Refusing to Return It

Heavenly Profound Immortal Lord had never expected their arrival to draw all the gods and demons of Hell Path.

In other major regions, as long as a Great Emperor did not step forward, the Tian Ce Supervisorate never had to worry about outside forces interfering with whatever they did.

But that clearly did not work in Hell Path.

This place was home to some of the strongest deities among the Netherworld's land-based factions.

At this moment, Heavenly Profound Immortal Lord was somewhat flustered.

He had originally intended to seize the "Taiqing Staff" through force, but with all these gods and demons appearing, doing so would undoubtedly be courting death.

Thinking of this, Heavenly Profound Immortal Lord hurriedly waved off the formation that had just been assembled, preventing the conflict from escalating.

At the same time, Heavenly Profound Immortal Lord turned toward the gods and demons filling the sky and said:

"What do you all mean by this?!"

"You're asking us? I'd like to ask what you mean. This Yin deity is one of Hell Path. You brought so many people here to threaten him—do you think we have no one left?" The speaker was the one-horned spirit ram who had appeared first and called himself Wei Zhi.

As he spoke, Wei Zhi was the first to label Tree Venerable as a member of Hell Path.

"The Tian Ce Supervisorate came here to collect relics of the Defying Heaven Alliance. I suspect this iron staff is connected to the Defying Heaven plan. According to the original agreement, you are not allowed to interfere with or obstruct matters concerning the Defying Heaven Alliance!" Heavenly Profound Immortal Lord replied with a grave expression.

"The Defying Heaven Alliance? You say this staff is related to the Defying Heaven Alliance? Then tell me in detail—whose