Gungun and Ao Yue had visited the Jade Clarity Palace several times before and were familiar with its surroundings. Soon, they reached the center of the great hall and saw a stranger sitting cross-legged at its head, in the seat that had originally belonged to the Primordial Heavenly Venerable.
The man wore white Daoist robes. His hair was graying, but his face was not particularly aged. His expression carried a weighty majesty that made it obvious he was not someone to trifle with.
Clearly, he was the incarnation the Primordial Heavenly Venerable had sent back to the Primordial World. He had called himself the Authority God earlier. Authority, as in divine authority-the name certainly suited the Primordial Heavenly Venerable's lofty, domineering disposition.
With that thought, the two stopped before the Saint's Steps and bowed together to the Authority God, saying respectfully, "Greetings, great god!"
"Your Majesties are the rulers of the Heavenly Court, overseeing the Primordial World. Your status is exalted indeed. This old man is merely a loose immortal of Kunlun and cannot accept so grand a courtesy." A glimmer of amusement flashed through the Authority God's eyes, though outwardly he stroked his beard and spoke calmly.
Hearing this, Gungun immediately raised its head in "excitement." "You are mistaken, great god!"
"Oh?"
Gungun spoke to the Authority God with "fervor." "This little bear can oversee the Primordial World only because the Saints value and trust me. Someone once tried to flatter me by saying that this Primordial World belonged to this little bear. I was so angry that I rebuked him on the spot: 'Utter nonsense! How could the Primordial World belong to me?' He immediately corrected himself and said it belonged to all living beings. That made me even angrier. I pointed at his nose and shouted, 'The