Siyuan Mountain Pass

A divine general stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Heavenly King, among the newcomers this time, there is also Chen Shi. Behind him stands East King Duke, and I hear he is even the foster son of Houtu Huangdiqi..."

Heavenly King Li laughed. "While Chen Shi certainly has his backing, this concerns the future of the Heavenly Court; both East King Duke and Houtu Huangdiqi will understand. What is more, Chen Shi becoming a deity is actually a great blessing. He and our Heavenly Court will be of one mind, and he is utterly incapable of betrayal. Yet when he was alive, he was an immortal who played both sides and kept a foot in multiple boats. I rather worry he might eat at the east house and sleep at the west, currying favor on both ends while acting as a double agent for both the Immortal Court and the Heavenly Court!"

"Is the Heavenly King not afraid that East King Duke and Houtu Huangdiqi will give the Heavenly King a hard time behind the scenes?"

With a smile on his face, Heavenly King Li looked toward Siyuan Mountain Pass and said leisurely, "A hard time? Do you all think that yours truly used divine calculation to foresee that the Heavenly Dao Magic Treasures were about to be destroyed, and thus chose thirty-three Heavenly Dao Controllers? Do you think it was yours truly who simultaneously mobilized these Heavenly Dao Controllers to head to the Niraya Great World? Do you think it was yours truly who laid down the plan to master the Heavenly Dao? I do not possess such capability."

He smiled slightly. "Above my head, there are fifty giant figures more formidable than I am. They are the true formulators of this plan. Among these giant figures