The muscles at the corners of Sect Master Tongtian's mouth twitched violently, and his entire body froze in place.
He stared blankly at the ten-thousand-acre golden cloud of merit that blotted out the sky, threatening to turn the entire Primordial World into a golden divine realm. His mind was utterly blank.
This...
What was this?
After proving the Dao as a Primordial Unity Boundless Daluo Golden Immortal, there was actually... merit left over?!
He had already witnessed that spectacular, abyssal ocean of merit with his own eyes.
Yet at this moment, Tongtian once again understood with perfect clarity.
What Gu Changqing had gained this time far exceeded the understanding and imagination of all living beings.
Even an exalted Sage had never seen such immense merit.
But on second thought, it seemed... only reasonable.
After all, this time, the merit had not descended from a single Great Dao.
The Three Daos of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity had all bestowed their rewards together.
A moment later, Tongtian finally calmed the tremendous waves surging through his heart.
Just how terrifying a force was all this remaining merit?
Or rather, what further realm could it allow Gu Changqing to break through to?
Tongtian could no longer think at all.
After a brief, deathly silence, the Primordial World's Myriad Spirits finally recovered a sliver of their senses from that boundless shock.
For a moment, every creature's gaze converged once more upon the Wine Sword Immortal, who was still drinking without a care.
Only this time, beyond their existing reverence and admiration, those gazes held an unprecedented fervor and anticipation that seemed ready to boil over and burst into flame!
At some point, the disciples of the Interception Sect, whom Gu Changqing had sheltered within the Chaos Bead's inner space, had also reappeared.
Gazing at the