The Dragon Virtue Palace exuded an aura of supreme nobility, and the immortals knew that the Heavenly Emperor had returned. Venus rang the celestial bell, and cultivators above the Taiyi Golden Immortal level rushed to pay their respects.

"Your Majesty and Your Highness, we pay our respects."

"Rise, my lords," Haotian said calmly, and the immortals were gently lifted up.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Haotian scanned the starry sky and saw 210 Great Luo Golden Immortals, with 36 more from the Heavenly Court. Not bad.

"You are already aware of the Human-Immortal Contract. I, Fellow Daoist Pingxin, and the Great Emperor of Fengdu have established the lineage of City God and Earth God. Now, Yuzhou belongs to my Heavenly Court, and manpower should also be arranged for the other eight states."

"Do you have any recommendations for the Left and Right Heavenly Ministers?"

Tu Shan and Bai Ze exchanged a glance. Was their Heavenly Court finally going to place its people in the prehistoric land?

Even if the Earth Immortals submit, they didn't come from the Heavenly Court.

"Your Majesty, with the Nine Provinces Barrier in place, even a Great Luo Golden Immortal will be suppressed to the Taiyi Realm, which may hinder the City God and Earth God's future actions," Bai Ze said hesitantly.

Haotian's gaze remained calm; this guy's insight into problems was still as sharp as ever.

"I am naturally aware of this matter. The City God and Earth God artifacts will be jointly crafted with the Underworld and then connected to the Nine Provinces' barrier. In this way, the City God and Earth God will not be suppressed within the Nine Provinces."

Bai Ze lowered his eyes. In this way, the City God and the Land God would be the most powerful beings in the Nine Provinces, and they would have the absolute strength to suppress any cultivators who violated the Heavenly Rules among the human race.

Therefore, the immortals and gods sent there must be absolutely loyal to the Heavenly Court!

His Majesty instructed him and Tushan to make recommendations for this matter, as they would be the first to be held accountable if any problems arose with the people who descended to the mortal realm.

Bai Ze and Tu Shan exchanged a glance, and they immediately understood the implications of what was happening.

While the treatment in Kyushu is not as good as in the Heavenly Court, the merits one receives are certainly greater.

"Your Majesty, I recommend two Great Luo Golden Immortals, Xuan You and Ming Yu."

Tu Shan followed closely behind: "Your subject recommends Immortal Lord Lingqiu and True Man Houyuan."

Upon hearing what the Left and Right Heavenly Officials said, the four of them stepped forward together. In Haotian's eyes, there were flashes of afterimages, and the four of them passed by in a blur.

Xuan You and Ming Yu were immortals who had been to the underworld for training. He requested that important positions in the underworld be rotated. The two were highly regarded and worked diligently.

Hou Yuan and Ling Qiu, one who submitted to the demon race when it still existed and the other who joined when the Heavenly Court was first established, both broke through after the emergence of humanity and comprehended the laws related to earth and wood.

"Mingyu and Houyuan, you two will serve as the City God and Land God of Yuzhou, respectively. You can report any matters concerning the Nine Provinces directly to the Emperor." Haotian accepted the appointment without much thought.

"Your Majesty, we thank you!" The two knelt down, their expressions filled with emotion, a testament to His Majesty's trust in them!

"I bestow upon you two the superior-grade innate spiritual treasures, the Soul-Suppressing Nine Nether Whip and the Primordial Soil-Suppressing Mountain Cauldron, which can protect you both." As Haotian finished speaking, two spiritual treasures flew in from outside the palace, causing the immortals to look on with envy.

At this moment, those who can enter the Dragon Virtue Palace are all Great Luo Golden Immortals, and some of them don't even have a single low-grade innate spiritual treasure.

Mingyu and Houyuan were astonished, not expecting His Majesty to be so generous. Even some quasi-saints and great supernatural beings in the prehistoric world did not possess high-grade innate spiritual treasures.

"Your subject Mingyu/Houyuan thanks Your Majesty and will certainly perform his duties diligently and live up to Your Majesty's name."

Haotian nodded: "You two should select some other immortals and gods from other realms. Yuzhou should be controlled by my Heavenly Court. Bai Ze and Tushan will help advise."

"In addition, manpower should also be arranged in the other eight states. Taiyi Golden Immortals and Golden Immortals are both acceptable. In addition to their own tasks, they should also monitor the Underworld and the Earth Immortal lineage."

"You must return to Heaven to report for duty every ten years, do you understand?"

"Yes!" The people whose names were called were all startled and bowed in response. The other Great Luo Golden Immortals showed regretful expressions, thinking it was a pity that His Majesty no longer needed Great Luo Golden Immortals.

Haotian noticed that there were fewer memorials on the table. Yaochi smiled and squeezed her hand, knowing that Yaochi had helped review many of them.

A glance revealed that sixteen Great Luo Golden Immortals had joined the Heavenly Court for this Peach Banquet, along with many cultivators from other realms.

As names appeared one by one, Haotian paused for a moment, then recognized Fu Yuanxianweng and Yuehe Laoren, two Great Luo Golden Immortals who cultivated the Dao of Marriage.

The two people who were able to predict Longji's marriage and acted as matchmakers for him.

A Great Immortal!

"You two stay here, the rest of you may leave." Haotian said, and Fu Yuanxianweng and Yuehe Laoren were startled. After watching their colleagues bow and leave Longde Palace, they quickly knelt down in the hall.

Venus kept his eyes straight ahead. One of these two fellow Daoists was recruited by him, and the other was recruited by Bai Ze. Could there be a problem?

Yaochi frowned and looked over in confusion: "Senior Brother?"

Haotian gently shook his head: "To be able to cultivate the path of marriage to the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal shows that one's talent is extraordinary."

His eyes flashed with divine light, and he calculated it once. There were no other saints who had tampered with it. It seemed that the matter was indeed ordained by Heaven.

"Your Majesty, the Goddess of Marriage in the Three Realms is the Goddess Nuwa. We were fortunate enough to witness her presiding over the three marriages of Heaven, Earth, and Man, and from this we gained an understanding of the Way of Marriage," said Immortal Fu Yuan, trembling with fear.

The Old Man of the Moon hurriedly nodded: "Your Majesty, we are just wandering immortals. The mortal and immortal races are separated, and we cannot enter the land of the Nine Provinces. We just happened to discover that the Red Phoenix Star in the Zhou Tian star sky is very compatible with the way of marriage and governs the luck of matchmaking in the world. So we joined the Heavenly Court after the Peach Banquet."

Haotian's eyes deepened. As expected of someone who had cultivated the art of marriage to the Great Luo realm, he had actually succeeded by sheer chance.

This was indeed his future plan: to use the stars in the heavens to govern the fortunes and misfortunes of humankind. Regardless of whether one was a king or a general, a commoner or a laborer, a man or a woman, young or old, rich or poor, all would correspond to the stars. All changes in humankind would be dominated by the stars, thus completely controlling humankind.

"You two have not had an easy time cultivating, and you are destined to meet Senior Sister Nuwa. If there is an opportunity in the future, I believe Senior Sister Nuwa will be generous in giving you guidance."

The two were stunned. This was an incredible opportunity. Indeed, joining the Heavenly Court was their destiny.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty." The two were very excited and kept kowtowing.

"Go and cultivate your skills in the art of marriage diligently. If anything important happens, come and report back immediately."

"Your subject takes his leave."

Watching the two leave, Yaochi's heart stirred: "Senior brother, did you see something?"

"It's just a precaution," Haotian shook his head.

Yaochi frowned, feeling that his senior brother was hiding something from him.

The Jade Emperor Daoist walked in from outside the hall and merged into the primordial spirit. Haotian chuckled: "The formation of the Four Heavenly Gates has been completed. In the future, if anything happens in the prehistoric world, the Heavenly Court generals can arrive quickly."

"I thought His Majesty was going to have Senior Brother Tongtian help with the arrangements."

"We, the Great Luo Golden Immortals of Hunyuan, even if we are not good at anything, can still cultivate to a certain extent. It's not like we are saints-level formations. With the help of teleportation arrays and spatial techniques, I can still set up one."

Haotian lowered his eyelids. Besides, if he let his senior brother Tongtian make the arrangements, what if the one who committed the crime was a disciple of the Jie Sect, and the heavenly soldiers went to arrest him? That would be so embarrassing.

"Junior sister, what do you think about exchanging merit points for a primordial spiritual treasure?"

Venus trembled, and merit was exchanged for a primordial spiritual treasure?

Yaochi was also taken aback: "Your Majesty, how is merit measured?"

Haotian smiled confidently, and a round coin appeared in his palm.

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