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However, he directly rejected Zhang Bairen's offer to let him be Lord of Celestial Court. After all, he was already not used to whether he could manage the Heavenly Court, let alone whether he could manage the Heavenly Court or not.
Therefore, when interacting with Zhang Bairen, Lao-tze directly rejected Zhang Bairen's suggestion that he should succeed Lord of Celestial Court, and asked Zhang Bairen to choose another successor.
When the experts of the Heavenly Court heard Lao-tze's words, they also couldn't help but turn their gaze towards Zhang Bairen. Now that Zhang Bairen's position was set, they naturally wanted to know who the successor Zhang Bairen had chosen was!
Especially the powerhouses from outside powers, they were even more nervous, afraid that Zhang Bairen would take over the position of Lord of Celestial Court from those who were close to the locals.
"I already have a candidate in my heart." Zhang Bairen smiled and said with a calm expression, "I plan to let Great Emperor Ziwei succeed the position of Heavenly Emperor. I wonder how my beloved officials feel about that?"
"I have no objections," Lao-tze immediately said.
In reality, he had more or less guessed that Zhang Bairen would choose Emperor Ziwei as his successor. After all, in order to stabilize Lord of Celestial Court's position, his qualifications must not be too shallow.
As for the remaining three people, the Immortal Emperor of Antarctica was just an old man with an overly gentle personality. Furthermore, the Immortal Elder of Antarctica was also used to living a life like that of a roaming crane, so it was naturally impossible for him to control the Heavenly Court.
The only ones who could make this choice were the Great Emperor Purple Wei and Great Emperor Chen!
However, in comparison, Great Emperor Purple Wei was undoubtedly more suitable to take over the position of Lord of Celestial Court than Great Emperor Chen. This was because Great Emperor Purple Wei had always been neutral towards outsiders, but Great Emperor Chen was biased towards the Heavenly Court's local forces!
Now, the Heavenly Court still needs experts from outside powers to stabilize the Heavenly Court's influence. Zhang Bairen naturally can't help Great Emperor Chen's position to prevent him from losing the hearts of the outsiders!
"I have no objections," Erlang Shen shook his head and said with a calm tone.
It didn't matter to him who Lord of Celestial Court was. After all, he already had the privilege of not listening to the orders of others before he reached the sage realm. And after he reached the sage realm, he would do whatever he wanted and the Heavenly Court would not order him around.
Therefore, no matter who took over Lord of Celestial Court's position, Erlang Shen would not care.
The Immortal Emperor Longevity Emperor and Great Emperor Gou Chen did not have any objections either. They had long guessed that Zhang Bairen would choose the Great Emperor of Ziwei since the Great Emperor of Ziwei was more suited to rule the Heavenly Court than the two of them. Thus, the two of them were not dissatisfied with Zhang Bairen's decision.
Only the Violet Vine Emperor couldn't help but have a bitter smile on his face.
If it was at Ancient Times, before the Ten Wu Iron invaded the world they lived in, when Zhang Bairen gave him the Heavenly Emperor's position, he would definitely be happy to accept it. But now, although the Heavenly Emperor's position looked impressive, it was actually a hard job!
Especially at the moment when the Heavenly Court is reconstructing itself, the Heavenly Emperor will undoubtedly pay more attention to it!
In this sort of situation, a large part of the reason Zhang Bairen gave him the zen position was because he wanted to give him the burden!
After all, it was not as if the Heavenly Court did not have a master, and Zhang Bairen had brought out the great god Xiao Tian. He was determined to get rid of him, and in this situation, there must be someone amongst them that could go against him, and he, the most suitable candidate, would naturally not be able to escape this calamity!
"If there is no objection from the various deities, then I shall agree to accept the position of Heavenly Emperor," Emperor Ziwei said with a bitter smile.
"We support the Emperor in taking over the position of Heavenly Emperor!" The moment Emperor Ziwei's voice fell, the experts from outside and local powers hurriedly spoke up.
Emperor Ziwei's position as the Heavenly Emperor could be said to have the least influence on them. Thus, in this sort of situation, the experts from outside powers naturally wouldn't object to Emperor Ziwei taking over the Heavenly Court.
The local powers in the Heavenly Court also had no objections. The Violet Myrtle Emperor had always been neutral and wouldn't side with anyone, and the local powers in the Heavenly Court also didn't need to worry about suppressing the local powers after becoming the Heavenly Emperor to help the foreign powers.
Emperor Ziwei bitterly smiled as he shook his head. He complained to Zhang Bairen, "Your Majesty has relaxed a bit, but you've actually left this task to me."
Zhang Bairen smiled but didn't say anything.
Now that he had handed over the position of Heavenly Emperor to Great Emperor Violet Vine, he had indeed taken down a heavy burden. No matter what he said now, he was still suspected of having cheapened himself, so he simply didn't say anything.
When the Violet Vine Emperor saw that Zhang Bairen was silent, he didn't seem to feel helpless. However, he didn't say much and resigned himself to his fate.
"I wonder what Fellow Taoist Xiao plans to do next?" After finalizing everything, Zhang Bairen couldn't help but turn his gaze towards Xiao Tian and ask.
The first reason Xiao Tian came to Pan City this time was to help him give away the position of Heavenly Emperor Zen, and the second reason was to take away the five World City books as well as the one hundred geniuses who had invaded Pan City.
However, there were still a hundred geniuses who would wait for Taibai Jinhsing to finish negotiating with the five cities's higher ups before they could give them to Xiao Tian. At the very least, Xiao Tian would not be able to get those things in a short period of time.
It was also because of this that Zhang Bairen suddenly asked Xiao Tian about his next plan. After all, he didn't think that Xiao Tian would stay in Pan City until Taibai Jinhsing finished his job!
"I plan to return with Original World," Xiao Tian heard and did not hide anything, immediately saying with a smile.
"Fellow wants to recruit Patriarch Subhuti?" Zhang Bairen's heart skipped a beat and he quickly guessed Xiao Tian's intentions.
Patriarch Subhuti could be said to be one of the few people in the three realms that specialized in teaching disciples. Since Xiao Tian knew that Patriarch Subhuti was still alive and hadn't fallen in the ancient war, it was impossible for him not to have an idea about Patriarch Subhuti.
"That's right," Wu Tie nodded his head and smiled. "I dare not say anything about Patriarch Subhuti's other abilities, but the ability to teach disciples is rare in the Three Realms. If he can persuade Patriarch Subhuti to become the Wind and Cloud Academy's instructor, then it would be extremely beneficial to his Wind and Cloud Academy as well."
In reality, not only Patriarch Subhuti, Xiao Tian still planned to return to the Original World to see if there were still any survivors of the Original World in the Heaven Realm. He planned to recruit all of those survivors to increase the accumulation of Wind and Cloud Academy!