Chapter 644 - 64: Lord of Heaven and Earth, Punching Bodhi, Striking the Demon Ancestor

Yu Qiushui caught up and bowed respectfully to the old man.

The old man, Mansion Master Chen, gave a slight nod and said casually,

"Remember to be careful with your words and actions. Watch from a distance, and do not show the slightest hint of disrespect."

Chu Tiancheng followed behind the old man, asking curiously as they walked toward the center of the Emperor Capital,

"Mansion Master, who... who exactly are we going to pay homage to?"

The dignified old man lowered his head in a mixture of reverence and awe before whispering,

"Naturally, we are to have an audience with His Majesty."

Chu Tiancheng's and Yu Qiushui's pupils contracted. 'His... His Majesty?'

In their twenty thousand years in the Dao Dynasty, they had naturally heard the name of the Lord of the Dao Dynasty.

He had established this dynasty thirty thousand years ago, holding sway over All Realms and worlds, his influence piercing through all of history. He was a figure of unimaginable greatness!

'And today... we might actually get to see him?'

Their hearts pounded. They couldn't help but swallow hard and unconsciously quicken their pace.

Following behind the dignified Mansion Master Chen, they soon arrived at the center of the Emperor Capital and meekly found a place to stand.

The center of the Emperor Capital was a vast, open plaza, so large it seemed boundless. Even with over ten billion officials from the entire Dao Dynasty gathered, it still appeared spacious!

Chu Tiancheng craned his neck to look up and saw hundreds of grand chairs floating in the air, packed closely together.

Within the inner circle of these grand chairs were twelve even larger seats. In the very center rested a single meditation cushion shrouded in what looked like roiling Chaos. Merely gazing upon it made his heart pound and the hairs on his arms stand on end!

'That cushion... could that be the seat of the Lord of the Dao Dynasty?'

"Lord Wang is here!"

As Chu Tiancheng was lost in thought, he heard Mansion Master Chen let out a hushed, urgent cry.

He instinctively looked up and saw an exceptionally beautiful woman strolling through the air before taking her seat among the hundreds of grand chairs high above!

His pupils contracted as he recognized her. It was his immediate superior's immediate superior's... well, his superior seventeen times removed: the Grand Inspector of the Celestial Realm, Wang Zhiyao!

"Pay your respects!"

Mansion Master Chen barked. Chu Tiancheng, who had been staring at Wang Zhiyao, was jolted back to his senses. He hastily followed Mansion Master Chen's example, respectfully lowering his head and performing the ceremonial bow toward the heavens.

At that moment, figures began to arrive in the sky one after another, each one radiating a majestic and powerful aura. Chu Tiancheng didn't recognize a single one.

He could only listen in a daze as Mansion Master Chen provided introductions in a low voice.

"The one with the third eye on his forehead is the Grand Director of the Three Realms Inspection Institute. The one in the pitch-black Emperor's Robe holding a peach blossom branch is the Emperor of the Nine Netherworld. And that one..."

Chu Tiancheng and Yu Qiushui both swallowed hard. One after another, they were all figures of legend!

He couldn't help but remark in a low, emotional voice,

"To witness these great Existences with my own eyes... I could die now with no regrets."

"This is nothing," Mansion Master Chen said with a small smile. "The Nine Ministers have yet to arrive, and the Three Dukes have yet to appear..."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the Nine Ministers arrived.

Nine imposing figures approached, each step kicking up a world-shaking tidal wave that illuminated All Realms and worlds!!

"That's the legendary Central Pole Dubhe Prime Minister, Lord Zhuge..."

"That's the Central Pole Imperial Sea Prime Minister, the Ancestral Dragon! He's said to be the progenitor of the entire Dragon Race!"

"And that's the Great Successor of the Most Virtuous and Holy Order, Lord Confucius..."

Listening to the discussions among the great figures around them—people they normally weren't even qualified to see—

Chu Tiancheng, Yu Qiushui, and even Mansion Master Chen gazed up at the high heavens with reverence and awe, their hearts pounding and their heads spinning.

The two of them, in particular, benefited immensely. The Nine Ministers of the Dao Dynasty were all legendary figures who held sway over the Celestial Myriad Realms and roamed freely through the annals of history.

Just by looking, they could see the terrifying Dao Rhyme made manifest around them. A single glance was enough to bring enlightenment to a profound principle!

A moment later, accompanied by three grand tolls of a bell, the Celestial Duke came, the Earth Duke arrived, and the Human Lord appeared!

The Nine Ministers sat in attendance as the Three Dukes descended!

All of the more than ten billion Grade Officials of the Dao Dynasty gathered there trembled with trepidation, their very souls shaken!

Only Immortals could serve as Grade Officials in the Dao Dynasty.

Ever since the Celestial Book had been disseminated throughout the world, it was truly as if everyone had become a dragon...

"To actually witness such a magnificent spectacle today..."

Yu Qiushui murmured with feeling,

"I only glanced at those twelve, and so many of my past questions about cultivation were instantly cleared up. My comprehension of the Dao has risen to a whole new level!"

Chu Tiancheng swallowed hard.

"I wonder what His Majesty looks like..."

No sooner had he spoken than a celestial bell chimed nine times, and a purple aura surged from the East.

A vast and mighty wave of auspicious purple energy rose from the East Pole of all worlds and All Realms. It surged with boundless power, blanketing the entire Celestial Myriad Realms.

Finally, it flooded into the Great Heaven and Earth, accompanied by all manner of phenomena. At that very moment, the time, the fate, and the destiny of this day were all transformed, becoming "Greatly Auspicious"!

Chu Tiancheng and Yu Qiushui craned their necks in anticipation. Mansion Master Chen's heart hammered against his ribs, his face alight with a fanatical zeal.

"His Majesty... is about to arrive!!"

He swallowed hard, his aged face a mask of excitement and reverence. As a fifth-rank official of the Dao Dynasty,

he had only seen the Nine Ministers a handful of times in his entire life, and this was his first time ever seeing the Three Dukes. As for the legendary His Majesty...

Beneath the gazes of countless onlookers, amidst the auspicious purple aura suffusing the Celestial Myriad Realms, a supremely majestic figure slowly materialized.

The figure was colossal, clad in an Emperor's Robe. Draped behind him was a cloak of dark Chaos and a seventy-two-colored radiance, with the great Six Paths Plate spinning slowly in its midst.

Beneath that majestic figure's feet, he trod upon the Disasters of all worlds, the Calamities of All Realms, and the Sufferings of all living beings.

With his every step, the Disasters swirled, the Calamities thrummed, and the Sufferings coiled!

Chu Tiancheng took a single glance and froze where he stood, his entire field of vision consumed by that terrifying figure.

No, it was not just his sight. His every thought, his entire consciousness, was completely captivated by the figure!

And it was not just him.