Primordial Era: I rule the great sect and command all immortals.

Chapter 81 The Cult Leader Appoints the Great Emperor of the Central Heaven, Purple Star, and North Pole

On the high seat, the argument between the six sages, Haotian, and Yaochi grew increasingly heated. The singing and dancing below had long since stopped. In the Heavenly Palace, from Quasi-Sages to Great Luo Golden Immortals, Taiyi Golden Immortals, and Golden Immortals, the rows of seats were silent. Everyone was on tenterhooks, secretly glancing upwards, knowing that a conflict at the level of sages was about to erupt.

Li Yunjing frowned. He wasn't worried about his own safety, but wasn't it a bit too fast to start a war now?

After a heated argument, Jieyin and Zhunti, targeted by the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa, were unable to expand their influence to the East. Thus, they had no choice but to back down, abandon this opportunity, and quietly accumulate strength to prepare for another infiltration into the East.

Nuwa, overjoyed at the great victory she had helped the Three Pure Ones achieve, immediately turned to Haotian without hesitation and said, "Haotian, the Dao Ancestor has now appointed you to oversee the operation of the Heavenly Court, but the Six Emperors are not all present. How can you possibly share the Dao Ancestor's burdens?"

"I have arranged personnel for you to assume the position of the Supreme Emperor of Gouchen Palace. From now on, they will assist you in managing the affairs of war between the North and South Poles and the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man!"

Before Haotian could object, Yuanshi Tianzun nodded in deep agreement and said, "Junior Sister Nuwa is quite right! My disciple, the Antarctic Immortal, is suitable for the position of Antarctic Longevity Emperor. In the future, he will assist Haotian in managing the lifespan, fortune, and misfortune of the Three Realms!"

"Haha! My Chaos Child of the Jie Sect has advanced to Quasi-Saint, becoming the number one person in the third generation of the Xuanmen, and is qualified to serve as the Great Emperor of the Central Heaven, Purple Star, and North Pole! In the future, he will be responsible for governing all the heavens, the sun, moon, stars, and the four seasons!"

Seeing that Nuwa and Yuanshi had divided the power of the Heavenly Court, Tongtian Jiaozhu was not to be outdone and also seized a position among the Six Emperors.

"Excellent! Our teacher once said that we sages should help Haotian set up the Heavenly Court. As the senior disciple of the Xuanmen sect, I will create an avatar to reside permanently in the Heavenly Court."

Laozi nodded, and as he spoke, a figure burst forth from his body—it was the benevolent corpse of Laozi that he had slain.

The Four Sages of the East ousted the Western Religion, achieved a great victory, and immediately divided the power of the Heavenly Court among themselves.

This scene made Haotian and Yaochi's faces turn as black as the bottom of a pot. Even Jieyin and Zhunti were dumbfounded and cursed the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa for their shamelessness!

"Hmph! It was you six sages who forced me into this. Since that's the case, let the Human Sect, the Intercepting Sect, the Chan Sect, the Western Sect, the Witch Clan, and the Demon Clan fight amongst yourselves. If you don't take me seriously, let's see how you dogs fight each other."

Haotian, looking embarrassed, lowered his head deeply, filled with resentment.

If all you saints want to plot against the Heavenly Court, then come on! Whether you let one sheep run or a flock runs, you might as well fight each other to the death!

Haotian has made a decision: let all the forces that are eyeing the Heavenly Court in, let them fight amongst themselves, and let them find their own opportunities to sit back and watch the tigers fight.

"Hahaha!"

Upon hearing his teacher's arrangement, Chaos Dao Lord was overjoyed. The position of one of the Six Emperors, the Heavenly God, and even the position of the Great Emperor of the Central Purple Star and the North Pole, had been placed on his head. This was simply a windfall!

As for Haotian disagreeing?

I doubt he'd have the guts!

The sages achieved their desired results, completely sidelining the Jade Emperor. One by one, they departed satisfied, and the "Peach Banquet" came to a close amidst the trepidation of the immortals.

Chaos Daoist struck the "Lotus Crown," and amidst the envious gazes of many immortals from the three religions, the benevolent corpse of Yun Jing Daoist flew out.

"In the future, I will need you to take care of the position of the Great Emperor of the North Pole of the Central Heaven!" Chaos Daoist said with a smile.

"We are one, fellow Daoist, why be so polite?"

Daoist Yunjing laughed heartily. He had gained a Six Emperors for free, so what else was there to say?

After greeting the Jade Emperor, thus meeting his superior, he then joined the thirty-three heavens, including Chaos Daoist, Duobao Daoist, Golden Spirit Holy Mother, Wudang Holy Mother, and Turtle Spirit Holy Mother, in the Ziwei Heaven.

Looking at the long-sealed "Ziwei Palace", the experts of the Jie Sect used their supernatural powers to rearrange it. The "Harmony with Light and Dust Formation" and the simplified version of the "Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation" were also personally set up by Chaos Daojun.

From then on, Daoist Yunjing became the Ziwei Emperor, the Lord of All Stars, the Grandmaster of All Things, in charge of all the stars in the heavens, and in control of all the gods and spirits. Thunder.

The Great Emperor of the North Pole, Ziwei, commands the Four Saints of the North Pole and other celestial beings, as well as the Eleven Great Star Lords of Shangqing, the Seven Star Lords of the Big Dipper, the Left and Right Assistants, the Three Star Lords of the Three Platforms, the Six Departments of the Southern Dipper, the Three True Ones of the Central Dipper, the Two Messengers of Qingyang and Tuoluo, the Twelve Yuanchen Natal Star Lords, the Sixty Jiazi Tai Sui Star Lords, the Twenty-Eight Mansions of the Clouds and Sky, the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals of the Dipper, the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends, the Dipper's various divine officials and spirits, the Zhou Tian Lie Yao Star Lords, the Great Sage of the Heavenly Generals, the Kui Gang Star Lords, and so on—all these celestial beings and the myriad immortals of the Milky Way.

He was truly in a high position and wielded great power. Without his and the decrees of the Heavenly Emperor of Gouchen Shanggong, the Jade Emperor would be nothing more than a puppet with no real military power.

From then on, the Chaos Dao Lord had a legitimate reason to intervene in many matters concerning the Heavenly Court, the Human Realm, and the Nine Netherworld.

Even if many immortals of the Jie Sect are listed on the Investiture of the Gods in the future, with his protection, neither Haotian nor the Antarctic Longevity Emperor can command the disciples of the Jie Sect to serve them!

The teacher's accidental action had such a miraculous effect!

The calamity of the Investiture of the Gods is over!

Now, only one of the six imperial positions remains unclaimed. If it weren't for the fact that Laozi had no disciples, he wouldn't have missed the last position. However, he still had to maintain his dignity as a sage, so he had to settle for second best and have his clone take charge of the Heavenly Court.

Although this benevolent corpse of Laozi doesn't manage affairs, who would dare to disrespect it?

Which of the many important matters in Heaven does not require the approval of this retired emperor?

After the banquet ended, in the "Lingxiao Palace", Haotian and Yaochi were on the verge of tears. They had originally held a grand gathering to demonstrate the majesty of the Heavenly Emperor and Empress, but they never expected that the six saints, especially the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa, would be so hateful as to divide up their power completely.

These two ambitious quasi-saints were like tigers with their teeth pulled; from then on, they could only obediently act as puppets under the supervision of the three religions.

Now that there is no one available in "Ziwei Heaven", Chaos Daoist has issued a decree to temporarily summon a group of Jie Sect masters to heaven to support him. As for some rogue immortals who choose to join his ranks, Yun Jing Daoist will accept them without hesitation.

The convening of the "Peach Banquet" brought some benefits to several of the Six Emperors, including the Supreme Being of the Three Realms, Haotian. Many wandering immortals saw the benefits of joining the Heavenly Court and thus flocked to the tutelage of these great emperors.

Among these people, besides Haotian's most direct disciples, there was also Yun Jing Daoren, the Ziwei Emperor. Relying on the title of a disciple of a sage, Ziwei Heaven gathered tens of thousands of scattered immortals in a short time. This number of people was not enough to completely control the stars and constellations, but could only barely manage the operation of the sun, moon and stars.

After a Yuanhui, not only the Human Sect, the Intercepting Sect, and the Chan Sect, but also the Demon Clan, and even the three ancient races of the Dragon Clan, the Phoenix Clan, and the Qilin Clan, all contributed a portion of their forces to the Heavenly Court.

The goal of all parties is clear: to compete, to compete as much as possible, to divide the power of the Heavenly Court, and then to gather fortune, preferably to be connected with the fortune of the Heavenly Court.

Many powerful clans even learned from the words and deeds of the sages that Haotian was not a representative that the sages were satisfied with, and that there would be opportunities to bring Haotian down in the future. At that time, whoever possessed the most fortune of the Heavenly Court would have the hope of becoming the new ruler of the Three Realms.

Gradually, under the guidance of the six sages, the story spread throughout the prehistoric world that Haotian and Yaochi were merely puppets. On the surface, Haotian was in charge of the Heavenly Court, but in reality, the Jie Sect and the Chan Sect were in charge, while other sects divided up the power.

Thus, after several setbacks, the names of Haotian and Yaochi are rarely mentioned in the Three Realms anymore. The most worshipped deities in the Three Realms are still the Six Emperors, appointed by sages such as the Ziwei Emperor.

The Lingxiao Palace.

"Senior brother! We can't wait any longer! Let's go find our teacher! Let him stand up for us!" Yaochi finally couldn't sit still any longer and took the initiative to find Haotian and bring up the issue.

"Junior sister, no, the time is not right. If we go to complain now, those saints will definitely not let us off. We need to wait for an opportunity!" Haotian shook his head, his face gloomy.

"But senior brother, if things continue like this, we may not be able to preserve our current strength," Yaochi said worriedly.

Previously, things were alright, as Haotian secretly instigated infighting among the Sages. However, recently the Three Pure Ones had a meeting and seemed to have united their forces, and the Six Emperors have stopped fighting.

Many Xuanmen masters, including the Ziwei Emperor, focused their energy on expanding their power. It should be noted that the Demon Clan Heavenly Court at its peak had hundreds of millions of immortals and gods. The scale they had built now was far too small.

With no external troubles, the Ziwei Emperor immediately focused his energy on the "Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array". To this end, Chaos Daojun personally went to the "Fire Cloud Cave" outside the Thirty-Three Heavens to visit his first disciple, Fuxi.

When the teacher arrived, and was also entrusted with the mandate of heaven, commanding all the stars in the heavens, Fuxi did not hold back and directly taught this mighty array that shook the primordial world to the Chaos Dao Lord.

After a decade of comprehension, Chaos Daoist shook his head and smiled bitterly, realizing that with the current strength of the Heavenly Court, it would be impossible to fully restore the power of this formation.

Another thousand years passed, and Haotian suddenly summoned all the gods to a grand court assembly.

Looking at the group of experts from the three religions who outwardly addressed him as the Jade Emperor but inwardly looked down on him, Haotian forcibly suppressed his anger. Just wait! When he found an opportunity, he would definitely make them pay!

"I have recently gained some insights. In order to break through to the late stage of Quasi-Saint, I need to go into seclusion for a long time. Therefore, for the foreseeable future, the Heavenly Court will be under the jurisdiction of the Ziwei Emperor and the Changsheng Emperor," Haotian said.

The immortals from the three religions replied, "Yes! Your subordinates obey!"

In truth, he was even more disdainful. The two Xuanmen Emperors never attended court, and Haotian didn't even dare to ask them. Now, this coward had actually given up struggling; it seemed he had resigned himself to his fate.

Meanwhile, the power of the Heavenly Court was completely seized by the two sages, and the human world underwent tremendous changes, experiencing the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and the development of the human race entered a new stage.

Since Yu succeeded to the throne and accepted the homage of the feudal lords, the state was named Xiahou, and people respectfully called him Da Yu.

To consolidate the Xia Dynasty, Yu the Great divided the country into nine provinces for administration and used copper from Shou Mountain to forge nine large tripods as symbols of the nine provinces.

After Yu the Great attained enlightenment, he also ascended to the "Fire Cloud Cave". From then on, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors gathered together, and the Eight Great Human Sovereigns suppressed the destiny of the human race. The human race then became the eternal and unchanging protagonist of the prehistoric world.

Meanwhile, the Heavenly Court was in chaos. Haotian was overwhelmed by the troubles caused by the disciples of the sages. His sister, Fairy Yunhua, found the Heavenly Court too boring, so she went down to the mortal realm to play. Unexpectedly, she encountered the mortal Yang Tianyou there.

The two defied the rules of heaven, married, and had two sons and a daughter.

As the saying goes, a day in heaven is equivalent to a year on earth.

Although Fairy Yunhua has been in the mortal realm for more than ten years, she has only been in heaven for a little over ten days.

Haotian finally discovered that Fairy Yunhua had been having an affair with a mortal. Haotian was furious and sent a divine general down to earth to capture Fairy Yunhua and punish her severely.

On this day, Fairy Yunhua was sitting peacefully at home when she suddenly felt a chill run down her spine. She quickly made some calculations with her fingers and discovered that her brother had discovered her marriage to a mortal and had sent people to capture her. Overwhelmed with grief, she burst into tears.

Seeing this, Yang Tianyou quickly asked, "Why are you crying, my lady?"

"My husband, our marriage is probably over," Fairy Yunhua wept. "I am the younger sister of the Jade Emperor, Fairy Yunhua. Now that my brother knows that you and I are a good match, he has sent people to capture me. Husband, please take San'er and run away."

As he spoke, he handed the young girl in his arms to Yang Tianyou, and had his eldest son Yang Jiao carry his second son Yang Miaojun. He then pushed them out the door, intending to send the four of them away.

At this moment, the heavenly soldiers and generals arrived. Fairy Yunhua stepped forward to block the heavenly soldiers and urged Yang Tianyou and his son to flee for their lives. Unfortunately, Fairy Yunhua's cultivation was not high enough to stop all the heavenly soldiers.

The heavenly soldiers and generals captured Fairy Yunhua, and then Yang Tianyou and his son.

Yang Tianyou was just an ordinary person, unable to ride the clouds or soar through the mist. Although Yang Jiao had learned some supernatural powers, he was still unable to escape due to the burden of his father and siblings. He was killed at the same time as his father, Yang Tianyou. Only Yang Miaojun and her sister were rescued.

Before long, the heavenly soldiers brought Fairy Yunhua to the "Lingxiao Palace". Haotian cursed, "You shameless wench, you have secretly married a mortal and disgraced me."

However, over the years, Haotian has been suppressed by the three religions and has been under tremendous pressure. With such a scandal occurring in his own family, if he does not handle it properly, his reign as the Jade Emperor will come to an end.

Fairy Yunhua simply lowered her head and remained silent.

Seeing this, Haotian stopped speaking and said to the heavenly soldiers outside the palace, "Take this lowly servant out and imprison her under Peach Mountain for ten thousand years as punishment."

The heavenly soldiers responded with a roar, escorted Fairy Yunhua to Peach Mountain, imprisoned her at the foot of the mountain, ordered the local earth god to guard her, and then returned to the Heavenly Court.

After Yang Miaojun and the young girl were rescued and taken away separately, Yang Miaojun was enveloped in a golden light and soon arrived at a cave. Inside, there was a Taoist book and a futon. The golden light placed Yang Miaojun in the cave and then disappeared.

After the golden light faded, a white-furred ape entered the cave. The ape was a naturally occurring, unusual species.

(End of this chapter)