The Divine Emperor couldn't possibly say such words, much less support the union of Zhou Bai and Ming Yue. This was the consensus among all the assembled true gods. The only possibility was that the Haotian Divine Emperor present was a fake. Then someone must awaken the real Haotian Divine Emperor who is in seclusion. When Si Yi transmitted his voice, some of the true gods on the scene started to retreat slowly, even gradually disappearing from the Material World and moving to the Luotian Realm. But in the next moment, as a blue and a purple light enveloped the entire great hall, the space within the entire palace began to split, rotate, and shift, as if it was being cut into countless small worlds. At that moment, the space of the entire palace was continuously stretched and twisted, and in the hands of the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, it seemed like clay in the hands of a child, to be played with at will. The entire palace transformed from the size of a stadium to one with a space several hundred square kilometers in length and width. On the left and right sides of the space stood the four true gods and the Immortals from Wanxian Island, facing each other. Zhou Bai stood at the very center of the gate of the great hall, bearing the gaze of all the Immortals and gods. That gaze felt like a series of towering mountains, pressing down upon them with infinite pressure. Opposite Zhou Bai, at the other end of the great hall and at the end of the space, stood Ming Yue with the Immortal Ascension Book that had descended from the heavens. It seemed that as long as Zhou Bai traversed the path between the Immortals and gods, he could reach Ming Yue, and stand before the Immortal Ascension Book. Si Yi's brow furrowed, yet his youthful face bore an ancient look. "It is the 33 heavens of the Supreme Heavenly Venerate; it seems that unless this grand wedding concludes, he's not planning to let us leave..." "Once the Spiritual People rise again, it will signify another human-demon war. We absolutely cannot let this happen." "Years of preparation must not be destroyed today." "Zhou Bai must die today." All the true gods realized this. The glows of various Primordial Spirit powers, magical artifacts, and Taoist arts lit up one by one. The gods' expressions were solemn, yet they remained unmoving. The source of this content ɪs 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵※𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾※𝙣𝙚𝙩 Simply because that lofty purple light represented the Supreme Heavenly Venerate. Wage war with the Supreme Heavenly Venerate? Challenge the highest echelon of Immortal power that has supported the Heavenly Court for unknown millennia? That would cost lives. But how many of them would die? Not to mention, the Immortals were right there. Moreover... the Haotian Divine Emperor was inside the Heavenly Court. They believed he would notice what was happening here. Also, Zhou Bai's Dao conversion level had not yet reached 100%. Could he really walk to the Immortal Ascension Book and inscribe his name on it? So the true gods poised for action but did not make a move. The four Immortal Venerates and thirty-six scattered immortals also restrained the surge of their Primordial Spirit power and did not immediately strike. "If Zhou Bai succeeds, then the power of Immortals and gods will grow once more." "Our numbers... have not grown for too long now." "This is an opportunity to rise again." "We must protect Zhou Bai." As long as Zhou Bai and Ming Yue could truly come together, as long as their descendants could give birth to new pure-blood humans, new Immortals and gods could arise, then time would be on their side. So they too stood by, awaiting the end of the grand wedding, waiting for Ming Yue and Zhou Bai to truly unite. Also, they waited for Zhou Bai to truly reach the Immortal Ascension Book, to see if he could achieve demigod status with a mortal body, proving that his human bloodline was also favored by the Heavenly Dao in this twisted world. At the same time, at the end of the great hall beside Ming Yue, amidst the flickering blue and purple light, the pages of the Immortal Ascension Book began to turn autonomously, as if countless golden characters emerged from the book, flying around it. The Immortal Ascension Book, it was said that as long as a cultivator with over 100% Dao conversion level read all the scriptures on it, they could ascend directly to the Heavenly Court and become part of the Immortal ranks. And as long as one inscribed their name on it, they could become a true god of the Heavenly Court. Throughout history, countless people have completed the transition from human to Immortal through the Immortal Ascension Book. Now, Zhou Bai stood at the entrance of the great hall, and as long as he could walk step by step to the end of the hall, he could touch this Immortal Ascension Book. But Zhou Bai's Dao conversion level hadn't reached 100%. Could he really ascend through the Immortal Ascension Book? "Zhou Bai, come forward and inscribe your name on the Immortal Ascension Book." With the transmission from the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, Zhou Bai took a deep breath, stepped forward, and headed toward the Immortal Ascension Book's position. As Zhou Bai stepped forward, he immediately felt an astonishing pressure rushing toward him, as if he had stepped into an ocean tens of thousands of meters deep, with resistance coming from every direction. Slayer Ghost God said softly, "Under the Immortal Ascension Book, mere mortals retreat. Without a 100% Dao conversion level, it's impossible to approach the true manuscript of the Immortal Ascension Book." All the surrounding Immortals were also aware of this fact; the Immortal Ascension Book was connected to the Heavenly Dao, and its rejection was the rejection of the Heavenly Dao. Everyone watched Zhou Bai, as each step he took seemed to tread on the strings of their hearts. Year after year, the Immortals had long awaited this day. And now, under the watchful eyes of all the Immortals and gods present, Zhou Bai moved step by step toward the Immortal Ascension Book, the pressure on him mounting, his steps slowing down. It was not a pure force, but something higher, leaving Zhou Bai unsure of how to resist or continue forward. 'This feeling reminds me of being controlled by dire calamity to advance, but now I'm being controlled to stop... Is it because my Dao conversion level isn't enough?' Just as Zhou Bai gradually halting his steps, the voice of the Supreme Heavenly Venerate spread throughout the entire space, also broadcasting across Central City: "Today, with the old human destiny, I pave the Path to Ascension, achieving the first true god of the new human race." As he spoke, all the Immortals and gods present felt an invisible force surging. Under the enveloping blue and purple light, streams of blue and purple air currents formed a five-meter-wide path, extending straight from the position of the Immortal Ascension Book to Zhou Bai's feet. On the path paved by the blue and purple destiny, there flowed emotions of fervor, hope, intensity, pain, fear, and more, as if countless people could be seen shouting, fighting, and living within. Under the control of the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, this power of destiny, which was usually vague and intangible, appeared incredibly clear before everyone's eyes. This was the destiny of the human race that the Supreme Heavenly Venerate had collected over a century. And today, it seemed to become the path beneath Zhou Bai's feet, destined to burn out and fulfill Zhou Bai's status as a true god. The profound transformations and mysteries within the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's Taoist art were beyond the comprehension of any Immortal or god present. They could only sense the changes in destiny and the Immortal Ascension Book, seemingly containing countless mysteries of the Heavenly Dao. It was like seeing the Daozang for the first time—seeing everything, yet understanding nothing.