Though Gungun struggled for a while, Ao Yue ultimately forced the court assembly to an end. The gods took their leave one after another, and he successfully dragged Gungun behind the hall.
It was not that Gungun was weaker than Ao Yue. The real problem was... every god in the hall cooperated with him. As soon as he declared, "Court dismissed," they called out their farewells one after another and fled, as though terrified Gungun would eat them if they stayed.
I, Heavenly Emperor Gungun, only wanted to confiscate ninety percent of your merit and fortune, then have you work overtime all year without a single day off. What, you cannot even accept that?
Are you still loyal subjects willing to fight shoulder to shoulder with me or not?!
Gungun was furious. As a great Heavenly Emperor who had toiled for the Primordial World for hundreds of thousands of years, never harbored the slightest selfish desire, and devoted every thought to benefiting all living beings, Gungun felt betrayed at that moment.
Could these deities not be as selfless and great as me? Could you not temporarily offer up that little bit of "not terribly important" merit and fortune of yours, so we could raise me together from a Quasi-Saint to a Chaos-Unbounded Great Immortal?
You must understand, only then could the Heavenly Court be safe, and only then could you be safe!
Look at the former Demon Heavenly Court. Were they weak?
No!
*But what happened in the end? Their Heavenly Court was gone and fell into our hands. Of their three hundred and sixty-five Great Luo Demon Gods, only twenty-odd remain today. Why? Because neither Dijun nor Taiyi was a Chaos-Unbounded Great Immortal! Otherwise, never mind the Witch Race-even if all the Saints had targeted them, they would not