Thirty years later, Purple Tenuity Palace.
Hua Xu led some of the deities from the Human Emperor Palace into Purple Tenuity Palace.
Not long afterward, word spread that the Four Imperial Heavenly Emperors would hold a grand court assembly in half a month. The gods understood what was afoot—they knew the Four Imperial Heavenly Emperors would have to give them an answer regarding the Heavenly Emperor's whereabouts this time.
Soaring Firmament Palace, grand court assembly.
The gods gathered in full, a sea-like divine radiance descending from every direction onto each divine seat.
The gods were unusually complete in number.
Only a small number of deities caught within reincarnation, or those who had to guard crucial places, could merely attend through incarnations or divine will.
The gods all turned their gazes toward the five Heavenly Emperor divine seats at the head.
The Heavenly Emperor's throne, representing the supreme central authority, remained empty.
Yet upon the Four Imperial Heavenly Emperor thrones below, three supremely majestic manifestations emerged. Three towering figures seemed to sit high upon the seat of infinity.
Majestic, boundless Heavenly Emperor auras flowed down from above, making the gods feel deeply oppressed.
That ocean-like divine power was simply too vast.
Facing those five positions, the gods instinctively maintained proper decorum.
These were the only five seats in the Soaring Firmament Palace.
None of the gods possessed such special authority.
Even when Emperor Yan Shennong of the Human Emperor Palace ascended to Heaven, he had no seat, only a manifested divine position.
At this moment, the three majestic manifestations revealed the figures of the North Celestial Purple Tenuity Heavenly Emperor, the Great Emperor of Antarctic Longevity, and the Houtu Earth Sovereign Deity. Aside from them, Emperor Gou Chen had yet to return to his position.
The gods could also see that