Chapter 457: Grand Ceremony: The Endowment of the Primordial Will, the Ancestral Temple

Time flowed on endlessly, never pausing for any powerful being.

One year later!

At this time, Lu Qingshan’s second body continued traveling through the Cosmic Sea, while his main body remained within the ancestral temple’s mansion.

The Ancestral Mystery Realm, Five-Colored Aurora Lake region.

Swirling five-colored auroras surged endlessly, vast and boundless, faintly revealing islands and palaces floating within.

Yet if one sought the place within the Ancestral Temple with the greatest concentration of powerful beings, it was still Purple Thorn Island, where numerous Beast God inheritors gathered.

Suddenly, an immense aura spread across the sky above Purple Thorn Island, an invisible yet heart-stopping pressure descending instantly upon all inheritors—some of these auras even surpassed that of Purple Thorn Island’s master.

Shhh! Shhh! Shhh!

Upon sensing the anomaly, each Beast God inheritor on Purple Thorn Island flew out from their mansions.

In an instant, tens of millions of inheritor figures all looked upward toward the heavens.

“What is this?”

“What’s happening?”

All these Beast God inheritors gazed upward, their faces filled with shock and disbelief; those familiar with one another frantically exchanged telepathic whispers.

At this moment, the high sky had clearly divided into dozens of distinct zones—some radiating endless golden light, others flowing with boundless waves…

In each zone stood a towering figure radiating immense aura, and surrounding these dozens of figures were countless more powerful beings, densely packed.

“Those are the Three Ancestral Gods!”

“The Eight Beast Gods, the Seventy-Two Divine Generals, and the Three Thousand Divine Envoys have all arrived!”

“What is the Ancestral Temple planning? How could so many powerful beings gather at once?”

Countless Beast God inheritors murmured among themselves at this sight.

Such a gathering of powerful beings was rare even across the vast cosmos.

“Hmph!”

Suddenly, a cold snort echoed.

From the core region of the void, a cold snort rang out, and the pressure intensified instantly, forcing the tens of millions of inheritors hovering in midair down onto the ground of Purple Thorn Island—even those who had reached the Cosmic Sovereign realm could not resist its power.

Then, within the boundless five-colored auroras, three towering figures gradually emerged—the three highest-ranking Ancestral Gods of the Ancestral Temple.

In an instant, these three towering figures seemed to become part of the cosmic fundamental laws themselves, utterly irresistible, compelling every Beast God inheritor to bow in submission.

“I am the Two-Faced Ancestral God,” spoke the towering figure at the center.

“Our Ancestral Temple is the greatest power in the Primordial Universe!”

“Since the birth of the Primordial Universe, our core has consisted of Three Ancestral Gods, Eight Beast Gods, numerous Guardian Generals, and Divine Envoys!”

“Beyond our core, our outer organizations include the Flame Heaven Divine Lord, the Nine You Divine Lord, and three other Guardian Divine Lords—each of whom is a legendary existence renowned throughout the cosmos!”

The Two-Faced Ancestral God gazed downward, his voice booming: “Today, our Ancestral Temple shall birth its fourth Guardian Divine Lord. We hereby hold this grand ceremony!”

Whoosh!!

No sooner had the Two-Faced Ancestral God finished speaking than the tens of millions of inheritors below erupted in uproar, their faces filled with shock and awe.

“A fourth Guardian Divine Lord!”

“No wonder such a commotion! Almost every powerful being in the Ancestral Temple has appeared!”

“Indeed! In my twenty billion years on Purple Thorn Island, I’ve never witnessed such a spectacle! Only the birth of a Guardian Divine Lord—a supreme being—could draw such a gathering!”

“True! Thirteen billion years ago, when the Path Lord awakened the Fire Void Beast God’s path and ascended to become a Guardian Beast God, only the Fire Beast God himself appeared to offer congratulations!”

“Every Guardian Divine Lord of the Ancestral Temple bears legendary renown across the cosmos. Figures like the Flame Heaven Divine Lord and the Nine You Divine Lord… even my tribe’s leader cannot compare. Who could this fourth Guardian Divine Lord possibly be?”

“You don’t know? I once heard my elder ancestor say that the Lord of Myriad Worlds from the human race has now become a being rivaling the Flame Heaven Divine Lord! And the Lord of Myriad Worlds was originally a Guardian Beast God of the Ancestral Temple—surely this time, he is being elevated to Guardian Divine Lord!”

“What? Are you serious?”

“My elder ancestor himself said it—how could it be false?”

“But the Lord of Myriad Worlds is a human powerhouse—how could the Ancestral Temple let him become a Guardian Divine Lord?”

“Why not? In the Primordial Universe, strength reigns supreme—even within the Ancestral Temple!”

Instantly, these Beast God inheritors could not help but whisper among themselves, each filled with excitement.

All of them had received Beast God inheritance tokens and come to the Ancestral Temple to cultivate—they were all supreme geniuses from their respective factions.

Yet even for them, reaching the Cosmic Sovereign realm was extremely difficult, let alone ascending to the Cosmic Lord realm.

And now, the Lord of Myriad Worlds, Lu Qingshan—whom many of them knew—was about to be elevated by the Ancestral Temple as a Guardian Divine Lord!

This was undoubtedly one of the most important events in the entire Primordial Universe; to witness such a scene was an extraordinary stroke of fortune.

Among the countless powerful beings surrounding him, Jiu Feng Sovereign felt boundless emotion.

He remembered that when he was still a King-level Immortal, he had once joined Lu Qingshan—who was then also a King-level Immortal—to receive the Spirit Wind Divine General’s inheritance.

At that time, Lu Qingshan had absorbed the inheritance to an astonishing depth in an extremely short span—he was certain to complete the full Spirit Wind Divine General’s inheritance in the future;

But he had moved faster, securing the complete inheritance first, his power surging instantly as he broke through to the Cosmic Sovereign realm, later becoming a candidate Divine General of the Ancestral Temple!

When he next noticed Lu Qingshan, it was already the news that Lu Qingshan had become a disciple of Ice Peak Lord and then broken through to the Cosmic Sovereign realm.

Yet even after Lu Qingshan reached Cosmic Sovereign, he had paid little heed.

After all, with his supreme treasure, his strength was already among the top in the Cosmic Sovereign realm—fewer than thirty human Cosmic Sovereigns surpassed him.

But in the years that followed, Lu Qingshan continually delivered new shocks to him.

Cosmic Tyrant, top Cosmic Tyrant, Cosmic Lord, one of the elite Cosmic Lords…

Now, Lu Qingshan had become one of the Ancestral Temple’s Guardian Divine Lords, on par with the Flame Heaven Divine Lord and the Nine You Divine Lord.

Thinking of this, Jiu Feng Sovereign felt both awe and relief.

“To have received the Spirit Wind Divine General’s inheritance alongside the Lord of Myriad Worlds—what fortune I had!”

Jiu Feng Sovereign thought inwardly: “But thank heavens I secured the complete Divine General inheritance before the Lord of Myriad Worlds—if he had become the candidate Divine General instead, my human race might have lost a supreme powerhouse!”

As Jiu Feng Sovereign’s thoughts raced…

Splash!

The center of the Five-Colored Aurora Lake split open, and a five-colored bridge appeared; at its end stood Lu Qingshan, clad in a purple-gold battle armor.

The three Ancestral Gods turned their gazes toward Lu Qingshan at the bridge’s end and spoke together: “The Ancestral Temple’s fourth Guardian Divine Lord is the Lord of Myriad Worlds!”

“Lord of Myriad Worlds!” The Cosmic Lords floating in the void within the Ancestral Temple all voiced their congratulations.

Instantly, the name “Lord of Myriad Worlds” echoed throughout this realm.

“Hail Lord Wanjie!” The Seventy-Two Divine Generals and Three Thousand Divine Envoys of the Ancestral Temple all bowed deeply, offering their utmost reverence.

“Hail Lord Wanjie!” The Ancestral Temple’s outer members and tens of millions of Beast God inheritors all cried out in unison.

Such a breathtaking scene was exceedingly rare even across the entire Primordial Universe.