"They were all wrong," the Empress sighed softly, delivering the final verdict.
Though she came from a later age, she was one of the Great Emperors who had traveled farthest along the Red-Dust Immortal Path. In her fifth lifetime, she was already halfway along the Immortal Path. What an achievement that was! She could even forge Immortal Artifacts herself, and her Dao Fruit rivaled that of a True Immortal.
Even within the Heavenly Emperor conference, there were distinctions in rank. The fifth-lifetime Empress left everyone else in the dust, standing vaguely at the head of the emperors. The Azure Emperor and God Emperor attended the conference; Amitabha, the Netherworld Emperor, and Ye Fan sat in; the God Emperor's Son, Saint Prince, and the others were responsible for applauding.
As for Lin Xian, he was the moderator.
Following the Empress's verdict on the overall course of the Immortal Path, he promptly pinned the blame on the Immortal Emperor and made him carry the black pot.
"Everything has a cause. The Immortal Path went wrong, all living beings were misled, and the road of cultivation was led astray."
"And who caused all this? I believe it was the Immortal Emperor!"
Lin Xian declared with righteous conviction, "He was a being who descended from the Immortal Realm, unlike the mortals of this world. He must have heard of the Chaotic Ancient Heavenly Court's mighty reputation and known the legend of the Desolate Heaven Emperor defying death through nine lifetimes in the mortal world before ascending to immortality."
"Yet he brought down the Heavenly Court and suppressed all knowledge of Red Dust Immortals. His intentions were sinister, and his crimes were monstrous!"
Immortal ascension after nine lifetimes! The Chaotic Ancient Heavenly Court?
One term after another popped out, drawing sidelong looks and inward gasps