Flame Valley, swept by unceasing fires year-round, stood under the open sky.
A crowd of transcendently powerful figures stood in the void above this place.
Water God Gonggong and the others wore expressions of utmost gravity.
Heavenly Emperor Yi He, backed by the Sunlight Divine Mirror, was naturally the most formidable existence between heaven and earth.
No gods or demons could contend with him.
The Four Directional Gods, drawing upon the four elemental forces of water, fire, wind, and lightning, could barely manage to contend with him.
Yet,
following Fire God Zhurong's betrayal, the situation reversed in an instant.
Water God Gonggong and the others were now frozen in place, at a complete loss for what to do.
If the battle continued, the outcome truly remained unpredictable.
Even if they emerged victorious in the end, it would be a pyrrhic victory, with at least two heavenly gods among them perishing.
Star God Kua Fu stood expressionless in a corner of the void, secretly calculating whether to advance or retreat.
Yi He's fiend-subduing magic power is already formidable, and he has the Sunlight Divine Mirror on top of that. To leave him behind today, I, Water God Gonggong, and these other heavenly gods must join forces with the unfathomable Shining Demon Beast to even have a chance of winning.
Unity and cooperation!
It sounded simple, but in reality, it was not so easy.
Star God Kua Fu and the three major heavenly gods had been opposed for a millennium, and wanting to trust each other again was not something that could be achieved by simply casting aside past grudges with a single sentence.
Moreover... Star God Kua Fu glanced sideways at Fire God Zhurong; he also worried that among the remaining three major heavenly gods, there might still be a traitor