The Jade Emperor stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at the Heavenly Palace Ruins. In ancient times, he had strategized from afar and toyed with the great clans of the Eastern Continent in the palm of his hand. But now, he could no longer see through the Eastern Continent's shifting landscape.
He could no longer fathom this world. Events had already slipped beyond his control, and for a man who had once dominated an entire continent, that was an unbearable feeling.
Without that sense of holding everything in the palm of his hand, he always felt unsafe.
"Just wait. Once they break the seal, those who obediently join the alliance can stay. Those who refuse will all be suppressed. Every treasure within the Heavenly Palace Ruins will be confiscated."
Ye Lin said sharply, his expression stern. He did not care who they were. So long as they were not living beings of this era, they were all enemies. He was only showing them such consideration for the Jade Emperor's sake—otherwise, he would have killed them all.
With the Jade Emperor acting as the go-between, those people might behave themselves a little better and be easier to control. After all, the Jade Emperor had once been their superior.
Once bitten by a snake, one feared ropes for ten years.
That was precisely the principle.
Seeing Ye Lin being so domineering, the Jade Emperor wore a bitter smile. Every era had its chosen son of fate. He himself had been the chosen son of fate in ancient times; perhaps, in this era, it was Ye Lin.
Was Ye Lin the turning point of this era?
Every era had an unparalleled prodigy who suppressed all defiance. It was an unwritten rule, a pattern that had already taken shape.
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