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According to Li Dao's speed, he should be able to travel for about an hour after he returned to the capital from the Eastern Sea Region.

Taking a group of dragons took half a day.

After entering the Imperial City, these Dragon Children were like bumpkins that had never seen the world before. Everything they saw made them feel a sense of novelty.

With a few words of advice from Li Dao, these Dragon Children were allowed to freely move about in the capital. As long as they didn't cause any trouble, they would be able to handle it. In any case, they would be sent down to the rivers and lakes soon to calm the winds and rain.

Although Ao Sheng was just like her older brothers and sisters who were curious about the human world, he never left Li Dao's side and arrived at the throne room.

Li Dao sat on a high seat, overlooking the officials. Beside him stood a fourteen to fifteen year old girl.

Although the civil and military minister was surprised at Ao Sheng's existence, even faintly feeling that Li Dao was a little absurd, how could a young girl be allowed to step into the imperial court in a country's important matters? Li Dao's real wife, Nie Xiaoqian, had also never set foot in the imperial court.

However, thinking about it was one thing, saying it out loud was another.

Li Dao, the Sage Emperor, could not be compared to the weak Emperors. Moreover, this was not a matter that concerned elegance. Thus, no one dared to provoke Li Dao.

Only the Imperial Advisor Ci Hang Pu Du, the Great General Li Jian and Xia Bing could see that Ao Sheng was not simple.

"Guests, tell us, how is the rebellion going?"

Li Dao asked as he scanned the crowd of officials with his eyes.

Centipede Essence and Li Jian kneeled down and answered, "Reporting to the Sage Emperor, I have not failed in my mission. He Shan Dao has been uprooted, and the Berserkers of the Southern Wilderness have been completely suppressed."

"Reporting to the Sage Emperor, both Black Wind Mountain Mo Bei and the mounted bandits will be killed!"

"Reporting to the Sage Emperor! "ChenXia Bing, don't fail your mission …!"

The last one to step up was Xia Bing. However, this girl spoke in a dissatisfied tone as if she had eaten gunpowder, making Zuo Li secretly sweat for his master.

Of course Li Dao knew why Xia Bing was like this. This girl was no longer young, but she still couldn't suppress her temper. She even knew that this was the imperial court, so she didn't make any big ruckus.

Li Dao nodded his head in satisfaction and smiled, "My beloved officials, you have all worked hard. This matter was only able to stabilize the Wu Dynasty because of the power of the other great officials."

"This subject does not dare to accept credit, it is all on the authority of the Sage Emperor!"

"Alright, my dearest friends, there is no need for modesty. This Emperor has taken this matter into consideration and will not treat it slowly if there is merit."

I still have one more thing to do, which is to separate the mountains and rivers from the gods, to protect a region, to regulate the winds and rain, and to maintain order.

The moment this was said, the entire imperial court was shocked. Although he had already accepted the existence of ghosts and gods, this Sage Emperor's ambitions were too great. He actually wanted to confer the title of a deity!

The emperor of the mortal world didn't have the qualifications to be conferred the title of a deity. Only the Heavenly Court had the qualifications. The Sage Emperor was overstepping the boundaries of the Heavenly Emperor's power!

The entire imperial court was silent. Even the Centipede Essence, Li Jian, and Xia Bing, who had come in contact with cultivation, were shocked speechless.

In fact, the matter was far more complicated than they had imagined. If Li Dao wanted to be conferred the title of Divine Spirit, then he would first have to abolish the divine way.

Fortunately, there weren't any true Gods. Most of them were unconventional wild gods who relied on their Joss Flame psychokinesis to cultivate. Even if Li Blade did not abolish the Divine Path, when the Wu Dynasty becomes powerful, no one will seek for the Divine, and the Divine Path will also decline. The rise of the human path and the decline of the divine path were inevitable. Right now, Li Dao was just speeding up the process.

Only by abolishing the Wild God, who relied on the Joss Flame's psychokinesis to cultivate, dismantling the temple and bestowing the title of Divine Spirit, such as Longzi, which didn't need Joss Flame, could the human race stand on their own feet.

Li Dao shook his head. Since these ministers couldn't give him any advice, he could only make his own decisions.

Soon after, an imperial edict was sent to all parts of the world, setting off monstrous waves.

The divine gods that had been robbing the fire of incense were all gnashing their teeth in anger. Previously, when the Saint Emperor had attacked the immortal sects and demons, they had just been watching as a joke. But now, he was actually trying to demolish their temples?