When the holy, silvery-white radiance bloomed, it dissipated like foam, transforming into specks of starlight that drifted down. Upon closer inspection, it was actually a group of Immortals.
Each of these Immortals possessed unfathomably profound cultivation, their auras growing more formidable one after another.
Especially the two leading figures. The vast, majestic aura contained within their bodies enveloped the Lingluo Heavenly Domain, just like gods descending to the mortal world, inspiring awe in all who beheld them.
It was truly like gods descending to the mortal world, and that was no exaggeration.
When one of them, a young man, descended, the entire void of the Lingluo Heavenly Domain became filled with dazzling stars. As the stars twinkled, they underwent myriad transformations. Each flicker seemed to contain boundless, profound mysteries. At this moment, everyone felt as if the void of the Lingluo Heavenly Domain had transformed into a vast starry river, and they themselves were like fish who had fallen into it. It felt as if with just a single movement from that young man, they would be utterly annihilated.
What kind of aura could be so terrifying?
Could it be... Heavenly Destiny?
Yes!
It must be Heavenly Destiny!
Only one who bore Heavenly Destiny could possess such a dreadful aura.
Gazing at the stars filling the sky, the crowd immediately realized that this young man was undoubtedly a Great Dao Star Lord who had received the Heavenly Mandate.
However.
He was not the only Great Dao Star Lord to arrive this time.
Because beside the young man stood a middle-aged man.
The aura of this middle-aged man was even more vast, even more powerful than the young man's.
As the middle-aged man approached, he was draped in ten-thousand-zhang golden light. His entire person was like a Great Sun descending, blindingly brilliant. The golden light he radiated was sacred and luminous, like a holy light shining upon heaven and earth, and even more like a Great Sun Monarch surveying his domain. It not only inspired fear in people's hearts but also made them want to prostrate themselves in worship.
If the appearance of the young man made everyone feel as if they had fallen into a vast starry river, then when the middle-aged man appeared, everyone felt as if they had plunged into a world of Great Sun radiance, with that middle-aged man as the monarch ruling over this world of Great Sun light.
Although any Upper Immortal possessed the Great Sun Creation bestowed by the Nine Heavens, and those with profound fortune could even transform into a Great Sun.
For example, the three Upper Immortals present—Shi Que, Fang Ying, and Yun Fan—could all transform into a Great Sun.
But everyone knew.
This middle-aged man was definitely not an Upper Immortal.
Because although Upper Immortals could transform into a Great Sun, they absolutely did not possess such a vast aura, nor such an unrivaled, monarchical majesty.
Only one who bore Heavenly Destiny possessed such monarchical might.
This was a Great Dao Monarch who had received the Heavenly Mandate.
Good heavens!
It was actually a Great Dao Monarch and a Great Dao Star Lord.
Witnessing this scene, the crowd gathered in the void of the Lingluo Heavenly Domain grew very excited, for they could tell that these two were the Immortal Dao's Immortal King and Immortal Lord.
To everyone, the existence of a Great Dao Heavenly Mandate was like a deity ruling over heaven and earth.
Lofty and exalted, only to be looked up to.
Great Dao Heavenly Mandate, as the name implied.
They were Great Dao individuals who had received the Heavenly Mandate, uniquely favored by heaven and earth, hailed as the Chosen Ones.
Compared to a Great Dao Heavenly Mandate, so-called Great Dao Edict Mandates were utterly insignificant. The gap between the two was as vast as that between heaven and earth.
An Edict Mandate was bestowed by the Great Dao.
But a Heavenly Mandate was bestowed by the Heavens, by heaven and earth itself.
The Great Dao could bestow an Edict Mandate, and it could also take it away. But a Heavenly Mandate was something the Great Dao could not strip away.
Similarly, one who accepted an Edict Mandate bestowed by the Great Dao must obey the Great Dao's will. But those with a Heavenly Mandate need not obey the Great Dao's will. Not only that, in a sense, these Heavenly Mandate bearers were Great Dao envoys arranged and chosen by the Heavens. They were born with the authority to enforce the Great Dao's laws.
The rulers of the various Immortal Dynasties across the worlds were all masters of the Immortal Dao within their respective domains.
However.
If they left that world, they would lose their authority to enforce Immortal Dao laws.
Similarly.
The masters of the Immortal Dao within a Heavenly Domain were the same. If they left that Heavenly Domain, they too would lose their authority to enforce Immortal Dao laws.
However.
A Great Dao Heavenly Mandate was different.
A Great Dao Heavenly Mandate could invoke Immortal Dao laws in any world, any Heavenly Domain, even places without a Great Sun, or where the Immortal Dao could not reach.
Even more terrifying was that the Immortal Dao laws they invoked were the true Immortal Dao laws.
Whereas the so-called Immortal Dao laws invoked by those Immortal Dynasty rulers or Heavenly Domain masters were, at best, pseudo-laws. They were not the true Immortal Dao laws, but could only be considered Great Sun laws.
Just think, being able to invoke Great Dao laws anytime, anywhere—how could that not be terrifying? Moreover, these Great Dao Heavenly Mandate bearers were themselves peerless geniuses of the Myriad Heavens and Worlds. After receiving the Heavenly Mandate, they absorbed the spirit of the Great Dao and refined the power of the Great Dao. Even without invoking Great Dao laws, their formidable personal strength alone was enough to crush all living beings.
However.
What was the purpose of such a Great Dao Monarch and a Great Dao Star Lord descending from the heavens with a group of unfathomably powerful experts?
Could it be for the You Emperor?
Just as the crowd was reeling in shock, someone among them cried out.
"Heavens!
It's actually Immortal King Jade Toad and Immortal Lord Morning Sun!"
What?
Immortal King Jade Toad?
Immortal Lord Morning Sun?
Hearing these two names, everyone turned their gazes in unison toward one person. That person was none other than Lord Saint Yang.
Almost everyone in the Lingluo Heavenly Domain knew that Lord Saint Yang had tens of thousands of disciples and descendants. Among them, the ones who had achieved the highest status were his personal disciple, Immortal King Jade Toad, and his disciple's disciple, Immortal Lord Morning Sun.
Although many had known beforehand that Immortal King Jade Toad and Immortal Lord Morning Sun would come to lend their support to their master, and Lord Saint Yang had publicly stated this more than once, when Immortal King Jade Toad and Immortal Lord Morning Sun descended with such earth-shaking grandeur, the crowd was still profoundly shocked.
At this moment.
Lord Saint Yang, having swept away his previous gloom, stood proudly in mid-air. One hand was clasped behind his back, the other stroking the beard on his chin. As he looked upon Immortal King Jade Toad and Immortal Lord Morning Sun who had come to lend their support, his expression appeared quite smug, even somewhat excited. He shouted, "My good disciple, my good disciple's disciple, you have finally arrived!"
Lord Saint Yang's voice was loud, as if he wished for everyone across the Myriad Heavens and Worlds to know that his Great Dao Immortal King disciple and Great Dao Star Lord disciple's disciple had descended from the heavens to lend him their support.
"We pay our respects to Master!"
"We pay our respects to Grandmaster."
"We pay our respects to Lord Saint Yang!"
Immortal King Jade Toad and Immortal Lord Morning Sun, leading several hundred powerful experts, bowed in salute to Lord Saint Yang.
"Good!
Good!
Very good!
Rise quickly."
"Master, did your disciple arrive too late?"
"No!
You've arrived just in time."
Lord Saint Yang gave a brief account via secret voice transmission. Immortal King Jade Toad, Immortal Lord Morning Sun, and the others nodded in understanding.
Then.
Lord Saint Yang turned around, once again summoning forth the two Great Dao Command Tokens. He looked toward Gu Qingfeng on Blackwater Mountain, pointed with the Heavenly Domain Command Token in his right hand, and roared sternly, "Criminal Disciple Gu Tianlang! You have brought chaos to the Great Dao and brought calamity upon all living beings! Today, I, Lord Saint Yang, shall carry out heaven's will on its behalf and eradicate you, this criminal disciple, for the sake of the Great Dao and all living beings!"