Not Excessive At All

In the cloud-wreathed Heavenly Realm, beneath a spotless white pavilion, Taishang Laojun, dressed in Daoist robes, was playing chess.

Opposite him sat the Jade Emperor, supreme sovereign of the Three Realms.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Great Emperor Gouchen has sent someone with his decree, saying that his injuries have healed and that he is preparing to descend to the lower realm again to subdue demons."

A spirit official came forward and reported, "He requests that Your Majesty dispatch divine generals and Heavenly Soldiers as reinforcements."

The Jade Emperor pinched a chess piece between his fingers, raised his hand, and said indifferently, "Understood."

Lei Zhenzi had asked him for aid, so rather than saying this trip was to subdue demons, it would be more accurate to say it was for revenge.

After all, no one knew how the news of Gouchen Mansion's defeat last time had spread, but within half a day, it had practically swept through the Heavenly Court and reduced Gouchen Mansion to the laughingstock of the Heavenly Realm.

If they did not win back their face, then Gouchen Mansion might as well stop trying to continue making its way in the Heavenly Court from now on.

The Jade Emperor stared at the chessboard, placed a piece, then raised his head and said, "This matter... what does Dao Ancestor think?"

Taishang Laojun picked up a chess piece and set it down. "When virtue does not match one's position, calamity is sure to follow."

The Jade Emperor smiled. "Taishang sees it clearly."

Among those who could serve as one of the Six Sovereigns, Qing Hua, Chang Sheng, and Houtu were all mighty Ancestor Realm powers with vast divine abilities and boundless magic power.

The true Gouchen and Ziwei Emperor had once possessed such strength as well, but they had fallen