"Congratulations on your return, fellow Daoist!" The two Human Emperors, Taiyin and Taiyang, stepped forward and said with smiles.
Even as Human Emperors of the ancient era, they could not help respecting this Heavenly Venerable, whose fate had been fraught with hardships, who had braved dangers and cut through thorns to attain the Dao, then spent his entire life suppressing corpse calamities and sheltering all living beings, earning immeasurable merit.
"My congratulations to you both as well!" Though Lingbao Heavenly Venerable hailed from the Mythological Era, he had learned of later events after his return and naturally recognized the two Human Emperors.
He showed no particular arrogance, smiling and nodding to them.
As fellow members of the Human Race who had attained the Dao, the two Human Emperors' supreme achievements in the ancient era deserved his special regard.
"What plans do you have for the future, Heavenly Venerable?" the Eastern Emperor asked.
"If you would not turn me away, Eastern Emperor, I would willingly join the Heavenly Court as a humble foot soldier and contribute what I can!" Without much hesitation, Lingbao Heavenly Venerable bowed to the Eastern Emperor.
Had the Eastern Emperor merely been an ordinary Great Emperor.
The proud Lingbao Heavenly Venerable would naturally not have willingly served beneath another so easily. At most, he would have remembered the favor and found a way to repay it.
But he already knew just how monstrously gifted and powerful this Lord of the Heavenly Court before him was.
He had once become an immortal in the mortal world, then risen in the shortest time to become an exalted Immortal King. Now he had even become a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, his strength unfathomable.
Quite a few of the Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors who had joined the Heavenly Court had already become