Transmigrating over ten thousand years late, I was forced to become a mighty presence

Above the just restored daytime sky, golden auspicious clouds began to gather, spreading up step by step, like stairways to heaven, reaching the top of the celestial vault.

Above the celestial vault, an image of an Emperor formed from countless incense offerings appeared.

The Emperor, clad in ceremonial robes and adorned with a pearl-veil crown, sat on the Heavenly Court’s throne with his eyes slightly closed, as if sleeping.

But beneath his throne, all deities and Buddhas were bowing down in worship.

Even though it was only a phantom, one could still feel the supreme majesty that demanded reverence. All the incense offering deities instinctively knelt down and paid homage to the Emperor, as if he were the source of billions of deities of the Incense Offering Divinity Path.

In the grotto heavens of the River Ji Dragon Palace, whether they were True Dragons or gods of the waters, they had already knelt down in submission, even the River Ji Dragon Sovereign Ao Lang himself knelt on the steps of his throne.

An old god of the water, trembling all over, cried out with a slightly hoarse voice:

“This is… The descent of the Emperor’s will!”

“This is the true Heavenly Court Decree!”

“Could he really have reconnected with the long-lost Heavenly Court, letting the emperor infuse his supreme will?”

“Which existence in the Heavenly Court does this phantom of the Emperor that descended upon the Primal Chaos Realm come from?”

The River Ji Dragon Palace shook as never before.

…

Outside Qingping County City, Shen Yuan still stood proudly between heaven and earth.

On him, the Divine Capacity Seed of Gods Purging Divine Power that originally resided in his chest had already disappeared.

If a highly skilled cultivator were to carefully observe the lofty phantom of the Emperor in the sky, they would find a light, like a flickering candle flame, constantly twinkling in the chest of the Emperor’s phantom.

That was the source of the power radiated by the Emperor’s phantom, the Divine Capacity Seed of Gods Purging Divine Power.

Right from when Shen Yuan prepared to make his move on the River Ji Dragon Sovereign, he had already planned his tactics.

First, using the Gods Purging Divine Power to pry open the highest tier of the Incense Offering Divinity Path, the Heavenly Court, creating an imposing scene of the Heavenly Court Decree descent. Then, he used the River Ji Dragon Seal to control the power of incense offerings, making the Heavenly Court Decree materialize into a physical entity.

In previous ancient texts regarding the divine injunctions, characteristics of the Heavenly Court Decree that descended thousands of years ago were recorded.

In that era, Heavenly Court Decrees were not uncommon, so information related to them was not limited, for example, depending on the importance, the appearance of Heavenly Court Decrees could be tokens, talismans, scroll and so on.

The decrees corresponding to the Eight Bureaus of the Heavenly Court would all show different symbols, those belonging to the Water Department would bear a Venus inscription, important decrees would have key information like the projection of the Emperor descending onto the world, and so on.

With this information, Shen Yuan created this Heavenly Court Decree.

To make the phantom of the Emperor seem more realistic, Shen Yuan secretly mobilized the Divine Capacity Seed of the Gods Purging Divine Power, using the power of the incense offerings to materialize a phantom of the Emperor.

As the core of the God Purging Divine Skills, the Divine Capacity Seed represents the origin of the Incense Offering Divinity Path. By using the Divine Capacity Seed as a core to manifest the phantom of the Emperor, even if a Divine Monarch was present, they would not be able to find any flaws.

Shen Yuan’s Heavenly Court Decree’s details might have certain discrepancies, but the passage of thousands of years was enough to erode the vast majority of people’s understanding.

In front of the Emperor’s authentic phantom, even the most defiant local deity would bow their head and dare not offend the divine might of this Supreme Emperor.

Issuing from the Gods Purging Divine Power, which is the method originating from the source of the Incense Offering Divinity Path, the Heavenly Court Decree, and the Emperor’s phantom also symbolizes the true source of the Incense Offering Divinity Path.

In some sense, Shen Yuan’s Heavenly Court Decree is real.

The only drawback is that there’s nothing on the Decree regarding the stripping of Dragon Sovereign Ao Lang’s power.

But… all Shen Yuan wanted was for everyone to believe that this is a genuine Decree from the Heavenly Court.

As long as this goal was achieved, it would be enough.

Holding the Heavenly Court Decree in his hand, Shen Yuan clearly said:

“Dragon Sovereign Ao Lang of River Ji is of a perverse nature and acts recklessly, causing chaos in the world through the Aquatic Tribe.

Comply with the Emperor’s decree: dismiss River Ji Dragon Sovereign from his post!”

As soon as his words fell, Cang Province’s Incense Offering Divinity Path network plunged into complete turmoil.

Inside the grotto heavens of the River Ji Dragon Palace, Ao Lang, who was kneeling on the ground, struggled to raise his head in an attempt to look at the Supreme Emperor in the celestial vault. He said with determination:

“Ao Lang’s actions were simply in pursuit of the whereabouts of the River Ji Dragon Seal!”

“Ao Lang has sinned, but the crime is not serious enough to warrant this, I implore the Emperor to see the truth!”

The Emperor in the celestial vault showed no reaction to the outside world, his eyes remained slightly closed.

However, in the sky above Qingping County City, the boiling popular resentment that had erupted from the destruction of hundreds of Dragon Sovereign Temples was gathering crazily.

The power of incense offerings merged with the popular resentment, revealing a huge execution platform between heaven and earth.

The execution platform had five levels and nine steps, on its surface was spread a sea of knives and fire, and at the very top was a massive cleaver.

The cleaver had been stained by blood long ago, turning it into a sinister red, and it seemed as if one could hear the wailing of the deities and the lament of the True Dragons upon looking directly at it.

The faces of several True Dragons in River Ji Dragon Palace instantly turned pale.

“The Dragon-executing Platform!”

Legend has it that in ancient times, the Dragon Tribe was a tier one tribe in the world, several Ancestral dragons within the tribe intimidated all realms and their power was no less than that of the Ancient Water Deity bloodline.

However, as the Heavenly Court expanded, they initiated a war with the Dragon Tribe that lasted for tens of thousands of years.

In the end, several Ancestral Dragons perished, the Dragon Tribe surrendered to the Heavenly Court, becoming a tool used by the Heavenly Court to control the Aquatic Tribe bloodline and lay the foundation of the Incense Offering Divinity Path.

To deter the Dragon Tribe, the Heavenly Court melted several divine weapons from the war with the Dragon Tribe and created the Dragon-executing Platform to punish those Dragon Tribe members who violated heavenly laws.