Chapter 788: I Only Want the Soul
After hearing Zhao Gongming's words, cold sweat immediately beaded on Venus Taibai's forehead.
Back when the Jie Sect's Ten Thousand Immortals Come to Court shook the Primordial World, more than half of its disciples had entered the Heavenly Court. If they rebelled against Heaven together, Venus Taibai truly did not dare imagine the consequences.
The Heavenly Court would be shattered, its majesty gone, countless years of effort reduced to nothing, everything starting over from scratch!
This was absolutely not a sight they wanted to see!
It had to be said that Zhao Gongming truly had Venus Taibai in his grasp.
He knew what Venus Taibai and the others valued most.
It was precisely the Heavenly Court. Thus, he used the efforts Venus Taibai and Haotian had poured in over several epochs as leverage, seizing their weak point and successfully taking the initiative.
Venus Taibai had lost because he had never expected Zhao Gongming to be capable of such shamelessness, and because of his attachment to the Heavenly Court.
At once, Venus Taibai hurriedly put on a fawning smile and tried to persuade him gently.
"Emperor Lord, Emperor Lord, don't be rash. We can talk this over properly."
"Although the Six Eared Macaque disrupted the Heavenly Court, injured the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, and destroyed quite a few palaces, fortunately, no great disaster was caused. We still have room to maneuver. Why make such an unwise choice and fight until both sides are wounded, only to become a laughingstock for others?"
"Both sides wounded?" Zhao Gongming sneered. "Venus Taibai, aren't you overestimating your Heavenly Court?"
"What right does your Heavenly Court have to speak of both sides being wounded against my Jie Sect?"
Though Zhao Gongming held the position of Emperor Lord in the