With just one move, the gap was laid bare. Gu Cheng, Hong Cheng, and Pan Cheng had all far surpassed their former selves, yet before the Heavenly Emperor, bolstered by the gray vortex, not only had the gap failed to narrow—it had grown even wider.
This was not because the gray vortex's power held an absolute crushing advantage over the power of "Completion," but because Gu Cheng, Hong Cheng, and Pan Cheng were too weak, limiting the power of "Completion" from fully displaying itself.
Otherwise, the two forces could not possibly have battled through endless ages and countless cycles of reincarnation.
Yet which one of Gu Cheng, Hong Cheng, and Pan Cheng was not a hegemon-like figure?!
How could they possibly submit so easily?!
Even if the Heavenly Emperor's power far surpassed theirs, she could not make them yield outright.
Without such strength of will, they could never have reached such heights.
After all, even in mundane cultivation, mental refinement already involved transcending life and death. To them, life and death were like a play—let alone for beings at their level?!
What could change their minds would never be violence. It could only be the Great Dao!
If the Heavenly Emperor could truly let them see the possibility of attaining the Dao, then forget merely kneeling—even if she told them to call her father, they would not hesitate in the slightest. Any hesitation at all would mean their hearts seeking the Dao were not firm enough.
As for dignity, honor, and disgrace—those who still cared about such things were destined never to accomplish anything great. It only proved that impurities remained in their Dao hearts, that they were not pure enough.
Yet the condition the Heavenly Emperor offered them was merely survival, not attainment of the Dao.
Indeed, life was