It is all thanks to the Dao Ancestor's supreme mercy, and to the fortune bestowed by the Heavenly Court and Elder Su Chen!"

Ji Changkong turned toward the Library Pavilion and bowed all the way to the ground with utmost respect!

And it was not only the Primeval Holy Land!

Deep within the Supreme Mystery Immortal Sect, in the Ziwei Star Domain!

Sect Leader Supreme Mystery True Lord's soul returned to his body, and he threw back his head with a long roar. Trees across the entire Supreme Mystery Mountain Range sprouted new leaves, while nine spirit veins became True Dragons and soared into the sky! Supreme Mystery True Lord immediately declared that the sect would abandon its old, incomplete techniques. Every member would cultivate the Orthodox Xuanmen passed down by the Dao Ancestor instead!

Primordial Demon Realm, Nine-Tailed Sky Fox Forbidden Ground!

Ancestor Tu Shanye manifested a Nine-Colored Sky Fox form towering ten thousand zhang high. His nine tails blotted out the sky, and all his demonic energy transformed into the purest auspicious energy of the Immortal Dao. The myriad demons of the realm prostrated themselves and praised the Dao Ancestor's boundless power!

Heavenly Demon Great Realm, Nine Nether Blood Sea!

The First Demon Emperor, Netherworld Blood Emperor, tore his way out of the Blood Sea. He forcibly refined the killing intent within him, turned from the demonic path to the Dao, and founded the Asura Teaching on the shore of the Blood Sea, calling himself an honorary disciple of the Dao Ancestor!

Deep in the starry expanse, on a nameless abandoned mining planet!

A pillar of light erupted from the source of the Primordial Desolate Physique within the young Ye Chen, its power seeming to crush the galaxy. He broke through to the Golden Core Stage in one stroke.

As for the old unaffiliated cultivator Old Daoist Canghai, he sat cross-legged right there among the stars. A faint Loose Immortal radiance surrounded him as he traveled the worlds with a transcendent air, spreading the name of Dao Ancestor Hongjun!

For a time,

the return of the seven Dao Listeners, bearing the supreme teachings of Zixiao Palace, sparked an unprecedented frenzy for the Immortal Dao throughout all worlds!

Countless ancient powers and hidden clans that had once harbored doubts saw the astounding breakthroughs of Supreme Mystery True Lord, Netherworld Blood Emperor, and the others with their own eyes. They cast aside their last reservations, and the entire universe plunged into fervent Faith in Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Immortal Dao of Xuanmen!

Xuanmen stood established!

The Immortal Dao flourished!

All worlds came to pay homage!

Primeval Holy Land, Library Pavilion.

Sunlight shone brightly outside the window, amid birdsong and the scent of flowers.

Su Chen still sat quietly behind the wooden desk, holding a soft feather duster and gently brushing dust from the shelves.

Yet deep within his sea of consciousness, the system's alerts had ceased to be simple chimes. They had become a roar like a surging tsunami, so powerful it nearly burst the void:

[Ding! Ding! Ding!] The enactment of [First Lecture at Zixiao Palace] has concluded successfully! The concepts of the "Primordial Immortal Dao System," "Heavenly Immortal/Golden Immortal/Daluo," and "Orthodox Xuanmen" have left their ultimate imprint on reality throughout all worlds!

[Myth propagation has reached the divine peak!] Propagation of the "Primordial World/Zixiao Palace" system: 100% in Canglan Realm! 100% in the Ziwei Star Domain! 100% in the Heavenly Demon Great Realm! 100% in the Primordial Demon Realm! Above 95% in every one of the surrounding Thirty-Seven Great Thousand Worlds!

[Heavenly Dao order fully assimilated!] The rules of the Heavenly Dao in Canglan Realm and the surrounding star domains have been forcibly overwritten and reconstructed by the host's fabricated "Primordial Heavenly Dao"! The host has become the "Supreme Ruler" within the Heavenly Dao of this star domain!

[Karma Points have erupted at a cataclysmic rate!] Tenfold karmic feedback from the breakthroughs of the seven Dao Listeners: +800,000 points! Feedback from the Faith and altered perceptions of billions of beings across all worlds: +3,500,000 points! Ultimate reward for reconstructing and assimilating the rules of the Heavenly Dao: +2,000,000 points!

[Congratulations, host. Total available Karma Points: 6,300,000!]

"Six million three hundred thousand Karma Points!"

Staring at the staggering number on the system panel, Su Chen slowly stopped moving his feather duster.

He straightened up. Deep in his once-gentle, placid eyes flowed the same supreme Laws of chaos as those of Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

Now that propagation had reached one hundred percent and the rules of the Heavenly Dao had been fully assimilated, he was no longer merely a "scriptwriter" hidden behind the scenes, devising grand spectacles.

Across the star domains stretching for hundreds of millions of miles around him, he... was the true Heavenly Dao, the source of the myth itself!

With a wave of his hand, he could destroy a star system. With a single thought, he could bring all things back from the dead—a supreme god!

"The first step is finally complete."

Su Chen pushed open the Library Pavilion's lattice window and let the cool evening breeze stir his blue robe.

He looked down over the bustling yet solemn Primeval Holy Land, then raised his gaze to the vast star-filled sky. A deep smile touched his lips, as though he were looking down through the ages.

"With these six million points behind me, and Xuanmen believers spread across all worlds..."

"Next... it's time to take the 'great terror' that once brought down the Desolate Ancient Heavenly Court, the 'Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation' and 'Witch-Demon Calamity' hidden in the deepest reaches of the universe..."

"And unleash them upon the real world!"