In the Nine Heavens.
Clouds and mist drifted.
Heavenly Soldiers patrolled, while Heavenly Generals stood guard.
Occasionally, someone could be seen arriving on a cloud and entering one of its many halls, or riding a cloud away from the Nine Heavens.
This was the Celestial Court.
The Celestial Court had been formally established after the Human Race unified the Myriad Races within the Inner World.
The Inner Hall of the Heavenly Palace.
It was the Heavenly Emperor's residence.
Feng, who had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed in secluded cultivation, suddenly opened his eyes. A glimmer of divine light flashed and vanished.
Before him.
A man had silently appeared.
Rising to his feet.
Feng walked slowly up to him, then bowed slightly in greeting. "Greetings, Venerable!"
In his every word and gesture.
There was respect, but no loss of dignity.
Looking at Feng before him, Qin Shujian nodded slightly. "You are the Heavenly Emperor now. There is no need for such formality."
"Venerable, you created this world and are the source of all living beings within it. Even as the Heavenly Emperor, I must not neglect the courtesy you are due!"
Feng shook his head.
By now, he was far more than the Human Emperor he had once been.
As the exalted Heavenly Emperor.
He could commune with the Heavenly Dao and understood many things clearly.
Previously.
Feng had not been entirely clear about Qin Shujian's origins, but after becoming the Heavenly Emperor, he had learned exactly who he was.
At first.
He had even tried sending the powerhouses of the Myriad Races to search for Qin Shujian.
But.
Their efforts had yielded nothing.
As time passed, Feng had abandoned the idea.
And now.
Upon seeing Qin Shujian again, he voiced a question he had harbored for a long