Arc 17The Heavenly Court Emerges
Qi Yun developed his own Dao Attainment method, then seized Lingyong’s Divine Dao and defied Heaven’s Will with the Investiture of the Gods. After Desolate Halberd True Lord fought the coffin bearers and warned of a coming war, the True Lords uncovered the Heavenly Court, which stirred Qi Yun’s Investiture.
- Youquan attained the Blood Sea Dao and became a True Lord, breaking the influence manipulating the True Lords before a hidden figure erased and then failed to destroy him.
- Youquan explained the Xuanhuang Dao Attainment Method to Qi Yun, who rejected both it and the Primordial Spirit method alone and declared he would unite the twelve fundamental Great Daos into his own First Dao Attainment Method.
- Qi Yun left Xuanhuang to seek Great True Persons, but Wudao Extreme Dharma True Lord’s ambush of four bodhisattvas was interrupted by coffin bearers who drove the True Lords back toward Xuanhuang.
- Qi Yun disguised himself as Zhou Zimo in Lingyong, used his divine power and Great Luo Dao Sound to gather faith, and conquered the nine provinces with the Investiture of the Gods.
- When Heaven’s Will tried to reclaim the provinces, Qi Yun summoned the nine Governor Lords to oppose it, and Desolate Halberd True Lord appeared and explained the aversion that drove True Lords from Xuanhuang.
- Four coffin bearers confronted Desolate Halberd True Lord in Lingyong, fought him across the void, then withdrew after a pale hand halted the battle and warned him.
- Desolate Halberd True Lord urged Qi Yun to become a True Lord and led him toward Xuanhuang, but a force diverted them to Wudao Extreme Dharma True Lord, who presented a card depicting the Heavenly Court.
- Qingyuan True Lord Wendao, Dragon Elephant Prajna Bodhisattva, the Eastern Sea Dragon Lord, and Wudao Extreme Dharma True Lord tore away the clouds concealing the Heavenly Court as Qi Yun’s Investiture of the Gods trembled.