The entire Heavenly Court fell silent. From the very beginning, the Jade Emperor and the Mitian Sage had clashed head-on.
He was a Sage, yet the Jade Emperor had actually mocked him as "a hound of Heaven's Mandate, narrow-minded and unfit for great use."
The Jade Emperor watched coldly, while the Mitian Sage fell silent for a moment. Clearly, even with a Sage's self-restraint, he was angered now—not by the Jade Emperor's mockery, but by Hongjun's evaluation. Only Hongjun's evaluation could make the Mitian Sage furious.
Within his hazy features, two streaks of icy light shot out.
"Hongjun's evaluation? None of that matters. What matters is that I'm still alive, while he's already dead!" the Mitian Sage said in a deep voice.
"Dead? Even if Hongjun is dead, he was once the First Sage. That will never change—and neither will you, Mi Tian!" the Jade Emperor said in a low voice.
"You dare speak to me in that tone? Aren't you afraid of death?" Mi Tian said coldly.
"Afraid of death? Mitian Sage, why have you come this time? Didn't you come to kill me, then refine me into the final puppet, 'Liang'? How else do you expect me to treat you?" the Jade Emperor said coldly.
Liang? Zhong Shan glanced at the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor was actually the body of Liang?
The Mitian Sage looked toward the Jade Emperor and was silent for a moment before shouting, "Heaven's Mandate shall endure forever. Beneath the Sages, all are ants. A mere Sacred King, how outrageously arrogant!"
"Sacred King? Mi Tian, I think you've lost your mind. This isn't the Sacred Court—it's the only Heavenly Court in the mortal world. And I am this Heavenly Court's Heavenly Emperor, the only Heavenly Emperor beneath the heavens!" the Jade Emperor said