So when everyone heard the report, they immediately thought that something big might have happened. However, it was forbidden to deduce the secrets of heaven in the Lingxiao Palace, so everyone could only guess what had happened.
"Announce." said the Jade Emperor.
Song Kuang nodded and took the order and left. Soon, Tianshu Dulu Qu Daoping bowed and entered the Lingxiao Palace. Fang Jian clearly saw the cold sweat on Qu Daoping's forehead, and he couldn't help but frown.
Qu Daoping arrived at the center of the Lingxiao Palace and immediately bowed to the Jade Emperor, saying, "Your servant, Qu Daoping, the Recorder of the Heavenly Priests, pays homage to the Jade Emperor. I have violated the laws of heaven and offended you, and I deserve death."
The Jade Emperor did not punish him, but said calmly: "I forgive you, if you have anything to say, please report it quickly."
Of course the Jade Emperor knew what had happened, but he was the only one in the entire Lingxiao Palace who knew it, so he asked Qu Daoping to play the role.
Qu Daoping immediately reported, "Your Majesty, the Jade Emperor, the celestial soldiers and generals sent by Heaven to the lower realms are returning to the four major gates of Heaven. Since I haven't received the decree, I suspect there may be some changes."
Upon hearing Qu Daoping's words, Nezha asked in astonishment, "Are all the heavenly soldiers and generals returning to heaven?"
Qu Daoping bowed and said, "Replying to Emperor Taiyi, that's right. All the heavenly soldiers and generals guarding the Hunyi Heavens are returning to Heaven."
Nezha immediately looked towards his father, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King. The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King was also confused at this time. He immediately stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I have not ordered them to return to heaven."
The Emperor of Dongyue hurriedly asked Qu Daoping, "Where are the heavenly soldiers and generals from the Five Mountains Imperial Palace?"
Qu Daoping reported, "The heavenly soldiers and generals guarding the Five Sacred Mountains Imperial Palace are also returning."
The Five Great Emperors were stunned. They quickly bowed to the Jade Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, we are also unaware of this. We have never issued an edict ordering them to return."
Tang Yu asked, "Tianshu Dulu, how are the heavenly soldiers of Youtian World?"
Qu Daoping replied, "They are all returning. All the heavenly soldiers and generals sent out from Heaven are on their way back to Heaven. I have already sent the immortal officials to inquire, and they only said that they were ordered to return to Heaven."
"On orders?!" Nezha asked hurriedly, "On whose orders?"
Nezha couldn't help but be anxious. This kind of thing had never happened in all the years since the establishment of the Heavenly Court. You must know that the heavenly soldiers sent by the Heavenly Court were all ordered by the Four Emperors of Lingxiao themselves. Now these heavenly soldiers and generals suddenly "received orders" to retreat. To put it nicely, it was disobeying the order, and to put it bluntly, it might be a mutiny!
Although the Heavenly Court is not afraid of these mutinies, the situation represented by such incidents is very serious, which means that the Heavenly Court’s top leaders have lost control over the heavenly soldiers.
Qu Daoping sweated even more on his forehead. "To Emperor Taiyi, they didn't say anything."
Nezha's pupils shrank, and he immediately turned to Fang Jian, Erlang Shen, and Sun Wukong and asked, "Could it be that you issued the decree?"
However, Fang Jian and the other two also shook their heads. Nezha's expression changed drastically. After a moment, he immediately turned and bowed to the Jade Emperor, saying, "As the Emperor in charge of the Lingshu Jade Palace, I cannot be in charge of the laws of the heavenly soldiers. I am guilty."
At this time, the four great emperors, Ziwei Emperor, Gouchen Emperor, Nanji Changsheng Emperor, and Hou Tu Huangdizhi, whose souls had already been included in the list, turned to the Jade Emperor and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, this is not an imperial decree from us."
Even the Taoists and Buddhists were surprised. What had happened? Why did those heavenly soldiers and generals disobey the order of the Four Emperors of the Sky and return to Heaven? Who gave the order?
However, the Jade Emperor did not speak, nor did he punish Nezha. Instead, he slowly closed his eyes.
Seeing this scene, everyone understood that the Jade Emperor must know something, and his calmness showed that this was not the imagined "mutiny".
The next moment, a flurry of discussion erupted in the Lingxiao Palace. After a while, the Minghe Patriarch suddenly said, "Who has such great authority that he can bypass the Four Imperial Lords and the Lingxiao Four Emperors and recall all the out-of-state heavenly soldiers and generals to heaven?"
After hearing the words of the Old Ancestor of the Styx, everyone was speculating with each other. Now this issue was more important than who would hold the Golden Seal of Creation.
As everyone was discussing, Taishang Laojun suddenly made a guess: "Everyone, there is a person who not only has this authority, but also has enough prestige to command all the heavenly soldiers and generals in heaven."
"Who?" Everyone looked at Taishang Laojun.
At this moment, the Buddha from the East also showed a look of sudden realization and said, "Is she the one Laojun is talking about?"
Taishang Laojun nodded and said, "That's her."
"Who is it?" Nezha shouted directly, "Stop playing dumb, tell me now."
Taishang Laojun looked at Nezha and smiled, "Don't you know who created the Heavenly Army system?"
The Jade Emperor suddenly opened his eyes, and Nezha and Erlang Shen were startled. Then all the gods who had lived from ancient times to the present reacted immediately.
"It's actually her?!" Erlang Shen muttered, "That's not surprising."
Fang Jian and Sun Wukong were confused. They were not ancient gods, so naturally they did not know these things. So Fang Jian asked Erlang Shen, "Who is it?"
Erlang Shen was about to explain to Fang Jian, but at this moment, a magnificent and elegant divine voice sounded outside the Lingxiao Palace:
"Your Highness, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady, comes to see the Jade Emperor."
As the divine sound entered the Lingxiao Palace, everyone looked at the door of the Lingxiao Palace in surprise, and Fang Jian was particularly shocked.
A moment later, a tall and elegant figure slowly walked into the Lingxiao Palace. She was wearing a crown with twenty-four chapters and a crown with twenty-four tassels on her head. She strode into the Lingxiao Palace with her head held high.
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