Chapter 388: I Bestow the Heavenly Authority

Xuanyang looked dazed.

The Investiture of the Gods?

Come to think of it, back in their Immortal God Era, they did indeed have something similar. But why did he always feel that the Investiture of the Gods before him was far better than theirs?

It possessed an indescribable, supreme essence.

But wasn't this a joke?

For a supreme treasure capable of binding gods and immortals like this, they had spent great effort and paid a heavy price to successfully refine it; how could it possibly be inferior to the Investiture of the Gods before him?

Reason told him this was absolutely impossible.

Yet the situation before him, and the faint traces he perceived, were telling him every moment that this was not impossible!

"Can this thing really withstand the Pollution?"

Xuanyang could not help but speak, asking with doubt.

Li Heng smiled slightly.

"Fellow Daoist Xuanyang, just wait and see."

The appearance of the Investiture of the Gods made the already "boiling" Xianshi Tiandi even more fervent; countless living beings gazed at the supreme Investiture of the Gods above the Nine Heavens, their breathing becoming rapid.

They could perceive that this was a great opportunity!

If one could leave their name on the list and receive its investiture.

That would be a step to the heavens!

Of course, some were happy while others were worried.

A portion of the Heavenly Human powerhouses revealed worry; they were all free and unfettered, extremely loose, and accustomed to being Carefree, yet now such a Heavenly Court had popped up, and it was asking them to sign the Investiture of the Gods?

Wasn't that just to restrain them and take them under its command?

Even if signing the Investiture of the Gods would grant the authority of a deity, so what? The great power of their Heavenly Humans was already strong enough, and they were fully capable of controlling and interfering with the Heaven and Earth Principles.

Then what necessity was there for them to sign?

However, when this thought arose and they wanted to resist signing the Investiture of the Gods, a sense of Life and Death crisis came from the void, causing those who wanted to oppose or escape to fall silent and freeze instantly.

Li Heng stood above the Nine Heavens, smiling slightly.

Do not play chess with people; as long as you play, there is a possibility of losing.

So, it is better to just flip the chessboard over.

He did not care how many factions existed in Xianshi Tiandi, how many powerful experts there were, nor did he care whether these experts or factions were willing; now there could only be two factions at most: the Heavenly Court and the Underworld!

Because he was already able to sweep across Heaven and Earth and suppress all who refused to submit!

If you don't submit, you die; that is all.

Nowadays, the Calamity and Pollution were becoming increasingly severe; he had no heart to play house games within Heaven and Earth. He had to act with great force and resolve things quickly to truly preserve this Heaven and Earth!

The next moment, the Investiture of the Gods shook, blooming with supreme power.

Regardless of whether those Heavenly Human powerhouses were willing or not, in an instant, they all arrived before the Investiture of the Gods to carry out the signing.

Then, the Investiture of the Gods would, according to the procedures set by Li Heng and based on a comprehensive assessment of these Heavenly Human powerhouses' merits, demerits, personalities, and abilities, bestow upon them a Divine Position to suppress Heaven and Earth.

Of course, there is a saying: if you want people to do things, there must be benefits; otherwise, it violates human nature. You can't expect the sheep to run without letting them eat grass, right?

Although Li Heng could crush everything in Heaven and Earth, he did not consider himself a tyrant, so he also informed these Heavenly Human powerhouses of the many benefits that signing the Investiture of the Gods would bring.

One of them, for example, was the ability to eliminate Pollution.

Consequently, almost all Heavenly Human powerhouses had rapid breathing.

They became incomparably proactive.

After all, they were all deeply harmed by the Pollution.

Li Heng and Xuanyang looked down from above, watching these Heavenly Human powerhouses sign the Investiture of the Gods. Xuanyang watched and suddenly sighed. "Fellow Daoist Li, you really have a heart, actually accompanying them to play games."

In Xuanyang's eyes, or rather, in the eyes of one at the Creation Realm who could open up a world, a Heavenly Court of this scale was undoubtedly a game. If it weren't for Li Heng saying that a Heavenly Court established with the Investiture of the Gods as its foundation could withstand the Pollution, he wouldn't even bother to look at it directly.

Li Heng smiled slightly.

"Fellow Daoist Xuanyang, do not underestimate a world or a civilization. As long as they can continue to develop, they can always grow to the level of you and me, or even spread throughout the Great Void of the heavens."

Xuanyang was noncommittal, but in his heart, he was somewhat unconvinced.

The Void Calamity is endless; how can one say grow and then grow?

It is not as if he hasn't seen civilizations collapse halfway.

It is merely a beautiful theoretical model.

How could Li Heng not know what Xuanyang was thinking? But he was too lazy to explain. After all, it was a world possessing extraordinary power; supreme power returned to oneself, and one was an infinite variable.

It was not surprising that he looked down on the power of civilization.

Moreover, compared to an individual, the growth of a civilization is indeed a bit slow.

But once a civilization grows up, it will be incomparably terrifying.

Li Heng seriously suspected that the Salvation Jade Slip he had obtained earlier, which was inscribed with Earth's simplified Chinese characters and could allow others to obtain unreasonable Supernatural Abilities, might be a creation of a similar civilization.

"Since that is the case, Fellow Daoist, will you not meet them?"

Xuanyang looked curiously at Li Heng while watching the Heavenly Human powerhouses below eagerly signing the Investiture of the Gods. Logically speaking, Li Heng should appear to leave an impression on those Heavenly Human powerhouses and, by the way, establish his position as the Heavenly Emperor to prevent anyone from harboring bad intentions.

Li Heng shook his head and smiled slightly.

"No. The gap between them and me is too large now; there is no meaning in meeting. Moreover, letting the Investiture of the Gods bestow the Divine Positions can be more impartial and avoid the phenomenon of human corruption."

He said this with a half-smile, but it was not a joke.

And he, Li, was also a human.

If he were to come forward to choose and invest the gods, he might leave all the good Divine Positions for his own friends and relatives, and that would not do. He was not establishing the Heavenly Court just for fun; in the final analysis, it was to stabilize and save this world that had been polluted to its roots.

Once the Heavenly Court was reliable, he would be at ease.

He himself would also be able to enter the True Realm without any distractions.

Although even if he went to the True Realm, the Xianshi Tiandi still had Xuanyang of the Creation Realm to suppress it, one could see from past situations that Xuanyang's condition was poor and he was extremely unreliable.

He, Li Heng, still had to step in himself.

This World was his place of origin, so if he could preserve it, he should. Moreover, this World, which had been molded into a Lighthouse, could also continuously attract monsters from the Great Void and Calamities to come.

When his strength was weak, this was a disaster.

But when his strength was strong, it was a Source Power machine!

A great opportunity!

After all, Source Power is like money; one can never have too much of it.

"Are you saying you won't even bestow the position of Heavenly Emperor?"

Xuanyang said in surprise.

Upon hearing this, Li Heng's eyes immediately lit up.

"Fellow Daoist Xuanyang, this idea is not bad."

"Although with their current strength they are not qualified to take on the role of Heavenly Emperor, I can let my Daoist law-rule avatar serve first. But perhaps later it will give them a goal to strive for; after all, the system cannot be rigid, there must be some fresh blood."

Xuanyang was instantly dumbfounded.

You don't even want the position of Heavenly Emperor, so what do you want? Was this Heavenly Court created for others?

Facing Xuanyang's puzzled expression, Li Heng smiled leisurely.

"My Dao controls the supreme Heaven of all things and bears the vast Earth of all things. The Heavenly Court is a part of Heaven, but it is not the entirety of Heaven."

"I grant the authority of Heaven, does Fellow Daoist understand?"