The Four Heavenly Kings took the Jade Emperor's orders to gather the Heavenly Soldiers and head down to the lower realm, but they moved very slowly.
The Jade Emperor sat beside his stone table, quietly sipping tea.
This time, he had sent down twelve gold-edged dispatches because he did not want Uchiha Shin meddling in the affairs of the Southern Jambu Continent. Yet Uchiha Shin had defied his orders.
He had intended to punish Uchiha Shin, but the reason Uchiha Shin had given left him with no excuse to do so. After all, the man was also eliminating demons for the sake of the Heavenly Court and the Three Realms.
Thus, the Jade Emperor changed his mind. He would also make a show of supporting Uchiha Shin. If others learned of this, they would surely think him a broad-minded, benevolent Jade Emperor.
Everything was for the sake of all living beings in the Three Realms; personal interests and personal pride came second.
But he did not truly want to help Uchiha Shin. If Uchiha Shin could really defeat Li Jing, then when the Four Heavenly Kings and the others arrived, they could still get a share of the credit instead of letting Uchiha Shin claim it all for himself.
If Uchiha Shin failed, the Four Heavenly Kings would certainly sabotage him from within, join forces with Li Jing, and kill Uchiha Shin so that he would never return to the Heavenly Court.
Thinking of this, the Jade Emperor could not help smiling again as he lightly tapped the stone table.
Ox-King and Ao Lie were attacking a city. They had besieged it for nearly seven days, and it was on the verge of falling. If they captured this city, all the territory within several hundred li would submit to them.