"Don't get smug. There's still plenty of time. We'll see!" Nuwa replied to Houtu through voice transmission.
"Do you mean you'll find a chance to get revenge on your little sister next time, senior sister? Go ahead. I'll take on anyone who comes, anytime!"
"You said it yourself. Next time, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
"Likewise, senior sister, next time... oh, no, including this time, don't blame your little sister either."
"Hmph, I won't. Nothing but the last afterglow of a setting sun!"
"Pah! An elephant's tusk really can't come out of that mouth of yours, senior sister!"
The two supreme goddesses stared at each other, secretly trading insults through voice transmission.
Meanwhile, after hearing Nuwa's words, Gungun was completely dumbfounded again. What did that mean? His Iron-Eating Beast Clan couldn't become the Protagonists of Heaven and Earth?
No! I want to be a protagonist! I want to be a protagonist!
Anxious, Gungun felt he could still give it another try, so he said to Zhunti, "Sect leader, I think our Iron-Eating Beast Clan is quite suited to being the protagonists. What do you think?"
"I..."
"Sect leader!" Gungun blinked pitifully at Zhunti. Sect leader, don't I look pitiful? The reason I'm so pitiful is that we Iron-Eating Beasts aren't the protagonists, and I haven't become the Bear Emperor... uh, I am the Bear Emperor.
Gungun suddenly realized that.
"Gungun, there's really no need for Iron-Eating Beasts to become the Protagonists of Heaven and Earth. You're the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Court and the Netherworld Emperor of the Underworld. With you around, Iron-Eating Beasts are already the rulers of heaven and earth. Why chase after some position as protagonists? If you're interested in protagonist's fortune, then you... don't you already possess half the human emperor's fortune? Isn't