Starting With 100 Million Lives

The Ten Celestial Emperors rotate every billion years.

Each rotation is equivalent to a new Celestial Emperor taking the throne.

Thus, a celestial phenomenon occurs every billion years.

"How is this possible?"

"Hasn’t the current Emperor of Void been in power for only 330 million years? It’s far from the deadline!"

"Yeah, why is it changing so soon?"

"Could something major have happened?"

The people outside were wildly speculating.

The Daoist Venerables and Supremes inside the Reception Department were nearly popping their eyes out.

This phenomenon...

How could it be possible?

An Emperor Realm Eighth Layer at most at Seventh and Eighth Grades, who just obtained the immortal official position, could cause a phenomenon?

And it’s a Zixiao phenomenon equal to the Celestial Emperor!

What kind of joke is this?

Honestly, even the five Divine Monarchs present were not calm inside.

With their ranks, they couldn’t provoke this phenomenon.

How could this be justified?

Seeing their astonished expressions, Brother Cheng opened the system to check his Reputation Value.

Not bad, not bad, even if there’s no worship and admiration, there’s still a lot of shock.

With just this wave, three billion Immortal Yuan Points were already in the account.

Sure enough, showing off has to be on the highest stage to maximize the yield!

This is also why he was willing to come to the Celestial Palace.

After the long and vast phenomenon ended, the grading of the Immortal Array revealed two words — Hidden Emperor.

The crowd, waiting to see what grade it was, was entirely confused.

What does this mean?

Is there such a situation?

It’s not just them, even the immortal officials of the Reception Department were stunned, completely unsure what it meant.

"What is this?"

"What Grade Immortal Official is this?"

Just from the words ’Hidden Emperor’, it seemed quite extraordinary!

The Celestial Palace is a place with strict hierarchical order and rigorous rules.

Titles are not casually given.

Even exalted Divine Monarchs like Prince Yi and King Shi are only called Monarchs or Kings at most.

Yet Jiang Cheng’s grade had an emperor behind it!

The entire Celestial Palace, only the Celestial Emperor could be on par with emperors.

But isn’t this too outrageous?

No one dared to believe that absurd guess.

They could only cast their questioning eyes towards the Divine Monarchs.

All the Divine Monarchs kept their mouths shut; they were very displeased and didn’t want to speak.

Seeing this, Brother Cheng was a bit dissatisfied.

What’s the matter? On such a glorious day for me, you won’t help support?

What’s wrong with aiding my grandstanding a bit?

"Ahem!"

He clasped his hands behind his back, glancing at Prince Yi.

"Little Yi, why don’t you explain to them what a Hidden Emperor is?"

Prince Yi nearly cursed right on the spot.

Who the hell are you calling little? Never in my life have I been called Little Yi!

But considering that this kid likes to stir up trouble, and in case anything else happens later.

Plus, his Hidden Emperor status would be known to everyone soon, so there’s no point in hiding it.

So he had to say sullenly, "The Hidden Emperor is of the same grade as the Celestial Emperor, above all immortals."

"What?"

Qiu Yuxuan was the first to call out.

This girl’s capacity to withstand surprises was already quite strong; most of the time, she remained unshaken.

But now, her cherry-like mouth was wide open.

"What did you say?"

"Equal to the Celestial Emperor?"

"That’s impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

If Jiang Cheng’s rank was the same as the Celestial Emperor, wouldn’t she lose utterly?

If she lost that wager, she’d never rise again in this life.

Others were even more exaggerated in their reactions.

Including Yaolang Daoist Venerable, several Supremes and Daoist Venerables sat down in disbelief.

"How is this possible?"

"He’s just Emperor Realm Eighth Layer; how could he be on par with the Celestial Emperor?"

"What merits and capabilities does he have?"

Some murmured to themselves, others looked dazed.

Yet others, waving their arms, roared their doubts in the hall.

"Even if his achievements on the frontline were outstanding, Sixth-grade would be the limit, right?"

"How great is his power, anyway?"

"Is he truly the Celestial Emperor’s illegitimate son?"

"Even if he were the Celestial Emperor’s illegitimate child, he couldn’t ascend to that position, right?"

"Exactly, the other Celestial Emperors wouldn’t agree to it!"

"I don’t believe it, there’s definitely something wrong..."

Seeing their guesses getting more outlandish, the five Divine Monarchs, equally displeased, had to speak up.

"Shut up, all of you!"

"Who permitted you to speak of the Celestial Emperor? Courting death?"

Their stern voices startled everyone awake.

Yet the Daoist Venerables and Supremes present still couldn’t calm down.

In fact, even Three-Eyed Tiger and Yan Yi were questioning their existence.

They knew about that ’world-shattering bet’, and understood Jiang Cheng’s current importance to the Celestial Palace.

But they never imagined the Celestial Palace would go this far!

Standing shoulder to shoulder with the Celestial Emperor?

Isn’t this too absurd?

"His Hidden Emperor title is just an empty title!"

King Shi had to step forward and explain.

Otherwise, if word got out, the entire Celestial Palace would be in an uproar.

If the outside world truly thought Jiang Cheng had become the eleventh Celestial Emperor and pledged allegiance and followed his orders, the consequences would be dire.

"An empty title?"

"What does this mean?"

The crowd expressed their confusion.

King Shi patiently explained, "It means it’s just a title; no one can control him, and he can’t control any immortal officials."

"Oh, so that’s it..."

The crowd breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Gave me a fright, almost thought he would become our superior."

"Exactly! I thought he became the eleventh Celestial Emperor!"

"Turns out it’s just an empty shell."

"Isn’t that just like those countries in the Mortal World where they have a title but no power?"

"Even an Eighth-Grade Immortal Official holds more real power."

"Tsk, just like that..."

Though they deliberately expressed disdain, they were actually deeply shocked inside.

Even an empty shell has to be assessed based on what kind of shell it is!

In name, he’s equal to the Celestial Emperor, of the highest rank, so no one will dare provoke him in the future.

Why give this kid such an empty title?

What has he done to deserve such an outrageous position?

They couldn’t understand.

And the five Divine Monarchs certainly wouldn’t reveal it to them.

Brother Cheng didn’t care about having actual power at all.

All he wanted was a name.

After accepting this wave of shock with a smile, he smilingly looked at a dazed Qiu Yuxuan.

"Sigh..."

He sighed deeply, gently patting the fragrant shoulder of Miss Qiu.

"Which rank do you think is higher, this Hidden Emperor or a Fifth-Grade Immortal Official?"

Qiu Yuxuan’s red lips moved.

Always composed, she found herself unable to speak.

Of course, she didn’t want to admit she lost.

However, just now, the five Divine Monarchs themselves verified that the Hidden Emperor and Celestial Emperor are of equal rank.

To claim now that he was not superior to her Fifth-Grade Immortal Official would be an outright lie.

She fell silent, but Jiang Zhang wouldn’t remain silent.

Not long ago, Qiu Yuxuan was so full of high spirits, so assertive, so aggressive!