"Thank you, eldest senior brother!" Zhao Gongming accepted the divine talisman, grinning so broadly his eyes disappeared, and happily stepped aside.
Qin Mu's gaze next settled on Lady San Xiao.
"Yunxiao, Qiongxiao, Bixiao, step forward to receive your investiture!"
The three peerlessly beautiful immortals floated forward, landed before the platform, and bowed in unison.
"Yunxiao (Qiongxiao, Bixiao) is here, awaiting eldest senior brother's Divine Decree."
Bixiao looked up at Qin Mu and blinked her bright, lively eyes, her gaze filled with admiration and joy.
Looking at San Xiao, Qin Mu spoke gently. "My three junior sisters established the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, stripped the Golden Immortals of the Clarify Teachings of their Three Flowers on the Crown, and crushed the arrogance of Xiqi's rebels."
"Today, I hereby invest you as the Responsive Immortal Goddess of Universal Influence, to wield the Primordial Golden Dou, govern the endlessly renewing breath of life in the mortal world, and oversee the reincarnation of mortals and immortals throughout the Three Realms!"
Lady San Xiao accepted the command in unison and received the divine talismans shimmering with divine light.
Next, the God-Striking Whip in Qin Mu's hand swung again and again.
He recited one divine name after another. With each name, a divine seat of Heaven and Earth descended into the corresponding cultivator.
"Huang Feihu, I invest you as the Great Benevolent Sage Emperor Equal to Heaven of Mount Tai, the Eastern Sacred Mountain, to oversee fortune and misfortune throughout Heaven, Earth, and the mortal world, and command the Five Sacred Mountains and all renowned peaks!"
"Saint Mother Jinling, I invest you as the Dipper Mother, Divine Lord of Kan Palace, to preside over the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation and command the eighty-four thousand stars and baleful celestial powers!"
"Four Generals of the Mo