Guo Zhitai sat in the center of the great hall, beside the Human Emperor Coffin.
By all rights—by "reason"—the Human Emperor's remains did not need guarding. At this time, there were far too many places that needed manpower.
The Nexus of All Realms was under siege by a large number of second-rank cultivators, perhaps seventy or eighty of them.
The Dragon Vein was much the same.
There were also no shortage of marvels scattered across the land, places that even required first-rank cultivators to guard. Compared with those places, the Human Emperor's remains were truly unnecessary.
Letting people look at them was one thing. Even if they were snatched away, the loss would amount to little.
After all...
After the Human Emperor died, he had already lost all the halos around him. Whether it was the throne or the office of Heavenly Policy General, both had long since departed for a secret place, personally guarded by Saints.
All successors possessing the "qualifications of a Human Emperor" were there, awaiting the inheritance of the supreme position.
One among them would succeed. No one knew who it would be, nor how long it would take.
This involved another secret.
Human Emperor was not an official position.
Heavenly Policy General was.
Every Human Emperor was first rank, for this very reason.
Many people, Li Qi included, had once believed that the Human Emperor became first rank through an official position. They could not help but marvel at how absurd the official position system was, as if it could mass-produce first-rank cultivators.
But that was not the case.
The Human Path had only one first-rank official position, called Heavenly Policy General. It was also the pinnacle of the entire official position system, perhaps even irreplaceable. The Human Path could create the first one, but