The Court of All Stars, the central hub of human power, began operating at tremendous speed. A war against the outside world was imminent.
Before war began, the key was to strike at the heart.
Thus, humanity had long since spread the news that Li Pin had slain the Star Lord Association's five great God Emperors, including the news that he had crushed Creation Miaoya, the force backing the Star Lord Association.
As expected, this news threw the entire Star Lord Association into a state of panic.
The clearest sign was that fewer than half of those summoned to the Star Lord Association's hastily convened meeting had actually come this time.
Whether newly joined Star Lords or old-timers, they either had rebellions on their hands that needed suppressing or had reached a critical juncture in cultivation and could not attend the meeting.
Clearly, those who had sensed that the wind was blowing the wrong way had already entered a wait-and-see state.
Under such circumstances, only four Star Lords appeared at this meeting.
There were fewer than twenty old-timers as well.
Among these four Star Lords and dozen-odd old-timers, several seemed to believe the Star Lord Association could no longer accomplish anything. They found excuses to leave midway, making the Association's meeting even more deserted.
"A rabble."
Seeing this scene, Error of the Intelligent Life Race remarked blandly.
Then vanished from the Star Lord Association's Star Lord throne.
The remaining two God Emperors looked at each other.
Yet they too had lost any desire to reorganize the Star Lord Association.
Li Pin had even repelled Creation Miaoya, which possessed a power greater than Supreme power. His strength had far surpassed the bounds of what they could resist.
Though their pride as God Emperors made them feel they stood atop the Astral