The Guangwen Division under the Taixuan Bureau and the Lingying General Bureau continued to follow up and report on this matter. For a time, the entire world of Yamabu was filled with sighs of regret.

"Isn't it said that Xiangxiang Pavilion's background is the Heavenly Official of the Heavenly Court? How could it be demolished with such a background?"

"Didn't you hear that this was the decree from the Divine Thunder Jade Palace's Chief Emperor? He's one of the Four High Heavenly Emperors. Besides the Great Celestial Venerable and the Five Imperial Guardians, is there anyone in Heaven with a greater background than the Four High Heavenly Emperors?"

"Alas, what a pity! I won't be able to see the female Bodhisattva anymore."

"I suddenly had an idea."

"Oh? What's that?"

"Fellow Daoist, come here and let me explain it to you in detail."

In the Supreme Jade Spirit Palace, only Fang Jian and the other three were left again. Jian He had already taken the Xiangjiang River God back to the Thunder Department to be punished and have his property confiscated.

After the incident at Xiangxiang Pavilion, Fang Jian and the other three discussed and decided to enact the first immortal official law of "Tian Tiao".

"Anyone who possesses authority, divine positions, or Dao Fruits in the Heavenly Court is a Celestial Official. All Celestial Officials must strictly abide by the Heavenly Laws and must not act or speak recklessly, undermine the Dao or morality, or blaspheme the Heavenly Authority. Violators will be punished, from the lightest to the most severe, with thunder whips, stripped of their Dao Fruits and divine positions, or thrown into the Thunder Lake Prison."

Fang Jian was holding the "Heavenly Path Treasure Scroll" in his hand, and had opened it to the "Heavenly Rules" chapter. This was the place where the Heavenly Rules were specifically decreed. At this moment, this chapter only had the two words "Heavenly Rules" on it, and the rest was completely blank.

This is because the original Heavenly Law has been abolished, so it needs to be re-decreed. Now, as long as Fang Jian is willing, he can casually write "pineapples grow on winter melon vines" and it will immediately become a Heavenly Law. If a winter melon grows on that winter melon vine, then this winter melon vine will be considered to have violated the Heavenly Law.

After Fang Jian read out the decree above, he said to Erlang Shen, Nezha, and Sun Wukong, "After discussion, this decree is officially enacted as the first decree of the 'Heavenly Laws: Immortal Official Laws'. Do you have anything else to add?"

Erlang Shen pondered for a moment and said, "There's nothing else to add to this one for now. Let's decree it."

Nezha shook his head and said, "That's fine then."

Sun Wukong said, "It's not just this one rule that needs to be established. If there's a need to supplement it later, we can just establish other rules to complete it."

"Okay." Fang Jian nodded slightly, and immediately activated his magic power, took control of the authority, and enacted this law under the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll "Heavenly Laws: Immortal Official Laws".

At the moment the Heavenly Law was promulgated, mysterious light flowed on the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll, and the Heavenly Secrets were clear. Soon the Heavenly Secrets were revealed in the world. At the same time, the first Heavenly Law that had just been promulgated appeared on the Jade Law and Golden Seals that were specially used by the major clergy departments of the Heavenly Court to enshrine the Heavenly Law.

Fang Jian then put away the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll and said to Erlang Shen and the other two, "At the next court meeting, I will first adjust the existing rules of the Heavenly Court. The current rules will distinguish between the gods and immortals."

"Oh?" The three were slightly surprised when they heard this, but this matter was not jointly handled by the Four Emperors of Lingxiao, but was fully presided over by Fang Jian, so they could only understand it but not interfere.

Fang Jian said, "I intend to divide the Celestial Immortal System into five levels: Great Emperor, Emperor, Heavenly God, Righteous God, and Immortal Official."

Erlang Shen and the other two exchanged a glance, and then Nezha asked, "What about the original ninth to super-grade grades?"

Fang Jian said, "Ranks are only used within the Immortal Official system, and adjustments will need to be made. The eighth, ninth, and super-rank ranks will be eliminated. From now on, the lowest rank will be seventh, and the highest will be first. First-rank Immortal Officials are at the top of the Immortal Official system, and above them are the 'Orthodox Gods' of Heaven."

At this point, Fang Jian continued, "The land gods, river gods, mountain gods, kitchen gods, door gods, wandering gods, city gods, and important gods of the underworld will all be included in the ranks of the righteous gods. At the same time, the Heavenly Court will grant these 'righteous gods' their divine authority and great power."

Seeing the puzzled expressions on Erlang Shen and the others' faces, Fang Jian could only explain, "From now on, the gods of Heaven will be deities of natural laws, each possessing their own divine authority. For example, if they're the land god, they'll possess the divine power and authority related to the land within their jurisdiction. If they're the water god, they'll possess the divine power and authority related to water within their jurisdiction. The same goes for mountain gods. And whether they're land gods, water gods, or mountain gods, once they become true gods, they'll be able to control the natural laws within their jurisdiction that commensurate with their authority."

To put it simply, the god that Fang Jian was talking about, although still in human form, the power it wields is the natural force within the territory under its jurisdiction that is consistent with its divine duties.

The land god can control the land power within the territory under his jurisdiction. At that time, as long as you are not a Daluo Jinxian who has transcended nature, theoretically, if you want to "escape underground" on the territory of a certain land god, it depends on the mood of the land god.

Of course, cultivators at the level of True Immortal and above don’t care about these things. After all, who would want to hide underground when they can fly in the sky?

After hearing Fang Jian's explanation, Erlang Shen was a little surprised and said, "In this case, every time the Heavenly Court appoints a righteous god in the future, even if it is a land god, it will have to use a lot of resources to improve his Taoism." Because only when the Taoism reaches a certain level can one master part of the power of natural rules.

Fang Jian smiled faintly and did not answer the question. As long as he had the 'List of Conferred Gods', even if he directly conferred a mortal as a land god, he could instantly take control of the natural regulation power within his authority.

"Also," Fang Jian said, "there are some emperors who don't hold actual power in the Heavenly Court, but whose status is extremely respected. I want to find a place for them to retire."

Upon hearing this, Erlang Shen and the other two widened their eyes and looked at Fang Jian in astonishment. Nezha even asked directly, "What do you mean? That's a bit scary. I don't understand."

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