Naturally, no one knew of anything that had happened in Zixiao Palace.
That terrifying scheme, powerful enough to overturn the entire order of the Primordial World, was silently brewing in the deathly stillness before the storm.
Meanwhile...
On Golden Ao Island, an entirely different scene unfolded.
An uproar!
A clamor!
Unprecedented fervor swept across the entire immortal island and soared into the clouds!
Countless Interception Sect disciples, whether from the Outer Sect or the Inner Sect, had gathered together, their faces brimming with irrepressible excitement and adoration.
Their discussions swelled into an ocean tide, each wave rising higher than the last.
"Heavens! This is simply astonishing!"
"Single-handedly bringing a complete Great Thousand World into being! This... this is a miracle unheard of!"
"For cultivators like us to witness this with our own eyes-even if we perish and our cultivation scatters someday, we will have no regrets!"
"Senior Brother Changqing... no, Sage Changqing! He created a world with his own hands! Across all the ages, who could compare, apart from the Dao Ancestor who split heaven from earth?!"
"Hahaha! What Orthodox Xuanmen? What Heavenly Dao's Great Momentum? Before our Senior Brother Changqing, they are all clay chickens and straw dogs!"
Heartfelt cries of wonder resounded endlessly through every corner of the Interception Sect.
Every disciple's face shone with the wild joy of sharing in his glory.
Gu Changqing's earlier feat had not merely demonstrated his strength; it had given the entire Interception Sect an unprecedented shot in the arm!
After all, the birth of a world was an utterly earthshaking event even for a Saint's Lineage.
And yet...
The man at the center of it all, worshipped as a deity by countless disciples, had long since vanished from sight.
Within his cave abode.
Peaceful and still.
It seemed like an