Indeed!
After the Witch-Demon Tribulation, the Investiture of the Gods Measureless Calamity should have erupted.
In that tribulation, the Twelve Golden Immortals of Chan Sect had originally incurred the trials of the mortal world, just as Haotian tearfully complained that the Heavenly Court had no one to employ.
This had sparked a struggle in which the Sages' disciples entered the mortal world to face the tribulation, using the Humans as their battlefield.
Yet now, Gu Changqing's repeated acts of defying heaven's will had not only prevented the Witch Clan's extinction.
The Humans' status had also risen enormously, giving birth in one stroke to the Human Dao, which stood on equal footing with the Heavenly Dao.
Thus, the Heavenly Dao erupted in fury and, regardless of the cost, forcibly elevated the Investiture of the Gods Measureless Calamity into a Measureless Measureless Calamity.
It would carry out this great purge of heaven and earth, whatever the cost.
In other words, it was through Gu Changqing's efforts alone that the original Investiture of the Gods Measureless Calamity became even more terrifying, even more earthshaking across the ages.
And the treasure bestowed by the Heavenly Dao Will before Hongjun was none other than the Heaven Book, one of the Three Books of Heaven, Earth, and Man-the Investiture of the Gods List renowned in later ages.
Clearly, in this Measureless Measureless Calamity, the true spirits of every mighty cultivator who perished would still enter the list, filling the positions of the Heavenly Court's rightful gods.
However, although Hongjun now understood the Heavenly Dao's intentions and knew the tribulation was approaching.
He did not immediately leave the Heavenly Dao Void and return to the Primordial World.
His gains this time had been tremendous, so he remained seated within the Heavenly Dao Void, stabilizing his cultivation while