Overly Enthusiastic

The Ancient Emperor spoke without any concealment. Everyone heard him clearly and understood what he meant.

He had merely tentatively granted the Goddess of War the qualification to return to the Holy Land Lord's throne, rather than giving it to her outright.

Logically speaking, there was nothing wrong with that. Without reaching Eternal Grade, one truly was not qualified to become a Holy Land Lord. A hundred years was not a short time; for a monstrously gifted genius, using a century to charge into the Eternal Realm was not impossible.

But for him to state those words so plainly at a time like this gave them a different meaning.

Anyone hearing it would think that the Ancient Emperor was encouraging the other lords to strike at the Goddess of War and snuff out this still-unripe female genius.

"Why would the Ancient Emperor do this... Isn't he Dong Huaiyue's martial uncle?"

In the distance, Qin Heng clenched his fists. The joy he had felt over Lan Xuan Ke's breakthrough instantly became much heavier.

The Goddess of War was only at Star Lord Sixth Order. If the Myriad Things Lord and several other Eternal Grade beings attacked her, the outcome was easy to imagine.

Although Eternal Grade experts normally would not attack Star Lords, there was no guarantee that exceptions would never arise.

What was more, they had forces such as the Myriad Things Holy Hall and Thunder Holy Hall beneath them, and those would not be easy to deal with either.

Here and now, Qin Heng's status was too low for him to speak.

No matter how dissatisfied he was, he could only swallow it down.

After hearing the Ancient Emperor's words, the Goddess of War said indifferently, "Death does indeed turn everything into emptiness. But those who cannot kill me