Ye Fan pretended he was deaf, acting as though he could not hear Lin Xian's explanation. With an expression of anguished grief and eyes full of sorrow, he looked up to the heavens and sighed. "Colluding with a Life Restricted Area and inciting Ancient Emperors to murder the Heavenly Emperor! Holy Master, you really have fallen into darkness. I'm going to expel you from..."
Lin Xian abruptly cut him off, pressing him aggressively as he shouted, "You admit you're Emperor Zun!"
"I'm not Emperor Zun." Ye Fan had already grown numb to this question and instinctively retorted, "I am who I am."
"The Heavenly Emperor is Emperor Zun, and Emperor Zun is the Heavenly Emperor," Lin Xian said quietly. "Only Emperor Zun can be the Lord of the Heavenly Court. Who besides him has a record of fighting multiple emperors at once?"
The other emperors nodded. Ye Fan had to be Emperor Zun. If he were not Emperor Zun's reincarnation, how could he fight three at once and hold seven young Ancient Emperors in check?
If he really were just an ordinary Sacred Body, where would that leave the Ancient Emperors' dignity?
Besides, throughout the ages, only Emperor Zun had a record of fighting many opponents alone. He had struck down the supreme beings and the hidden mastermind from the Immortal Realm on the Immortal Path, and after fighting his way out, he still had enough strength to slay two Supreme Beings before burying himself.
The other Heavenly Emperors had possessed such fighting strength, but never had a chance to display it. With Emperor Zun's example before them, the Supreme Beings of later generations had learned to be clever.
During the God Emperor's reign, the Supreme Beings had actually held back until they died in meditation rather than dare emerge,