"Hm?!"
At the Huan Emperor's arrogant words, the immortals and gods bristled with imposing auras, clearly angered.
Yet the death of the immortal beast, the Swallowing-Heaven King Serpent, had sounded an alarm for them-a cudgel blow straight to the head. Once they recovered, their cultivation and composure kept them from acting on impulse again. At the very least, they now regarded the Huan Emperor as an equal rather than an ant.
That was indeed the truth. Once the Descended Immortal Gods sealed their cultivation, they were no longer who they had been in the Upper Realm. Judging the pinnacle existences of this world by their Upper Realm cultivation was a mistake in itself.
One could even say that native sovereigns such as the Huan Emperor, Emperor Qin, and the Radiant Emperor, who had reached the True Immortal realm and enjoyed this world's protection, already surpassed these Descended Immortal Gods in actual strength. The latter simply did not know it-or refused to admit it!
Previously, Emperor Qin, the Radiant Emperor, and the others had tolerated them only because they knew the Descended Immortal Gods would have little effect on their imperial ambitions. These immortals and gods had no interest in ruling the world; once they could ascend, no one could make them stay. So long as they did not cross the line, the sovereigns could not be bothered with them and preferred not to tear away all pretense, lest the Descended Immortal Gods attack them en masse!
Now they had encountered the Huan Emperor, a "reckless fool" arrogant enough to openly declare his defiance of Heaven. It was a cudgel blow straight to the head!
"You, honestly... I cannot say whether killing the Child of Fortune was right or wrong, a blessing or a calamity. One thing is certain: you are