Heavenly Court, Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
Nearly all of Heavenly Court's higher-ups had now gathered inside the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
The Jade Emperor and Queen Mother sat high upon their dragon thrones, their faces dark and their bodies trembling with rage.
They had never imagined that Yang Jian would actually dare to launch his Heaven-Slaying campaign.
Yes!
Although the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, Li Jing, had suffered a crushing defeat, and the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals had lost nearly seventy to eighty thousand troops, the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother, furious as they were, had never truly thought Yang Jian would launch a Heaven-Slaying campaign.
After all, Yang Jian was the Judicial God, not some ignorant loose cultivator or minor demon.
He should have known better than anyone that the Jade Emperor's position as Lord of the Heavenly Court was ordained by Heaven.
After all, the Jade Emperor had endured 132 million tribulations, each lasting 129,600 years, before finally ascending to his present position.
It could almost be said that his position had been sanctioned by all the Three Realms and chosen by Heaven itself.
This had nothing to do with the strength of one's cultivation. Even Buddha Tathagata in the West only sought to weaken Heavenly Court's fortune, never to replace it, didn't he?
If it had truly been that simple, Buddha Tathagata would have acted long ago.
Ordinary loose cultivators might not have known this, but could Yang Jian, Heavenly Court's Judicial God, possibly have been ignorant of it too?
After all, the Jade Emperor's true strength lay in his authority to govern the Three Realms.
With that authority, he could mobilize all the spiritual energy in the Three Realms and truly make his words become law.
Of course, invoking such tremendous authority was extremely difficult even for the Jade