In the heavens, people become emperors by being bad.

Chapter 499 [The First Divine General Lin Xian]

"In that case, fellow Daoist, return to the Divine Organization and report back to the Ancestor God."

Lin Xian arranged the twenty-four Heavenly Tokens in the void, then took out the most dazzling divine token, looked around at the descendants of the divine organization on the Heavenly Ship, and said with a hint of encouragement: "Who is willing to accept the first token and become the first divine general of my new Heavenly Court?"

The first divine general!
The First Divine General!

Even though everyone knew that there was a difference between the two, and that the first divine general was not the same as the first divine general, they still couldn't help but feel excited.

The first divine general is not yet the number one divine general.

However, if the Emperor were to attain enlightenment anew and reign supreme over the universe once more, then the first divine general to pledge allegiance to the Emperor and return to the Heavenly Court would very likely become the true first divine general.

Even the Great Sage at the peak of the main god's power showed a slight change in expression at this moment.

This is a gamble, a gamble on whether Ye Fan can achieve enlightenment in this lifetime.

So, what are the chances of Emperor Ye achieving enlightenment?

"General Chuan Ying, the old god, and the white-haired sword god have all met with Emperor Ye and acknowledged his identity."

"Fellow Daoists, what are you still hesitating about?"

Lin Xian smiled slightly and said, "If Senior Chuan Ying did not recognize Emperor Ye, why would he have sent you here? You are the future of the Divine Organization."

Upon hearing this, everyone's spirits immediately lifted. They didn't know if Ye Fan could achieve enlightenment, but they were very clear about their status in the God Organization.

Those who can come to the Heavenly Ship are either descendants of the ancient Heavenly Court's divine generals or disciples and grand-disciples of the Old God and the White-Haired Sword God, truly the most direct lineage.

These nobles of the divine organization not only hold high positions but also possess considerable talent. At the very least, they will become Great Saints in the future, capable of ruling a region for the divine organization. Some even have the potential to become Quasi-Emperors.

For example, the main god who just opposed him has reached the pinnacle of the Great Sage in terms of essence, energy, and spirit, and is ready to take the next step at any time. With the guidance of the old god, the sword god, and the first divine general, he is undoubtedly a future quasi-emperor.

This is a genuine middle-aged generation, with the potential to succeed the old god and take charge of the divine organization.

It can be said that the people on the Sky Ship are the essence of the divine organization. If a supreme being with ill intentions were to come to the Sky Ship, the divine organization would be completely cut off from its generation, facing a lack of successors and heading towards decline.

"Could it be that Fellow Daoist Zhou doesn't believe Ye Fan is the reincarnation of the Emperor?"

Lin Xian suddenly turned around and shouted a question, which made even a peerless sage tremble.

"Of course I believe it."

Zhou, the chief god of the divine organization, said in a deep voice, "Even the First God General has admitted that it is impossible for them, these juniors, to understand the Emperor Venerable better than the First God General."

This is the power of righteousness, the legitimacy of legitimacy, which can make a great sage believe without a doubt.

Lin Xian then asked, "So you think Emperor Ye can't achieve enlightenment in this lifetime?"

"With the bearing of an emperor, a dragon and phoenix, and the countenance of the sun and moon, he is destined to reign supreme over the universe!"

The chief god of the God Organization became increasingly humble. Ye Fan's achievements were simply too astonishing, circulating only among the upper echelons of the Heavenly Court. As one of the future successors of the God Organization, he barely managed to obtain some information about them.

Defeating the invincible imperial prince and battling the young ancient emperor—with such talent, who dares to say he isn't an emperor?

"Then what are you still hesitating for?" Lin Xian roared like a lion, striking hard on the head, like the Buddha enlightening the lost people: "The eyes can deceive, the nose can deceive, the ears can deceive, only the heart remains unchanged."

"If you see all forms as non-forms, then you will see the Emperor!"

The supreme deity suddenly understood and immediately bowed his head in worship, saying, "This humble deity pays respects to the Emperor!"

Ye Fan must be the reincarnation of the Emperor. Only in this way can the God Organization rise and restore the glory of the ancient Heavenly Court.

Under the guidance of Lin Xian, this Great Sage saw through the phenomena to the essence.

Ye Fan was stunned. You believed it? It's one thing for other juniors to believe it, but why would a cunning and shrewd old man like you, a peerless sage who fought his way up the path of cultivation, believe it?

"The afterlife is a matter of belief; if you believe, it exists; if you don't, it doesn't. As time goes by, two identical flowers will eventually appear in the world. After a thousand years of looking back, one flower withers, and the other blooms."

Lin Xian said meaningfully, "Whether they are the same flower or not is for future generations to judge."

The point is not the flowers, nor even the faith, but the descendants!

People only believe what they believe.

Ye Fan was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed, a laugh of utter relief, as if it were a kind of liberation.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered a sentence that Lord Lin often said: You are not the Emperor, nor is the Emperor of the Ancient Heavenly Court. The one hanging on the wall is the Emperor.

This is the principle that if one sees all forms as non-forms, then one sees the Tathagata.

However, some people are genuinely confused because they don't understand this principle, some people understand it but deliberately act badly, and some people understand the principle but continue to pretend to be confused.

"They're all masters of feigning ignorance." Ye Fan sneered angrily, then looked at the chief god of the God Organization and said sarcastically, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you are truly no different from Holy Master Lin. You are indeed a hero of the God Organization."

Zhou, the God of War, smiled憨厚ly, and, true to his earlier vigilance, bowed and said, "Your Majesty flatters me. I am unworthy of such praise. How can I be compared to Vice Master Lin?"

The First Divine General, Chuan Ying, is a survivor of the ancient Heavenly Court, and he is loyal to the Emperor of the ancient Heavenly Court.

As time went by, the remnants of the ancient Heavenly Court evolved into a divine organization. Although they shared the same faith, the divine organization was loyal to its Emperor.

This is also the principle that all phenomena are not phenomena.

Even if Ye Fan has a slight chance of being a reincarnation of an Emperor, and even if he is completely unlike one, his combat strength, which rivals that of a young ancient emperor, means he is destined to become an emperor in this life. The Divine Organization will drag Ye Fan to the position of Emperor, no matter how much they try to force him.

"it is good!"

Ye Fan took a deep breath. Having fought with Lin Shengzhu for so many years, he was also a Heavenly Emperor who had experienced countless battles. In an instant, he restrained his Dao heart, his face calm, as if he truly possessed some of the majesty of an Emperor. He slowly said, "Since you acknowledge me as the Emperor, then don't blame me for issuing a decree?"

Lin Xian's heart skipped a beat, and he had a vague sense of foreboding. Although he had raised the issue, the direction of the issue was gradually slipping out of his control.

"Listen to the Emperor's Instructions!"

The God Organization's chief god and all its members immediately became solemn, not daring to slack off in the slightest, because they truly regarded Ye Fan as an emperor.

"I am a disciple of the Tianxuan Holy Land. Decades ago, it was Holy Master Lin who led me into the immortal sect. I rose from disciple to Holy Son, then from Holy Son to Holy Master, and only recently have I secured my position as the Lord of the Heavenly Court. Holy Master Lin's great vacancy... cough cough, I will never forget your great kindness and virtue."

Ye Fan stood with his hands behind his back and said leisurely, "If we're talking about meritorious officials, then Lord Lin is the greatest meritorious official of my Heavenly Court."

"If we're talking about divine generals, Lord Lin is the greatest divine general in my Heavenly Court."

"The position of the First Divine General belongs to none other than Holy Lord Lin!"

In an instant, everyone on the celestial ship, including the Great Sage Peak God, all turned to look at Lin Xian.

The atmosphere of righteous indignation that had just been present has completely vanished.

"Not good!" Lin Xian's expression changed drastically. When did Emperor Ye learn to incite the masses to fight each other?

Amidst the swirling void, Ye Fan waved his hand, and with a flick of his wrist, the Ascension Cauldron, radiating immortal light, flew towards Lin Xian's head. Simultaneously, the token of the First Divine General also flew towards him. With the Ascension Cauldron above his head and the Divine General's token accompanying him, Lin Xian, the First Divine General of the New Heavenly Court, made his grand entrance!
Ye Fan smiled slightly. Lin Xian was a hero, and Zhou Zhushen was a great man; both were masters of feigning ignorance.

Then let heroes investigate heroes, and good men investigate good men.

"Congratulations, First Divine General."

The people on the spaceship remained silent for a moment, then offered their congratulations in unison, expressing their deepest respect. As for what they were really thinking, that remains unknown.

In particular, Zhou Dasheng of the Divine Organization is the one with the highest cultivation among all the gods, and he may even be a quasi-emperor.

Lin Xian pondered for a moment, then grabbed the Divine General Token, refined it instantly, and solemnly said, "I am the Holy Lord of the Big Dipper, what can the Divine General do to me?"

"Only supreme beings who have attained enlightenment through unconventional means are qualified to serve as the first divine general of the Heavenly Court; otherwise, it would diminish the prestige of Senior Chuan Ying."

"Now that the Emperor has bestowed upon me the token, I have no choice but to accept it, but I am only acting as a divine general."

"If any hero ever reaches the Quasi-Emperor realm and becomes comparable to the ancient supreme beings, I will present this divine decree with both hands."

These words eased the tension on the spaceship for a moment.

However, how could the inherently evil Emperor let Lin Xian go so easily? Ye Fan deliberately coughed lightly to attract everyone's attention, and then said meaningfully, "Lord Lin is exceptionally talented and unparalleled throughout history. Although he is not even a hundred years old, he is already a peerless Saint King. Breaking the record of the Great Saint Du Mu is just around the corner."

"Such a young Holy King!"

"How can it be!"

"I do not believe!"

In an instant, the Heavenly Boat erupted in chaos. Even Zhou Zhushen's expression was incredibly complex. He was steady and methodical, taking each step with utmost solidity. He attained the Great Sage Dao at the age of one thousand and was hailed by the Divine Organization as having the potential to become a Quasi-Emperor. Compared to a hundred-year-old Saint King, the difference was like heaven and earth.

Everyone's Dao heart was suppressed. They considered themselves outstanding talents, but in the face of the true great sun, they paled in comparison.

Some people even had to find historical anecdotes to comfort themselves, such as the ancient story of someone who barely became a saint at the age of five thousand, enduring arduous cultivation, and finally attaining the Dao and becoming an emperor at the age of over six thousand, surpassing all others of his era.

"That person is the Xuanwu Ancient Emperor. His race is naturally like that, and he has a long lifespan. It's not that he's deliberately slow in his cultivation."

Some people ruthlessly revealed the truth: those who achieve great things late in life, even at the age of five or six thousand, are only seen in the Xuanwu era and a few other examples of morality, and are not the mainstream.

"Even the Hundred-Year-Old Great Sage Dumu, throughout his entire life, failed to become a Quasi-Emperor," someone muttered.

"You're talking as if you can become a quasi-emperor." Some disliked geniuses mocked, "With our aptitude and no special physique, we can see the end from birth. The Great Sage is already beyond our reach."

The Great Sage realm is the ultimate goal for most young people on the Heavenly Ship. Even within the God Organization, the number of Quasi-Emperor cultivators is limited.

Apart from the leading Zhou Zhushen, if one or two of these young nobles were to become quasi-emperors, it would be a sign of divine intervention and their ancestral graves emitting auspicious smoke.

At this moment, a cultivator muttered softly, "Hasn't the Emperor manifested his divine power now?"

In an instant, the scene fell silent.

Yes, normally they would stop at the Great Sage realm, but this time the Emperor has manifested his sainthood, and by following the Emperor into the pass, they will be able to receive the Emperor's blood as a reward, the elixir of immortality to prolong their lives, and perhaps even catch a glimpse of the Quasi-Emperor realm.

After going around in circles, everything has returned to where it started.

"That's all."

Lin Xian sighed, stood up, and revealed his Saint King realm, which was no longer suppressed. He swept across the crowd and said in a majestic voice, "Who will fight me!"

The people who cover the sky, the souls who cover the sky, in the end they still have to fight!
This time, the Emperor set a trap for them.

Ye Fan, you've won.

There weren't many Saint Kings on the Sky Ship. The rest of the Saints and Half-Saints were all suppressed by Lin Xian's aura and found it difficult to breathe, so they all moved away.

The barrier of the Holy Path is like an insurmountable chasm. Unless one is a cultivator at the level of an Emperor's Son, there are not many who defy the laws of immortality. Suppression by higher realms is the mainstream in the cultivation world.

"I come!"

"Count me in!"

"I, too, will meddle."

Three Saint King-level cultivators stepped forward. Their auras were as deep as the ocean, indicating they were undoubtedly supreme experts. In the future, they would be able to guard a star field for the God Organization and become revered ancestors.

"The Divine Organization has a long history; have you ever heard of the Ancient Sacred Body?"

Lin Xian smiled and walked to the side of the three Holy Kings, getting closer and saying, "Back in the mythical era, it was called the Indestructible Golden Body."

"Ancient Holy Body?"

"Immortal golden body!"

In an instant, the three Holy Kings' expressions changed drastically, and they immediately fled far away, not daring to approach Lin Xian even a little bit.

The invincibility of other physiques can be considered boasting, but the achievements of the Ancient Sacred Body are earned through battle. The Sacred Body at its peak is comparable to the Emperor Body, which is not just talk; it can truly fight against supreme beings.

"late!"

Lin Xian roared, his physical body becoming crystal clear, like a flying immortal. His golden blood energy soared into the sky, and his eyes seemed to hold the birth and death of black holes, the rise and fall of the universe, exuding an invincible aura.

His black hair was loose, flowing with the unique divine light of the Ancient Sacred Body. His figure was tall and slender, like an unparalleled demon god. He used the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist and stepped on the Chaos Green Lotus Step.

When a lion or an elephant hunts a rabbit, they both use their full strength!
The secrets of the character "临" (Lin), "兵" (Bing), "斗" (Dou), "者" (Zhe), "行" (Xing), and "前" (Qian) are triggered. The six secrets are combined into one, approaching perfection. This triggers the secret of the character "皆" (Jie), increasing combat power tenfold!
Lin Xian activated the Nine Secrets, causing his combat power to surge. He instantly stepped into the Eight Forbidden Realms, reaching the pinnacle of his life, a feat never before achieved. Only such a heaven-defying secret technique could accomplish this.

"The Great Sage?!"

The people on the spaceship changed color upon sensing the faint aura of power that suppressed all realms.

There is a barrier between the Sage King and the Great Sage. Unless it is forbidden by the gods, it can not be overthrown. Otherwise, even if the Eight Forbidden Ones come, they can only be evenly matched.

In other words, the Divine Forbidden Saint King can kill the Great Saint and fight across borders, while the Eight Forbidden Saint Kings are comparable to the Great Saint and can protect themselves.

This is also one of the reasons why the Eight Forbidden Realms can become the ticket to becoming an emperor. When encountering a shameless old man who goes by the path of suppressing the mortal realm, one can at least run away to save one's life and learn from the Chaotic Ancient Emperor.

"The Way! The Way! The Way!"

Lin Xian unleashed three consecutive Six Paths Reincarnation Fist strikes with the absolute power of the Eight Forbidden Formations, causing even the God Lord Zhou of the Divine Organization to twitch.

Talk is talk, joke is joke, but don't underestimate Lin Xian as the son of the Green Emperor.

Even the weakest imperial prince is still an imperial prince!
A rumbling sound rang out, the void collapsed, chaos evolved, as if the heavens and earth were being created, just as if the Great Sage were launching an attack.

Three punches shattered the dream of a prodigy!
Without any suspense, the three Holy Kings flew out horizontally, and all was silent, the celestial ship was speechless.

Just then, Lin Xian staggered, a trickle of golden blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, and coughed a few times: "My Dao injury has relapsed..."

(End of this chapter)