Was His Majesty Out of His Mind? Issuing a Letter of Self-Blame? When the Lips Are Gone, the Teeth Will Be Cold!

"His Majesty has returned!"

"We pay our respects to Your Majesty!"

There were quite a few heavenly gods on duty at the Heavenly Gate.

These heavenly gods, who had been slacking off and chatting idly, hurriedly straightened their backs and greeted the Jade Emperor upon seeing his return.

"Mm, rise."

Haotian was in an excellent mood. He waved his hand and did not blame them.

He headed toward the depths of the Nine Heavens.

Yet this scene left the heavenly gods on duty at the Heavenly Gate quite astonished.

This...

What was going on?

In the past, if His Majesty caught them slacking off, they would inevitably be scolded and reprimanded. If they were unlucky, they would lose their salary and be punished for a time.

The Heavenly Emperor's temper had been especially fiery these past years.

He made a huge fuss over the smallest matters, arrogant and conceited. So what was going on today?

He had actually not reprimanded or berated them?

"Did you notice? His Majesty came back alone!" one heavenly god whispered.

Those words

made the other heavenly gods narrow their eyes.

"Damn, I wouldn't have noticed if you hadn't said it. His Majesty really came back alone!" a heavenly god said in shock, then lowered his voice. "Didn't His Majesty say he was going down to personally invite some great expert back? Why did he return alone? Could it be that he couldn't invite anyone?"

"It would be normal if he couldn't. Our Heavenly Court has no foundation to speak of, and those resources have all been diverted by His Majesty. Where would we find anyone willing to come?"

"Sigh, Grand Unity Golden Immortals have leapt beyond the River of Time and live free and unfettered. Only a madman would come to Heaven to become an