Yan Hui

"Supreme Beginning Sacred King, have you made up your mind? Accept my Great Zheng as your vassal. I, Zhong Shan, always keep my word. Once this battle is over, I will follow you into the Supreme Beginning Sacred Court as a hostage. If you refuse to accept my Great Zheng as your vassal, I, Zhong Shan, will still be deeply grateful to you!" Zhong Shan spoke solemnly.

Zhong Shan was forcing the Supreme Beginning Sacred King to take a stand! Though Zhong Shan was only a Celestial Immortal, he had never shown the weakness one would expect before all these Great Immortals. Instead, he had remained domineering the entire time—from slaying the first Great Immortal, to receiving twenty-two Great Immortals, to facing more than a hundred Great Immortals, and then, while a group of Great Immortals coveted the Chaos Pearl, crushing their hopes with his bare hands and leaving them helpless. He had always been forceful, even now. Zhong Shan remained the same.

Or perhaps everything had been within Zhong Shan's calculations. He was composed—composed from beginning to end. Even now, whether the Supreme Beginning Sacred King agreed or refused, Zhong Shan had already considered the consequences.

Although everything that had happened during this period seemed simple, few people could imagine how monstrous Zhong Shan was. A total of one hundred and sixty-one Great Immortals had descended upon the High Heaven Court. Just one slightly domineering Great Immortal would have been enough to destroy it.

Yet Zhong Shan had faced them calmly, maneuvering among the many Great Immortals. One Great Immortal could destroy the High Heaven Court, but now there were one hundred and sixty-one of them, and the High Heaven Court was still floating steadily in the sky.

Behind him, all the officials of Great Zheng revealed looks of