Faced with Star River Patriarch's horrified questioning,
Dong Xuan remained gentle and composed, as though she had merely swatted away an annoying fly.
"My husband often says that those who gaze at the sky from the bottom of a well know nothing of the universe's vastness."
Dong Xuan's voice was soft, yet it reached everyone's ears clearly.
"You believe that coming from the Upper Realm gives you the right to look down upon the beings of the lower realms, dispensing life and death at will.
Yet you fail to realize that, viewed from a truly lofty height, the Seventh Heaven and the First Heaven
are fundamentally no different."
"Husband?"
Star River Patriarch seized upon that word, towering waves of horror crashing through his heart.
This female Emperor Lord's husband?
What sort of existence could he be?!
Could the Fourth Heaven have more than one Emperor Lord?!
His thoughts raced, and he instantly understood that today's events had far exceeded his expectations. He had kicked an iron plate—no, he had crashed into a divine mountain!
All his will to fight vanished. He wanted only to escape immediately.
"A misunderstanding! This is all a misunderstanding!"
Star River Patriarch hastily forced out a smile, though it looked uglier than a grimace.
"Senior, please calm your anger!
We did not know this realm was your domain and have caused you great offense. We will leave at once!
At once!"
As he spoke, he signaled for the others to prepare to retreat.
Blazing Sun Venerable and the others also came to their senses. Though humiliated and terrified, they knew an Emperor Lord was invincible to them. Even one who had only just entered that realm was far beyond what a handful of late-stage cultivators could withstand.
"You come whenever you please and leave whenever you