The Sims: I Open the Immortal Path for All Beings

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"When the Ning King rebelled back then, if it hadn’t been for Emperor Wenchang’s timely intervention to quell the uprising, it could have caused even greater chaos," reflected Jade Emperor Zhu Houji as he recalled the myriad of events that had happened.

He had never paid much attention to these matters, since he was merely a princely heir at the time and had no need to be involved.

Yet now, faced with the current situation, he remembered everything and put all the pieces together.

Just like those True Immortals, who wanted to marginalize his authority, they didn’t wish to see an all-powerful Heavenly Monarch and preferred a Holy Heavenly Emperor who would reign in a detached manner.

Those Courtiers and Council Elders from the past also desired an Emperor similar to what the immortals wanted, using him as a puppet.

However, an unexpected turn of events occurred. With Master Pei’s intervention, even after Emperor Wuzong passed away, Zhu Houji managed to consolidate power within the Court with Master Pei’s help, elevating the Great Ming Empire to a Divine Dynasty. With control over the Golden Book and Jade Scroll, and all Divine Positions under his command, he suppressed everything and centralized the authority of the Divine Dynasty into his own hands.

But now, with the establishment of the Heavenly Court and the emergence of the Gods Sealing List, the Great Ming Divine Dynasty’s Courtiers, once enfeoffed by Heaven, gained their Divine Positions from the cosmos, bound by the Gods Sealing List, and were no longer subject solely to his decree, thus their original constraints dissolved.

"Master Pei once said, ’There is no absolute loyalty, only that the cost of betrayal isn’t high enough,’" a cold light flashed in Jade Emperor Zhu Houji’s eyes.

Their allegiance was to him in the past, so they had to obey without dissent, not daring to harbor other thoughts.

Now that their shackles were broken, and with better opportunities to wield greater Authority, they naturally wouldn’t willingly obey him unconditionally anymore.

Of course, Jade Emperor Zhu Houji saw this as disloyalty, considering he had personally promoted them, but to some Courtiers who were reluctant to relinquish Authority, their devoted and exhausting contributions to the Great Ming Divine Dynasty justified his promotions.