"Your Majesty, it is my honor that you still remember your subject!"
Jiang Chen's eyes brimmed with hot tears. After endless eons, to see the Heavenly Emperor again filled him with immense excitement.
Ever since the Ancient Heavenly Court disbanded, across the endless years, he had suffered grievous injuries, falling from the Supreme Realm to the Great Truth Level.
Yet his memories were boundless, always recalling those days in the Era of All Heavens when he followed the Heavenly Emperor to battle across the myriad realms.
The Heavenly Emperor made his move. With the supreme means of a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, he gathered the infinite essence of the six directions and eight wastelands, channeling it into Jiang Chen's body, directly dissolving his internal injuries and restoring him completely.
This was the peerless, matchless power of a Supreme Heavenly Venerate.
However, he was still at the Great Truth Level.
To ascend from the Great Truth Level to the Supreme Realm, even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate could forcibly assist him, but the consequences would be endless. For the rest of his life, he would only be considered an ordinary Taishang, with no hope of reaching higher levels, unable to even set foot into the Great Venerable realm.
Jiang Chen was directly restored to his peak state, transforming in an instant from a frail, elderly little man to a thirty-year-old appearance, his demeanor as splendid as jade, his heroic bearing imposing, his blood energy within like a vast sea. He knelt and thanked the Heavenly Emperor.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty, I beg you to reassemble the Celestial Court! We, the celestial soldiers and generals, have been waiting for you!"
One sentence spoke volumes.
The Heavenly Emperor felt remorse.
He knew all of this was karma left over from those bygone days.
"Good. I will reassemble the Celestial Court."
The Heavenly Emperor agreed.
Not long after, the world was shaken.
Because a major event occurred in the Pangu Celestial Domain.
The Heavenly Emperor issued an edict: the Celestial Court would soon be reassembled.
This caused a great stir across the world.
"The Heavenly Emperor has returned! As expected, the Celestial Court is being reassembled!"
"The Celestial Court! In the past, it was revered by all under heaven, even faintly suppressing the other Celestial Sovereign-level forces of the Eternal Heavenly Clans. Now it is finally being reassembled!"
"When the Celestial Court fell, many Eternal Heavenly Clans and Celestial Sovereign-level forces were involved. I wonder if the reassembled Celestial Court will hold accountable those forces or supreme beings who took action back then?"
All sides paid close attention.
The name of the Celestial Court was known to all.
Because, in the Era of All Heavens countless eons ago, the Thirty-Three Supreme Heavenly Venerates stood together, ruling the world.
The Heavenly Emperor founded the Celestial Court, a Celestial Sovereign-level force famous throughout the Origin Land, in no way inferior to the Eternal Heavenly Clans.
At its peak, with a Heavenly Venerate at its head and countless supreme beings from across the world following him, it was an immensely powerful Celestial Sovereign-level force, even faintly suppressing most of the Eternal Heavenly Clans.
Back then, even the Ancient Great Venerables who followed the Heavenly Emperor numbered several.
Its zenith was extreme!
Unfortunately, because of the Multiverse Dusk, the Heavenly Emperor also perished, causing the once supremely prosperous Celestial Court to be left leaderless and begin to decline.
Moreover, the Celestial Court was not an Eternal Heavenly Clan; ultimately, it was formed by the Heavenly Emperor alone, uniting all the supreme beings.
While the Heavenly Emperor lived, all was stable, maintained by several of his supreme disciples.
But with the Heavenly Emperor's death, several of the Celestial Court's Great Venerables were also wounded or killed. The remaining supreme beings of the Celestial Court, even if some were willing to stay, like Jiang Chen and other great generals of the Celestial Gate, leading billions of celestial soldiers to guard it, with numerous Celestial Sovereigns and giants resisting external enemies...
There were also those who, tempted by other forces, secretly betrayed the Celestial Court.
Furthermore, a Celestial Sovereign-level force possessed countless divine treasures, even Heavenly Venerate-level treasures—it was a coveted prize. The various Eternal Heavenly Clans all took action, wantonly plundering the Celestial Court.
Among them, there were Supreme Heavenly Venerates secretly masterminding it.
The once supremely prosperous Celestial Court was torn asunder, countless Celestial Court experts were killed, casualties were heavy.
The once glorious Ancient Heavenly Court gradually, due to internal strife and external threats, disbanded.
Thus, it became history.
Now, with the Heavenly Emperor returning to his heavenly throne, rebuilding the Celestial Court was only natural.
"The Celestial Court reassembles! I summon the celestial soldiers and generals of old to return to the Celestial Court! I await you within!"
The Heavenly Emperor's edict soared into the sky, descending with auspicious heavenly light, its voice shaking the Origin Land.
"The Heavenly Emperor still lives!"
"How many epochs have we waited, finally awaiting the return of His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor!"
"His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor has returned to his heavenly throne, commanding the All Heavens! Now, who dares to bully us celestial soldiers and generals!"
"Let's go! Return to the Celestial Court immediately! From this day forth, the name of the Celestial Court shall once again reach its zenith in the Origin Land!"
...
Across the world, throughout the infinite Origin Land, at this moment, who knew how many former supreme beings looked up at the Heavenly Emperor's edict suspended in the heavens, filled with excitement.
The celestial soldiers and generals of old, after the Celestial Court disbanded, also faced various great enemies, powerless to resist, forced to flee far away and live under assumed names.
But in their hearts, they always believed the Heavenly Emperor was not dead and would surely return to his heavenly throne.
Over these years, these old generals of the Celestial Court remained loyal, never leaving, always striving tirelessly for the Celestial Court's reconstruction.
Unfortunately, the Heavenly Emperor of old had enmity with several Supreme Heavenly Venerates and was himself exiled into the Primal Realm. The Supreme Heavenly Venerates disdained to act against the old Celestial Court generals, but their subordinate Eternal Heavenly Clans were different, taking action one after another, causing these old generals to suffer relentless pursuit.
Now, they had finally waited.
The Heavenly Emperor had returned, still a Supreme Heavenly Venerate. Now, commanding the world, all the celestial soldiers and generals were moved to tears, responding one after another, vowing to return to the Celestial Court.
From that day onward, one by one, former supreme beings famous throughout the world successively returned to the Celestial Court.
The Celestial Court was rapidly regaining its former glory.
Numerous old generals of the Celestial Court arrived at the Violet Extreme Lingxiao Hall. Seeing the Heavenly Emperor, they were all moved to tears, kneeling down one after another, performing grand bows: "Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor, you have finally returned!"
"Yes, I have returned."
The Heavenly Emperor made his move. Auspicious light flooded the Celestial Court generals, dissolving their old ailments and restoring them to their peak.
That was the supreme, forbidden means of a Supreme Heavenly Venerate.
Soon, the old generals had mostly returned. However, compared to the peak period of old, they were far inferior.
The Heavenly Emperor felt regret. Because of him, who knew how many people from the Celestial Court of old had suffered, including several Great Venerables—his descendants, his disciples, his brothers.
Now, they were either fallen or had lost all news.
"They are all dead. It is all my fault," the Heavenly Emperor sighed softly, filled with guilt.
"No, it has nothing to do with Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor. It was because of those people."
Speaking of past events, the many old Celestial Court generals were also sorrowful.
"I promise you, all those who took action back then will pay the price."
The Heavenly Emperor had reincarnated and been exiled for over a Chaos Epoch. Now returned to his heavenly throne, he was steady, rarely speaking like this.
He felt he owed the Celestial Court generals.
In the past, he was powerless. But now, having returned to his heavenly throne, he naturally had to seek justice for them.
However, before the Heavenly Emperor needed to personally take action, the many forces that had acted against the Celestial Court in the past, including not a few Eternal Heavenly Clans, sent top-tier great figures to personally come and plead for forgiveness.
Now, the Heavenly Emperor was peerless, dominating the Origin Land.
The world knew that once he reassembled the Celestial Court and took action, even the Eternal Heavenly Clans would suffer disaster.
After all, not every Eternal Heavenly Clan had a living Heavenly Venerate behind it.
Therefore, they came to plead for forgiveness at the first opportunity.
Moreover, there were Supreme Realm overlords who had taken action in the past who, to avoid implicating their Eternal Heavenly Clans, personally came to plead for forgiveness, begging the Heavenly Emperor for pardon.