Xuanjun Marquisate.
At that moment, a terrifying spiritual pressure suddenly surged from the heart of this immortal nation's imperial capital.
The indestructible and imperishable aura emanating from that spiritual pressure passed straight through the formation's barriers, alerting the powerful figures in the innermost district.
Celestial Immortal Chenglong, in particular, could not contain the joy flooding his eyes when he sensed that immortal essence.
"This... this is..."
"Immortal spirit! Immortal spirit! His Majesty, our great sovereign, has comprehended immortal spirit and become an Immortal King!"
"Wonderful! Becoming an Immortal King through immortal spirit makes him one of the most exalted among newly ascended Immortal Kings... wonderful, simply wonderful!" The core Celestial Immortals of the Xuanjun Marquisate exclaimed incessantly.
Their eyes brimmed with the joy of an approaching dawn.
And the figure in the cultivation area did not disappoint them.
Before long, the formation opened. Celestial Immortal Chenglong hurried inside with over a dozen core members and called out respectfully, "Congratulations, Alliance Leader, on attaining immortal spirit and becoming a Will-Enfeoffed King."
As for Immortal Marquis Xuangou within the formation...
He ought to be called Immortal King Xuanjun now.
His expression, too, held a measure of wistfulness.
"Six hundred thousand years slipped away... all this time, I struggled bitterly to take this step and escape the shadows of the Nine Heavens Immortal King and Immortal King Xuanlei. I never imagined..."
He sighed. "I sought it bitterly to no avail, yet when the Nine Heavens Immortal King fell, and my apprehension toward Xuanlei... also lessened because a Peerless Immortal King had burst onto the scene in our True Immortal Great World, the taut strings of my heart relaxed. To think I would touch upon the opportunity for immortality then. After a hundred years in seclusion, I finally attained immortality."
Celestial Immortal Chenglong naturally