First she attained celestial person perfection, then became an Immortal Lord.
What did this mean?
The Lords of Heaven and Earth were puzzled by Xiao Yuanjun's actions.
Cultivating the Immortal Dao through Qi Refining to the Immortal Lord realm certainly made one powerful, but no more powerful than celestial person perfection. Once one proved the Dao and became a True Lord, so-called Celestial Persons and Immortal Lords were mere ants that could be exterminated with a turn of the hand.
Rather than becoming an Immortal Lord, why not pursue true-seeking Dao attainment directly? Was this not an unnecessary extra step?
"No, it is no unnecessary step. This is her Truth-Seeking Rite."
True Lord Cloud-Shifting Floating Light was remarkably perceptive and laid bare the hidden mystery with a single remark.
"A Truth-Seeking Rite?"
"What kind of Truth-Seeking Rite is this?"
"I've never heard of such a thing. Fellow Daoist Cloud-Shifting, could you explain in greater detail?"
Listening to the lords' questions, True Lord Cloud-Shifting Floating Light said nothing more.
That was all she could discern. She truly could not see the finer details; presumably, only Xiao Yuanjun herself knew exactly what she was doing.
It was just as True Lord Cloud-Shifting Floating Light had said.
Becoming an Immortal Lord was indeed part of the Truth-Seeking Rite, but that was not quite accurate. The Immortal Lord realm was merely incidental. What Xiao Yuanjun truly wanted was the Only-I Dao Fruit in her palm.
An Immortal Lord's Dao Fruit had endless wondrous applications. At the Immortal Lord stage, it could be regarded as a unique, exclusive mystic wonder belonging to an Immortal Lord of the Qi Refining to Immortality Path, and it also bestowed an Immortal Lord standing equivalent to that of a Celestial Person.
For instance, Immortal Lord Huizhao of the Heaven-Cutting