The Nine Heavens and Ten Lands Universe had never known an Investiture of the Gods, nor had it possessed a method for one.
But just because it had never happened did not mean this world forbade it.
Come to think of it, were the Sacrificial Spirits of the Immortal Ancient Era not a kind of deity too?
The Boundary Sea was boundless and the heavens vast. Somewhere, a method of investing gods was bound to have been passed down.
Meng Chuan encountered little resistance when he carried out the Investiture of the Gods. It was nothing like reincarnation, when Heaven and Earth had practically become his mortal enemy.
The assembled immortals became god-kings, presenting a wholly different spectacle.
Meng Chuan bestowed Divine Seats upon the chief gods of each division and several renowned great gods. Where there were not enough, he filled the gaps with Divine Seats he named himself.
Meng Chuan's Investiture of the Gods was not as particular as those in Lifetime's worlds.
In a sense, he had "created" this method of investing gods in this world.
There were no taboos or rules.
Or rather, Meng Chuan's rules were the rules.
He used the system of the Three Pure Ones and Six Sovereigns, the Five Realms and Five Elders simply because he could not be bothered to devise another.
But when there were not enough Divine Seats for the great gods, he naturally had to invent some himself.
Once the Divine Investiture was complete, however, things could never again be as arbitrary as they had been the first time.
The Divine Seats were set, and their authority and duties clearly divided. Unseen constraints now existed.
From this moment on, the many Divine Seats truly existed. They could be relinquished or inherited by others.
Without rules, no circle could