"You may be an Upper Earth Sovereign, kid."
"But we've been Lower Earth Sovereigns for years. Our divine abilities are formidable, and we've got Sacred Artifacts that suit us to a T. The five of us can still send you straight to the Yellow Springs."
The blood-robed elder at the front was gaunt and wore a vicious expression as he issued his threat.
As Earth Sovereigns of one of the Four Great God Clans, they were born with pride in their bones, especially when facing a junior who seemed to be "nobody of any renown."
"So it's numbers you're counting on?"
A mysterious smile appeared on Mu Chen's handsome face.
As he spoke, he casually clapped his hands.
Two figures, one black and one white, stepped out of the void behind him. They were Earth Sovereigns with faces exactly like his, and they took their places on either side.
Even their auras were completely identical, sharing the same source with no distinction between them. They were certainly no ordinary spiritual energy clones or projections.
The five blood-robed elders stared in stunned silence.
If they weren't spiritual energy clones, then what were they?
Could they really be the external incarnations from Taoist legend—the One Qi Transforms into Three Purities, one of the Thirty-Six Peerless Divine Abilities that had shaken the Great Thousand World through the ages?
Wait. The One Qi Transforms into Three Purities had been created by the Heavenly Emperor.
And Mu Chen claimed to be a disciple of the Heavenly Palace. Could it be—
The Earth Sovereign elders of the Blood God Clan were so startled by their own guess that they immediately regarded their enemy with immense wariness.
"You two, take one each."
At Mu Chen's command, his black and white incarnations charged out.
One wielded the Demon-Subduing