Chen Wei was still in a daze.
Taibai Jinxing reacted swiftly, grabbed the young man by the back of his collar, and hauled him up, smoothly covering for him. "Qingquan, did helping the Third Holy Mother overcome her love tribulation take too much out of you? Were you so excited you forgot yourself?"
"Ah... yes!"
"You're right to reprimand me, Star Lord!"
Chen Wei's mind raced. Catching on, he hurriedly straightened and bowed repeatedly toward the imperial throne above. "I expended too much magic power just now and forgot myself in my excitement! I spoke nonsense. Please forgive me! Please forgive me!"
As he clasped his hands and smiled apologetically, he secretly examined his immortal body.
He wasn't dead!
Not only was he alive, but his immortal body was perfectly intact.
The golden immortal dao fruit he had thought would dissipate completely rested securely in his dantian.
It was entirely undamaged-in fact, it had grown even more solid.
Laojun's Immortal Pill had mixed with the Great Sage's divine medicine, forming a profoundly mysterious aura over his dao fruit.
Barring any surprises, he was now just one final step away from the threshold of becoming a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.
Joy blossomed in Chen Wei's heart. Survive a great calamity, and blessings were sure to follow. As for the awkward situation of an entire palace full of immortals watching him make a monkey of himself, his greatest strength was his thick skin. As long as he wasn't embarrassed, the embarrassment belonged to his colleagues beside him.
There was no need to worry about why he had appeared in the Main Hall, either. It didn't matter.
Climbing down the ladder Taibai Jinxing had offered him was surely the right move!
Just then, the Great Heavenly Venerable spoke slowly. "My minister Chen, you