In Douluo Continent, Tang San raids my base right from the start.

Chapter 370 Heavenly Emperor

In the realm of gods, Zhu Wu returned from the lower realm, greeted the evil god, and immediately entered the Dragon Domain.

"Tenshu, are you willing to take on the divine duties and join me in maintaining the balance of the universe?" He came before Tenshu and asked directly.

"Maintaining the balance of the universe is not something you, Chaos, can claim," the Heavenly Guardian God retorted coldly. "However, if it comes to destroying the universe, I am willing to lend a hand."

"As for maintenance? What a joke! Letting this universe fend for itself is the best outcome!"

"Very well." Zhu Wu nodded, then raised his hand and unleashed the power of the Dragon Domain Law, instantly binding and imprisoning the Heavenly Guardian's divine sense.

The God of Heaven's expression changed, and he raised his head and coldly shouted.

"Chaos, what do you want to do!?"

"Of course, it's about stripping you of your divinity," Zhu Wu said calmly. "What use are you if you're just occupying a position without doing anything?"

"You!" the God of Heaven glared angrily.

"This is also your punishment!" Zhu Wu continued, "Over the countless years, you have destroyed multiple planes and harmed countless innocent lives for your own selfish reasons, and have already betrayed your divine duty."

"This is your crime, and you should be punished for it!"

"However, considering your past achievements, I will not erase you from the picture."

"Tenshu, I will erase your memories and return you to your origin. When your former lover is reborn, I will send you to the corresponding plane for reincarnation."

"You will begin a completely new life. As for whether you will meet her again, that depends on fate."

"Without godhood, even if you wanted to destroy the world, you couldn't."

The guardian deity was not angry; instead, he fell silent.

After a moment, he looked up and said, "I have only one request: don't let me forget her."

He had long since given up on being the guardian deity. Those days were too dull and tedious; he was thoroughly tired of them.

"Okay." Zhu Wu nodded, and with a thought, the Chaos Fire immediately ignited on the surface of the Heavenly Guardian Soul.

The guardian deity did not resist, allowing his soul to burn and his memories to gradually fade away.

After a very long time, only two orbs of light, one purple and one white, remained suspended in place. The former was a divine essence, and the latter was the origin of the soul.

Zhu Wu waved his hand lightly, accepting the soul essence that was sealed within it, containing only a beautiful memory. He then sat cross-legged in the void, reached out to catch the divine spark, and channeled his divine sense into it to comprehend its mysteries. As for the memory, he had already read it when it was erased.

The memories of the cosmic journey after the birth of the God of Heaven were very helpful for him to fully understand the mysteries of the universe.

Furthermore, without looking at his memories, he couldn't pinpoint which world the God of Heaven's former lover was in.

Lost in thought, he vanished from the spot in a flash.

When he reappeared, he was already back in his residence in the God Realm, and immediately sent a telepathic message to Zi Ji to come in.

"Zi'er, this is the divine spark of the Heavenly Guardian God. Absorb it." Upon entering, Zhu Wu handed over the divine spark of the Heavenly Guardian God without hesitation.

Of all the wives he had chosen, he thought only Zi Ji was suitable. Long Ling'er, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling were all too kind-hearted; if it came down to fulfilling their divine duties by destroying a life-bearing planet or killing countless lives, they probably wouldn't be able to do it.

"The Guardian God?!" Murasaki was somewhat surprised.

"This divine status is of extraordinary significance, and I must entrust it to the person I trust most," Zhu Wu said.

"After much thought, you are the most suitable candidate. Ling'er and the others are too kind and not the right people to fulfill the duties of the Heavenly Guardian God."

Zi Ji nodded slightly, letting the divine essence merge into her brow.

"Let's absorb it back in the Dragon Domain," Zhu Wu continued, waving his hand to create a spatial passage.

Without hesitation, Zi Ji strode in.

Zhu Wu then left the house and went downstairs to reunite with his wives and chat.

Some time later, they headed to the central hub of the divine realm to search for the whereabouts of the Heavenly Guardian God's former lover. Simultaneously, they learned about the progress of the Crimson Plane.

Within sight, a fierce battle raged, with the gods of the divine realm advancing like mowing grass. Among them, the God of Light, Qian Renxue, was the most valiant, for her divine power naturally countered the abyssal creatures, and each strike could wipe out a large number of them. The God of Destruction, on the other hand, was relentlessly pursuing the Crimson Mother, who, even with the power of the entire plane amplified by her own, was no match for the Supreme God King's destructive prowess.

Seeing that the situation was settled, Zhu Wu stopped paying attention and instead began searching various planes.

The divine realm has numerous planes under its command, with a population exceeding hundreds of millions; even he needs some time.

After a long time, he finally found her, and the girl had indeed gotten married and had children.

There was no other way but to postpone it. After leaving behind his divine thoughts, he turned to the divine realm's central hub to open a spatial passage and descend into the Crimson Domain.

"Annihilation!" Chaotic light burst forth, clearing the screen in one strike, annihilating the creatures of the Crimson Realm and purifying them into pure spiritual energy to return to the plane.

Afterwards, it directly devoured the Dragon Realm and led the gods back to the God Realm.

"Summon all the gods, and hold the ascension ceremony tomorrow." Back in the divine realm, Zhu Wu turned to look at the God of Destruction.

"Okay." Destruction nodded gently.

So, the next morning, all the gods gathered in the square in front of the council hall of the divine realm and looked up at the sky.

A dazzling golden beam of light burst forth from the central hub of the divine realm, shooting straight into the sky and plunging into the vortex of blood-red mist above, drawing the red mist downwards and merging into it.

After a long while, the blood mist dissipated, and a dazzling nine-colored radiance shone down.

"Buzz buzz buzz" The entire divine realm began to tremble violently, the earth stretched out, and mountains rose and fell within it.

The Crimson Plane has no physical form, so while the God Realm can grow stronger by absorbing and devouring it, it is still not enough to ascend to become a god star with a physical form.

Therefore, Zhu Wu could only dismantle a few barren planets from the Dragon Realm to build the foundation for the God Realm.

Why several? Because one or two pieces are simply not enough to support it; only several pieces can be used to refine and increase its strength until it matches.

Under the watchful eyes of all the gods, after an unknown period of time, the nine-colored light dissipated.

"It worked?"

"Such a rich aura of celestial energy!"

"." Discussions rose and fell, and then a golden planetary phantom was projected by the divine realm's central hub and appeared in the sky above the plaza.

"To facilitate the management of the Divine Star, I hereby announce the establishment of the Divine Court," Zhu Wu declared loudly as he slowly landed before the platform. He then raised both hands simultaneously and softly said, "Rise!"

The ground trembled, and the field of vision seemed to rise.

Centered on the central hub of the divine realm, the surrounding buildings rapidly floated into the air along with the earth, and soon arrived above the clouds.

"The Divine Court stands atop the clouds, serving as the first line of defense against extraterrestrial enemies. It also serves as a base for inspecting the ecology of the divine star below," Zhu Wu's voice rang out again.

"From now on, the Divine Court will only serve as an office, and the gods will need to find alternative accommodations for their families."

"You all have three days to relocate. After three days, I will rebuild the Divine Court."

"Yes!" The gods bowed in homage.

"Everyone, you may leave now." Zhu Wu nodded and said, "We will announce the work to be done after the Divine Court is rebuilt, along with the other God-Kings."

The gods bowed in reverence, then turned and flew away.

"Wife, let's go, we should go back and move." The evil god turned to look at the kind goddess.

The kind goddess nodded slightly and flew away with her husband.

"Life, move the Forest of Life directly below the Divine Court," Zhu Wu said, turning his head.

"Your true form, as the core of the divine star, is now a key object of protection for the Divine Court and cannot be lost."

"Alright." The Goddess of Life nodded. With the advancement of the God Realm, her physical body, as the core of the God Realm, also underwent a qualitative improvement. The efficiency of absorbing cosmic energy and introducing it into the God Realm also greatly increased. However, if her physical body were damaged, the conversion of cosmic energy would also be impaired.

As more and more deities appear on the planet, the spiritual energy required for cultivation will also increase.

If the supply cannot be met, the spiritual energy of the heaven and earth on the divine star will decrease to a certain extent, and the divine star may face the risk of being downgraded, which is something that no one can accept.

Having worked hard and accumulated so much to get to where she is today, she naturally cannot afford to be complacent.

"Destruction, the task of guarding the Forest of Life will be entrusted to you." Zhu Wu then turned to look at Destruction.

"Okay." Destruction nodded. Since his wife's safety was at stake, he would naturally handle the matter with care.

Zhu Wu said no more, and in a flash appeared in front of the girls waiting below, and said with a smile, "Let's go, let's go back and move too."

"Alright." The women smiled and nodded, then followed Zhu Wu towards the Divine Court.

After some time, the group, having packed their things, arrived at a forest valley with streams and lakes.

With divine power, Zhu Wu and the women officially moved in.

Ning Fengzhi, Dugu Bo, Huo Wushuang, Tianmeng, and others found another place to stay in the valley.

Before long, a series of exquisite buildings of all sizes appeared in the valley.

After that, of course, there was a housewarming party, and everyone had a good time together.

Three days later, having fused with the Heavenly Guardian Godhead, Zi Ji was teleported out of the Dragon Realm. After a night of fierce fighting, she followed Zhu Wu to the Divine Court at dawn.

After a period of time was spent redistributing and rebuilding the divine court, the gods arrived one after another for a meeting.

After some discussion and arrangements, the positions of the gods were readjusted.

Zhu Wu, a Chaos God whose strength, status, and contributions far surpassed those of all other gods, was also proposed by the Evil God to be given a different position. In the mortal realm there are emperors, but above all the heavens is the Heavenly Emperor, below whom are the various God Kings, First-Class Gods, and Second-Class Gods.

"I agree to the God of Evil's proposal," the God of Destruction immediately echoed. In fact, this was the result of a private discussion between him and the God of Evil.

With the God Realm ascending to the God Star, the number of God King-level powerhouses in the God Realm will definitely increase in the future.

There must be a powerful figure who is absolutely superior to the God-King to serve as a point of unity and also as a form of downward deterrence.

According to the evil god, there are more and more gods in the divine realm, and they encompass various races, so there is a need for a deity who can keep order.

Without a doubt, the only candidate is Zhu Wu.

"I second that!" All the human gods and deities responded in agreement.

They had absolute faith in Zhu Wu and believed that he would not favor the Beast God lineage.

Leaving aside past actions, both the wife's and husband's families are involved.

The human gods supported it, and the beast gods were even more so. They were more than willing for their own dragon god to become the Heavenly Emperor.

"I second that!" they immediately echoed.

"So I've created a Heavenly Court in this world?" Zhu Wu thought to himself, glancing at the gods and nodding slightly.

"In that case, I shall accept your offer without hesitation."

Upon hearing this, all the gods bowed and said in unison, "Greetings, Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor!"

He needed to rethink the personnel arrangements when he got back. Ideally, he could simply be a hands-off manager, acting as a figurehead and, when necessary, a top-notch enforcer. He couldn't afford to be out early and staying up late handling state affairs. Thinking this, Zhu Wu gently raised his hand, "Get up, all of you."

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After some time, Zhu Wu went home after the meeting and began to ponder personnel arrangements, taking the premise of removing his wife from the picture.

Finally, they succeeded in coming up with a solution.

However, he did not implement it immediately. He planned to make arrangements one by one after everything was settled on Shenxing.

After many days in the divine realm, the soul essence of the Heavenly Guardian God was cast down to the mortal world.

A year later, to everyone's delight, Zi Ji, who had merged with the Heavenly Guardian Godhead and whose strength surpassed that of the Silver Dragon King, successfully won the bid.

The women were incredibly envious, and even the Silver Dragon King was filled with envy, so he increased his exploitation of Zhu Wu that very night.

The following day, the evil god, who had come to offer his congratulations upon hearing the news, laughed and said, "Old Zhu, how about arranging a marriage between our children?"

Zhu Wu remained silent, then turned to look at the kind goddess beside him. She wasn't even pregnant yet, so what was the point of getting pregnant?

"." The kind goddess fell silent for a moment, then glared at her husband.

"Ahem." The god of evil coughed lightly and said, "It'll happen sooner or later."

"Let the children handle their own affairs," Zhu Wu said. "We have no right to make decisions."

"Indeed." The God of Evil nodded, his gaze sweeping over Zhu Wu's other wives. He thought to himself, "You must have wanted a child when you gave the Heavenly Guardian God's divine essence to Zi Ji for fusion. It's just too difficult for these God-King level powerhouses to have a child."

"Once the children grow up, I can truly be a hands-off parent," Zhu Wu thought to himself.

Then, before October was even over, the Silver Dragon King became pregnant.

The girls were filled with envy again and cultivated even more diligently until Zi Ji's child was born, a girl.

Then the Silver Dragon King's child was born, a boy.

"Hmm, my offspring shouldn't be the original Lan Xuanyu." Zhu Wu thought to himself, looking at the baby in the swaddling clothes with the same hair color as his.

In the years that followed, Zhu Wu had no more children.

Under the tutelage of Zhu Wu and others, the two children, who had long been sent to the mortal realm for training, finally grew up to be capable of shouldering great responsibilities. During this time, the Goddess of Life and the Goddess of Kindness became pregnant one after another, and subsequently gave birth to sons, all of whom were girls.

"Evil. Destruction, look!" Zhu Wu was very tempted; his son was not yet married.

The father is the Heavenly Emperor, so the son is under immense pressure. He has been following in his footsteps all these years, focusing on his work, and is still a novice who has never been in a relationship.

"Let the children handle their own affairs," said the evil one. "We have no right to make those decisions."

He returned to Zhu Wu what he had said back then.

The God of Destruction nodded slightly in agreement.

"..." Zhu Wu was speechless for a moment, then changed the subject, "I have decided to let Ming'er inherit the throne."

"Want to be a hands-off manager?" the evil god bluntly stated.

Zhu Wu pretended not to hear and continued, "As the Divine Star has developed to this point, it has incorporated quite a few planes, but looking at the entire universe, there are still many unexplored areas. Therefore, I have decided to personally go out and explore until I touch the edge of the universe."

"By the way, we'll find new black holes to devour and obtain materials, so that we can further strengthen our planet when we return."

"Bring your wife along?" The evil god raised an eyebrow.

Zhu Wu glanced at him. "The Divine Court is well-staffed now and doesn't need them to be stationed here."

"My wife is my true love, the child was just an accident!" the evil god lamented.

"The child has grown up and will have his own life!" Zhu Wu said calmly.

"In addition, there were indeed selfish motives."

He sighed and continued, "So many years have passed, and Ling'er and the others still haven't conceived. Although they've never mentioned it, I can tell they've always been unhappy about it, and the only solution is to increase their strength."

"With their current cultivation level, the help I can provide is minimal."

"The only thing I can think of right now is to continue devouring black holes and obtain more chaotic energy to help them. By the way, I'll also take them out for a walk to clear their heads."

"Then go!" The God of Evil waved his hand. "With a few of us old guys watching over the divine realm, nothing will go wrong."

Most importantly, the successor to the Heavenly Emperor's throne is Zhu Wu's own son, which stabilizes the people's hearts. Furthermore, as the God of Chaos, Zhu Wu will not encounter any threats even when he goes out; he will return sooner or later. Even if some deities harbor hidden ambitions, they will absolutely not dare to show their faces.

Zhu Wu nodded, glanced at the two of them, and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you."

"It is my duty!" said the God of Destruction.

"The child is still young, and we can't leave anyway," the evil god said calmly.

The following day, in the imperial court, Zhu Wu announced his abdication, passing the throne to his son.

"Father!" Zhu Ming, the son, was shocked. His father had never told him this when he was at home!

Zhu Wu continued, explaining his reasoning: as the God of Chaos, he was to patrol the universe, explore its boundaries, and discover new life-bearing planets.

"Oh, so you want to be a hands-off parent and go out to play?" Zhu Yin thought to herself.

The other deities present felt the reason was justified and accepted Zhu Wu's abdication.

When his father spoke, the gods agreed, and Zhu Ming had no choice but to accept reality, even if he wanted to object.

So, a few days later.

After the enthronement ceremony concluded, Zhu Wu lingered near the divine star for a while longer to assist and guide his son. Then, he fled with his wives, watched by all the gods.

Feeling bored on the planet Shenxing and wanting to see a wider world, the goddesses Ehuang and Nüying chose to accompany them.

Dugu Yan also abandoned her grandfather and left with her best friends.

(End of this chapter)