"If it weren't for me, did they think they could become Emperors with their talent alone?" Hunyuan Emperor Lord sneered coldly. "They defied heaven and seized fortune—how could they not pay a price? They enjoyed all the wealth and glory of the mortal world, the reverence of countless ages. This is merely a small price to pay!"
Listening to this, Pill Emperor felt his entire body tremble. He too had understood the truth behind the Opportunity to Become Emperor. Once, he had also had a chance to obtain such an opportunity. He had been the strongest of that generation, yet fortunately, he had ultimately chosen to reject it. Otherwise, his fate would likely have been no different from these two.
"A small price... Good, good, good!" Ye Xiwen's expression turned even colder. Artifact Emperor had shown him no small measure of kindness in the past. How could he stand by and watch him suffer now?
If that was the case, then these two were probably not the only ones who had ultimately become Hunyuan Emperor Lord's puppets. Throughout history, all those who had become Emperors through the Opportunity to Become Emperor had likely fallen into Hunyuan Emperor Lord's hands.
Had Di Ni not died by his hand, he too would ultimately have become a puppet controlled by Hunyuan Emperor Lord. Thinking of this, Ye Xiwen could not help finding it both laughable and absurd. Di Ni had fought desperately to become Emperor, but if he had known such an ending awaited him, he probably would not have fought so fiercely.
The two stood before Ye Xiwen, carrying boundless Overlord Dao, yet his eyes held only endless desolation. Two supreme experts, once gazing down upon the world and shaking all under heaven, aspiring to become the sovereigns of the world, had