A crisis that threatened to destroy the world thus dissipated into thin air, and the Heavenly Puppet Emperor vanished. The Heavenly Court was left without a leader, but since the gods remained, it was still able to function normally.
Although the great powers failed to achieve Unity of Dao, the transcendent force of the Daoist Ancestor enabled them to revert to their state before the attempt at unification, thus preserving their hope.
Without the obstruction of the Heavenly Dao's wisdom this time, these powers were not in a hurry to merge with Dao. Instead, they took the opportunity to refine their own Dao Foundation meticulously, for they had directly confronted the tribulation of achieving Dao and now had a clearer vision of the path ahead.
Perhaps this was their greatest gain from this ordeal.
However, a vexing issue now presented itself before the gods: the throne of the Heavenly Emperor was vacant, and there was the matter of who would succeed to the position.
