The Emperor Had Given You a Chance

From the very beginning, the First Emperor had known that the Eight Desolations were no good.

Qian Desolation Lord and the others had put on an act of hurriedly checking the situation, but the First Emperor did not believe it.

He had deliberately suppressed Qian Desolation Lord to see how the Eight Desolations would react.

Sure enough, the others drew their weapons with clean, practiced movements, as though they had been prepared all along.

The First Emperor guessed that the Eight Desolations had deliberately rammed into the Nine Provinces, but he did not force them to confess outright.

If they did not know how powerful he was and had offended him unintentionally, he would not hold them accountable.

But if he revealed the might of Heaven and the Eight Desolations still refused to confess, then they truly did not know what was good for them.

Thus, the First Emperor gave the Eight Desolations a chance to admit their mistake and bow their heads in submission.

Yet not only did the Eight Desolations refuse to confess, they feigned submission while concealing murderous intent.

They deserved execution.

"Two Earth Immortals, one Half-Step Celestial Immortal, and three Beast Path Heaven Immortals. You dare oppose me with such a lineup? You think far too little of me."

"You do not kneel upon seeing me, and you still wish to resist. Utterly foolish."

The First Emperor rose to his feet, his domineering aura spilling forth. The chains forged from Immortal Metal were mere decorations before him, and he broke free with ease.

"The Yin-Yang Two Immortals, Embrace Oneness Supreme Immortal, Wu Han, Xiang Liu, and Ying Zhao—the three envoys are all here. Let's see how long you can keep acting arrogant!" Qian Desolation Lord's face twisted viciously, though unease stirred in his heart.

He spoke