"The wisp of Imperial Father's Immortal Venerable Essence has appeared on its own! Someone must have completely comprehended the final wisp of Imperial Father's essence left behind. Imperial Father's Immortal Soul is about to return!"
Donghuang Yanran was incredibly excited. Ever since learning from her Immortal King elder brother, Donghuang Taiyu, that their father had suddenly entered a state of divine wandering through the Great Void several epochs ago and had remained silent ever since, she had been filled with anxiety since unsealing and emerging into the world.
Because the time when Donghuang began his divine wandering coincided closely with when she was sealed.
Back then, she was still very young, barely over a thousand years old, having cultivated to the Quasi-Monarch level.
She still remembered that era when she was at the peak of her youth and beauty. As the Donghuang Daughter, a child of an Immortal Venerable, she swept through the world with no match. Across the entire Primordial Immortal World, few could withstand even a single exchange with her.
The children of the various Immortal Dao lineages were all in a state of sealed slumber, and there were no Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses among her peers.
Even the most dazzling super-talents of that time could hardly last ten rounds against her.
However, right at the peak of that glorious era, Donghuang Yanran had even planned to charge into the Immortal Dao realm and prove her path to seek immortality.
Then one day, suddenly, her father Donghuang, one of the rulers of the Immortal World, appeared before her. He told her he was about to undertake a great task, one that might affect the Heavenly Dao of the world, and needed to personally seal her away.
Donghuang Yanran believed him, because she firmly believed that her Imperial Father Donghuang was invincible in all the world. With the Immortal Ancestors not appearing, he reigned supreme in the Primordial Immortal World. If he decided to do something, surely no one could stop him.
Thus, she was personally sealed by Donghuang, and subsequently fell into a long slumber spanning several epochs.
When she awoke again, several epochs had passed. Emerging once more, she found the world greatly changed.
The Donghuang Domain still existed, remaining the premier imperial clan ruling the eastern part of the Immortal World.
Her Immortal King elder brother, who had been wandering abroad, had returned. The two Immortal King disciples under Donghuang's tutelage had also settled in other regions of the Donghuang Domain, establishing their own Immortal King Domains.
The Donghuang Clan was still extremely prosperous and powerful.
But that father of hers, who had been invincible across the heavens, had been wandering the Great Void for several epochs. His Immortal Soul was nowhere to be found, leaving only his Immortal body within the city, as if he had completely fallen silent.
Donghuang Yanran was deeply worried. She had heard all sorts of rumors from the outside world and truly feared something had happened to her father, even though her elder brother, the Immortal King Taiyu, kept assuring her that their father was fine, merely wandering the Great Void, nothing more.
Yet, how could Donghuang Yanran not worry?
After all, even someone as powerful as her father, an Immortal Venerable, could have his Immortal Soul lost abroad for several epochs. One could imagine how dangerous it must be.
This time, her main purpose for unsealing and emerging was to completely comprehend the wisp of Immortal Venerable Essence left within the Immortal Stele by her father, thereby awakening Donghuang's Immortal Soul wandering in the Great Void and calling it back.
Who would have thought that just as she began her comprehension, the Immortal Stele would tremble violently, emitting waves of immortal light, and a Donghuang Bell formed from that wisp of Immortal Venerable Essence would manifest.
The Donghuang Bell manifested, radiant and colorful, shedding threads of glorious light that illuminated all directions.
Seeing this scene, wasn't it exactly like the past occurrences when someone had completely comprehended the Immortal Venerable Essence?
Donghuang Yanran was both shocked and delighted. Shocked because she had only just begun her comprehension, yet someone else had already taken the first step and completely comprehended it.
Delighted because the complete comprehension of the Immortal Venerable Essence meant it could now call back Donghuang's Immortal Soul wandering in the Great Void.
Within the Donghuang Sacred Hall, countless people were astonished, then immediately knelt down, prostrating themselves in worship, shouting respectfully with loud voices: "Your Majesty Donghuang!"
Donghuang Qingshan also knelt down, his expression excited. Finally, someone had completely comprehended the final wisp of Immortal Venerable Essence within the Immortal Stele, meaning there was hope of calling Donghuang's Immortal Soul back.
However, many were also puzzled: who exactly had completely comprehended that wisp of Immortal Venerable Essence?
The ten Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses?
Everyone immediately looked toward those ten individuals, because all ten were famous Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses of the Donghuang Clan throughout history, Heaven's Pride talents with hope of attaining the Dao and becoming immortals. Moreover, there was even Donghuang Yanran, Donghuang's youngest daughter, personally present, who had a greater hope than anyone else of completely comprehending the final wisp of Immortal Venerable Essence.
Could it be Princess Donghuang Yanran?
However, although the ten Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses also had immortal light emanating from the Immortal Stele shining upon them, it was not particularly brilliant. The Donghuang Bell clearly was not resonating with those ten either.
Besides, their time here was still short. No matter how outstanding and dazzling they were, it was impossible for them to completely comprehend the final wisp of Immortal Venerable Essence in just a brief moment.
After all, referencing past scenes where a wisp of Immortal Venerable Essence was completely comprehended—by the current Taiyu Immortal King guarding Donghuang Sacred City, by the two Immortal King direct disciples of Donghuang stationed in other regions of the Donghuang Domain, and by several Quasi-Immortal Kings—even the shortest instance had taken a full month to finally succeed in completely comprehending the Immortal Venerable Essence and proving themselves worthy to become Donghuang's direct disciples.
Judging by the time frame, it clearly couldn't be those ten. It must have been someone else who came earlier.
Yet, the others also seemed utterly bewildered.
Who was it?
"Could it be Hua Chen, the Heaven's Pride from the Hua Family of the Immortal Clan?"
The crowd looked toward a young Heaven's Pride within the hall. This person possessed an extraordinary, transcendent aura. He hailed from an immortal domain within the Donghuang Domain, with an Immortal Dao Supreme One among his ancestors and rich Immortal Dao blood flowing within him. Although not a child of an Immortal Dao lineage, he could still be considered a super-talented Heaven's Pride rare in the world, quite famous even within the Donghuang Domain.
He had recently advanced to Quasi-Monarch. Immediately upon becoming a Quasi-Monarch, he had consecutively defeated eleven veteran Quasi-Monarchs, achieving a glorious and astonishing battle record, making him renowned.
Therefore, many suspected it was Hua Chen's doing, because he had been contemplating before the Immortal Stele for over a year now. Based on the time frame, it was highly possible.
"Early-stage Quasi-Monarch, but his Heavenly Dao is clearly not completely flawless and perfect. He merely relied on the Divine King Tribulation to patch up his Heavenly Dao. In the end, he's not a true Great Perfection Supreme Genius. Could someone like that still completely comprehend a wisp of Immortal Venerable Essence left by His Majesty Donghuang?"
The ten Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses could clearly sense the true realm of this supremely talented Heaven's Pride named Hua Chen. Although he had become a Quasi-Monarch and had patched up his Heavenly Dao within the Divine King realm,
relying on the Divine King Tribulation to patch up the Heavenly Dao could only be considered abarely complete, unable to achieve the flawless, perfect state without the slightest leak, like that of a true Great Perfection Supreme Genius.
In all past instances, those who ultimately succeeded in completely comprehending the Immortal Venerable Essence within the Immortal Stele were invariably true Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses. An example like the one before them would be the first of its kind.
Hua Chen was also startled by the commotion, revealing a bitter smile. "Everyone has misunderstood. The Immortal Venerable Essence was not comprehended by me."
Although he also wished he were the one who had completely comprehended the Immortal Venerable Essence—that would allow him to become a direct disciple of Donghuang, not only joining the Donghuang lineage but also attaining a rather high status, with several Immortal King-level senior brothers—
it simply wasn't him. He didn't have the audacity to claim before the Donghuang Clan that he had completely comprehended a wisp of Immortal Venerable Essence.