Three thousand years passed swiftly.

On this day, at the site of the former Heaven Severing Hall, a brand-new grand hall rose from the ground.

The hall was forged from Nine Heavens Mysterious Jade, and atop its dome, the five ancient characters "Heaven Severing Immortal Prince Mansion" were engraved, exuding an awe-inspiring immortal might that shook all directions.

Inside the hall, Chen Sheng sat upright on the central purple-gold throne, wearing an Immortal King’s Magic Robe.

His eyes were slightly closed, and the aura of the Immortal King around him was as deep as an abyss and as vast as the sea, yet he controlled it with ease, forming a faint layer of golden light around the throne, casting the figures worshiping below in an even more reverent light.

Beneath the alchemical steps, a multitude of Heavenly Immortals and Profound Immortals stood in ranks according to their grades, the largest number being from the Jie Sect disciples with Li Xuan and the Eight Immortals at the forefront.

"Hail to the Heaven Severing Immortal King!"

"Hail to the Heaven Severing Immortal King!"

The chorus of praise, like mountains and seas roaring, echoed within the grand hall.

The disciples of the Jie Sect all looked excited, witnessing their master’s thorny ascension to the position of Immortal King step by step.

With their ancestor’s character, clearly, this glory would illuminate every disciple of the Jie Sect.

Chen Sheng slowly opened his eyes, his expression indifferent, raising his hand slightly to indicate:

"Everyone, rise."

A gentle yet irresistible immortal power lifted everyone up.

His gaze swept over every face in the hall, from Li Xuan’s composed expression to the excited eyes of the Eight Immortals, and to the reverence of the newer disciples...

Chen Sheng couldn’t help but feel a surge of emotion: "It’s finally my turn!"

For three thousand years, he maintained the cycle of sending down uprisings every millennium and attacking the Celestial Palace.

The former accurately severed the tendrils of the Heavenly Court, obstructing the imperial momentum, while the latter specifically targeted veteran Heavenly Immortals, Immortal Kings, and Immortal Lords.

Throughout three thousand years, he cleared out batches of Heavenly Immortals, Immortal Kings, and Immortal Lords, leaving many power positions vacant, and finally, it was his turn to take the rank.

Soon after, outsiders dispersed, leaving only the Jie Sect disciples within the hall.

Li Xuan’s eyes were slightly red:

"Congratulations to Senior Brother on achieving the position of Immortal King. I never dared to imagine such a day back when we cultivated at the Tianmu Sect!"

With Chen Sheng’s support, he and the Eight Immortals successively opened the Heart Cavern Mirage Heavens, achieving Heavenly Immortal status. Although mostly Middle Grade Dao Domains, they too could enjoy ten thousand years of longevity.

The Eight Immortals also stepped forward to congratulate, and Fu Haizi loudly declared:

"Master’s ascension as king will lead one region of the Earthly Immortal Realm, and our Jie Sect’s name shall resound throughout the cosmos!"

The disciples in the hall followed with cheers, and applause intertwined with the sounds of celebration, creating a lively atmosphere.

Chen Sheng nodded slightly, now leading one region of the Earthly Immortal Realm:

"Indeed, the Mingguang Realm is too small..."

...

In the Lower Realm Mingguang Realm, atop the Observatory of Giant Whale Island.

The current Sect Leader of Jie Sect, Hanxing Daoist, was holding a golden Jade Scroll in hand, the four large characters "Heaven Severing Immortal King" shining with brilliant golden light on the scroll.

This was the decree Chen Sheng transmitted to the Lower Realm upon his ascension as king.

Hanxing Daoist trembled with excitement, and behind him, dozens of Venerables and hundreds of Core Disciples were even more ecstatic, their cheers making the entire Giant Whale Island tremble.

Hanxing Daoist raised the Jade Scroll high, his voice resonating throughout the island:

"Our founding ancestor has ascended to Immortal King!"

"The ancestor’s decree: in three days, the Realm Passage shall open, our entire Jie Sect will ascend, taking residence in the Earthly Immortal Realm led by the ancestor!"

At these words, the disciples of Jie Sect in the Mingguang Realm erupted in excitement; though not comparable to the Nine Heavens, the Earthly Immortal Realm was still part of the Immortal Realm.

True Immortals from Small Thousand World ascensions, if unwilling to join the Heavenly Court, would head to the Earthly Immortal Realm!

Many elderly Elders were weeping with joy, as their limited aptitude made ascension difficult, yet they never imagined the ancestor would bring them such a surprise.

Disciple teams responsible for organizing the ascension matters swiftly sprang into action, tallying Spirit Veins, packing scriptures...

The entire Sect was immersed in the joy of imminent ascension.

...

The news of the Jie Sect’s full-scale ascension spread like wildfire across the Mingguang Realm in just a few days.

The periphery of Giant Whale Island in the East Sea suddenly filled with cultivators from sects of all directions.

By sect side, such as White Cloud and Mending Heaven, major Demon Cultivator clans, including those affiliated with Sky Floating Mountain, all mobilized to witness the occasion.

These cultivators gazed distantly toward Giant Whale Island, their eyes full of undisguised envy.

The Mountain Protection Array of Giant Whale Island, the "Nine Bends Yellow River Array," was fully activated.

At the Array Hub, the Innate Eight Trigrams Mirror shone with brilliant golden light, gathering Spiritual Qi from thousands of miles around, transforming into visible long rivers of Spirit Veins, pouring into the imminently opening Realm Passage.

At the entrance to the passage, the Jie Sect disciples, all in uniform ink-colored Daoist Robes, bore solemn expressions that couldn’t hide their excitement.

Amidst the crowd, a blue-robed cultivator gazed at the Spirit Vein phenomenon of Giant Whale Island, sighing uncontrollably.

"Ah, we are all inheritance sects, yet while the Jie Sect can ascend entirely, we can only struggle in this Lower Realm."

His fellow sect members nodded repeatedly:

"Who could have expected that our ancestor would become an Immortal King? Who could have thought that a Lower Realm like ours could give birth to an Immortal King, who now commands a realm in the Earth Immortal Realm?"

Amid the discussions, a figure suddenly dashed out from the crowd, heading straight for the mountain gate of Giant Whal Island.

It was an elder dressed in a gray robe, his hair and beard white as snow, yet he exuded the aura of a peak Yin Spirit Venerable, known as the renowned loose cultivator Venerable Xuanyuan.

He rushed to the array front, and bowed toward Giant Whale Island, his voice so loud it could be heard across the entire sea domain:

"This junior is willing to join the Cult, even if it’s just as a disciple guarding the mountain gate, I am willing!"

This declaration of apprenticeship caused an immediate uproar in the crowd, with several venerable figures rushing out and joining him in bowing toward Giant Whale Island:

"This junior, Jinhua, wishes to join the Cult!"

"This junior, Tianhe, earnestly pleads to be enlisted under the Cult’s banner!"

Everyone lowered their stature significantly, their foreheads touching the ground.

The mountain gate of Giant Whale Island slowly opened, and four elders of the Cult, clad in gold-trimmed Daoist robes, walked out slowly. Leading them was Elder Yunmiao, who was in charge of external affairs of the sect.

His gaze swept over the several venerable bowing figures in front of the array, his voice calm yet undeniably authoritative:

"Fellow Daoists, please rise."

Once they stood, he continued:

"The ancestor has decreed that the Cult’s ascension is an act of inheritance; only sect disciples will be taken to the Earth Immortal Realm, no allegiances accepted."

The sect leaders of some major peripheral sects like White Cloud and Butian exchanged glances and could see a hint of joy in each other’s eyes.

"With the Cult leaving this way, perhaps we’ll be able to seize control of the Fortune Network once again!"

"For three thousand years, the Cult has nearly monopolized the path of ascension, but with them gone, we finally have a chance!"

Thinking this way, they felt somewhat comforted in their hearts.

...

Meanwhile.

The cheers within the Immortal King’s Hall slowly faded, and Li Xuan with the Eight Immortals orderly dispersed with their disciples.

Chen Sheng remained seated on the purple-gold throne, with a palm-sized gold-gilded seal slowly floating in his palm.

This was the "Immortal King Seal" bestowed by the Celestial Court to the new Immortal King, the seal engraved with the markings of "Circulation Stars" and "All Immortals Worship."

With his eyes slightly closed, his Primordial Spirit surged into the seal like a tide.

As soon as he touched the seal’s surface, countless mysterious runes flowed through his Primordial Spirit into his sea of consciousness, where they intertwined into a vast realm map. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

In the map, a location marked by golden light was the Earth Immortal Realm he was soon to command.

At the core of the seal, an unseen thread of fortune extended like a web, reaching into the core of the Earth Immortal Realm beyond the Nine Heavens.

"Buzz——"

With the continuous influx of Primordial Spirit Power, the Immortal King Seal suddenly burst forth with brilliant golden light, and the star markings on the seal began to circulate, as if bringing the entire scene of the Earth Immortal Realm into the hall.

Chen Sheng clearly felt a gentle yet immense fortune flowing from the thread of fortune, through his Primordial Spirit into his body, making his cultivation increasingly solid.

He lowered his gaze to the seal in his palm, and the realm map within the markings became increasingly clear.

Within the realm, spirit veins coiled like dragons, immortal mountains hovered between the cloud sea, mortal kingdom’s smoke and cultivators’ pill fire intertwined into a faint fortune cloud.

Yet, in Chen Sheng’s heart, the evaluation was: "A drop in the ocean!"

This fortune bestowed upon him, compared to the overall fortune of the Earth Immortal Realm, was truly like a speck in the vast sea.

His Dao eye penetrated the markings on the seal, clearly seeing the core of the Earth Immortal Realm, where a thick main vein of fortune reached straight towards the Celestial Court, serving as the foundation of the Heavenly Emperor’s fortune dynasty.

And the thread given to him was merely a minor tributary veering off the main vein, not even one percent of its power.

In that fortune tributary, aside from the basic nurturing power, there was not a trace of "Enlightenment assistance" mysteries, and even the original cultivation techniques of the Earth Immortal Realm were isolated by an invisible restriction.

Evidently, while granting the Immortal King’s authority, the Heavenly Emperor also absolutely severed the chance for subordinates to break through to higher realms using fortune.

After deducing for a moment, a look of understanding flashed in his Dao eye.

If the Heavenly Emperor were to release the restrictions, the nine heavens and ten lands could support nineteen top-tier Void Refining cultivators.

"Fortune dynasty’s way is indeed formidable, nine heavens and ten lands have such power."

"Besides the nine heavens and ten lands, the Heavenly Emperor receives fortune from many lower realms, no wonder he possesses nearly the power of Integration."

Chen Sheng shook his head:

"Alas, the closer one gets to the fortune dynasty core, the more you realize how tight-knit this way is."

"From fortune distribution to cultivation technique inheritance, from authority balancing to supervisory systems, all intricately linked, virtually impossible to dismantle from the inside."

"Only by stirring external disturbances can fortune dynasty’s way be delayed in its development."

Chen Sheng calculated:

"Calculating the time, it’s been nearly a thousand years since the last rebellion, it’s time to act again."

"This time, it’s just right to sever Mingguang Realm’s Fortune Network!"