The Cosmos Apex Sword!
Everyone's breathing quickened. Clearly, it had been hundreds of thousands of years since any of them had laid eyes on this blade. But its features were unmistakable — and it unmistakably carried the aura of His Majesty, the Celestial Emperor of Taiyuan. That regal majesty was something no ordinary weapon could possibly replicate.
"It really is the Cosmos Apex Sword!"
"Could it be that this young man truly is the reincarnation of Crown Prince
"A son inheriting his father's legacy — that does seem entirely plausible."
"The most important thing is that he refined the Token of Destiny and wasn't rejected by the Heavenly Dao! That means he is a Heavenly Emperor acknowledged by the Heavenly Dao!"
In that moment, quite a few of the vassal lords began to believe.
The Nine Cauldrons God King spoke coldly, "Spewing lies to deceive the masses! Before the Celestial Emperor of Taiyuan was overthrown all those years ago, it's entirely possible he transferred the tokens on his person beforehand. Who can prove that you are the son of the Celestial Emperor of Taiyuan?"
"I can prove it!"
Suddenly, a powerful, resonant voice seemed to descend from the highest heavens.
The very next instant, the entirety of the Celestial Palace of Taiyuan appeared to shudder violently, trembling uncontrollably. Beyond the palace walls, a piercing beam of blinding light erupted skyward, blasting straight up toward the ninth heaven.
It was as though one world was crumbling apart. As though another was being reborn.
That terrifying wave of power immediately swept into the Celestial Palace of Taiyuan, and the radiance was so intense that no one could keep their eyes open.
"That's — the Eternal Divine Prison!"
"Has the Eternal Divine Prison shattered?"
"Whose voice was that just now?"
"It's the Celestial Emperor of Taiyuan! It's the Celestial Emperor of Taiyuan!"
"The Celestial Emperor of Taiyuan has escaped! Ha ha, wonderful! The Celestial Emperor of Taiyuan has emerged — the Grand World of Taiyuan is saved!"
Seeing the Celestial Emperor of Taiyuan break free, those who had long suppressed their true feelings finally found the courage to speak them aloud.
The Celestial Emperor of Taiyuan was nothing short of a legend — a legend that no one in the entire Grand World of Taiyuan had ever surpassed. Now that the Celestial Emperor had emerged, it meant that the power structure of the Grand World of Taiyuan was finally going to change.
Jiang Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. His expression was one of extraordinary serenity, his heart perfectly still.
He had thought of this day without cease, day and night, and had yearned for it — and now it had finally arrived. Yet his heart had become strangely calm.
"Father!" Jiang Chen called out silently in his mind.
The moment the Eternal Divine Prison collapsed, the Celestial Emperor of Taiyuan was like a dragon breaking free from its cage — in the blink of an eye, he had already arrived at the Celestial Palace of Taiyuan.
"Ha ha! My Celestial Palace of Taiyuan, my throne — who dares profane them? Who dares rage within these halls?"
Even as the words left his lips, the Celestial Emperor of Taiyuan stood before them.
When his figure fully materialized — that commanding bearing, that unrestrained countenance, those eyes as deep and fathomless as the stars, that bold and fearless stride —
Everything, every last detail, was achingly familiar.
Every heart in the crowd trembled.
Some eyes had already grown moist. Some knees had already bent to the ground.
"Your Majesty!"
"We welcome Your Majesty's liberation!"
In a great wave, the assembled cultivators dropped to their knees, a vast swath of them prostrating without hesitation.