here's a thought what if the current celestial emperor is trying to re-connect all the heavens back together like it was millions of years ago it would explain why the players are all being allowed to ascend without any trials
also explains the "system update" he's moving too fast and the heavens might be starting to notice we know the heavens are like a 10 commandments sort of thing but it still has a will of its own and doesn't want this to happen