Going Home

Buzz! After Jin Peng and the others left, formations instantly spread through the great hall, now once again under the Emperor's control, as restrictions condensed into place.

The Emperor sat there, his gaze slowly sweeping forward as though he could see through everything. He remained silent for a long while, and the joy everyone had felt over their victorious start immediately sank. No one dared make a sound.

"Hai Yuan, how can this be acceptable? You are the Emperor. You are meant to become the one and only existence controlling heaven and earth. You carry the bloodline of our Ancient Dynasty, the Son of Heaven of this age—how can you let him do as he pleases, even allowing him to control two such powerful beings? If this continues, what will become of us? Can't you control him?" Li Heng, who had held it in for a long time, finally could not endure it any longer. Yet he remained extremely cautious, secretly communicating with the Emperor through Immortal Soul Power.

The Emperor quietly looked outside, his expression unchanged. Only after quite some time did he reply.

"What is needed at this stage is unity against our common enemy. The Only True Sage's sole mistake back then was taking in those seven disciples. He could not kill those people himself, so his purpose was to use this method to gradually let those seven disciples absorb the fortune and power of the Heaven Defying Seven Great Sages. As for whether he had further plans afterward, that is unknown. Yet it was precisely because of that decision that, with the help of our Ancient Dynasty, Jin Peng gradually gained control over the Eastern Wastelands Great Emperor, as well as the weakest one—the Sea God Great Emperor, who had nearly died in the last great