Within Immortal Plum Heaven.
The secret realm was wondrous, its palaces magnificent.
"It has become a world unto itself-"
Xu Xuan landed on a bank of golden clouds and surveyed the vast heavenly realm. The surrounding incense offerings of the Divine Dao clustered around him, gathering ceaselessly in his shadow before turning into a gleam of gold at the position corresponding to his heart.
He did not stop them.
Altar Thunder governed the divine office of thunder.
In the earliest times, the thunder god's office must have belonged to Shock Thunder. The deity of Shock Thunder in that age was closer to primordial witchcraft, and could hardly be said to possess a distinct personality. Names such as Lightning Flash and Abundant Thunder had all been honorifics for the god of thunder during the Primordial Era!
Later, Tianpeng changed the divine offices. Shock Thunder then became entirely the Thunder Void path spoken of by Heavenly Huo, approaching the natural order, while Altar Thunder acquired the authority to establish heavenly gods!
The position of a heavenly god was as exalted as those of Yuyi and Jie Lin.
The fortune official qi within Immortal Plum Heaven surged toward him with great intimacy, yet dared not settle directly upon Xu Xuan. Whether out of respect or fear, it only dared gather in the shadows behind him.
Xu Xuan deliberately refrained from controlling his divine ability, wanting instead to observe Altar Thunder's autonomous response.
Had another Dao lineage acted this way and dared encroach upon thunder, Altar Thunder's self-regulating nature would likely have already begun stripping it away. It would never have allowed an outer Dao any foothold.
Now, Xu Xuan let the divine ability within him respond on its own, yet nothing happened. Though it did not actively accept the qi, neither did it