The world grew livelier, with more Heavenly Prodigies, more legends, and more dazzling brilliance.
The Ancient Emperors' sons and the Heavenly Prodigies who had once sealed themselves away were growing rapidly with the Dao Realm's help, hoping to catch up with the foremost Heavenly Prodigies of this age.
It would take time, but they truly could do it.
Their Foundation and underlying potential were solid. They had simply lacked the advanced methods developed throughout the Dao Calendar to strengthen themselves. The Dao Realm gave them that opportunity.
This was what the Emperors and Meng Chuan wanted to see: the more Heavenly Prodigies, the better, and the more future powerhouses, the better.
Looking upon the flourishing world, the Emperors marveled at the quality of this age.
"If I'd grown up in an age like this, perhaps I could have attained the Dao in a single lifetime," the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body sighed, recalling the past.
"If you'd been born in this age, you'd have been beaten black and blue," Huang Tian said solemnly.
"You might not even exist now," Divine Mark added.
The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body flew into a rage and fired back with lines about how sparrows could never know the ambitions of a swan, and how Saint Spirits looked down on others.
The Emperors smiled. The Great Accomplishment Sacred Body had a point, and so did the two Attendants.
Anything was possible.
The Emperors talked a while longer, then gradually fell silent as Meng Chuan spoke.
"Let me add another armful of firewood to this flourishing age."
Every gaze snapped to Meng Chuan's back. Each of them looked forward to what came next.
"Is it about to begin?" Wushi asked expectantly. If the grand vision the Heavenly Emperor had described came to pass, he felt his progress along