Their commission was suspicious.

Or, to put it another way, if the River God's position hadn't dragged down the SSS-level River God's abilities, balancing the two out, Chen Luo might still be in the position of Heavenly Emperor.

Because the Master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion said that the seating arrangement for this meeting of immortals was not determined by individuals, but by the rules of heaven and earth.

"What's the purpose of this meeting?" Chen Luo asked in a low voice.

"I don't know. But those cultural products you gave me a few days ago are indeed selling very well in the Immortal Realm, and they're selling like hotcakes," said the Master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.

"They created a corresponding immortal realm version so quickly? And those other games too?"

"Oh, games aren't that fast, it's mainly TV dramas and movies. But I didn't bring the spirit stones with me this time, mainly because the Immortal Realm meeting was too rushed. I'll share the profits with you next time."

"TV series and movies? I spent a long time choosing those!"

Although Chen Luo did delegate all the tasks, the job of choosing TV series and movies for the young people ultimately fell to Chen Luo.

"The quality is indeed quite good, especially compared to those few negative examples; most of the films and TV series seem much more perfect." The Pavilion Master of Tianji Pavilion nodded.

The negative example mentioned by the Pavilion Master of Tianji Pavilion refers to a few of the most outrageous TV dramas that Chen Luo specifically selected. These dramas appear to be fantasy stories on the surface, but are actually brainless romance dramas.

Chen Luo had his own reasons for doing this...

Do you know what contrast is?

After airing a few brainless romance dramas first, even if the movies and TV series that Chen Luo carefully selected later had some flaws, they would still seem quite good.

"The topic of today's meeting is... I have decided to establish the Heavenly Laws." After the voices in the meeting room gradually subsided, the Heavenly Emperor, who had crossed his index fingers and placed them under his nose in a pose, slowly spoke.

"Huh? Why? Wait, didn't the Immortal Realm have heavenly rules before?" Chen Luo was stunned for a moment.

"No. The Heavenly Emperor has been bringing it up, and we have been refuting it, so the establishment of the Heavenly Laws has never been successful." The Master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion shook his head.

"This is probably just the Heavenly Emperor having his usual bouts of madness. You'll get used to it." The Master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion waved his hand.

Because the current Heavenly Emperor is merely a time-space avatar, he can represent the Heavenly Emperor and cause trouble outside for an extended period of time. Therefore, the Heavenly Emperor often comes up with some extremely absurd ideas.

"Time clone?"

"Yes, the Heavenly Emperor cultivates the Great Dao of Time."

"Didn't anyone stop the Emperor from doing whatever he wanted?"

"The problem is that the Heavenly Emperor really has a great influence on the Immortal Realm and extremely high authority, so every time this happens, we have to collectively persuade him not to act recklessly." The Master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion sighed.

There are indeed people in the celestial realm who can defeat the Heavenly Emperor, but the Heavenly Emperor does have the right to change the rules, and his power is the greatest.

"What kind of heavenly law do you want to order?"

"The first rule is that celestial beings are not allowed to marry or have romantic relationships with mortals without permission. In other words, immortals cannot have romantic relationships with mortals," the Heavenly Emperor solemnly declared.

"Okay, let's start with this one."

"..." Chen Luo was shocked.

You convened a meeting of all the immortals just to talk about this?

"I'd like to specifically criticize the three brainless romance dramas brought by the River God that raise blood pressure after watching them," the Heavenly Emperor continued.

"...I protest. I did that to set a bad example, and I also protest the heavenly rules you issued," Chen Luo said first.

Anyway, Chen Luo is the only one not in the Immortal Realm now, so he can say whatever he wants.

Moreover, Chen Luo had a general understanding of the Heavenly Emperor's character.

Sometimes he might act crazy, but most of the time he's quite democratic, though sometimes he'll also display the majesty of the Heavenly Emperor.

“River God, you may not be aware that if you want to oppose the Heavenly Emperor’s decree, it usually requires the joint opposition of multiple gods. Generally speaking, given the Heavenly Emperor’s authority, it would take the opposition of about half of the gods in the meeting room for it to be effective,” the Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion explained from the side.

"The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion Master is right, so your objection is invalid... wait, your objection is valid? Huh? On what grounds?" The Heavenly Emperor was suddenly shocked.

Wait, River God, how come your access level is the same as mine? Did you cheat?

Chapter 1008 Supreme Treasure—The River of Time! River God, do you want it?

"Although we don't know what happened that allowed you to protest against the Heavenly Emperor all by yourself, it seems our savior has arrived. Finally, someone can stop the Heavenly Emperor from having his occasional fits of madness."

The Pavilion Master of Tianji Pavilion naturally knew what it meant that Chen Luo alone could directly refute the Heavenly Emperor.

This means that Chen Luo has a problem, and a very big problem at that.

An ordinary river god couldn't possibly have such high authority.

Previously, the authority of the gods was solely held by the Heavenly Emperor, because he was the Heavenly Emperor; secondly, they were ranked according to their seating order.

The closer a deity is to the main seat in the seating arrangement, the higher their authority; the further away they are from the edge, the lower their authority.

This has nothing to do with strength or weakness, but only with their divine position during the Investiture of the Gods.

The river god's ranking was already absurd, managing to be among the top 30 of all the gods, but now it's even more outrageous.

Although he was ranked 26th, his divine authority was as high as that of the Heavenly Emperor.

Coach, someone here is cheating!

However, the Pavilion Master of Tianji Pavilion no longer cares about Chen Luo's identity, because it's useless to care, since everyone who cares has already been killed by the Xuanyuan Sword.

Even gods feel pain.

The most important thing now is for someone to restrain the Heavenly Emperor, who occasionally has fits of his madness.

"This doesn't make sense." The Heavenly Emperor looked at Chen Luo with some puzzlement.

Why does a god ranked 26 have the same level of authority as me?

Although divine authority does not represent power, it does represent authority in the celestial realm.

While it's certainly a bit far-fetched that someone could become the first deified person in such a short time, especially in a place like China where faith is lacking, this is just too outrageous!

"I will establish heavenly laws. Gods and mortals cannot fall in love," the Heavenly Emperor declared again.

In the darkness, all the gods could sense that a rule was about to be written into the underlying logic of the celestial realm—this was the Heavenly Law.

"I object." Chen Luo stopped standing up and said calmly while sitting in the chair in the conference room.

Chen Luo had no idea about divine authority before; this was the first time he had learned about it. But by the time he discovered that his authority was ridiculously high, it was already too late.

Although Chen Luo had always wanted to maintain a low profile in the Immortal Realm while pursuing high-profile achievements, things had come to this point, and there was no point in hiding it anymore.

Besides... even if these people from the immortal realm know that the River God's identity is unusual, what can they do?

If you're so capable, come down and hit me!

However, the more likely scenario is that even if the separation between heaven and earth suddenly ends and the immortals intend to descend to the mortal realm to find Chen Luo, they will still be unable to find him.

Chen Luo was confident in his ability to conceal his identity.

So now that their special characteristics have been discovered, they might as well just give up and do nothing.

Because of Chen Luo's opposition, the special instructions that the Heavenly Emperor input into the Immortal Realm were directly negated.

The Heavenly Rules are the most fundamental operating logic of the Immortal Realm; you can't just choose to disobey them.

Therefore, every Heavenly Law must be written with care.

However, because the Heavenly Emperor has never been careful, there is still no Heavenly Law in the Immortal Realm.

Because the Heavenly Emperor's occasional proposed Heavenly Laws seemed to have a serious flaw, they never succeeded despite strong opposition from many gods.

Although it is highly unlikely to succeed this time, the fact that it was directly defeated because of Chen Luo's opposition was something the Heavenly Emperor never expected.

"Why is your authority so high that it's comparable to half of the gods in the Celestial Assembly? Wait, I suddenly realized something... If my divine authority is equivalent to half of all the other gods' authority, and your authority is as high as mine, doesn't that mean that our combined authority is higher than everyone else's?"

Although the Heavenly Emperor's body was already radiant and very bright, his eyes grew even brighter after he thought of this matter.

As mentioned earlier, because the Heavenly Emperor's ideas were occasionally fraught with serious flaws, none of his ideas were ever successfully implemented.

This time will certainly be no exception.

But if the Heavenly Emperor brings Chen Luo into his camp and gets Chen Luo to support him in issuing the Heavenly Laws... wouldn't that guarantee a victory?

Although theoretically, the combined authority of all the gods except the Heavenly Emperor is equivalent to that of two Heavenly Emperors, so all the gods could successfully oppose Chen Luo and the Heavenly Emperor, don't forget that Chen Luo, the River God, is also one of the gods except the Heavenly Emperor.

After Chen Luo joins the Heavenly Emperor, his original share of the pie will be transferred to the Heavenly Emperor.

In other words, if Chen Luo is brought to his side, then even if all the other gods oppose the heavenly laws he has promulgated, he will still be able to successfully promulgate them!

If bribing more than half of the members of the Immortal Realm Conference is very difficult, then bribing Chen Luo is much easier, isn't it? After all, Chen Luo is a newcomer who has just become a god.

"River God, tell me, what do you want? As the Heavenly Emperor, I can give you a lot, as long as you support me in establishing this Heavenly Law! Moreover, the love between gods and immortals causes unrest in the Three Realms, which is the theme of the TV series you brought here!" The Heavenly Emperor asked Chen Luo excitedly.

Could it be that after all these years as the Heavenly Emperor, the first Heavenly Law will finally be successfully promulgated?

While the Heavenly Emperor was figuring this out, others were also realizing the key to it.

Even disregarding Chen Luo's share of the divine authority held by all the gods except the Heavenly Emperor, the attendance rate at the Immortal Realm Conference would hardly reach 85%.

Empty slots are usually occupied by gods with lower or higher rankings.

The absence of gods with extremely low rankings is because they may not be staying anywhere right now, and their survival status may be precarious. Who would have time to attend a meeting of immortals?

Resource exchange? You need to have the resources first.

The gods with extremely high rankings are absent because they're too lazy to participate—it's that simple.

"But I brought those three movies and TV series up here to serve as negative examples for you."

"I don't care, it's your fault anyway, so I think you need to make amends a little. Besides, I can also compensate you extra. Aren't you very interested in the power of faith? It just so happens that as the Heavenly Emperor, I have the most power of faith, and I don't really need it..." The Heavenly Emperor winked at Chen Luo.

If you help me win this divine decree, you'll reap huge rewards!

"I think you can't generalize; a love story between a god and a human can also create a classic." This is Chen Luo's philosophy.

Moreover, with such absolute and rigid rules, be careful that your nephew might suddenly appear and chop you up with an axe.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

[Heavenly Laws]: The only chance in my life to promulgate Heavenly Laws is right before my eyes, how can I stop now! Support the Heavenly Emperor in establishing these Heavenly Laws.

Reward: 1200 Primogems + 40 Favorability with the Heavenly Emperor

Difficulty: Four stars

Holy crap, 1200 Primogems!

This is a huge task!

Chen Luo seems to have not received a four-star mission for a while, and this mission makes Chen Luo very envious.

Faith power can be accumulated slowly, but once the quest is gone, it's truly gone.

Chen Luo suddenly realized that it was actually a normal rule that immortals couldn't fall in love.

Immortals should focus on their careers, why should they be involved in romance?

"I think what you said, Heavenly Emperor, makes a lot of sense... Let me make it clear first, I'm not doing this for the power of faith."

Chen Luo wasn't after the power of faith; he was after the raw stone.

"River God, don't be confused! You are a god too. If there is such a heavenly rule, you will also be bound by it," the Pavilion Master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion hurriedly advised.

Although the Pavilion Master of Tianji Pavilion has no interest in dating mortals, what if?

Ultimately, the rule itself is quite absurd; although it makes sense, it's not enough.

"It's alright, I'm not in the Immortal Realm anyway. At least this rule doesn't apply to me right now." Chen Luo waved his hand.

Moreover, how could you possibly use a sword from the previous dynasty to execute an official of this dynasty?

Chen Luo is a conceptual river god, but not an ordinary river god.

Besides, if Chen Luo really wants to be in a relationship, wouldn't it be better to just sign a contract?

Chen Luo refused to believe that the Immortal Realm's constraints on immortals were greater than those of the Book of Contracts.

Besides, wouldn't it be fine for Chen Luo to move to another world? The Heavenly Laws can't possibly restrict things across different worlds, right?

In any case, Chen Luo has quite a few ways to solve this problem.

At worst, I'll just quit being the river god.

It's just a title anyway; all the powers of a river god are possessed by an SSS-level river god.

For Chen Luo, the only use of the river god's title was to attend the Immortal Realm Conference; otherwise, it was utterly useless.

The immortality that gods can grant is even greater for the River God, whose SSS-level talent is superior.

It's just a river god; we don't need it.