Before long, gods arrived one after another in the Hall of Universal Brightness!
The gods lined up below, while Yang Hua, surrounded by attendants and guards on either side, walked up to the Heavenly Emperor's throne and sat down!
"All hail the Heavenly Emperor! May the Heavenly Emperor live as long as the heavens and shine as brightly as the sun and moon!"
Instantly, countless Heavenly Soldiers and Generals shouted aloud. Their voices rose and fell in succession, surging like violent waves on the vast sea, rolling on and on with immense might!
The sound spread all the way down from the Kunlun Heavenly Realm, making the entire Milky Way Galaxy echo with it!
Seated high on the imperial throne, Yang Hua looked at the gathered gods and nodded slightly.
At the same time, in the eyes of the gods, today's Yang Hua was different from before. An air of imperial tyranny truly radiated from his body. Without even a word or gesture, he made people feel an urge to submit and kneel before him!
Or rather, the current Yang Hua was the true Heavenly Emperor, holding supreme authority over the grand trend and ruling over the boundless living beings of the heavens and the earth.
For a moment, the hearts of the gods were filled with awe and reverence for the Heavenly Emperor!
"Very well, rise!"
Yang Hua nodded slightly and waved his hand, immediately making all the gods feel an irresistible force that lifted them to their feet one by one!
This only deepened their awe and reverence for the Heavenly Emperor; such magic power was simply too formidable!
Even the Central Huangtian Great Emperor, an emperor who was likewise in the fairy realm, could not possibly give them such a powerful magical feeling!
Even though they were both in the First Layer of the Fairy Realm, the gap between them was simply too vast!
Of course, the two great emperors, including Great Emperor Wenhua, were not present in the court at the moment. They had received immense rewards and held special privileges exempting them from attending morning court!
However, once the Heavenly Emperor issued a command, they were still required to obey and execute it without violation!
All sources of power in the Heavenly Court now rested with the Heavenly Emperor. The Investiture of the Gods and the Heavenly Emperor Jade Seal were also in Yang Hua's hands; once an edict was issued, none dared disobey!
"During the three years of my seclusion, have any events occurred? You may report them all," Yang Hua said.
Hearing this, Venus was the first to step forward and bow, saying, "Reporting to the Heavenly Emperor, I have followed the imperial decree to recruit talented individuals. Over the past three years, I have successfully enlisted three hundred eighty-nine thousand seven hundred sixty-eight individuals with supreme talent from Huaxia!"
"They have basically been registered. Considering that these people have only recently come into contact with cultivation, I have assigned them low-level divine posts. However, there are also quite a few experts at the Sky Soaring Realm and above from the Ancestor City who have entered the Heavenly Court. I did not dare to act arbitrarily on this matter, and I ask the Heavenly Emperor to make the decision!"
As he spoke, a white jade booklet appeared in Venus's hand. At a beckoning gesture from Yang Hua, it flew into his hand. Opening it, a smile appeared on his face as he nodded from time to time.
"Very good, very good! Venus, you have done well," Yang Hua praised generously. Then, with a wave of his hand, a scroll unfurled before him—it was none other than the Investiture of the Gods, radiating a nine-colored light and an aura of supreme majesty!
With a thought from Yang Hua, lines of divine titles immediately appeared on the Investiture of the Gods, bestowing official positions upon those Ancestor City experts one by one!
"Appointing Taoist Yuanyang as the Great Sun Star Lord under the Big Dipper Department Head!"
"Appointing Guan Zhong as the Literary Star Lord under Great Emperor Wenhua!"
"Appointing Great Yan Heavenly Lord as the Primordial Emperor Lord under Huangtian Great Emperor!"
"Appointing Ling Yuanzi as..."
Simultaneously, in the ears of those experts, Yang Hua's voice conferring their titles echoed. Feeling the fortune of the Heavenly Court converge upon them, these experts who had defected to the Heavenly Court bowed in pleasant surprise one after another, crying, "Your subordinate thanks the Heavenly Emperor for the bestowed position!"
After arranging divine posts for these individuals one by one and listing them all on the Investiture of the Gods, Yang Hua immediately felt the fortune of the Heavenly Court increase slightly. After all, although none of these Ancestor City experts who received titles were at the Creation Realm, they were at least Sky Soaring Realm masters!
Every single Sky Soaring Realm expert required immense fortune and creation, and now that these Ancestor City masters had chosen to defect to the Heavenly Court, it naturally brought tremendous benefits to the development of the Heavenly Court!
As for those Ancestor City residents who were unwilling to enter the Heavenly Court, they remained under the governance of You Chao, Zi Yi, and Earthly Emperor Shennong. Their main task henceforth would be to protect Huaxia Civilization, while the Primordial Heavenly Court would concentrate its forces on unifying the universe!
"Venus, you have done very well. The recruitment decree can continue to be issued to enlist experts from all directions in order to fill the various divine posts throughout the Heavenly Court," Yang Hua said.
"Your subordinate obeys the decree!" Venus bowed.
"Now, speak of the movements on Death God Karl's side." With the investiture matters concluded, Yang Hua began to inquire about the recent developments in the Styx Galaxy.
The movements of various factions across the universe were always handled by the Southern Dipper Department. Hearing Yang Hua's inquiry, Fuxi did not dare to delay and hurriedly stepped out to report to Yang Hua.
"Reporting to the Heavenly Emperor, at the time of our Heavenly Court's establishment three years ago, all factions in the universe were basically already aware of it. Our strength can be considered to have few rivals in the universe, so ordinary factions would not dare to provoke us at this time."
"However, Death God Karl's relationship with us is, after all, less than amicable. Therefore, over the past few years, Karl has been running about everywhere, attempting to unite numerous factions to attack our Heavenly Court!"
"Hmph, uniting again. That Death God Karl only knows how to hide behind others and scheme against us. Still, it is just as well. Without him helping us make connections, how else could we find a pretext to launch attacks on the various factions of the universe!"
Upon learning of Karl's actions over the years, Yang Hua was not surprised, for this was exactly what he had anticipated. Given his understanding of Karl, the latter would never dare to attack the Heavenly Court alone.
He would definitely unite with other factions, and perhaps Karl might have even told Keisha the matter of Yang Hua not being from this universe, thereby borrowing the power of the angels to deal with the Heavenly Court!
Pondering silently in his heart, Yang Hua outwardly continued to question Fuxi: "What are the factions that Karl has currently united? Have top civilizations like the angels and Lieyang participated?"
"If the Heavenly Emperor pleases, our relationship with Lieyang is not shallow, so they did not agree to Karl's coalition plan. As for the angels, they neither agreed nor refused; we cannot determine Keisha's intention in the short term!"
"However..."
"However what?" Seeing Fuxi hesitate as if wanting to say more, Yang Hua asked with a frown.
Fuxi lowered his head, thought silently for a moment, and said, "However, the actions of the Demon Civilization are rather anomalous. Given Morgana's relationship with Karl, coupled with the fact that the demons have suffered quite a few losses at our hands, logically speaking, there is a very high probability that she would agree to the alliance."
"Yet to everyone's surprise, Morgana was actually the first to refuse this matter. Who knows why?"
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