The Fooling Around Is Over

The nine Ancient Emperors revealed their trump cards almost simultaneously.

Interrupting a prodigy's proving of the Dao, sealing the Chaos Devil Spirit for half an epoch, fusing Twin-Origin Spirits, the grand art of void confinement, pouring a Creation Realm divine soul mark into a God King forbidden artifact—every one of these meant forcibly suppressing an epochal spirit, one rarely seen in ages, at the God King Realm with no chance to advance. When they challenged the Emperor Venerable Realm again in the future, their Heavenly Tribulation would be several times fiercer than their first proving of the Dao.

Every Ancient Emperor present understood these costs perfectly well.

Yet from beginning to end, no one objected to the arrangement itself.

Because Chu Tian had forced their hand.

The Chaos God Emperor looked at the Creation Ancient Ancestors still covering their faces and weeping in the hall, at the final Asura Killing City being completely swallowed by golden light on the light screen, then at the nine Ancient Emperors within the hall.

He raised a hand, and golden divine radiance formed a contract. Two lines were written upon it with absolute clarity.

"First: I am absolutely certain of victory in the battle in the God King Realm—Shen You has already reached the peak of the God King Realm, his God King Dao Fruit is solid, and his combat power is invincible. Chaos Demon City and Elemental Ancient City have already gone into hiding. The forces of every race have gathered in one place under Shen You's unified command. We will not suffer the same loss a third time in the God King Realm. Second: once Shen You kills Chu Tian, he will immediately be removed from the candidate list for the Heavenly Pride Grand Competition and directly step into the Emperor Venerable