This Great Universe Is Doomed

According to Black Emperor, captain of the paparazzi:

Recently, the Eastern Wasteland Heavenly Court and the Western Desert Buddhist Sect met at the Heavenly Jade Sacred Land. They discussed cooperation, an alliance, and other matters, exchanged views at length, and reached an important consensus on opening the Immortal Ascension Road and jointly attacking the Immortal Emperor.

At the proposal of Emperor Zun Ye of the Heavenly Court and Buddha Ancestor Lin of the Buddhist Sect, they settled on a plan for two sages to preside over the New Heavenly Court.

Alongside the Eastern Azure Emperor and the Western Buddha Elder, they nominated the Southern Ridge Heavenly Emperor and Wu Shi of the Northern Region as mascots. Together with Emperor Zun at the center, they were called the Five Directional Elders.

The Five Directional Elders had a natural claim to rule the Heavenly Court, but they would reign without governing. After all, the Azure Emperor had become a plant in his transformed state, Amitabha had no awareness, Ruthless stayed shut away in the Desolate Antiquity Forbidden Zone, and Wu Shi was fighting on the frontier. Not one of them was available.

As for Emperor Zun Ye, everyone knew the story. He was supposedly Emperor Zun reincarnated and could display Heavenly Emperor-level strength at a critical moment.

But the waters ran too deep. Buddha Ancestor Lin warned everyone not to test him yet. It would be best to wait seven or eight hundred years before verifying that strength.

With all Five Directional Elders collectively shirking their duties, the entire burden of the Heavenly Court fell on Supreme Gai.

One could say Gai Jiuyou carried the Big Dipper Five Regions on his shoulders. Whether figuratively or physically, he was capable of it.

But whenever he thought of his allies, then of the thirty