East King Duke, who had established the Purple Mansion Immortal Court and sought to prove himself as the Heavenly Emperor through the position of Immortal Emperor, harboring ambitions to replace the Yao Race Heavenly Court, now wore a face clouded with gloom, a glint of severity flashing in his eyes.
It would have been one thing for the Yao Race Heavenly Court to gain the orthodox mandate of Heaven and Earth, and for Dijun to become the Heavenly Emperor in name. But now, even in cultivation and Daoxing, he had surpassed all the Great Divine Ability Users of the Primordial World in one stroke!
Moreover, apart from Dijun, the four on the altar—Taiyi, Fuxi, Nuwa, and Tengshe—had also gained this opportunity for enlightenment, their cultivation and Daoxing likewise soaring at breakneck speed.
Perhaps before too long, the four of them would successively sever their second corpses and step into the Late Quasi-Saint realm.
At the thought that the Yao Race Heavenly Court would one day possess five Demon Emperors and Heavenly Emperors at the Late Quasi-Saint realm, East King Duke's face twitched, his heart shrouded in gloom.
"If Dijun and Taiyi are allowed to establish their power, how can the Purple Mansion Immortal Court rise in the Primordial World beneath the Yao Race Heavenly Court's suppression? If the Purple Mansion Immortal Court cannot achieve hegemony, would not my plan to prove myself as the Heavenly Emperor through the position of Immortal Emperor become a joke?"
At this thought, East King Duke's mood turned utterly foul. Though he had manifested from Innate Pure Yang qi, and his foundation ranked among the better ones even among Innate Sacred Beings, compared to supreme Great Divine Ability Users such as the Sanqing, Dijun, and Taiyi, he still fell several points short.
How could he