Jurisdiction Above Heavens: Shortly after helping Lang Lang enlighten, the Sovereign returns to the transit domain in the Heavenly Court Corridor. Soon enough, another obstacle arises.
The atmosphere gets heavier in an instant. Except for the steps echoing through the Heavenly Court Corridor, only absolute silence dominates.
A small beam of light flashes, then a messenger of the Elders of the Heavenly Court appears to summon the Sovereign to the Elders.
He carries a serious expression.
"Great Sovereign, it is time.", the messenger adds while walking him to the main hall of the Heavenly Court.
Upon entering the gigantic, soaring high gates, the five Elders of Heavenly Court have already gathered for the summit meeting of the Deigning Fire Horse Period.
Out of the 8 seats, 2 remain vacant:
One seat remains untouched; It's presence alone is heavier than any spoken objection.
Great Star Constellation Venerable inaugurates the meeting: "Flowers bloom, flowers wither. Humans come, and humans go.
Only the myriads of stars shine eternally, bringing light to the dark.
Today, Elder Antarctic Longevity Emperor has revealed an unsettling rumour about *it*."
Antarctic Longevity Emperor speaks, his voice unhurried: "It has been long, Senior brother Sovereign of old time.
(With a true void telepathic voice transmission technique only those above the Supreme True Immortal Venerable can have access to, his voice starts to feel heavier.)
In the ancient library of Huangdi, this emperor has enlightened.
Although this is merely a rumour, we know that the core predates the Heavenly Court itself.
What is more, it exists outside of karmic reality. Complete comprehension is impossible.
A prophecy foretells: The primordial void core was given the authority to invalidate merit itself.
However, Senior brother Sovereign ought not to worry;
This emperor's seal on the core of 50,000 years ago has not broken yet.
It imposes no danger to the Heavenly Court and the cosmic dimensions."
(At the same time, the Sovereign receives a divine message from the system)
[Notice: Seal on the Primordial Void Orb has been weakened.]
[Notice: Seal integrity - Primordial Void Orb - 99.9978%]
[Status: Anomaly registered.] [Response deferred.]
The Sovereign thinks to himself, "Impossible, if a law can exist above the law itself, then authority is not absolute."
While the Sovereign receives these notices;
The Elder Eastern Azure Dragon Emperor further explains: "We suspect the creator of *it* to also be the one behind the Southern Heavenly Gate.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for there to be an "infinite merit" restriction as you said, Senior Sovereign.
As for us Elders, apart from Antarctic Longevity Emperor, even withstanding the pressure of the Southern Heavenly Gate imposes a huge threat to our existence."
The Sovereign quickly leaves the main halls to confirm his suspicions.
The Southern Heavenly Gate in the far remains unmoved: distant, cold, mysterious.
"The order to establish the murim alliance was already given.
Now, it is time to clear the suspicions.", he thinks as his consciousness traces the uneven currents beyond the gate.
The Southern Heavenly Gate does not change.
"Yet strangely, this sovereign feels no absence of attention?"