Fail to Bow Before the Emperor, and Your True Destiny Is Lost (Monthly Votes, Please)

"Fail to bow before the emperor, and your true destiny is lost! Your name stands upon the Reincarnation Stele!"

Lin Xian's majestic voice rang through the entire small world like a thunderclap. He strode through the void, green lotuses blooming beneath his feet, peerless as a lord of creation.

Like an Immortal King Descending Upon the Nine Heavens, he stood amid blooming green lotuses and swirling time, manifesting the Saintly Battle Art. One hand became the Hengyu Furnace, the other the Western Empress Pagoda. Who would dare refuse to submit?

The Azure Flood Dragon King gritted his teeth and forced himself to stand his ground, hoping to preserve some of the dignity of the Thirteen Great Bandits.

Yet what Lin Xian said next nearly scared him to death.

"Taking so long to bow—you must harbor treacherous intentions!" Lin Xian thundered, piling accusation upon accusation onto him. "Azure Flood Dragon King, are you thinking that the Azure Emperor Lineage is dead or scattered, that even the Azure Emperor himself has gone into hiding, and that it is now a fallen house without the dignity of a Great Emperor's family?"

"Do you think even the Azure Emperor was a failure because he never became an immortal, that you might as well become an emperor yourself? Why honor some damned Demon Emperor when you could be lord of the Demon Race?"

"I submit! I submit! Holy Master Lin, please put away your divine powers!"

In an instant, the Azure Flood Dragon King was drenched in cold sweat. Despite calling himself a king, he was neither a Saint King nor a king who had undergone Severing the Dao. He was merely a Great Power.

How could he possibly shoulder an accusation like that? If he admitted to it, never mind the Chaotic Green Lotus—the