Millions of Heavenly Soldiers and Generals gathered.

The Deity of the Sun, Gold Star Taibai, the Deity of the Moon, the Tanlang Seven Stars, and numerous innate divinities.

In addition, representatives from the Thunder Department, Fire Department, Taoist Altar, and the Four Great Celestial Masters of the Heavenly Official's divisions, including the Erlang God, Spiritual Official Emperor, Ghost Mother, and the Buddha Soldiers led by the Great Sage Equalling Heaven, were present.

These Heavenly Soldiers and Generals embodied the court's entire might.

The Jade Emperor could never have imagined that the Eight Immortals had all ascended to immortality without his knowledge. If this wasn't rebellion, then what was?

"Your Majesty, Lvu Dongbin humiliated himself. Let the court dispatch Heavenly Soldiers to capture him, and we can celebrate the victory at the Peach Banquet!"

Gold Star Taibai patted his steed.

This statement awakened the Jade Emperor.

The Peach Banquet?

Exactly, where are the people of Kunlun?

Where are the flat peaches?

Kunlun had only sent a few Taoist Soldiers and brought some unripe offerings. He had assumed they were still on their way. Now, with the rebellion of the Eight Immortals, he felt a sense of uncanny unease.

Through the Thousand-mile Eye, the Jade Emperor gazed upon Kunlun, only to see its forces arrayed in full battle formation, tens of thousands of troops poised for war.

Upon seeing this, how could the Jade Emperor not grasp the gravity of the situation?

"Summon White Dragon Guanyin; let both the Buddhist and Taoist factions dispatch their forces and annihilate Kunlun!"

The Jade Emperor revealed his dharma body, with a halo of seventy-two radiant hues spinning behind him.

His dharma radiated light across the Ten Thousand Realms, illuminating the boundless void.

A million Heavenly Soldiers charged forth.

At that moment, Song Lin's gaze rose from the earth, meeting the eyes of the assembly of the Heavenly Court.

"The Emperor Donghua appears in the world. Why don't the immortals promptly return to their positions?"

His dharma body emerged, akin to the great sun illuminating all realms, its brilliance surpassing even the Jade Emperor's and shining across the Ten Directions World.

"Master!!"

"Sect Hierarch!"

"Master Yuding?"

In an instant, cries of astonishment rang out from all factions, their terms of address shifting according to Song Lin's myriad identities.

"Haha! The return of Master Yuding—it is time to avenge my master's brother!"

The Great Sage Equalling Heaven, previously Shuashua Sanlang, immediately defected.

This Great Sage was not the same as the former Heavenly Great Saint Sun Monkey.

The true Sun Monkey had been suppressed by the Buddhist Sect, his essence absorbed by Song Lin.

The current Great Sage Equalling Heaven arose when Shuashua Sanlang cultivated the Qi of Strange Stone left by Sun Monkey.

The original true Great Sage Equalling Heaven, the Golden Cauldron True Man, had died, and the Heavenly Court had appointed Shuashua Sanlang as a replacement to reign over the myriad Demon clans.

The Jade Emperor had assumed Shuashua Sanlang could be bought with trivial benefits like the unruly Sun Monkey of old, but Shuashua Sanlang was different.

Unlike Sun Monkey with his stone heart, Shuashua Sanlang was a living being of flesh and blood.

After enduring humiliation for years, he finally seized the chance to rebel.

With his Nine-Transformation Three-headed and Six-armed Dharma image, he manifested a Mystic Iron Rod and crushed fifty thousand Buddha Soldiers in one strike.

"Haha, the Sect Hierarch has returned!"

The Erlang God similarly revealed his true form, while the Four Great Celestial Masters wielded their divine skills. Princess Iron Fan brandished her Palm Leaf Fan, Ghost Mother unleashed tens of thousands of evil ghosts, and the Red Boy General beside White Dragon Guanyin joined the rebellion.

The entire Heavenly Court descended into chaos.

This created the perfect opportunity for Song Lin's forces.

The Eight Immortals effortlessly skinned and dismembered three Dragon Kings.

With the Dragon Kings eradicated, Kunlun seized total control of the Mortal World.

Unwholesome winds swirled across the earth as Kunlun Peak and Langfeng Garden rose from the land.

The Divine Court on earth officially became the Divine Court of heaven.

The Eight Immortals soared across the seas and ascended.

The grand phenomena of the Eight Masters of Heaven and Earth emerged simultaneously.

Pure Yang, Wind Heaven, Abyss Water Land, Sunrise, New Moon, Shaoyin, Four Seasons, Taoist Soldiers.

Though the Queen Mother of the West had devoured much of the Great Dao, the Eight Immortals' mastery of the Dao was incomplete, but still far surpassed that of ordinary immortals.

The rise of the Eight Immortals marked the culmination of the Kunlun Immortal Court's perfection, causing its ascension in entirety.

The Eight Immortals confronted the Jade Emperor, while the Queen Mother of the West, wielding the jade axe, clashed with White Dragon Guanyin in the boundless void.

Both half-step Heavenly Immortals, they fought knowing their powers could devastate the earth, so they battled in the vast cosmos instead.

Amidst the starry skies, their colossal dharma forms intertwined, spells collided, stars exploded, and dazzling fireworks erupted in the emptiness.

Meanwhile, western Buddha Light shone brightly as Arhats leading Buddha Soldiers rushed to provide support.

Bam!

The foremost Arhat was struck through the skull by an arrow.

"Bald donkey! Your ancestor from the Pure Yang Sect is here!"

Hou Yi drew his bow and unleashed ten arrows, slaying ten Buddhas.

He had arrived with disciples of the overseas Pure Yang Sect to reinforce the battle.

The Kunlun Divine Court clashed with the Lingxiao Heavenly Court.

The four Divine Beasts—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—fought against the Star Lords of the Heavenly Court.

On the ground, Emperor Kai Ming (Kai Ming Beast) led landborne beasts, while the Sanqing Saints (Sanqing Birds) and Emperor Tianpeng (Kunlun Bird) led airborne creatures. The Emperor Green Snake (Kunlun Snake) commanded the Water Clan, each faction engaging formidable enemies.

Innate contended with innate, acquired clashed with acquired.

The collision of three Small Thousand Worlds plunged the Three Realms into chaos.

From the earth to the boundless stars, combined forces exceeding three million soldiers engaged in battle. Factoring in summoned Taoist Soldiers, ghosts, protectors, and more, the tally exceeded fifty million.

Fire engulfed every inch of land.

The clash of two Divine Courts disrupted the natural order, with the sun and moon in disarray and the seasons losing their rhythm. Yin and Yang reversed.

The living beings of the Mortal World appeared trapped within a surreal illusion, unable to discern day from night, as if decades passed within moments. Plants grew at strange rates.

Species that should have taken years to mature did so overnight.

Water ceased to flow downward, meandering aimlessly instead.

The sun occasionally appeared to rise from the west, and daylight abruptly turned to night.

These anomalies plunged the Mortal World into complete chaos.

This was the devastation of war between Divine Courts: not merely destruction, but a breakdown of natural governance, rendering the heavens and earth erratic.

Even mortals were unable to tell the time.

Shadows, tree rings, dripping water, the sun—all failed to indicate any semblance of order.

Learned scholars discerned patterns amidst the turmoil and calculated that the anomalies in the Mortal World persisted for a year.

Historical records dubbed it the Year of Chaos.

The year during which all order unraveled became so fantastical that future generations deemed it a myth.

The year-long war of the Heavenly Courts finally reached its conclusion.

Three thousand light-years away upon a blazing star.

Kunlun Peak tore through space to arrive there.

Former Heavenly Soldiers, Kunlun's blue-eyed, square-pupiled Undying Clan, and Pure Yang cultivators gathered.

At the forefront, the Eastern King Song Lin wielded the Pure Yang Golden Fire. Wherever the golden light reached, flames engulfed the land, reducing enemies to ash.

Beside him stood twelve distinct individuals, each possessing unique skills but identical cultivation realms—the Twelve Yuan Chen.

The Queen Mother of the West stood by his side.

The Eastern King and the Queen Mother of the West, the true rulers of the Heavenly Court.

The Palace of the Polestar hung suspended in the cosmos, its interior littered with the corpses of innate divinities.

"Don't kill me! I can serve you. The Heavenly Court cannot function without an emperor."

The Jade Emperor was on the brink of death, his form flickering between existence and nonexistence.

White Dragon Guanyin had been slain by the Queen Mother of the West. The Jade Emperor, after enduring a year of relentless assaults, was utterly depleted.

"An emperor? There will always be someone to take the position!"

With a sudden blaze, the Pure Yang Golden Fire Lamp erupted in gold flames, reducing the Jade Emperor to dust.

The harmonized Golden Fire proved overwhelmingly dominant.

After the Jade Emperor's demise, his remains emitted two strands of essence.

One Yin strand was absorbed by the Queen Mother of the West, while the Yang strand was fused by Song Lin into the Human Dao Sword, forming the Pure Yang Sword.

A quintessential innate treasure of the Pure Yang Dao—the Pure Yang Sword.

Wielding this treasure alongside the Kunlun Heavenly Court, a single stroke from Song Lin could sever anything across the Three Realms.

With the Jade Emperor defeated, the Lingxiao Heavenly Court and the Pure Land were utterly annihilated, granting Kunlun dominion over three Small Thousand Worlds.

These worlds represented the Mortal Realm of Kunlun, the Heavenly Court's Cangtian, and the western Pure Land.

Of course, the Mortal Realm of Kunlun became the largest after merging with portions of the other two realms.

"It is finally over."

Song Lin smiled.

Amidst the ruins of a year-long chaos, order at last began to emerge.

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