The Supreme Heavenly Lord had clearly not expected Li Yun to refuse so decisively. For a moment, he was somewhat dumbfounded. Fortunately, before seeking out Li Yun, he had already considered that this might happen.
He had long since prepared a set of arguments.
Cough, cough...
The Supreme Heavenly Lord smiled rather stiffly. "Li Yun, you already control this Supreme Immortal Gate, and your degree of control seems far from low. Don't you intend to seize the chance to gain control of another Supreme Immortal Gate?"
"You should know that the nine Supreme Immortal Gates were all Chaos supreme treasures born earliest within this vast Chaos. They may contain the greatest secret of this Chaos Great Void."
"Control one more Supreme Immortal Gate, and you may be able to touch the deepest secret of Chaos..."
"Heh..."
Li Yun looked utterly disdainful. "Are you trying to fool me? If there were really such a good thing, would you so easily come find me to steal a Supreme Immortal Gate? If it could truly lead to the deepest secret of Chaos, wouldn't you have gone yourself long ago? Why would you come looking for me?"
"Besides, I've encountered two Supreme Immortal Gates, after all. Do you think I don't know that the nine Supreme Immortal Gates cannot be controlled by the same person?"
"If different Supreme Immortal Gates come together, they'll explode. Wouldn't that blast me into nothingness?"
"Uh..."
"Isn't that only the case for other people? Since you were able to steal the authority of that Supreme Immortal Gate in the Ancient Wilderness Realm, then you might be able to steal the authority of a third Supreme Immortal Gate too, right?"
"Heh, that was an accident, and it was only temporary. I escaped the Ancient Wilderness Realm, which means I lost