The court assembly soon dispersed.
But everyone wore a slightly different expression.
Qin Shujian had only briefly mentioned the Heavenly Laws during the assembly, without discussing them at length.
Yet everyone understood.
Since the words "Heavenly Laws" had been raised, they would eventually be put into effect.
The only difference lay in...
How soon that would happen.
As the gods departed, Qin Shujian remained seated on the imperial throne, reviewing what had happened during the assembly.
The Heavenly Laws must be established. Without them, the Celestial Court lacks the power to keep everyone in line.
The Third Era had Heavenly Laws too, but copying them outright would not be suitable.
Some things will need changing. Then I can incorporate the others' opinions and draw up Heavenly Laws suited to this era.
Qin Shujian already had some ideas.
This was not his first time serving as Heavenly Emperor, and he was no stranger to Heavenly Laws.
They had existed as far back as the Third Era.
However...
The Heavenly Laws of that era differed from what this era required.
Strictly speaking, the Third Era had seen no struggle for supremacy among the Myriad Races. The Human Race alone had dominated, while the other races had either been wiped out or barely clung to survival.
One could say...
Apart from the Human Race, which represented orthodoxy, all others were considered heretical.
Thus, one of the Heavenly Laws of the Third Era had forbidden humans and demons from falling in love, or Immortals from falling in love with members of other races.
However...
That law had posed no problem in the Third Era, but Qin Shujian was certain that introducing it in this era would cause an enormous uproar.
The Human Race was only one of the races in this era. In fact,