"My lord, the Western Buddha Kingdom lies just ahead. All the gods we sent there have been killed by its cultivators!" A burly man with a halo shining behind his head knelt on one knee before Bai Feiyu, holding a court tablet as he spoke respectfully.
Beneath the awe-inspiring radiance of divine light, the burly man grew ever more deferential. His submission came from the depths of his heart.
The deeper his understanding of the Incense and Fire Dao and the methods of merit, the more he understood just how powerful the Divine Sovereign before whom he knelt truly was!
Rumor had it that, to establish the Divine Dao, this Divine Sovereign had willingly endured the suffering of crippling his own cultivation and letting others bully him.
He could truly be called a heaven-sent genius of great merit, great perseverance, and great compassion!
"As you command!" After hearing Bai Feiyu's order, the kneeling man answered excitedly, then turned into a wisp of white smoke and vanished, flying westward.
Over a Mortal World that had just received his investiture, Bai Feiyu stood dressed in white, the Heaven-Measuring Ruler hanging at his waist. His every movement was filled with solemn majesty. After hearing the report, he frowned and said mildly, "Deliver a final ultimatum to the Great Spirit Mountain Temple. If they refuse to accept investiture, the gods will ensure that no cultivators remain in the west!"
His voice was calm, yet filled with murderous severity, making the countless gods behind him tremble slightly.
The Divine Dao flourished. Neither aptitude nor resources mattered. Once someone became a god, their cultivation realm could rise swiftly as long as incense offerings flourished in the Mortal World.
This method of cultivation had produced a great many powerful gods with ordinary aptitude but pure and kind