Great One and Vast Heaven were locked in battle.
And Vast Heaven was facing more than one first rank opponent.
The Human Emperor and Great One attacked Vast Heaven at the same time.
Only...
The ones barely holding on were not Vast Heaven, but Great One and the Human Emperor.
Vast Heaven was known as the Heavenly Emperor.
He was the master of all things. When the Nine Lands of the World faced Vast Heaven's will, they would usually choose to yield.
Why was that?
Was it because the Nine Lands of the World respected the heavenly gods, or because they were reasonable enough?
Clearly, it was neither.
It was all because Vast Heaven was too strong.
The Human Path had once challenged Vast Heaven. The Three Dukes and the Human Emperor declared war on him, calling it "Shoot Heaven."
In the end, it concluded with the Human Emperor being slain by Heavenly Punishment.
Vast Heaven had once slaughtered numerous heavenly gods. Among the many emperors, no few had died by Vast Heaven's hand. If someone provoked the Heavenly Emperor's majesty because of Vast Heaven's gentleness, they would realize they had made a colossal mistake.
The Heavenly Emperor fought four alone and suppressed them with ease.
How many first ranks like the Three Dukes would have to be piled together to stop Vast Heaven in his tracks?
No one knew.
But at this moment, the one and only dual first-rank Human Emperor in the world, along with Great One, one of the many emperors, could only barely endure against Vast Heaven.
It was not hard to imagine how the agreement behind them had been reached.
Great One led the brutal faction of heavenly gods who wanted to destroy mortals, along with those demons. They differed enormously from the Human Path—one