NOVPUB"Little Clarity Void Grotto Heavens? Yu Ke?"
The Giant Mountain Divine Venerable seemed to have stirred up some interest, as his huge, rock-carved eyes streamed with magma from the depths of the earth, the tides surging and undulating with his emotions.
"I’ve heard of your name."
The majestic voice echoed in the side hall, and a bat-like local deity immediately flew into the book pavilion, took up a scroll, and began to read aloud.
"Yu Ke was once the reserve Sacred Sage of Little Clarity Void Grotto Heavens. Three years ago, he was defeated by Falling Clouds Taoist in the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda trial, and his family’s elder, True Monarch Yu Changming, out of greed, intervened personally and was also slain by Falling Clouds Taoist."
After this incident, the Passing Law Hall of Little Clarity Void Grotto Heavens’ Yu family fell into decline, and Yu Ke, having disgraced the sect’s name, was stripped of his position as the reserve Sacred Sage and sent to the external law enforcement hall to become an idle elder."
Shrouded in a black robe, Yu Ke remained silent upon hearing this, his expression calm.
This demeanor was somewhat unexpected to the Giant Mountain Divine Venerable.
In the eyes of Giant Mountain Divine Venerable, Yu Ke should have been a top prodigy of his generation as a reserve Sacred Sage, and he could have aspired to reach the Void Refining to Tao Harmony Stage in the future.
But now his family’s elder was slain, the family was in decline, and he himself had lost the support of the sect, plummeting from the exalted position of reserve Sacred Sage to that of an external sect elder.
It should be known that although external sect elders carry the title, their influence is limited to the secular forces outside the grotto heavens; their status is even lower than those potential-filled Spirit Transmutation realm true disciples.
This position is basically arranged for true disciples who have no hope of making a breakthrough.
Finding himself in this position signified that Little Clarity Void Grotto Heavens had completely given up on cultivating Yu Ke.
Unless Yu Ke could advance to Void Refining in the future without any help from the sect’s resources, this position was as far as he would go. 𝙣𝒐𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝙘𝙤𝙢
For a prodigy, this was more agonizing than death.
The calmness displayed by Yu Ke did not seem to be a facade, which caused the Giant Mountain Divine Venerable to regard him slightly higher.
"What brings a person from Little Clarity Void Grotto Heavens to the Donghuang Divine Palace?"
"I wish to request the Eastern Glory Divine Monarch to take action and kill someone for me."
As these words were spoken, silence suddenly fell upon the entire side hall.
The mountains began to shake, the earth trembled at that very moment, and deafening laughter emanated from the mouth of the Giant Mountain Divine Venerable.
"Hahahaha!"
In the side hall, various god statues embedded in the walls began to appear—some with sharp, piercing laughter, others with a hoarse, cold tone, or with a coarse, bold laugh, the sounds echoing endlessly within the hall.
As the gods laughed madly, their powerful auras were released unrestrained, the formidable pressure directly falling within the grand hall while Yu Ke, clad in black robes as if shouldering mountains, remained with a calm gaze, watching the Eastern Glory gods in front of him.
After a while, the laughter of the Giant Mountain Divine Venerable gradually subsided, followed by a cold hum that echoed within the hall.
"Considering you’ve performed a farcical play for me, you may leave!"
As the voice fell, dozens of deities within the side hall cast disdainful glances at Yu Ke, their eyes filled with indescribable absurdity.
Yu Ke did not make any move but simply looked earnestly at the Giant Mountain Divine Venerable and said,
"I implore the Giant Mountain Divine Venerable to request the Eastern Glory Divine Monarch to take action!"
The smile on Giant Mountain Divine Venerable’s face faded, as his colossal body, a thousand feet tall, leaned forward slightly, his eyes indifferent.
"Even True Monarch Yu Changming would not dare make such a request to me while present.
Do you truly think I would hesitate to kill you because of the Little Clarity Void Grotto Heavens behind you?"
"Let alone that you are no longer a reserve Sacred Sage, even if you still were, what of it?
Daring to speak offensively against His Majesty the Divine Monarch, even if a current life True Immortal from your sect were to arrive, they could not save you."
"I do not wish to commit a massacre today, so before I change my mind, leave at once!"
Amidst these words, the surrounding god statues, harboring the will of the various canonical gods of the Divine System, cast subtly changed glances at Yu Ke.
It seemed that if Yu Ke refused, they would strike him down with the force of thunder right there on the spot.
Facing this situation, Yu Ke simply reached into his bosom, took out a Golden Scroll enveloped in the aura of the Divinity Path.
The Giant Mountain Divine Venerable’s gaze instantly sharpened, and his fingers spread wide, unhesitatingly reaching for Yu Ke. Yu Ke did not resist; instead, he actively tossed the Golden Scroll towards the Giant Mountain Divine Venerable.
The immense hand grasped the Golden Scroll, which began to rapidly expand from its normal size, turning into a gigantic golden column a hundred feet long.
Unfurling the Golden Scroll and gazing upon the divine characters flowing upon it, the Giant Mountain Divine Venerable was ecstatic.
"Yes! This is it!"
"Written by a Heavenly Official of the Immortal Officials Division, this is a blank Imperial Edict capable of ennobling a Divine Venerable!"
As these words came out, the dozens of canonical gods from the Divine System within the side hall were all shaken, then looked greedily at the Heavenly Court Decree in the hands of the Giant Mountain Divine Venerable, their eyes full of avarice.
Within the Incense Offering Divinity Path, Incense Offering Canonical Gods could be consecrated by a Divine Monarch or God Honor of a divine system.
However, if one wished to advance further from the position of canonical gods, a Heavenly Court Decree issued by the Heavenly Court and conferred by the Immortal Officials Division was necessary.
In the worlds beyond, there are countless Incense Offering Canonical Gods, but the Left and Right Heavenly Officials, close to the Donghua Emperor, hold exalted statuses, barely noticing the lower canonical gods; thus, they would not lightly issue Heavenly Court Decrees.
There are very few deities who can leap from Incense Offering Canonical Gods to Divine Venerables.
This has led to the ascension of Incense Offering Canonical Gods to Divine Venerables becoming an almost insurmountable chasm, the difficulty of which is comparable to a Spirit Transmutation cultivator advancing to the Tao Harmony Stage.
