Jieyin's corpse-severing avatar smiled faintly at this, speaking gently yet with a hint of deeper meaning. "Senior E Zhu and Senior Jidu are quite right. We should indeed attend this banquet."
"However, there is no need for everyone to worry too much. This battle will not break out. The Heavenly Court has invited not only the Demon Race, but also the major factions of the Primordial Wilderness. Even Saint Nuwa will be attending. No matter how arrogant Di Jun is, he would not dare attack us at such a grand gathering. If he truly dared to do so, he would be courting his own destruction."
Zhunti's corpse-severing avatar nodded. "Big Brother is right. Even if Di Jun had ten times the courage, he would not dare cause trouble at the feast. Though after the banquet ends, that may be another matter! But by then, there will be no need for us to tangle with him. We can simply use our divine abilities to return to the Demon Realm. No matter how powerful the Heavenly Court is, it cannot block our path."
Yet compared with the Demon Race's calm composure, the Immortal Court was in an entirely different state.
East King Duke and Queen Mother of the West sat in the great hall of the Immortal Court, their brows tightly furrowed and their expressions grave.
They held the invitations sent by the Heavenly Court, but their hearts were filled with hesitation.
After all, they did not possess the Demon Race's divine abilities that allowed them to flee at will.
If they truly attended the banquet, the Heavenly Court would not even need to attack. It only needed to activate the Grand Formation of the Stars and trap them for a while as they departed. That would be enough to let the