"Forgive?" The Jade Emperor sighed.
The sound was like rolling thunder, clearing the air from the highest heavens to the deepest hell.
Upon learning from his mother that he was truly a Nezha, Nezha caused the Victorious Fighting Buddha in the Emei Cave to suddenly raise his head.
Boundless divine light had enveloped the entire sky.
But what is even more striking is the hundred-zhang-tall Dharma body that seems to have become the center of the entire Three Realms.
All the Immortals and Gods were deeply shocked.
The law of emulating heaven and earth, encompassed by one's own body, is the essence of the law.
Having infinite Mana is only the foundation; one also needs a sufficiently profound understanding of the Dao as an anchor.
Moreover, this is the Dharma image of the Heavenly Emperor, in which all beings in the Three Realms, the rising and setting of the sun and moon, and the cycle of the four seasons are all manifested.
To achieve this, one would need a physical body that is Indestructible Through Ten Thousand Tribulations, flawless, and perfect.
Even the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, now known as the Victorious Fighting Buddha, with his indestructible body forged in the Eight Trigrams Furnace, could not meet the requirements.
At this moment, the Jade Emperor was invincible.
Liu Yanchang is in trouble.
Almost all the Immortals and Gods thought so.
"I will forgive." The Jade Emperor's words were even more powerful than the force in his voice.
Instead of hearing the Jade Emperor's self-analysis, Yang Jian, who was displaying unparalleled power, looked up in surprise.
He knew how vindictive and stubborn the Jade Emperor was, placing his own and the Heavenly Court's dignity above the safety of all living beings.
"If it were the past, I would have said no, but now." His gaze fell upon Mount Hua.
The Five-Colored Stone at the bottom of the mountain melted instantly, and the new Heavenly Laws Human World in an instant, soaring into the sky.
The Immortals and Gods present instantly understood its meaning.
The Queen Mother, who should have been concerned, simply looked at her husband with adoration.
She felt that the overlord of heaven Bu Er, had finally returned, through the mortal Zhang Bairen.
"The Third Holy Mother should also be free."
"She was innocent."
"Desire should be forbidden, but love is not desire."
"I was not born Immortals and Gods. I endured 10,750 tribulations, each lasting 129,600 years, before I finally achieved Immortal Body."
"To reclaim the throne of the Heavenly Emperor."
"This position carries both power and responsibility."
"The Heavenly Rules and Laws that I created with my Mana have bound all living beings, and they have also bound me."
"The free will allows me to find loopholes within limited scope and exercise the only small power that belongs entirely to myself."
"I've gotten used to a one-size-fits-all approach, just to save trouble."
"Forbid worldly thoughts; all beings are equal, so what is the difference between immortals and mortals?"
"What should be banned is the privilege of the descendants of immortals who have fallen into the mortal realm, and the biases that arise from it."
Upon hearing this, the Immortals and Gods who had initially smiled at the new heavenly rules began to have a bad feeling.
"The rain god cannot neglect his duty to bring rain because of personal feelings, Sun God cannot forget to rise in the east and set in the west because of laziness."
"As long as you do your job well and ensure that the rain and dew of the four seasons in the Three Realms are in harmony with the morning sun and the morning solstice, that is, that is, the normal operation of the order of the Three Realms, other constraints are unnecessary."
"From this day forward, each Immortals and Gods shall be responsible for themselves, for their divine position, and for their life."
The Jade Emperor's voice began to carry a hint of Killing Intent.
"I will no longer meddle in other people's business; the Judicial Heavenly God will be my eyes."
"All positions will be filled by the capable, and the incompetent will be removed."
The Immortals and Gods understood the Jade Emperor's unspoken meaning.
"Fool." Basil yawned.
"You and I are not the same."
"Becoming an immortal does not necessarily mean becoming a god."
"Their power comes from their own cultivation and they owe nothing to sentient beings."
"Even if they are not gods, they are immortals."
"Your Heavenly Rules and Laws can govern them, but you cannot command them to do things or to be gods."
"What drives them to become gods is a sense of responsibility, desire, and the sense of security that comes from being backed by the Heavenly Court, a large organization."
"Otherwise, wouldn't it be better to descend to the mortal realm as a demon or become a wandering immortal?"
This world does not have concepts like merit or destiny.
For most immortals Immortals and Gods who can shut themselves off and play by themselves, divine positions are just a nuisance.
The Mana in this world is so omnipotent that eating and aging can be regarded as negative states, which can be resisted by consuming Mana. Everything that is needed or desired can be achieved through Mana.
Furthermore, this resistance, the act of which is used, can be considered a form of cultivation, which can improve Mana and control over Mana.
This is like a wizard in the Wizarding World who one day discovers that everything he needs, such as eating, dressing, and entertainment, can be solved with magic.
Then there were magical versions of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother, who created a magical network called Heavenly Laws and Rules to ensure their safety and the stability of society.
So, aside from socializing, the best option for them is to keep to themselves and enjoy themselves behind closed doors.
Just like the choices made by Great Divine Powers such as Nuwa and Primordial Lord of Heaven.
That's just how the world is.
Immortals didn't even form Wizarding World like wizards, they didn't have their own currency or shops, they preferred a primitive barter system, they made what they needed themselves, and they didn't even have proper schools.
The Heavenly Court exists merely to provide these bored immortals with something to do.
Bring them together.
If the Heavenly Court, or the Ministry of Magic, formed under such circumstances has particularly strict requirements for its officials, then only mortals with poor cultivation talent would be willing to become gods.
"Don't forget why you wanted to be deified. It's because you didn't have enough people under your command."
There is no Hongjun or Investiture of the Gods in this world.
Primordial Lord of Heaven only taught disciples and did not form any sect.
The Investiture of the Gods was just a large-scale recruitment fair.
"Some important divine positions can only be held by those with Great Divine Powers unless you do it yourself."
The other Immortals and Gods were all surprised by Basil's words.
He had no grounds or reason to say those things.
But the Jade Emperor remained completely unmoved.
This is Chenxiang giving advice to his dear great-uncle!
"Of course I know it's stupid, but I'd rather have nothing than something bad."
"I can do it myself if necessary."
"As long as I exist, the Heavenly Court will continue to exist."
"As long as this system exists, the missing positions will definitely be filled."
"I was wrong." Basil was speechless.
He's really mistaken.
He thought the Jade Emperor was like him, wanting to slack off and spend more time with his wife, so he dumped his work on the oxen and horses.
He was able to do this when he was the Jade Emperor in the world of Kung Fu King because the divine positions he bestowed possessed power, and he could also hypnotize and brainwash immortals, making them willingly become his servants and fall in love with their work.
Therefore, he said that the Jade Emperor was different from him.
As it turns out, the Jade Emperor himself wanted to be a beast of burden for the Three Realms.
The reason for hiring people is that I feel it is more important to focus on maintaining the Heavenly Rules and Laws. If I am distracted by maintaining the operation of my divine duties, I will not be able to do it perfectly. I am going to find a professional immortal to do it.
They all had different starting points.
"But I'm still going to hit you."
"Huh?" The Jade Emperor wondered if he had misheard.
"Liu Yanchang, are you crazy?" Yang Jian turned around and shouted sternly.
"Yanchang~" The Third Holy Mother, who was free, also arrived and hugged him together with the Fourth Princess Chang'e.
"That's the reason," Basil said, pursing his lips.
A phantom emerged from his embraced body, passed through the bodies of several people, and materialized before the Jade Emperor.
He raised his battle axe. "I don't want people to think I'm no match for you."
"Whether I can beat you and let you go, or you can beat me and let me go, the result is the same."
"No need for the Lotus Lantern?" the Jade Emperor asked.
In his eyes, Liu Chenxiang (whom he believed Basil to be Chenxiang) was like the primordial beginning, still carrying the resentful power of Pangu's death from exhaustion after creating the world, causing all things to evolve haphazardly under the frost sky, creating the demonic moon that gave rise to ferocious beasts such as the Nine-Headed Insect.
The hatred that battle axe held for all living beings and for the sun perfectly resonated with Chenxiang's Mana, even sharing the same breath.
Even his physical body, as hard as the laws of heaven, felt threatened by the bone-chilling cold.
Even so, he did not consider this his opponent.
This can only overcome his past self.
Unable to defeat him now that he has rediscovered love, he melts away the Heavenly Laws and Rules with love, transforming them into the Sacred Path Sword.
"You believe that hate cannot overcome love?" Basil's overflowing moon-white Mana began to turn pale, filled with a strange vitality, a chaotic paleness.
This is actually the reason why he wanted to give the Jade Emperor a good beating.
In his plan, he should have been the one to use the Lotus Lantern to defeat the Jade Emperor, who did not understand love.
Now, he's the villain.
He became Voldemort, the noseless, bald monster.
"It's true," Yang Jian interjected. "I tried it before, but it only killed my mother."
"That's only because your hatred isn't strong enough, not heavy enough," Basil said. "The hatred that could overturn the three realms at any cost once triumphed over the heavenly laws that only love could melt away in your eyes."
"Donor."
A golden body, only slightly smaller than the current Jade Emperor, appeared, also six zhang tall and capable of blotting out the sky.
It is the Tathagata Buddha.
"The Jade Emperor can die, but the Heavenly Rules cannot be violated."
"The story of Xing Tian must not be repeated."
"Get out of the way, you bald monk." Along with Basil's words, there was also a barely noticeable crescent moon as his battle axe sliced through the air as he effortlessly bypassed the massive six-zhang-tall golden statue.
Even though it was so subtle, the seven-colored auspicious light, the light of wisdom, and the light of immeasurable life that surrounded the six-zhang golden body, capable of blocking Yang Jian's full-force attack, instantly melted away like ice and snow, falling onto the golden body of the Tathagata Buddha.
Click click click—
The Buddha was frozen in place, and a huge ice sculpture appeared on the spot.
Strangely, the area around the ice sculpture remained warm as springtime, and the clouds beneath it remained clouds, without turning into rain or hail.
Sun Wukong, who had already appeared in the crowd and wanted to criticize the Buddha for having a fleshy protuberance on his head instead of being bald, was speechless.
The Queen Mother, who had been looking at the Jade Emperor with adoration, lost the confident smile on her face.
The Jade Emperor also suppressed the amusement that had been welling up in his eyes, saying, "You are not Liu Chenxiang."
"Of course." Basil was ready to be direct.
"I am Liu Yanchang, your niece's husband."
"And also your son-in-law, Dong Yong."
A child with the same face as him, lying in the Seventh Princess's arms, appeared at the same time as the Seventh Princess.
"Also, it's Bater."
A beam of celestial light descended upon the clouds; it was the Eighth Princess.
"You, you, you—" The Jade Emperor was furious, his cascading black hair breaking free of its restraints and dancing wildly behind him.
The sky darkened instantly, and a deafening rumble of thunder echoed through the heavens.
"Seventh Sister, Eighth Sister, did you hear that? This Liu Yanchang is a fraud!" the Queen Mother shouted sternly.
Heavenly Laws and Rules began to appear on her body, forming Heavenly Lock that wrapped around the Jade Emperor, creating obstacles for him.
"Liu—Yan—Chang—"
As the saying goes, a nephew is like his uncle, Yang Jian at this moment is almost like the Jade Emperor.
In the silvery divine light, his form melted away, transforming into a gigantic heavenly eye.
That was the Eye of Heaven, inherited from Yao Ji, the younger sister of the Jade Emperor and the ruler of the Desire Realm.
At this moment, it returned to its original master, the Jade Emperor's forehead.
"Liu Yanchang, I will kill you." The Jade Emperor turned cold and ruthless once again.
At this moment, he was determined that the great demon who had brought disaster to his family must die.
They must be torn to pieces and their souls scattered.
In response, the sight of Yang Jian, the Jade Emperor, and the Queen Mother reappearing in their trinity form—a scene that would terrify any Great Divine Powers —was merely met with a raised eyebrow from Basil, who was carrying an axe. "Very good, finally getting serious."
He raised his battle axe high, the dark clouds retreated, the inky starry sky turned the once blue sky black, and the bright moon replaced the sun.
The Eye of Pangu reappeared, turning from moon white to pitch black once more.
Representing the chaos before the creation of the world, a chaotic burst of demonic light shone down and enveloped Basil.
The primordial god— Pangu— never revealed his true form, but his demonic aspect, which only existed in theory, reappeared.
The long-handled battle axe, as clear as White Crystal and resembling a work of art, began to emit the wails and howls of chaotic monsters.
"Don't worry, for the sake of the Third Holy Mother, Seventh Sister, Eighth Sister, I won't kill you."
"Arrogant! Even if you are Pangu— " The moment the Jade Emperor finished speaking, a hand pressed down on his face.
Thirty-three Heavens, the membranes of heaven and earth were instantly breached.
The chaos that only those with Great Divine Powers could reach was reached by two people.
Bang bang bang—
The Primordial Lord of Heaven and as grand as the entire Three Realms, was broken in half by the Jade Emperor.
"You are... the Jade Emperor?" Primordial Lord of Heaven recognized the person before him. "You've finally found your way to surpass Pangu without creating the world?"
They entrusted their homeland to its guardians.
At this moment, the aura emanating from him was perfectly round and flawless, on par with the Three Realms.
But on the face of this creator, there is a very obvious handprint.
"Are you Pangu?"
"Pangu, the Da Shen?"
The voices of Nuwa and Tongtian attracted the attention of Primordial Lord of Heaven.
He looked up and saw a demonic figure standing in the chaos.
This demonic figure wielding the handle was like the center of chaos; in just one breath, the chaotic energy capable of dissolving all things was completely absorbed.
"No, he is Liu Yanchang." The Taishang, who has incarnations in the Three Realms, manifested himself.
Then came Amitabha, the original ancient Buddha.
There are no Jieyin or Zhunti in this world.
"Why don't you all come at me together?" Basil flashed his bright white teeth.
He originally only planned to woo girls like Chenxiang in the original timeline, but in the end, he rebelled against fate.
As a result, everything was disrupted.
The only option is to flip the table.
He needed someone to vent his frustrations to.
"I'm not going to get involved." Just like his avatar, the troublesome Taishang shrank to the side.
"And Pangu's physical body?" Tongtian couldn't wait to unleash his creation artifact— the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, which could restore the Three Realms to their original state of earth, wind, water, and fire.
"Me?" Nuwa, who was scrutinizing Basil's face, put away the red embroidered ball.
"My new Kunlun needs you to compensate me." Primordial Lord of Heaven unfurled a long banner that was the same color as the surrounding chaos.