"What was the outcome?"
Heavenly Mandate Great Emperor took a deep breath and asked. His handsome face was filled with rage. He had planned every step carefully, yet the World-Destroying Demon Emperor had appeared out of nowhere halfway through. He wanted nothing more than to slap the World-Destroying Demon Emperor to death.
The maid said cautiously, "Heavenly Selection Mansion lost several elders and many guards. The World-Destroying Demon Emperor escaped with severe injuries. It is said that..."
"What is said?" Heavenly Mandate Great Emperor asked with a frown, a trace of disdain flashing through his eyes. He had thought the World-Destroying Demon Emperor was formidable, but he had still lost to Heavenly Selection Mansion.
"It is said that immortals and gods intervened. Otherwise, the World-Destroying Demon Emperor could have destroyed Heavenly Selection Mansion..." After saying this, the maid could not help but gasp.
The words immortals and gods stirred endless imaginings.
They were immortal. They were powerful. They controlled everything...
The reason living beings of the world embarked on the path of cultivation was to attain longevity, and becoming immortals and gods was no different from taking a shortcut to eternal life.
No matter how high one's cultivation was, there was always a limit to one's lifespan. Those with high cultivation merely lived so long that, to ordinary people, it was practically immortality.
Immortals and gods were established by the Heavenly Dao and wielded the will of heaven.
"Immortals and gods intervened?"
Heavenly Mandate Great Emperor frowned, immediately realizing the gravity of the situation.
He hated the World-Destroying Demon Emperor to the extreme. That idiot had been imprisoned for a hundred thousand years—had he gotten stupider the longer he was locked up?
It was not that Heavenly Mandate Great Emperor did not respect his senior. He had long since laid