Uchiha Shin was quite surprised. He knew how formidable the Carefree Great Emperor was, but he had never known her true form was a mass of Heavenly Fire.
This Heavenly Fire was no ordinary flame. It was far more powerful than the fire within Lord Lao's Eight Trigrams Furnace.
It was fire sent down by Heaven. Of course, this Heaven did not refer to Lord Lao, much less the Jade Emperor, but to that ethereal, intangible Heaven.
"Lord Lao, what kind of person do you think the Carefree Great Emperor is?" Rather than responding to what Lord Lao had just said, Uchiha Shin stared at him and asked.
Lord Lao was taken aback. "What do you mean?"
Uchiha Shin said, "Suppose—I mean, suppose—the Three Realms were controlled by the Carefree Great Emperor. Would Lord Lao consider that a good thing or a bad thing?"
Lord Lao raised his brows. "That depends on how one looks at it. From my perspective, naturally I would not want her to control the Three Realms. But from the standpoint of governing the Three Realms, the Carefree Great Emperor is an excellent ruler. If the Three Realms were placed in her hands, she might be able to make them better than they are today."
Uchiha Shin nodded. "Then isn't that exactly it? Since the Carefree Great Emperor is so capable, why should we stop her?"
As he spoke, Uchiha Shin took another two steps toward Lord Lao. "Lord Lao, I think that when you chose the Jade Emperor back then, you should have chosen the Carefree Great Emperor as the ruler of the Heavenly Court instead of the current Jade Emperor."
Lord Lao smiled. "Would the Carefree Great Emperor even think highly of the Jade Emperor's position? What she wants is true control over the