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Chapter 418 Immortal Status Equal to Heaven

Inside the Lingxiao Palace, a dragon throne hangs high, with layers of jade steps leading up to it, and celestial generals and officials stand on both sides, exuding majesty and solemnity.

Apart from the female celestial generals serving them, the strength of all the immortals present was at least that of Golden Immortals or higher.

For low-ranking celestial soldiers like Yang Kaitai, unless they commit an unforgivable crime, normally they would never be able to get their toes to touch a single brick or tile of the Lingxiao Palace, even if they struggled for hundreds of millions of years.

Surrounded by the gazes of countless immortals and gods, Bai Ye remained calm, as if a gentle breeze were caressing his face.

Indeed, if anyone should be nervous, it should be the people present.

Peak Quasi-Saint... Peak Quasi-Saint at nineteen years old...

Seeing the information displayed on the demon-revealing mirror, no one dared to utter a sound.

Five hundred years ago, that monkey was only a few hundred years old when he reached the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm, and that was already terrifying. This one in front of me is only nineteen years old...

True Daoist enlightenment?

For the first time, the immortals present felt that these simple words combined were so unfamiliar.

Only a few people, such as Laozi and the Jade Emperor, remained unmoved, though their hearts were slightly stirred.

After all, this kind of thing isn't inexplicable.

Although the demon-revealing mirror is powerful, it can't reveal everything.

Being able to detect even this much information about a Quasi-Saint is already the limit; it can also be said that Bai Ye did not conceal his own secrets.

Going up another level to the sage, one can even reverse the content detected within.

Of course, they weren't guessing that Bai Ye was a saint, since that guess would be far-fetched.

They only reasonably suspected that Bai Ye might be one of the Three Corpses, a kind of entity created by a saint nineteen years ago.

Only in this way can we reasonably explain reaching the quasi-saint level at the age of nineteen.

After all, it's normal that these quasi-saints and mortals can't understand the methods of a sage.

It could even be said that, for some reason, the sage severed his body cleanly and decisively, wanting to completely sever the connection.

Therefore, even the three corpses that were severed could not determine which sage they came from.

The entire thought process took only a moment and almost no time.

Gazing at the white night, the Jade Emperor felt uneasy sitting in his chair; it was rather prickly.

"Fellow Daoist Bai, may I ask what brings you to the Lingxiao Palace this time?"

The Jade Emperor, who ruled over all the heavens and the boundless universe, asked in a tone of equal conversation, and not a single immortal found it amiss.

The demon monkey caused the immortals to turn against him simply because he refused to pay homage to the emperor; frankly, it was because he lacked power.

"Didn't you tell me to come up here and report for duty?"

In response to the Jade Emperor's question, Bai Ye replied, "I've only just ascended to immortality, and you're already coming to ask me if I want to become an immortal? So I thought I'd try to become a celestial official, dang dang."

"Which little fairy has such amazing business skills that she managed to bring over a quasi-saint's KPIs?" The immortals were speechless, unsure how to comment.

In response to Bai Ye's reply, the Jade Emperor said calmly, "Since Fellow Immortal Bai desires a celestial position in the Heavenly Court, that is perfectly acceptable. We are of the same generation, and you may freely choose any celestial position in the Heavenly Court."

"I wonder, what kind of immortal position do you wish to hold?" the Jade Emperor asked directly.

The Jade Emperor spoke thus, and the fact that he made it so generous of people to choose any celestial position he wanted, yet it failed to arouse any surprise among the other immortals.

After all, in this era where saints are rare, a peak Quasi-Saint is an absolute power. It would be extremely easy for him to sink the entire Central Continent and destroy countless universes in a fight, only to rebuild them anew.

For them, any position is just an empty title.

"A celestial job..." Bai Ye pondered and said, "The celestial salary doesn't matter. The most important thing is that this position is easy and doesn't involve me having to come to me every day for every little thing."

"Then I must have freedom. I can do whatever I want, whatever I want to do. I can leave the Heavenly Court and descend to the mortal realm whenever I want. I don't want anyone to control me."

"And there's some fun to it; most immortals seem sickly and listless, which is really boring."

"Finally, the job title has to sound really cool, the kind that sounds really impressive."

……

Bai Ye offered suggestions while pondering, leaving the immortals present even more speechless.

Having been in Heaven for so many years, it seems there's no such position at all.

What you're saying is that you should just sit on the Jade Emperor's throne? No, that's not right! The Jade Emperor isn't as free as Bai Ye makes him out to be.

Even the Jade Emperor helplessly tossed out a list of immortals, saying, "This is a list of all the immortals in the Heavenly Court, including those currently in office and those not. Fellow Daoist Bai, just tell me what position you want."

Seeing the golden light flying towards him, Bai Ye grabbed it and began to browse through it:

Nine Luminaries, Five Directional Generals, Twenty-Eight Mansions, Four Heavenly Kings, Twelve Earthly Branches, Five Elders of the Five Directions, All Celestial Beings, Gods of the Milky Way...

Thunder God, Fire God, Evil God...

As the largest power ruling over the entire Central Continent, its various categories correspond to the Milky Way constellations.

All the immortals eagerly awaited to see what kind of immortal status this quasi-saint would ultimately choose.

If they happen to be chosen for a position, they have no choice but to give it up.

Bai Ye looked at the list of immortals in front of him, flipping through it repeatedly, always feeling that something was missing, that it didn't sound quite loud enough.

Before long, Bai Ye's eyes lit up as he took a liking to one of the immortal registers.

"Hey, I found a job."

Bai Ye turned the immortal register in his hand over and showed it to the immortals.

All the immortals stared intently, and felt a slight jolt in their hearts.

The Monkey King

"How could it be this!" All the immortals were instinctively startled.

Those who cultivate the Tao do not keep track of years; to them, 500 years is but a fleeting moment.

We just suppressed that rebellious monkey demon, and now the Great Sage Equal to Heaven has appeared. What is he trying to do? Is he going to wreak havoc in the Heavenly Palace again?

One quasi-saint... this Heavenly Palace isn't enough for them to tear down.

Even the Jade Emperor, who remained impassive throughout, couldn't help but ask, "Fellow Daoist Bai, why did you choose this position?"

"I think this title sounds pretty impressive, and it's a nominal position, so it's free and easy."

Bai Ye smiled innocently, and his handsome appearance made the immortals slightly lose their composure.

"Or is this position simply not suitable?"

"Of course it's possible, but fellow Daoist, do you know that five hundred years ago, the previous Qi..."

Bai Ye interrupted, "Since it's not impossible, then that's settled. Anyway, this position is already vacant, so let me take it."

The Jade Emperor frowned slightly, and after a moment of silence, nodded in agreement, saying, "Very well, from now on, the title of Great Sage Equal to Heaven shall be bestowed upon you, fellow Daoist."

With that, the position of the Monkey King, which had been vacant for over 500 years, was filled once again by a new deity.

Immediately, the Jade Emperor ordered the officials in charge of construction, Zhang and Lu, to repair the original residence of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven on the right side of the Peach Garden.

At the same time, the two departments that had already been reorganized into the prefecture system, namely the Tranquil Department and the Peaceful Department, have all been restored to their original places of residence.

After everything was settled, the Five Star Lords were dispatched to escort Bai Ye to his new post, and he was bestowed with countless elixirs and wines!

(End of this chapter)