Jinjin had followed Chen Xiao from the moment he gained consciousness, weathering countless storms and waves with him. So no matter what he became now, before Chen Xiao, he would always be a child.
In a place like the Black Death Domain, brimming with deceit and slaughter, there was no better place to temper one's mind. Over these past twenty years, Jinjin had ruled the Heart Source Realm and fought countless campaigns.
Now, Chen Xiao's goal was to make Jinjin the Heavenly Court Lord—the Immortal Emperor of the entire Immortal World!
Though Jinjin had taken form from a Spirit Vein, he was neither demon nor god. A mineral vein born of heaven and earth was not part of the Demon Race or the God Clan. Back in ancient times, Mystic Yellow Daoist, headmaster of the Mystic Yellow Dao Academy, had also possessed the body of a magic treasure rather than being human.
There was nothing objectionable about having Jinjin serve as Immortal Emperor. Moreover, concealed by the Heaven-Hiding Talisman Chen Xiao had reforged, absolutely no one throughout the myriad heavens and worlds of the Immortal World would be able to see through Jinjin's true form—not even the Thunder Emperor.
Besides, Jinjin was now Yellow Heaven Venerable and held the position of a Celestial Venerable. His strength was beyond question as well.
No matter how one looked at it, Jinjin was the most suitable candidate. As for the Mo Family... they were the rulers of Glazed Heaven. If they became Immortal Emperor, there would likely be few willing to accept it.
Now that they were establishing the Heavenly Court, what they needed was righteous legitimacy, not brute force.
As for the Chen Clan... other than Chen Xiao, not one of them was a Fruit Status Immortal. There simply was no suitable