"So he really is 'Azure Heaven,' one of the Nine Heavens..." Lianshan muttered, astonishment written across his face. "No wonder prophecies have always named him the central figure destined to face the tribulation, the one who can complete the ranks of the Nine Heavens and the key to all our endeavors."
Celestial Pivot explained, "The exalted stations of the Nine Heavens Hall Masters were Fruit Positions Our Sect claimed in advance while plotting to seize the Heavenly Dao and achieve Heaven-Sealing Dao Unification. Their titles are bound to cause and effect, and in the unseen workings of the world, a thread of destiny lies within them."
"Yet throughout the generations, not a single Nine Heavens Hall Master has succeeded. To this day, only 'Mystic Heaven,' into whom Sect Venerable Panling transformed, and 'Nether Heaven,' into whom the nonhuman Great Sage Xiangliu transformed, have taken that step. The others either perished on the spot or could not take it at all."
As it turned out, the titles of the Nine Heavens involved the unseen workings of cause and effect and destiny. Panling, Supreme Heaven Sect Master, had intended to establish his dominion over the Heavenly Realms by appointing the Nine Heavens. Yet after tens of thousands of years, he had not reaped a single grain. Instead, he himself and the nonhuman Great Sage Xiangliu, neither of whom had any connection to those titles, had managed to take that step.
Thus, they abandoned the Nine Heavens system and turned to supporting "Mystic Heaven," the form assumed by Sect Venerable Panling, with all their strength. The grand plan known as "Profound Realm Ascension to Immortality" arose in response.
Lianshan was utterly astonished. "Wasn't Profound Realm Ascension to Immortality supposed to follow the changing times and transfer the entire Spirit-Taming World out of this