(Chapter 439 onward: Immortal Emperor breaks through apocalypse in a frozen world)
Li Mu cultivated for tens of thousands of years, finally becoming the number one Immortal Emperor in the Imm...
Then, Li Mu summoned his parents Li Mingxuan and Chen Xiuhua, Li Mu's son Li Yunqing and his Taoist partner Liu Zhimeng, daughter Li Yunxi, several children of Li Yunqing and his wife, Li Mu's cousin Chen Siqi, Li Mu's old friend Tuntian, Pangu's apprentice Zhao Ying, Li Mu's junior sister Bai Ziling, Li Yunqing's apprentice Chen Pipi, as well as more than 10 former immortal emperors in the immortal world and other talented descendants who had risen in the Lingxiao Universe over the past tens of millions of years and were promoted to creation gods.
Then, to everyone's astonishment, he granted each of them the branch lineage certification. These people were either his relatives and friends or native cultivators of the Lingxiao Universe. They were all worthy of Li Mu's absolute trust. Therefore, Li Mu was absolutely generous in granting them the branch lineage certification.
Among them, Li Mu's parents, relatives, friends, etc. are in the first tier. All of these people have been granted the first-level branch certification by Li Mu, and will be blessed by the Heavenly Dao to raise their cultivation to the Chaos Immortal Ancestor in one breath.
In the past, more than ten immortal emperors and other talented juniors in the immortal world, except Yuqing, Chiyan, and Cangshuang, who were granted the first-level branch certification and enjoyed the treatment of raising their cultivation to the level of Chaos Immortal Ancestor in one breath, the rest were second-level branch certification, and their cultivation was blessed by the heaven to be raised to the level of Chaos God Ancestor. This also made the hundreds of millions of members of Lingxiao Palace envious.
Although Yuqing and the other two have seldom interacted with Li Mu in recent years, the three of them have been assisting Li Mu since he embarked on the path of cultivation. To Li Mu, the three of them are both subordinates and friends.
After all, there is still surplus of Heaven's blessings, so who can't it be given to? There are also hundreds of first-level branches of the Dao, so who can't it be given to? Rather than giving it to others, they will naturally give priority to their relatives and friends.
All the members of Lingxiao Palace were envious when seeing all this. At the same time, they felt that the life of people in Lingxiao Universe was really good. They didn't have to work hard to reach the heights that most of their cultivators had to work hard for hundreds of billions or even countless years to achieve.
Li Mu didn't care about what the members of Lingxiao Palace thought. He had always been nepotism, but what did it matter? He had the final say in his universe and his Jianmu! No matter which world it was, there was no such thing as absolute fairness.
Some people are born into a position that ordinary people cannot reach even after a lifetime of hard work, while some others, although born ordinary, may be able to soar to the sky if one of their friends or relatives suddenly becomes successful. It can be said that when one person succeeds, the whole family will benefit. This is the impermanence of the world.
Nothing is set in stone, it's just a matter of probability.
At this time, Li Mingxuan, Chen Xiuhua and others were still confused after their cultivation was improved by Li Mu. They were so shocked that they could not speak for a long time.
They knew that Li Mu had been trapped in the Yin World for dozens of days while tens of millions of years had passed in the outside world. Li Mu had only practiced for less than 100,000 years in total, while they had practiced for hundreds of billions of years more than Li Mu. Although they knew that their cultivation talent was not as good as Li Mu's, they never expected that the gap between them and Li Mu would be so huge!
They didn’t have any intuitive feeling before, but when their cultivation was improved by Li Mu in one go, they felt how big the gap between themselves and Li Mu was!
Compared with their current cultivation level before they attained enlightenment, they were simply ants. No! They might not even be ants!
If the cultivation level of the God of Creation is compared to the Earth, then the cultivation level of the Chaos Immortal Ancestor is the universe. Ordinary people simply cannot imagine such a gap, and even if they tell others about it, they will not be able to understand!
Only those involved know how serious this is.
After doing all this, Li Mu looked at the members of Lingxiao Palace and said loudly: "Lingxiao Palace now has many members and is becoming more and more powerful. It can no longer be managed in the same way as before. Now, I will start to appoint people to Lingxiao Palace!"
All the members of the Lingxiao Palace were startled when they heard this, and then they bowed respectfully: "Yes!"
The sound was loud and powerful, and the entire Lingxiao universe was shaking with this momentum.
Li Mingxuan and others had never seen such a scene before. Influenced by the momentum, they hurriedly followed the crowd and bowed to agree.
Li Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he saw this. He was helped up by his parents just as they bowed. Although he was now the master of the high-dimensional universe and the master of nearly 400 million members of the Lingxiao Palace, his parents would always be his parents. How could a son bow to his parents?
In order to keep his parents in an absolutely superior position, Li Mu announced loudly to everyone: "From now on, Li Mingxuan and Chen Xiuhua, my father and mother, will serve as the honorary masters of Lingxiao Palace. In Lingxiao Palace and even in the entire Lingxiao Universe, they and I have the same status. Their words are my words! Do you understand?"
"I obey your command!" Everyone said in unison, and then respectfully saluted Li Mingxuan and Chen Xiuhua and said, "Greetings, Palace Master Mingxuan and Palace Master Xiuhua!"
"Mu'er, this... this is really inappropriate. What have I done to your mother?... It's really hard to convince others!" Li Mingxuan and his wife were dumbfounded and at a loss.
Li Mu waved his hands and said with a smile: "Father, Mother, you can just sit quietly in the position of Honorary Hall Master. If anyone is dissatisfied, let them come to me!"
As he spoke, Li Mu raised his hand and took Li Mingxuan and the other man to his side. He pointed into the air, and two golden dragon thrones appeared beside Li Mu, on which he arranged for the two men to sit down.
He himself sat down slightly below Li Mingxuan and his wife.
Li Mu had given deep thought to his parents' appointment as Honorary Hall Masters. Although an Honorary Hall Master is also a Hall Master, it is ultimately just a nominal position and no specific tasks will be assigned to him.
The reason for this is that the strength of both his parents is a little lacking. Although they have been promoted to the Chaos Immortal Ancestor Realm by Li Mu, they are still too young after all. No matter which aspect, they cannot compare with those veteran cultivators. If he really orders everyone to do things, it may backfire. If things are not done well, it will also attract criticism from other members of the Lingxiao Palace, which will make his parents feel bad. This is what Li Mu does not want to see.
Besides, both of my parents are indifferent to fame and fortune and have never liked to participate in power struggles. It would be nice to give them an honorary palace master to maintain a transcendent status in Lingxiao Palace and become an idle prince, so that they don't have to go out and fight with others.
Li Mingxuan and the other man smiled bitterly. They soon understood Li Mu's good intentions. They felt warm in their hearts. After all, they were naturally happy that their children were filial.
Then they sat on the dragon throne peacefully. They had made up their minds. Everything in Lingxiao Palace was built on the powerful foundation of Li Mu. Although they were named honorary palace masters, they knew their own abilities. They would follow Li Mu's wishes and be idle princes! Not causing trouble for Li Mu was the greatest support for him!