At these words, all the Demon Gods in the hall frowned.
Many of them felt deeply uncomfortable with Li Yun's arrogant words, and some were even furious.
But when they looked at Li Yun, they all calmed down.
He was a Saint who had attained Dao through strength. Rumor even had it that his power had already surpassed the level of Saints.
Although their cultivation had improved, with quite a few of them even reaching the half-saint stage, they could not possibly be his match.
If a fight truly broke out, what awaited them would very likely be a deadly crisis—and death itself.
At this thought, the Demon Gods present reined in their auras and bowed. "Demon Emperor, Eastern Emperor, we shall take our leave."
"However, this matter certainly won't end so easily. We hope that once you have finished discussing things with Great Emperor Li Yun, you will give us a reasonable explanation."
With that, they no longer hesitated. They turned and left the Demon Emperor's Palace without a backward glance.
In the blink of an eye, only Li Yun and the other two remained in the entire Demon Emperor's Palace.
"Daoist Li Yun!"
Seeing the Demon Gods leave, Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi both breathed sighs of relief.
Just moments earlier, they had nearly torn away all pretense of civility, and had even begun to lose their grip on those Demon Gods.
There was no other reason—the matter of the Heavenly Dao's Investiture of the Gods was simply too distressing.
Even those whose names had already been entered now had to take part. Only by dying at the hands of those outside the Heavenly Dao's forces, specifically those belonging to the Humanity Dao, Earthly Dao, or Devil Dao, could they truly be considered to have fulfilled the