Wei Shengce had been staying near the Divine Peak, so it wouldn't take him long to get to the Imperial Palace. He didn't think much of the message from Chong Jiu and came straight over.

He glanced at Shu Jianyue and immediately bowed, "Greetings, Divine Venerable Jiuze, Divine Emperor."

"I wonder what business the Divine Lord Jiuze has with me?"

Shu Jianyue sat there calmly drinking the spiritual elixir, completely unconcerned about his behavior when he bowed.

Chong Jiu frowned slightly and glanced at him, saying, "What have you been doing going to Shen Ding several times?"

Wei Shengce paused for a moment, then said in silence, "I want to see if she's there."

Chong Jiu looked at him and asked, "How could you be so sure she'd be at Shen Ding?"

“I’ve searched every place in the Upper God Realm except for the God Peak.” Ce Shengce’s voice was very hoarse.

"Didn't you ever consider that she might not be in the Upper God Realm?" Chong Jiu said calmly.

He was clearly a promising person, but he was held back by his love life.

Wei Shengce could have thought of this, but he just didn't dare to believe it. If she really wasn't in the Upper God Realm, but had gone to another realm, he might not be able to find her even if he spent his whole life searching for her.

Shu Jianyue glanced at the two of them, but did not ask why. Instead, she looked at Wei Shengce and said, "Shen Ding has already explicitly prohibited anyone from entering."

"Unless you get permission from the Divine Peak, even the God of Jiuze cannot enter. Do you think the person you are looking for will still be there up there?"

"I have just returned from the summit of the gods, and I can tell you definitively that there are no humans on it."

"So you'd better not go there again. If you anger the God of the Peak, he might kill you at any time."

"Furthermore, if you no longer wish to serve as the God-King, then I will pass on the position of God-King of the Divine Continent to your son, Wei Sheng Nan Lan."

Wei Shengce shook his head dejectedly and said, "Pass it on to him. I don't have the energy to deal with it anymore."

"Thank you for reminding me. If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave now." After saying that, he glanced at the two of them, turned around, and walked away looking rather dejected.

Just as Wei Shengce was about to step out of the main hall, Chong Jiu suddenly said, "After you go out, go and see the new regulations. I don't want this to happen again."

Shu Jianyue smiled, squeezed Zhong Jiu's hand, and asked, "Who is he looking for?"

"Aren't only those above the level of God Venerable able to reach the top of the God Realm?"

Chong Jiu stood up and sat down next to her, saying, "He's looking for his wife, who has been missing for nearly five hundred years."

"If he's missing, how can you be sure he's in the Upper God Realm?" Shu Jianyue asked.

Chong Jiu embraced her and said, "Because the Upper God Realm is his wife's goal."

“Ever since his wife disappeared, he would come to the Upper God Realm to look for her whenever he had time, and he would only leave when he found someone who needed his help.”

Shu Jianyue raised an eyebrow. "Oh, so the reason you've been refusing to go down and accept Wujie's offer this time is because of your wife."

"I can only tell you half of it." Chong Jiu rested his chin on her shoulder and slowly told her about the deeds of the Wei Sheng family.

There's not much gossip in the upper realm, so when a juicy piece of gossip comes along, we naturally have to enjoy it.

After finishing this gossip, Shu Jianyue could only sigh that Wei Sheng Nan Lan's good genes were a testament to her good upbringing.

After hearing the gossip, Shu Jianyue issued an imperial decree, ordering Wei Sheng Nanlan to inherit the position of God Lord.

The new god-king disappeared long after the decline of the Boundless Realm. Wei Sheng Nan Lan had been in charge of it all along, so it was the most suitable person for him to inherit the position of god-king.

After Shu Jianyue finished doing all that, she went to the Chaos Palace again to tell Yan Xi about the matter at the Divine Peak.

Yan Xi didn't plan to go into seclusion recently, so she spent her time either at the Divine Peak or playing around in the Heavenly Dao Palace.

Yu Chuan, on the other hand, had been in seclusion and had developed a rare sense of ambition.

Wei Shengce also left the Upper God Realm after that. As for where he went, apart from Wei Shengnanlan, probably no one else would care too much.

In the tenth year of Shu Jianyue's ascension to the throne of the God Emperor, he suddenly received a petition from the people.

At that time, lanterns floated up from below, which was a spectacular sight and attracted the attention of people throughout China and the upper realms of the gods.

Everyone initially assumed the lanterns were being released to celebrate something below, and at the same time, they wondered when lanterns from the mortal realm could float up to this divine realm.

When Shu Jianyue scanned the words with her spiritual power, she realized the reason and immediately sent Tiankong to retrieve all the lamps.

People only realized it was the "Petition Lamp of All People" when they saw the same content on the lamp but different names on it.

All of this was a plea to God to save their official, Duan Wenxing.

The inscription was filled with the man's deeds; he was truly a selfless and virtuous official.

What's written above are all the thoughts of the people themselves.

Shu Jianyue looked at it for a while, then stood up and said, "Kong Xuan, go and find out where these lamps came from."

"Yes." Kong Xuan carried a lamp and went out.

At this moment, Fan Yin also walked in and asked her, "What's the deal with this lamp?"

"Take a look." Shu Jianyue didn't explain to him.

She was curious about how a good official could inspire such a public petition, but that was all she was curious about.

After reading it, Fan Yin stood up and said, "A person who can get thousands of people to petition on his behalf has truly lived a worthwhile life."

Shu Jianyue didn't think so. Putting everything else aside, a person who can act and pretend can sell these people out and still make money for them.

"We can't judge a person based on these facts alone. We should ask who is willing to take on this task."

"The first thing to do when we go down is to find out whether this person truly loves the people as he says on the petition lamp. If he does, then we need to see what he has done wrong and whether he can be forgiven."

Shu Jianyue cannot easily leave the Upper God Realm now, otherwise she would like to go down there herself to take a look.

There were quite a few people standing around, but no one stepped forward to take on the task.

At this moment, Kong Xuan also returned and bowed, saying, "God Emperor, you flew up from the Eight Desolate Cloud Abyss Dynasty."

Yunyuan Dynasty.

Shu Jianyue looked at Chaotian and asked, "Yun Zhongtian and the others are still in the Holy Spirit, right?"

He nodded to the sky, "Yes."

"Kongxuan, you will lead the team to investigate this matter. Note that, firstly, you must investigate what happened and why it triggered the petition from the people."

"Second, is this Duan Wenxing truly as loving as the people are described in the book? Third, has he caused any conflict within the empire?"

"When you go down, go to the Holy Spirit and take Yun Zhongtian and the others with you. Of course, you can bring those who are willing to come along, but you don't have to force those who are not."

"Yes." Kong Xuan accepted the jade token handed to him by Shu Jianyue, bowed, and withdrew.

Fan Yin stared blankly at the rows of prayer lanterns.

Chong Jiu glanced at him and said indifferently, "What, thinking about the past?"

Fan Yin was not a deity born in the upper realm of gods, but rather a deity who climbed up step by step from the lower realm, so he did not have the arrogance of the other deities.

If it weren't for his close relationship with Chong Jiu, his status would probably be at the bottom among all the gods.