Chapter 1029: 752: The Golden Ascension Ceremony
In the blink of an eye, it was the sixth day of April!
The Evergreen Immortal Sect spans millions of miles across the Cloud Sea, and today it has opened its mountain gates to set up a boundless Cloud Sea viewing platform.
The golden wind caresses the peaks, Dao Rhyme hangs in the air, spiritual haze blankets the ground, welcoming guests from all directions.
This is the most anticipated Purple Mansion quest for the golden position event in the entire Cultivation Realm.
Orthodox inland Immortal Sect, Grotto Heaven Loose Cultivators from overseas, great powers of the Demon Dao, demon ancestors, Hidden Sects, Ancient Surviving Family…
Countless Escape Lights transverse the Void, coming here to witness it!!
Yuan Hong, Hu Butu, and Zhu Dahua stand at three cloud platforms at the mountain gates, holding the Sect Leader’s Command Banner, calmly welcoming guests from all directions.
Yuan Hong: “You all have traveled from afar, enduring the hardships of the journey. I have prepared Spirit Tea Immortal Brew, please take your seats and enjoy the ceremony.”
A multitude of Purple Mansion members nod in return:
“Fellow Daoist Yuan, you are too kind!”
“Sect Leader Chen’s Dao verification ceremony, being able to witness it firsthand, is our opportunity. There’s no hardship in such a saying.”
“Thank you, Evergreen, for your hospitality! Witnessing the foremost Purple Mansion quest for the golden position of our time is worth this lifetime, worth this journey!”
…
On the Cloud Sea viewing platform.
The Purple Mansion True Masters gaze upon the mountains and seas, each a great power overseeing a region.
Countless Purple Mansions converse, every sentence revolving around the quest for the golden position, and every sentence involves Chen Hua.
In the seating of an orthodox Immortal Sect, two seasoned Purple Mansion members sit opposite each other, their expressions solemn.
“Since ancient times, attempting the quest for gold means nine deaths, one survival!”
“In nearly ten thousand years, a total of seventeen Perfected Purple Mansion individuals from the Divine Land have attempted the quest for gold, with only one success.”
“Sect Leader Chen’s divine techniques are all self-realized and self-created, in both Immortal and Demon Dao, among contemporaries of past and present, few can be his equal.”
“Should he succeed in the quest for gold, it would be to pioneer a new path; countless cultivators of future generations will benefit from his endowment!”
With these words, numerous Purple Mansion individuals nod, none refuting.
…
In the next moment.
The world fell silent.
Buzz——!
Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi instantly stagnated, the sounds of wind, human speech, and Dao tones all fell silent.
Above the sky, the splendid ancient sun suspended there receded its golden radiance at a speed visible to the naked eye, gently disappearing into the void.
The sunlight faded, the world grew dim, the vast sky was shrouded in a layer of hazy void white, seeming empty yet not, indistinct between void and reality.
“The heavenly signs have changed!”
Everyone instantly fell quiet, all looked up, their gaze locked onto the sky.
In the next moment, at the very center of the void, a figure in a blue robe silently manifested.
Chen Hua stood atop the Cloud Sea Peak, the Dao Rhyme of the Void Sun naturally suppressing Heaven and Earth.
A limitless, illusory sun slowly rose behind him, half real, half void, half annihilation, half yang, encompassing the entire Evergreen Immortal Sect, encompassing the Four Seas Eight Desolations.
His mere presence surpassed all the myriad dazzling lights of the world, truly becoming a newly majestic sun of Heaven and Earth!
Above the Cloud Sea, countless cultivators’ Heart Spirits trembled, many seasoned Purple Mansion members couldn’t help but hold their breath.
“Truly the first of our time!”
“Such a phenomenon, rare in ages past!”
Chen Hua’s gaze slowly swept across the numerous guests in the sky, his voice not loud, yet expansive and boundless, penetrating the void, entering the ears of everyone.
“Today is an auspicious hour, I, Chen, quest for gold seeking Dao, ascending to the ’Void Sun’ golden position!”
“Success is determined by the Dao, merits left to Heaven, Immortal and Demon paths diverse, Right and Wrong differ, today in this place, all are observers of the Dao, you all just watch quietly.”
When his words ended, he spoke no more, taking a slow step, landing on the Dao Verification Platform at the center of the main peak.
“Come!”
Chen Hua lightly raised his palm, a Void Sun Fusang Branch levitating in the air, its golden body translucent.
A clear, vast, ancient Dao song slowly recited from his mouth, invoking the resonance of the Void Sun’s essence throughout the entire realm.
“Void Sun Hidden in Clarity, One Qi Transforming Pure Yang!!”
The song began, Dao Rhyme birthed.
Chen Hua raised his hand, a finger pointing, the illusory sun behind him suddenly splitting!
One half was the ultimate yang, blazing light sea of the sun, golden flame surging, the other half the dim annihilation of the Void mist, accommodating emptiness.
Void and reality divided, Yin Yang complement each other, neither infringing, forming a perfect world.
It was indeed the first divine technique— “Transforming Void and Reality”!
Above the Cloud Sea, another wave of astonishment began, numerous Purple Mansion True Masters’ eyes shone, unable to resist softly exclaiming.
“What divine technique! What divine technique!!”
“Strength and flexibility, void and reality unified, resembling the Heavenly Dao!”
“Indeed, self-realized divine techniques are the most fitting for oneself!”
On the Dao Verification Platform.
Chen Hua’s expression was solemn, the tip of the Fusang Spiritual Branch gently trembled, the Dao song once again rose, resounding through nine skies and ten lands.
“Golden radiance is born of the sun, my path inherits the void!!”
Boom——!!
The earth trembled, mountains resonated in unison!
Countless hidden sun essences, golden spirits, Void Spirit Bodies all manifested, transforming into an endless golden torrent, circling the Dao Verification Platform, spiraling and surging.
Mountain spirit wood dyed in golden radiance, ground covered in Sun Reishi, golden moss, spirit flowers instantly blossomed, pure yang fragrance swept across the Cloud Sea Eight Desolations.
Deep in the void.
The sea of golden tide like the ocean, myriad paths returning to the same source, the essence of the Void Sun reaches its zenith!
The second Innate Divine Technique— “Ten Thousand Gold Tide”!
“Too grand!”
An Evergreen True Master’s expression was stirred:
“Records note, when the Celestial King quested for gold, the myriad woods returned to their roots, already a marvel, and today’s ten thousand gold sun tide is none less magnificent!”
“Heavenly timing, geographical advantage, harmonious human relations… one person occupies them all!”
“Quest for gold, how cannot it succeed?”
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In the deepest dimension.
An Immortal Mansion where Yin Yang is inverted, celestial music and demon howls intertwine.
An elusive figure, Yin Yang indeterminate, form unfixed, overlooks the entire Dao verification ceremony.
It is the Taiyin Fuwei Yingkui Immortal Monarch.
The Immortal Monarch slightly nodded:
“Such good talent, a gem of fine jade, unfortunately traversing the Sun Residence Dao lineage.”
He has traveled through dimensions beyond the heavens, glimpsing ancient obliterated secret Dao histories.
To his knowledge, the Sun Residence once produced a figure who dominated beyond the heavens, whose influence still persists in myriad worlds.
The lineage he left further monopolizes and locks the authority of the Sun Residence.
Even though Chen Hua’s talent is peerless, with self-created divine techniques, exceptional talent across ages, as long as the existence above the golden position does not nod in approval, today’s quest for gold is ultimately an illusion.
The Immortal Monarch had already decided in his heart, even if Chen Hua’s quest for gold fails today, he will personally act to protect his True Spirit, sending it into reincarnation.
“In the next life, abandon the sun for the gold, just right for my trial of a Dao path!!”
…
Time quietly passed.
Two more divine techniques consecutively emerged.
“Fixed Gold Wheel!”
“Star Pointing Map!”
A gold wheel extended and suspended high, the Star Pointing Map of the Void Sun fully manifested, Dao glyphs self-generated.
The Void Sun’s essence continuously cast down golden Dao flowing light, layer upon layer enhancing Chen Hua’s body.
Ripples in the void blossomed layer upon layer.
Threads of golden-white light from heaven coalesced into a Void Sun Dharma Aspect, absorbing the essence of the Sun Residence.
“Ignite!”
In an instant.
Four Innate Divine Techniques simultaneously self-ignited, transforming into four ultimate light pillars connecting Heaven and Earth, thrusting into the fissured apex of the void sky!
In the depths of the void, a purely golden Dao radiance, eternal and unextinguishable, slowly nurtured, ascended, blossomed!
Golden radiance brilliant, sacred, immortal.
At the moment of the peak of golden light, the sky completely burst open, the dome tore with thousands of golden textured fissures!
The dominating Void Sun main star above the heavens suddenly gleamed millionfold brighter, star radiance fell, golden Dao crowned!
Golden Position favor!
Above the Cloud Sea, thousands of Purple Mansion True Masters simultaneously moved, someone murmured, trembling:
“Gold attribute, achieved!!”
“Golden Position favor!”
“Only one last step— to unify with the Dao, take on the golden position!”
“If no one obstructs the Dao, then it’s achieved!”