After hearing Li Zu's words, even the usually composed Dean couldn't help letting a smile tug at the corner of his mouth.
Who could possibly stay calm after getting to enjoy a Heaven Grade Being?
With this opportunity, surpassing Emperor Lord should only be a matter of time. It was time to finally move that mountain that had always pressed down on him!
Even someone as proud as Dean had to admit Emperor Lord was powerful. He was the only person in the Imperial Alliance Dean couldn't see through!
Incidentally, Phoenix Emperor Venerate was the person in the Imperial Alliance Dean could see through most easily. He was a salted fish with no ambitions, always plotting how to be a suck-up, and had no drive whatsoever.
"You're still some distance from Emperor Lord." Venerable Lord stood with his hands behind his back, having seen through Dean's thoughts.
Dean looked at Venerable Lord.
"The things I gave you before let you conceal your cultivation. He's hiding even more than you expected," Venerable Lord said.
The reason Emperor Lord and Dean didn't reveal their true cultivation was that they had hidden objects given to them by Venerable Lord inside their bodies.
To be honest, while serving as Venerable Lord, he'd thought himself strict, but still quite good to those youngsters in the Imperial Alliance.
And yet those little brats had stabbed him in the back!
Well, you had to hand it to them—they'd done a magnificent job!
Back then, after learning of Emperor Lord and Chaos Holy Lord's plan, Venerable Lord had been secretly watching the whole situation. Even he couldn't help thinking more highly of those youngsters. They had guts; all of them were ambitious leaders capable of great things!
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