All Heavens and Universe, a multitude of immortals ascend.

Such a scene, majestic and spectacular.

Under the watchful eyes of all deities, with every power focusing on the Immortal Realm,

Qilin Clan's Star God plan quietly unfolds.

Abiding by the principle of "lying low if possible," they stealthily ascended to the heavens, silently entering their chosen Star Domain, swiftly clearing some obstacles, and smoothly taking over several major stars as bases.

The whole process was sneaky and wily, drawing no attention from any parties.

Except for the Taixu Gods.

Yet, it wasn't only the Qilin Clan seizing this opportunity to act.

The Phoenix Clan was too.

"Now that Shen Ni has entered the game, we can start the Chaos Demon God plan. Let's see if we can truly summon a Chaos Demon God with his help."

At Phoenix Platform, a myriad of birds pay homage to the Phoenix.

Yuan Huang stands tall on the platform, commanding vast dignity. Her gaze burns with ambition, ablaze with desire.

"Also, ready the Ten Thousand Beasts Formless Array and the Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens Array. This time, I want to use the Heavenly South Fire to burn the body of the Chaos Demon God and prove my Nirvana Dao Fruit!"

"Yes!"

Among the Innate Three Clans, only the Dragon Clan diligently operates their Main Temple.

Aside from this self-inspection, they seem to have no intention of causing trouble.

"The Water Element Great Dao, endless wonders."

"Daoist Jing Yao speaks well, 'Water benefits all things without contention.' You all do as you please, I shall seek my truth in the three thousand weak water instead."

The Ancestor Dragon is indifferent to the external chaos. Transforming into a temporal fish, it travels through numerous times and spaces, utterly absorbed in the joy of seeking truth.

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In the Immortal Realm.

A grand occasion of innumerable immortals ascending, unprecedented in its scale.

A throng of immortals ascends to the Immortal Realm, entering the Ascension Pool for purification.

There aren't many Ascension Pools created in the Immortal Realm, with one in each layer of the Nine Heavens, all crafted by the laws of the Immortal Realm.

The water in these pools is extraordinary, blessed with the Pure Water Bowl lent by Daoist Ancestor Hong Jun to the Turquoise Pool Mother, transforming this Supreme True Water.

A single droplet of True Water naturally evolves into a world.

Immortals entering it, receiving the baptism of the True Water, gain immense benefits.

The baptized immortals all feel light and refreshed in body and spirit.

At this moment, officials from the Ascension Immortal Department come to guide the immortals to the Court Meeting Hall for an audience.

Despite being called a hall, the Court Meeting Hall is incredibly vast, as boundless as a universe itself.

The dome of the great hall is constructed of endless rules. Ineffable Dao and principles intertwine in the void, brilliant for the world to see. A single ray of light suffices to fill a realm.

Here lies the core of the Central Ninth Heaven, the heart of Jun Heaven.

Countless immortals, numbering in the billions, can be accommodated here.

And at the very center of the Court Meeting Hall, the emperor's majesty suppresses all Daos.

When the immortals arrive, they witness the dragon flags and phoenix carriages emitting auspicious light, treasure standards fluttering with lucky vapors, celestial music and profound songs resonating, jade flutes and chimes sounding high.

With earnest anticipation from the immortals, Turquoise Pool Mother and Emperor Donghua appear in the great hall.

On the left throne, Emperor Donghua wears an emperor's crown, silent and solemn, his aura powerful. Twelve crown tassels obscure his profound eyes. Sitting calmly, he exudes an overlooking presence upon the world.

On the right throne sits Turquoise Pool Mother, also crowned, regal and dignified, with a calm and gentle gaze that carries no pressure, making the immortals feel as if basking in a spring breeze.

"We pay our respects to the Immortal Emperor, the Sovereign."

Inside the Court Meeting Hall, a sea of immortals bow in worship.

Emperor Donghua rises, filled with boundless pride, and declares, "By the decree of Daoist Ancestor Hong Jun and entrusted by the Immortal Dao's masters, I humbly take my place as the ruler of the Immortal Realm, the Emperor of the Immortal Dao."

"Today, as the Immortal Court is inaugurated and myriads of immortals ascend, such a magnificent event is rarely seen through the ages."

"Therefore, our Immortal Court wishes to host the Ascension Ceremony to congratulate the Dao friends on their ascendancy to immortality."

Hearing this, the immortals are deeply moved.

An outpouring of heartfelt thanks ensues and, led by Emperor Donghua and Mother, the multitude follows.

Entering the venue, there are innumerable Shell Palaces and Jade Towers, one thousand of one, ten thousand of the other.

Jade fragrance pervades, auspicious mists scatter, colorful banners drape the Yao Platform, while treasure pavilions cast a misty glow. Phoenixes and luan birds form ethereal figures, gold flowers and jade blossoms shimmer and drift. Painted golden tables, bowls of a thousand blooming jade flowers.

Endless delicacies to gaze upon, inexhaustible Jade Liquid to taste.

Emperor Donghua and Mother take their seats, and the immortals, guided by the welcoming officials, disperse to their places.

Soon, the Golden Bell tolls, the Jade Chimes ring, and an Immortal Official reports.

"The Three Great Emperors have arrived!"

From outside the South Heavenly Gate emerges a celestial scene with phoenix carriages under a nine-fold radiant cover; celestial music plays profound songs, countless holy verses echo; treasure flowers blossom, emitting true fragrance.

The Three Great Emperors, leading thousands of their subordinates, arrive together.

Heavenly Official Emperor Qiankun Immortal, dressed in a purple emperor's robe, crowns his head with a coronet, holding a blessed Ruyi scepter reflecting the light of sun, moon, and stars.

Earth Official Emperor Yin Yang Immortal, dressed in bright yellow emperor's robe, crowns his head with a coronet, holding a Mountain and River Jade Tablet depicting beautiful landscapes.

Water Official Emperor Zhenwu, dressed in a black emperor's robe, crowns his head with a Heavenly Crown, holding a Water Element Divine Sword reflecting the image of rivers and oceans.

Emperor Donghua and Turquoise Pool Mother rise to welcome them.

"The three esteemed Dao friends have arrived!" As Emperor Donghua is about to invite the Great Emperors to their seats,

five majestic beams of Immortal Light appear outside the South Heavenly Gate.

Turquoise Pool Mother smiles and says, "The Five Old Masters have arrived!"

From the East, a majestic chariot approaches, drawn by six green dragons, decked with exceptional beauty, entwined in round rushes, amid yellow clouds;

a Divine General wields a sword out front, followed by Immortal Officials; Bai Xi to the left, Flying Snake to the right.

Nuwa wore a Green Essence Jade Crown and a Nine Qi Green Feather Robe, riding a carriage and sitting on a cloud bed, with Divine Generals leading the way and myriads of immortals following, exuding an impressive demeanor.

Accompanying her with a similar carriage was Xi He.

She wore a Red Essence Jade Crown and a Three Qi Vermilion Feather Flying Robe, personally steering a six-dragon chariot and arriving in the Immortal Realm amid the escort of rows of golden-armored immortals.

Jieyin secretly felt relieved upon seeing the aura of the two, "Thank goodness when I left, my junior brother emphasized time and again the importance of a grand presentation. Otherwise, I would have come here riding a cloud."

From afar, Jieyin released the light of relics, filling the sky with forty-two white rainbows, connecting the north and south.

Jieyin also carefully selected eight hundred disciples from the Golden Immortal lineage to serve as an escort, each one gathering celebratory clouds and auspicious mist, stepping upon supreme lotus platforms.

The Ginsengfruit Tree was more easy-going; it didn't bring any formal escort but arrived with Fate Immortal Huang Zhong Li on a cloud, followed by eighty-one Earth Immortal disciples, mainly there to freeload food and drinks.

Kunpeng was even more outrageous.

This northern elder certainly brought an escort. Within the jurisdiction of the Profound Immortal branch, a universe filled with many, he meticulously picked three thousand disciples.

But these three thousand disciples were there to advertise for him.

There they were, outside the South Heavenly Gate, where three thousand Profound Immortals unfurled a huge banner: "All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds, Number One in Barbecue!"

The Profound Immortals not only displayed the banner but also chanted slogans in unison.

"Through mountains and rivers, it's always kinship; why not have a barbecue meal? Join the Nan Hua Profound Immortal path; with us, your future will surely win!"

"Left hand Kun Meat, right hand Peng; exquisite tastes always meet. Ascending and transcending, where to seek? Look for the Profound Immortal Union!"

This scene left all the immortals of the Immortal Realm stunned.

Especially the newly ascended immortals, who were collectively baffled, watching the peculiar behavior of the Profound Immortals.

Is this the Supreme Primordial, the Eternal True Realm?

So, the Immortal Ancestor Court is like this, huh!

All that before was just an illusion, right?

The solemn atmosphere of the Ascension Ceremony was instantly disrupted by Kunpeng's Profound Immortal group.

Emperor Donghua was the first to lose his composure; at such a time, couldn't they behave more seriously?

We're here to celebrate, and you're playing around with recruitment pamphlets?

But Kunpeng was undisturbed, swaggering and majestically making his way to the front of the South Heavenly Gate.

His pomp surpassed even the impressive Nuwa for a time.

Jieyin sighing, clutching his forearms, "Oh, what's with all the fuss and vanity? At such a great opportunity, I should have learned from Nan Hua and created something memorable. Otherwise, how can we attract immortals to join our Golden Immortal Dao?"

He couldn't compete with Nuwa's display, and he couldn't be more abstract than Kunpeng behind.

They, the Golden Immortals, really felt they've lost.

Nuwa, observing the huge banner of the Profound Immortals, also felt she lost this round.

"Sigh, I was careless; I didn't expect to be upstaged by Kunpeng, making us who played solemnly seem like his foil!" Nuwa sighed lightly. Who would have thought that on such an important occasion, Kunpeng would pull off such a stunt?

It was a bit abstract, but it indeed attracted attention.

Today's ascendants would probably remember Kunpeng's Profound Immortal path in their hearts.

Even the Three Officials Emperors admired Kunpeng's maneuver privately.

"Nan Hua remains true to his original aspiration, we've all lost this round."

Yet, all the immortals, pondering the upcoming appearance of The Three Pure Ones, felt more sorely that they've lost.

Judging from The Three Pure Ones' daily demonstrations at White Jade City, they probably could outdo Kunpeng in abstract antics.

Just then, as immortal music resounded, fluttering banners waved, feathers and jade light danced, while purple Qi spiraled, Taiching Daoist Venerate rode on the Green Bull.

Eh? Real spectacular effects; are The Three Pure Ones really coming?

Must be fakes, right?!

The immortals all looked towards the spectacle.

Shangqing Lingbao Venerate wore the Green Lotus Crown, an Infinite Round Light rising behind his head, casting purple mists, wielding the Qingping Sword, with Ancestral Tribulation Qi evolving into endless wondrous light, and ninety-nine thousand Primordial Qi converging, enveloping all directions.

Still real spectacles; this wasn't right!

Enlightened by Donghua's brilliance, he summoned an immortal official to announce loudly:

"Here comes the Taiching Daoist Venerate, the True Great Emperor of Taiching Immortal Realm, the Primordial Supreme of the Mixed Yuan!"

Such an extended title naturally commanded respect.

"There is also the Shangqing High Saint, Supreme Jade Chen Emperor of the Great Dao!"

"And finally, the one who arrives last is the Blue Mysterious Primordial Qi of Yu Qing, the Miao Wushang Emperor!"

As the immortals turned their gaze, dragon chants echoed, and nine Qi Fortune Golden Dragons pulled a luxurious carriage towards them.

The gently fluttering eight-sided curtains were drawn back, revealing radiant heavenly light and falling jade blossoms, with enchanting music and drifting fragrances, while Xuanhuang Merit formed a nine-layered majestic canopy, supremely noble.

Xuanqing sat firmly within the carriage, dignified and majestic, draped in seventy-two colors, with a clear halo around his head, symbolizing the creation and destruction of Chaos.

The Three Pure Ones all arrived together with no antics and no play, all dignified and full of aura, all very serious.

This immediately realigned the strange atmosphere back to normal.

The gaze of myriads of immortals in the Immortal Realm shifted from the Profound Immortals and was unconsciously drawn to The Three Pure Ones, longing for the Heavenly Immortal Dao.

Founders of The Heavenly Immortals, supreme leaders of a sect, truly should be thus!

Only, such serious appearance by The Three Pure Ones made many others including Nuwa, Turquoise Pool, Zhenwu, Jieyin, Qiankun and other great immortals feel a strong sense of discomfort.

"Being so serious, that in itself is not serious!"

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