The Heavenly Court's Domain, Where Even Saints Dare Not Act Rashly

After finishing dinner, the family chatted for a while.

Zhang Yifan went to heat water.

After so many years, he had long been accustomed to sleeping and waking early.

At this hour, it was time to bathe, wash his feet, and go to bed.

Zhang Yifan's courtyard wasn't small, but it wasn't large either, and there weren't enough rooms.

Looking at his seven granddaughters and his son and daughter-in-law, Zhang Yifan felt a bit troubled.

"The rooms are a bit small. Tonight, my granddaughters will have to squeeze onto two beds."

"Don't worry, Grandpa. We usually like sleeping together anyway. Don't you agree, sisters?" The Eldest Fairy, Princess Tianshou, immediately jumped in to ease the situation.

"Yes, yes, Grandpa. We've endured hardships before. Squeezing together will only strengthen our sisterly bond," the other fairy princesses chimed in.

Seeing his daughters, who were usually the most particular, say this, the Jade Emperor secretly admired his father's ability to handle these little girls so well.

In the past, if there had only been one bed, these seven girls would have fought fiercely, with only the winner getting the bed.

"Father, don't worry. In a while, I'll call some people to build more houses. That way, we'll have enough space to live." The Jade Emperor seized the opportunity to speak, taking on the task of expanding the houses.

It was a joke.

How could he miss such a good opportunity?

Bringing people to build houses meant they would need to eat, right?

And if they ate, their cultivation would increase.

This was a job that those heavenly gods would fight tooth and nail for.

"Alright, your father may have been living a leisurely life these past few years and doesn't have much money, but take this hundred taels of gold first. You mustn't shortchange our construction brothers!"

Seeing the Jade Emperor readily agree, Zhang Yifan didn't stand on ceremony and went into the inner room to get a hundred taels of gold, handing it to him.

"Oh wow, Father, you're quite wealthy."

The Jade Emperor took the hundred taels of gold, surprised. He hadn't expected his father, who lived in a humble farmhouse, to be so rich, producing a hundred taels of gold so readily.

Even ordinary landlords couldn't afford that much!

"Do you think your father is just eating and doing nothing? Spend it freely, and if you run out, come back to your father." Zhang Yifan was generous and full of spirit.

"Amazing." The Jade Emperor gave him a thumbs-up.

After their playful exchange, Zhang Yifan's hot water was ready.

He poured several basins of water for his granddaughters to wash their faces and feet. Zhang Yifan also poured a basin of hot water for himself.

While soaking his feet, the Jade Emperor sighed, realizing he had almost forgotten the feeling of soaking his feet after so many millennia.

He hadn't expected that even the foot-soaking water contained fragments of Great Dao Laws.

Soaking his feet made him, a Quasi-Saint mighty being, feel so comfortable.

"Father, if the Jade Emperor wanted to advance in the Primordial Era World, what should he do?"

While soaking his feet, the Jade Emperor intentionally or unintentionally brought up the secret matter Zhang Yifan had mentioned last time.

"If he wants to, he should just do it. What else can he do?"

"..."

The Jade Emperor was speechless. The key issue was how to do it.

"Father, if, I'm just saying hypothetically, if the Jade Emperor is just an empty shell, and he wants to do it but can't, what should he do?"

"How can the dignified Orthodox of the Three Realms, Haotian Shangdi, become an empty shell?"

"Look, outside the Heavenly Court, within the Primordial Era, the Western Teachings are aggressively snatching human incense and faith. A large number of humans are turning to the Western Teachings. Furthermore, many Primordial Era mighty beings do not obey commands or submit. In the Underworld, there is Empress Pingxin and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva."

"And within the Heavenly Court, firstly, the Jie Teachings occupy many positions of heavenly gods, and many high-ranking and powerful divine positions are controlled by the Jie Teachings. Not to mention the numerous minor immortals and minor gods, all of whom are from the Jie Teachings."

"Secondly, the saintly avatar of the Grand Pure Saint, Grand Supreme Elder Laozi, controls the incense of the Human Teachings and Daoist Teachings among humans in the Heavenly Court, and also controls the lineage of Daoist Heavenly Masters and a host of rogue gods and rogue immortals. Isn't this Jade Emperor just an empty shell?"

The Jade Emperor was speechless, shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

Everyone said the Jade Emperor was good, but who knew that he, the dignified Jade Emperor, didn't even have many usable divine soldiers and generals.

"And then?" Zhang Yifan asked, looking at the Jade Emperor.

"And then? Then, Father, what do you think he can do, how can he do it?"

"How to do it? Those who follow me prosper, those who oppose me perish!"

Zhang Yifan coldly snorted, "Those who obey me will be kept. Those who do not obey will be killed and replaced."

This cold snort, filled with killing intent, made the Jade Emperor's back feel cold.

But this statement was also filled with dominance!

Those who follow me prosper, those who oppose me perish!

How overbearing!

Those who obey me will be kept. Those who do not obey will be killed and replaced.

So domineering!

The Jade Emperor slapped his thigh in admiration!

This was the kind of Jade Emperor he wanted to be!

But alas, he lacked the strength.

"Behind these people are Saints. Saints are not to be trifled with," the Jade Emperor sighed, shaking his head.

Zhang Yifan sneered, "Saints? What are Saints? In the Heavenly Court, even Saints are not allowed to be presumptuous!"

In the Heavenly Court, even Saints are not allowed to be presumptuous!

This declaration struck the Jade Emperor's ears like a clap of thunder.

The excited Jade Emperor's Blood Essence surged, his entire body trembled, and tears welled up in his eyes!

This was the Heavenly Court he desired!

Not the cowering, tiptoeing, wanting to achieve something but being completely restrained state of being!

"Dad? Why are Saints not allowed to be presumptuous in the Heavenly Court?"

The Jade Emperor blurted it out, he was too excited.

"What do you think?" Zhang Yifan asked back instead of answering.

Why?

The Jade Emperor fell into contemplation.

The Jade Emperor, as the Orthodox of the Three Realms and appointed by the Heavenly Dao, held an unshakeable position.

To kill the Jade Emperor? The karmic debt would be immense, something no one could bear.

Even a Heavenly Dao Saint could not afford it.

In terms of combat power, although the Jade Emperor was only at the mid-stage Quasi-Saint cultivation, he could mobilize the Heavenly Court's destiny and the power of the Three Realms to fight!

With this combat power, even a Saint would find it difficult to do anything to him in a short period!

Thus, even Saints, if they were to be serious, could not be too presumptuous towards the Jade Emperor.

But what about the other way around?

Meaning, if the Jade Emperor were to become presumptuous, what could the Human Teachings, Chan Teachings, Jie Teachings, and Western Teachings do?

"That's right, that's exactly it!" The Jade Emperor excitedly slapped his thigh and stood up, splashing the foot-washing water everywhere.

"What are you so excited about? You're splashing foot-washing water everywhere."

Seeing the Jade Emperor suddenly get excited and nearly splash the foot-washing water onto his face, Zhang Yifan on the side swatted him with a slap. It landed on his thigh with a crack, leaving a large red mark. The Jade Emperor winced in pain.

This left the Jade Emperor speechless. How could his old man hit so hard!

He didn't even know how to hit lighter.

But the pain in his leg couldn't hide the Jade Emperor's inner excitement.

The Jade Emperor now knew how to break this situation.

There was no need for elaborate schemes or hidden traps, only one move was needed: an open strategy.

Simply ask: submit, or not submit?

Those who submit will prosper!

Those who do not submit will face the Platform of Extermination!

It was that simple!

No, he would install the Dog Head Guillotine then!

The Jade Emperor thought fiercely, and the more he thought, the happier he became.

He would go back and get it done in a few days!