The lives of gods were long. Over those boundless years, immortals sought all manner of amusements, and gossip was indispensable.
Of all the gossip, the affairs of the Heavenly Court's three masters-the Heavenly Emperor, the Heavenly Sovereign, and the Jade Emperor-were what the gods cared about most and loved hearing about best.
Of these three great gods, the first two undoubtedly held the Heavenly Court's real power. The last had a title but no authority. Apart from Taibai Jinxing, a handful of other immortals, and the ceremonial retinue he had rebuilt himself, not a single soldier in the vast Heavenly Court would obey his commands. But!
In one respect, this Jade Emperor far surpassed both the Heavenly Emperor and the Heavenly Sovereign: children!
As everyone knew, the Jade Emperor already had eight daughters. The first seven had ascended to heaven as mortals and were collectively known as the Seven Fairies. His youngest daughter had been born from his union with the Golden Mother of Jade Pool after he returned to his rightful position. Born with a divine body, she had been named Longji.
Why had the Jade Emperor and the Golden Mother of Jade Pool given their daughter that name? Could Longji have some connection to the Heavenly Sovereign?
That was something the gods had always been desperate to know.
But that was getting off track. The point was not Longji's name, but that the Jade Emperor had eight daughters. Eight!
By contrast, His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor and His Majesty the Heavenly Sovereign-one bear and one dragon-were both bachelors. Neither had a harem or consorts, let alone children.
On that front, the two of them had suffered an utter rout!
Now the Heavenly Emperor had suddenly announced that he was going to become a father, leaving all the Immortal