"Nowadays, you're nothing more than a ferocious beast rampaging inside a cage! Once the cage is opened and the beasts swarm you, what will you do then?" Another middle-aged female immortal immediately leaped out.
"This cage is merely protecting you, yet you really think you're the Creation Immortal Venerable of the Eight Extremes? Your Creation Heaven is different from my Proving Dao Heaven, and that means only one of us can survive! If you know what's good for you, let's lay everything out and have a proper discussion. Once the temporal order returns to unity and you let us take control, only then can we all coexist harmoniously!" Another old woman stepped forward and spoke earnestly.
"Auntist Dream Silk is right! You're merely waiting to be slaughtered in Creation Heaven, yet you dare act so arrogantly? Don't you have even the slightest idea of your own situation?" A male immortal also stepped forward and rebuked me.
It seemed that after one or two people had emboldened them, the immortals had also begun to fear me less. Though they still had no way to deal with me, a war of words was unavoidable. At the very least, they had to dampen my prestige first.
Meanwhile, Lord Cloud East sat atop the violet cloud with a smile on his face. He wasn't in any hurry to speak, merely watching the immortals question and rebuke me. He was probably searching for my weaknesses too, waiting until matters reached the moment most advantageous to him before coming out to clean things up. That was the composure an upper-level ruler ought to possess.
The immortals here had long since prepared what they wanted to say, but to me, it was all old hat. They would have to be capable of carving up Creation Heaven before