(A correction to the previous chapter: the Roc Emperor came from the Heavens, also known as Burial Heaven Island, not the Primordial Ancient Mine. This has been corrected.)
Seeing him act so overbearingly, the others naturally refused to accept it and sneered repeatedly.
"Heavenly Emperor?" The Immortal Matriarch was the first to let out a shrill, grating cackle. Her shriveled lips parted to reveal sparse yellow teeth, making her look even more terrifying.
"A mere child, and you dare call yourself Heavenly Emperor? You haven't even proven your Dao, yet you dare boast so shamelessly?"
Behind the Immortal Matriarch, enormous burial mounds rose and fell in endless succession, flowing with an immortal aura and myriad strands of auspicious light. The forbidden land of the Immortal Mausoleum manifested across space, becoming her home battlefield.
The Jade Ruyi in her hand pulsed with light, as though it might once again evolve into a vast universe and crush down at any moment.
"What a pity, for such an outstanding talent!" the Spirit Emperor sighed.
A terrifying vision of a forbidden land appeared behind him. The Southern Heavenly Gate towered majestically as the Divine Ruins imprinted itself here across space. Dao marks blossomed, laying out a supreme divine formation.
"Flaunting your might? You're courting death!" The Corpse Emperor stood on a battlefield imprinted by the dao marks of the Forbidden Zone of Absolute Beginning, a supreme divine formation surrounding him.
"Do you think that because you killed a few Supremes, you reign alone over the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, and we ought to bow down and declare ourselves your subjects at once?" the Source God mocked.
"Heavenly Emperor? Heh heh... I've seen more corpses than you've seen stars! Your flesh will be buried in the Netherworld Soil, and your blood will be the