But some things are not up to him to decide.
He didn't mind, but his subordinates did. In some areas, all funerals were banned, and people had to be decorated with lanterns and streamers regardless of whether anyone in the family had died.
In this age of great wisdom and open-mindedness, such a thing is bound to cause conflict.
All of this was irrelevant to Li Changzhou. Accompanied by Li Qianxia and Yaochi, he and Yang Qinglan secretly went to the graves of Yang Qinglan's parents and his own grandparents to kowtow.
After calling out "Dad" and "Mom" at Yang Qinglan's parents' graves, they went to her grandparents' graves.
The graves of Li Changzhou's grandparents remain exactly as they were when they had no money. Apart from regular weeding, no one has disturbed them, but the surrounding area is so magnificent that it resembles a memorial hall or a forest park.
After kowtowing, Li Changzhou said again:
"Let's kowtow to heaven and earth again. People should always know how to be grateful. We are now powerful enough to turn the world upside down, but we are still born and raised by heaven and earth. It is only right and proper for us to kowtow to them."
"I'll do as you say," Yang Qinglan agreed with a smile.
The two knelt down facing heaven and earth.
When a person dies, it's like a lamp going out. It was nothing when the two kowtowed to their parents and grandparents, but now that they are kneeling before the heavens and the earth, under the influence of the energy, a vast amount of vital energy surges in the sky and on the earth.
A thousand kinds of brilliance and ten thousand kinds of colors fill the earth.
The earth is filled with ancient prayers, the sounds of all those who have worshipped heaven and earth throughout history and across the world.
Never before in the history of the Earth has there been such a moment.
Two earth immortals paid homage to heaven and earth;
Li Changzhou, the master of the six stars, whose power, fortune, and status surpass those of anyone throughout history, is paying homage to heaven and earth.
The vital energy condensed into clouds in the sky. Suddenly, the clouds broke apart, and a heavenly ladder appeared in the middle, leading straight to the sky!
At the end of the Heavenly Ladder are layers upon layers of palaces and grottoes.
Yaochi (Jade Pool).
"This is......"
The secluded female immortals and the wandering goddesses all stood up.
Although the scenic beauty of Yaochi is clearly outside of Earth, its many palaces and layers of grottoes still stand above them, requiring everyone to look up in awe.
"A new Heavenly Court!" The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, dressed like a celestial concubine, suddenly stood up.
"No," came the Queen Mother's voice from the Jade Terrace, "it is the true Heavenly Court."
"The real Heavenly Court?" Magu asked in confusion. "Your Majesty, wasn't the Heavenly Court taken away by His Majesty?"
"The Heavenly Court is the rule of the Dao Ancestor. The Dao Ancestor returned to the Dao and returned to Heaven and Earth here, so the Heavenly Court naturally returned to Heaven and Earth as well. What Di Hao took away was just a pile of gold and jade, a counterfeit formed by faith."
The fairies were all shocked, as this was the first time they had ever heard of such a thing.
"Your Majesty," the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden gazed towards the Jade Terrace, "Now that Li Changzhou has made his pilgrimage, the true Heavenly Court has appeared in the world... Could it be...?"
She had a hard-to-believe guess in her heart.
“That’s right,” said the Queen Mother. “Li Changzhou is the new Primordial Heavenly Emperor recognized by Heaven and Earth. In the primitive era, he could be called ‘Emperor Zhou’.”
"Emperor Zhou..."
“But Your Majesty!” Fairy Baihua asked in confusion, “Whether it is the Wilderness or the Primordial World, the rules set by the Dao Ancestor are that only those in the Heavenly Realm can become emperors. Fellow Daoist Li is exceptionally strong, but he has only just entered the Earth Immortal Realm.”
"If he were the one in the Heavenly Court, with his current power and status, the Heavenly Court would have already manifested itself to welcome the new emperor. As for the rules of the Dao Ancestor, the Dao Ancestor has already returned the Dao to Heaven, and Heaven naturally has its own rules."
Immediately afterwards, the fairies heard the Queen Mother of the West say, "When Emperor Zhou ascends to the Heavenly Court and sits on the throne, you should all go and pay your respects."
The immortals were in a state of shock even greater than when the Heavenly Court was born.
What Heavenly Court? In the end, everything is determined by strength. In the barbaric era, during the reign of Emperor Hao, the Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother of the West still governed all the female immortals in the world and was on equal footing with the Jade Emperor.
When the complaint was brought to the Taoist Ancestor, the Ancestor simply said, "The Jade Emperor is the father of Heaven and Earth, and the Queen Mother is the mother of Heaven and Earth."
They did not persuade the Queen Mother to submit to the Heavenly Court.
However, matters of the world should always be discussed by men and women together. When two people sit together for a long time, people are foolish and assume that the two are husband and wife.
In fact, the Jade Emperor had his own harem, and the Queen Mother created the daughter herself to help him become a saint.
The "mother" in "Queen Mother" refers to the mother of all under heaven, not the empress who embodies the virtues of motherhood.
But now, the Queen Mother is actually ordering them to pay homage to the new emperor?
Is it because the new emperor is an Earth Immortal and doesn't need to put on airs, or is it because the new emperor has some secret?
On Earth, Li Changzhou was also completely unaware.
Why are there so many problems when we're just having a proper wedding?
For him, there's just too much to do. The Investiture of the Gods has already been taken away, and the Heavenly Court is just a place to live. What is he going to do here?
He already owns enough properties.
"Don't think like that!" Guanyin, the beautiful woman, was also very happy today, and said with a smile, "Why don't you just consider it a wedding gift from heaven and earth?"
The Bodhisattva's words hold profound truth!
Thinking about it this way, Li Changzhou instantly felt happy.
"Never mind that, let's kowtow first," he said to Yang Qinglan with a smile.
Yang Qinglan nodded with a smile.
"Heaven and earth bear witness, we two wish to be husband and wife for all eternity, and our hearts will never change."
The two kowtowed earnestly, expressing their heartfelt gratitude to Heaven and Earth for giving them this opportunity to be together happily.
The heavens, which had been pressing down on the earth, instantly transformed, becoming brightly decorated and extremely festive.
The clouds transformed into dancers, strongmen, dragons, and endless lanterns, celebrating in the magnificent palaces.
Li Changzhou stood up and extended his hand to Yang Qinglan.
Yang Qinglan handed him her hand.
"Shall we go up and take a look?"
"OK."
The two walked up the ladder to heaven.
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