The gods were all stunned where they stood after hearing the two men from Fire Cloud Cave. They thought they had misheard.
What did this mean?
The Jade Emperor sat there with a smile on his face. He had thought that once the two men spoke, he could give the order. But just as he was about to open his mouth, he too froze.
What had those two just said? That they had merely come under the orders of the Three Sovereigns to look into Goku's matter?
That they knew nothing about Uchiha Shin discussing the replacement of the Jade Emperor with the Three Sovereigns?
Shen Gongbao, standing nearby, was also baffled. This was not what they had agreed upon.
"Did you two misspeak? You nearly scared me to death because of that Uchiha Shin. Organize your words again," the Jade Emperor said to them.
"We did not misspeak. Everything we said is true. As for what Your Majesty just mentioned—the Mystic Spirit King asking the Three Sovereigns about replacing the Jade Emperor—such a thing never happened. When the Mystic Spirit King came to Fire Cloud Cave, we were standing beside him. We never heard him say anything like that," the two disciples continued, their gazes resolute.
Sitting upon his throne, the Jade Emperor felt his body go limp. This...
His gaze shifted toward Shen Gongbao, but Shen Gongbao did not know what to say either.
Back at Fire Cloud Cave, the Human Sovereign had clearly agreed to help them and had even sent these two men with them. Yet the moment these two arrived at the Heavenly Court, they had changed like this.
"You two must have been bought off by Uchiha Shin! You are men of the Three Sovereigns. If the Three Sovereigns learn that you have acted