Chapter 585
The Emperor attains enlightenment, the universe undergoes a transformation, and double opportunities arrive.
The first person to break through was Liu Xueqing. She had excellent qualifications and was blessed with the luck of a fairy concubine. She was promoted to Taiyi God and Demon almost at the moment she saw Chen Jingzhai step into the River of Time. Coincidentally, the Eight Desolate Universe was promoted, and she gained infinite benefits.
The second person to break through was Sect Leader Tiange. When he saw the Emperor taking the initiative to enter the River of Time, he lost his focus and broke through involuntarily. The Golden Immortal Fruit matured instantly, and the origin that had been consumed before was fully replenished.
The third person to make a breakthrough was Jiang Lin. He had a good character and was on the path to returning to the universe. He constantly used his clones to practice his own way, successfully broke free from the shackles, and was promoted to the Taiyi realm. After condensing the body of a god or demon, he was the first to comprehend his innate magical powers.
These three were the first to break through, and instantly gained the favor of the Eight Desolate Universe. Their future will be prosperous. The others were fine, but Master Tiange was in a good situation. He seemed to have become much younger and more unfathomable.
Others who broke through include Yan Xun, Chen Lei, You Daozun, Jiang Youning, Li Yifei, Kong Guang, Wang Yao, Chen Yurong, Zhao Qinghe, Chen Fuxiao, Xiao Bieli, Bai Jingyue, Hu Xingshen and many more. According to the statistics of the Emperor and Empress, after the transformation of the Eight Desolate Universe ended, there were 360 more Taiyi gods and demons in Heaven, which is terrifying.
Taiyi gods and demons appeared in the Heavenly Academy, the first-class Taoist sects, military camps, demon tribes, town envoys, etc., and most of them were young immortals. A small number of the old immortals failed to be promoted and reincarnated, and most of them fell.
The number of people who were promoted to Golden Immortals is even greater. Among the celestial concubines and immortal concubines in the Heavenly Court alone, there are hundreds of them who were promoted to Golden Immortals. The number of Golden Immortals, which was more than 20,000 before, has now skyrocketed to millions, approaching tens of millions.
But there were even more immortals who fell. Many of them fell into the Five Deteriorations of Celestial Beings and did not seize the opportunity, and eventually met with disaster. Tens of millions of immortals fell, in exchange for millions of immortals being promoted to Golden Immortals.
However, there are about 500 million True Immortals who are promoted to Celestial Immortals. From this perspective, the number of Celestial Immortals has increased instead of decreased, and the number of True Immortals has decreased the most. However, the base number of True Immortals is extremely large, so there is no need to worry about it at all.
Thousands of years passed slowly.
Everyone is digesting the double opportunities, even the underworld of reincarnation. However, unlike the immortals, the most numerous Yin gods of merit and virtue emerging in the underworld are those at the Golden Immortal level. Their methods of practice are different from those of the immortals and are more difficult.
Despite this, the foundation of the Heavenly Court has expanded a lot with the arrival of the double opportunities. There are more than 360 newly promoted Taiyi, millions of Golden Immortals, hundreds of millions of Heavenly Immortals, and trillions of True Immortals. The cold numbers are enough to make one's scalp numb.
All forces are trying hard to digest what they have gained, all immortals are in seclusion, only the Samsara Underworld is still running smoothly, and the avatars of the town envoys are also loyally on duty, without causing any chaos.
The Five Demon Gods of Natural Disaster disappeared when the transformation of the Eight Desolate Universe was completed. They did not feel restrained, but instead felt as if the restrictions were lifted. The origin of the disaster became stronger, the laws were also evolved, and they even felt the law of destruction.
This gave them new inspirations, and they chose to go into seclusion to attain enlightenment. Simple practice was meaningless to them. Only enlightenment could increase their strength. As the Eight Desolate Universe became stronger, they would also become stronger.
After 20,000 years in the Eight Desolations, the Gathering Immortals Bell rang in Heaven.
The grand court assembly that takes place once every ten thousand years began. This was the second grand court assembly that took place once every ten thousand years and also the first grand court assembly after the double opportunity. All the immortal officials in heaven heard the sound of the Gathering Immortal Bell and quickly began to gather in Jade Emperor Heaven.
Jade Emperor Heaven, Jade Emperor Palace.
The giant spirit god at the door stood majestically. This opportunity did not allow him to break through the Taiyi God and Demon, but his strength and magical powers were definitely enhanced. Many Golden Immortals felt the oppression the moment they saw him.
Unlike before, this time the giant spirit was wearing chain mail, holding a Xuanhua axe, holding his head high and chest out, and leading the guards to patrol all the immortals entering the Jade Emperor Palace. He looked very majestic, so much so that many golden immortals greeted him with a smile.
The giant spirit was a rough man with no wits at all. When he saw the good effect, he was immediately overjoyed. Although he was just a gatekeeper, it depended on who he was guarding! He was guarding the gate for the Emperor and the Empress.
According to the rules of Heaven, no immortals came on mounts to this thousand-year grand court assembly. All the immortals rode on clouds and mist, quickly arrived at the Jade Emperor Palace, found their seats, and then waited quietly.
As time went by, the immortals in the Jade Emperor's Palace gathered one after another, including the civil and military masters, the king of heaven, the emperor, the garrison commander and so on. All the immortal officials were present, and everyone had a smile on their face, which was enough to show how much they had gained this time.
Soon, the Emperor and Empress arrived at the Jade Emperor Hall with the team of Heavenly Concubines and Fairy Concubines. The Emperor and Empress sat on the phoenix thrones, the six Heavenly Concubines were on one side, and the Fairy Concubines stood behind them. This is the different changes brought about by different status and different destinies.
A bright light flashed by, and Chen Jingzhai made a loud appearance. He sat high on the dragon throne, his aura restrained. He looked no different from an ordinary person, except for the dragon robe he wore, which made people's eyes hurt.
"Let's start!" Chen Jingzhai said calmly.
He seemed to be speaking the will of heaven, and his voice resounded throughout the universe, shocking the hearts of all the immortals who were daydreaming. Everyone knelt down to congratulate the Emperor on his attainment of the Daluo path. Each of them congratulated him sincerely without any distracting thoughts.
Chen Jingzhai shouted "Stand up", and the emperor and empress announced the official start of the grand court assembly of ten thousand years. This grand court assembly still followed the previous steps, first rewarding and punishing, then sorting out, and finally coming up with a plan to motivate everyone.
The first step was to reward Mei Xianren, who was officially canonized as the Heavenly Concubine. The second step was to congratulate Liu Xueqing for becoming the Taiyi God and Demon. Although she was a fairy concubine, she enjoyed the resources of the Taiyi God and Demon, including the guard of honor. This was very necessary and no one objected.
Next, a group of people were rewarded. They all made contributions to the Heavenly Court. Although many people exchanged their merit points at the first time, many things were recorded in the case, so no trouble occurred.
As for punishment, no one was punished this time because the emperor and empress had already cleaned up everyone. So this was the first time since the establishment of the Heavenly Court that this step was skipped at the court meeting, but some people were still uneasy.
Are you kidding? Such an action by the Emperor and Empress is not a good sign! If the Emperor and Empress want to clean up such people in the future, the prison will be empty. However, despite some anxiety, no one is willing to speak up!
After the first round, the Empress was honored to have brought the Ten Thousand Years Grand Court Meeting back on track. She did not speak next, but the Emperor began to explain the changes in the Eight Desolate Universe to everyone, and the first thing he talked about was naturally the Thirty-Six Heavens.
"The Heavenly Court is in a place that cannot be seen, known or visited," Emperor Zun said, "It is at the highest level, not in the latitude of the Eight Desolate Universe. It is the only transcendent place in the multiverse, so you don't have to care too much about it."
When the Eight Desolations Universe transformed into the Daluo Universe, the Heavenly Dao clone also became extremely powerful. Without Chen Jingzhai's interference, he truly turned into the Heavenly Dao and directly merged into it. Even Chen Jingzhai felt that he was a ruthless person.
The Thirty-Six Heavens were the work of Heaven. It had long been dissatisfied with the Nine Heavens. It was actually in the same space as other universes, which was simply intolerable. Before the Eight Desolate Universe completed its transformation, the Thirty-Six Heavens had already entered another space.
This is the supreme space created independently by the Heavenly Dao with the help of the power of promotion of the Eight Desolate Universes. It can accommodate up to thirty-six heavens, with nine layers of heaven as one level. The highest level of nine heavens is where the Jade Emperor Heaven and Tushita Heaven are located.
"Except for Jade Emperor Heaven and Tushita Heaven, all other departments will relocate," the empress added, "The eight heavens below Jade Emperor Heaven are all new locations for various departments in the heavenly court. The Heavenly Works Palace and military research will occupy one heaven."
The nine layers of heaven seemed fine before, but looking back now, they were too crowded, especially for the military industry. It was so embarrassing that we had to open up a separate space just to research the heavenly warships.
It is also related to the environment at that time. After all, it was only the Taiyi Universe, and it was difficult for the Heavenly Court to expand at that time. In addition, the number of immortals has skyrocketed and the quality has improved a lot. Of course, the Heavenly Court must also expand synchronously.
The thirty-sixth to twenty-eighth heavens are the new residences of various officials in heaven. The twenty-seventh to nineteenth heavens are where the more important heavens in heaven, such as Xuanyou Heaven, Chongming Heaven, and Chongling Heaven, are located.
The eighteenth to the tenth heavens are the bases of the Taoist sects. The Taiyi gods and demons automatically obtain the qualifications to establish their own sects in these nine heavens. At the same time, Lingjuntian is also included here, and the fairy islands such as the Luotian Immortal Sect are automatically relocated here.
From the Ninth Heaven to the First Heaven, Xianyuan Heaven is still the First Heaven, but the fairy islands from the major surrendered universes have been moved away. Only the Ascension Pond, the garrison, and the Reception Platform remain here.
The source of immortality, the source of immortality, is naturally the beginning of becoming an immortal, the place of origin of immortals, the first heaven is naturally the most suitable, and nowadays there are so many immortals returning to the universe, and a large number of immortals ascend here every year, so of course a separate heaven is needed.
The thirty-six heavens have basically been divided. The core of heaven is in the upper nine heavens, the residences and entertainment of immortal officials are in the middle nine heavens, the immortal sects and Taiyi gods and demons are gathered in the middle and lower nine heavens, and the heavenly soldiers and generals are in the lower nine heavens.
Heavenly soldiers and generals need to protect Heaven, and their number is huge. Under the suppression of the Emperor and Empress, the number exceeds 200 billion. Such terrifying data certainly requires more space. The Lower Nine Heavens is the gateway to Heaven and naturally needs to be guarded, so no one has any objection to this arrangement.
The Thirty-Six Heavens will become the highest place in the future. It cannot be speculated upon or spied on. If you are not an immortal official and do not have the Skynet, you cannot come here. Only immortals above the Golden Immortal level can fly here by themselves.
Both celestial immortals and true immortals can use Skynet for free to teleport within the Eight Desolate Universe. The emergence of the Thirty-Six Heavens also announced that Heaven had completely separated from the Eight Desolate Universe and began to manage all universes from another height.
After talking about the Thirty-Six Heavens, the Emperor and Empress then talked about the changes in the Eight Desolate Universe, including the addition of new galaxies, the enlarged planets, and the immortals on the planets. Because many immortals had breakthroughs, the Emperor and Empress asked all stationed troops and star gods to take good care of these immortals.
The Eight Desolate Universe still has the rule that does not allow private actions. The Emperor's words are the noble rules of heaven, and no one is allowed to disobey. Otherwise, the judicial heavenly army will be dispatched to capture them directly. This is no joke.
In addition to Chu Wuxia, the Heavenly Judicial Army also includes the newly promoted Taiyi Shen Yurong. When the two Taiyi gods and demons take action, no force will be able to resist. By the time the time comes, families will be destroyed and the immortal sect will be destroyed.
Because of the promotion of the Eight Desolate Universe, all the major officials in Heaven have actually re-recorded and mastered the resources of each planet in accordance with the requirements of the Emperor and Empress for more than a thousand years. Now the Emperor and Empress are just giving them a new order.
Despite this, the Emperor and Empress were still very patient. They mentioned almost every planet, some in just a few words, and some in a lot. There were more than 500 star systems, and it took 50 years before they ended.
Fortunately, no one dozed off and everyone listened attentively, especially Sect Leader Tiange. Ever since he made up for the loss of his origin and his luck recovered, he had a smile on his face and was extremely kind to everyone he looked at.
After twenty thousand and eighty years in the Eight Desolations, the Emperor and Empress finally finished their talk.
Next, it is time to reorganize the organizational structure of Heaven. It was the Emperor and Empress who spoke up again. This adjustment of Heaven is for the future, so if there are any objections to each adjustment, everyone can discuss it.
The first to make adjustments will be the military. The military will establish a first-rank Great Heavenly King, a first-rank Grand Marshal, a second-rank Army Lord, a second-rank Deputy Army Lord, a third-rank General, a third-rank Divine General, a fourth-rank Immortal General, and a fourth-rank Tooth General.
Below the fourth rank, there are fifth-rank Xiaolongxiao, sixth-rank Hubaowei, and seventh-rank Wolf General. The rest are military leaders and are not included in the organization.
The military will establish the position of Great Heavenly King, and it must be held by a Taiyi God and Demon, and the Taiyi God and Demon must also have an impressive record of battles. Combat on the battle platform also counts as a record. Of course, this is only based on the current situation.
To be a first-rank marshal, one must be a Taiyi god or demon. This is a hard and fast rule. Without Taiyi's strength, it is impossible to obtain a first-rank immortal position. This is why every time the emperor's strength increases, the Heavenly Court will make adjustments.
In the past, a Golden Immortal could be considered a first-grade rank, but now it must be Taiyi, because the Eight Desolate Universe is now the Daluo Universe, not the Taiyi Universe. The most powerful one is the Emperor, and that is a Daluo Golden Immortal, so naturally that needs to change.
Only Golden Immortals can serve as the second-rank army chief and the second-rank deputy army chief, while those below the third rank, regardless of whether they are Golden Immortals or Celestial Immortals, can serve as such. In other words, if one is a Celestial Immortal, the highest position one can hold in the military is a third-rank general.
This regulation gives the celestial immortals a great opportunity. You have to know that in the past, there were only celestial immortals, and it was very difficult to improve and progress. After all, there were many golden immortals in the past, and there are even more golden immortals now, but it is more transparent and fair and just.
In addition to these adjustments, the military also added the setting of military numbers. Generals above the fourth rank have their own troops, but the number and strength of each unit are different, and the requirements are also different.
Only the military lord can command 100 million heavenly soldiers and generals. The number of those below the military lord will be sharply reduced. The third rank is in the tens of millions, and the fourth rank is in the millions. But fortunately, the heavenly warships are no longer exclusive to the military lord, and the third rank can also obtain them.