In an instant.

Jing Qiu’s ears echoed with the sound of prayers, as if all beings were paying homage, devoting themselves in pilgrimage, praying to the gods!

With a resounding boom, an illusory and majestic river appeared before Jing Qiu, encompassing time and fate, extending into an infinite distance, seemingly leading to the origin of the Sea of Realms.

The pure divinity accumulated over countless ages, condensed into a mere point, now flowed abundantly like a vast ocean, pouring down from the void, submerging everything in its path!

These were not tangible objects, yet they truly infused into the True Buddha’s body.

The Supreme True Buddha’s golden body, constructed from the incense of faith and divinity, suddenly erupted with indescribable brilliance.

The immense Divine Power, which Jing Qiu had deliberately suppressed and separated, now boiled, burned, and expanded in an instant, like snow thrown into boiling oil!

Jing Qiu let out a muffled groan, as the True Buddha’s body was forcibly pushed to an uncontrollable peak of extremity, the overwhelming power nearly explosive, crazily scouring his body and Dao Fruit.

"Dou Mu, what are you doing?!"

Jing Qiu exclaimed in anger.

Doumu Yuanjun’s voice resounded with arrogance once more:

"The path of the Divine Dao is a Heaven-reaching Path long tested. Why should World Venerate Ji abandon it? Today, I, the Emperor, will personally alter your Dao Foundation for you, helping you see the path ahead, reaching the pinnacle."

Boom——

The Supreme True Buddha’s body seemed to transform into a sun cast from pure gold, its light penetrating the Buddha Country, illuminating Yanfu State, even causing the laws of the entire Imperial Heaven Nine States Remnant Realm to resonate!

Countless threads of faith surged from the void, crazily pouring into the True Buddha, pushing its realm to unprecedented heights.

In the next moment, an ancient, majestic seal shadow bearing endless Divine Dao Qi Fortune appeared in Jing Qiu’s eyes, like a microcosm of the Thirty-Six Layers of Heaven, or the condensation of the Divine Dao of the Sea of Realms, a manifestation of Dao and virtue.

When this ancient seal descended, it was like an invisible ordination, commanding the vast pure divinity, forming an illusory God Sealing Platform, inviting Jing Qiu onto the Divine Throne.

With starlight as the guide from Dou Mu, a finger touched down upon the True Buddha’s brow, shattering it in that moment, transforming into countless golden body fragments, like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea, merging into Jing Qiu’s body.

In just an instant, Jing Qiu’s body was turned upside down!

He was originally on the verge of breaking through to the Taoist Ancestor Realm, and now a cosmic Heavenly Will suppression descended, but what he felt was not suppression or obstruction, but rather a gust of wind rising, fanning the flames.

The momentum of the original breakthrough, from a flowing river to a vast expanse of rivers and oceans, then to the sea, had become so grand that he could no longer control it!

In the face of this torrent, all obstructions and barriers between realms were shattered!

In an instant, he stepped into the Taoist Ancestor Realm, then continued to ascend!

At this moment, Jing Qiu’s thoughts flowed at an ultimate speed, seeming to truly reach the state of the Heart Monkey unbound and the Will Horse unbridled.

With a single thought, he could roam any vast place in Heaven and Earth;

With a single thought, he could transform into countless heart thoughts, perceiving the vast world.

This extreme speed of thoughts was not aiding him but was instead burdensome at this moment, as the speed was too great to land accurately in the right place. This sense of imbalance was frustrating, making his mind increasingly sluggish, like an invisible cage.

As the Dao Rhyme surged around him, surrounded by the Dao, his aura climbed at a terrifying speed, and the Dao Power rose layer by layer.

However, Jing Qiu’s face showed no joy, but rather extreme solemnity.

Because the root source of this power was pure divinity!

...

In the Heavenly Court.

The Star Lord, who had just led Luo Xuan away, suddenly turned around to look, seeing the Investiture of the Gods reappearing, with remnants from a century ago, and the pure divinity accumulated over this century, decreasing at an astonishing speed!

The Star Lord’s face was tense, wanting to curse a lunatic!

Dou Mu, this madwoman, was forcibly trying to infuse a Five Emperor with the remaining divinity of the Heavenly Court!

That Jing Qiu was different from them; they were somewhat reclaiming the power of previous lives. Even if there was any loss of Divine Power and divinity, it was at most in a one-to-nine ratio.

But this person was not a Divine in his previous life, and using divinity to forcibly alter his Dao Foundation and reshape his Daoist career, the loss of Divine Power and divinity was incalculable.

The Star Lord suppressed the discontent in his heart and looked at Luo Xuan, coldly saying:

"I heard you have a brother who is a Great Dao Ancestor, talented as well. Why, in the early years when the Heaven and Earth Dao relaxed, did you still fail to break through and transcend?"

Luo Xuan calmly said: "I am not inferior to my brother."

The Star Lord showed mocking eyes: "The position of Great Dao Ancestor requires time, talent, and disposition, all essential, not as simple as you thinking ’not inferior.’ Sometimes, others may be just a step ahead of you, destined to stand before you for all eternity."

Luo Xuan smiled and said: "Is the Star Lord talking about me or about yourself?"

In an instant.

A mighty Divine Might descended, truly like Divine Might as prison!

In Luo Xuan’s Taoist Body, a squeaking sound that made one’s teeth ache echoed, but he never once kneeled.

"Your bones are indeed hard enough," the Star Lord said flatly, "In that case, then come assist me, and when the Divine Dao ascends again, I can recommend you to become one of the Five Emperors."

"Are there any remaining vacancies among the Five Emperors?" Luo Xuan countered, "How many old gods has the Heavenly Court yet to reclaim?"

"Quite a few, but none like us," said the Star Lord, "The reason Dou Mu sought me out is that I was her strongest ally in the past."

The title ’Star Lord’ suddenly reminded Luo Xuan that the Heavenly Emperor also commanded the Tao of the Group Stars!