The Heavenly Venerables had no right to punish him; paying respects to the Heavenly Punisher

Within Purgatory Forest.

Almost single-handedly, Chu Kuangren had subdued the Emperors until none had any fight left in them.

Then, he said calmly to everyone, "Now, I need to seal this Demon Realm Entrance again. I need a batch of swords, especially Emperor Weapon longswords. Now, hand over the swords you carry."

Some Emperors who had no swords thought nothing of it.

Some swordsmen who did have swords, however, were displeased.

"Why should we have to use our swords?"

"Exactly. In all of Firmament Star, can we not find a few swords to seal this Demon Realm Entrance? You're not taking revenge, are you?"

"That's right. Are you taking revenge because you think the territory we allocated to you was too small?"

Facing the Emperors' questions, Chu Kuangren remained calm.

Yet his aura grew increasingly cold.

"When the Demon Realm invaded, I didn't see you putting in any effort. Now that I need your Emperor Weapons to seal the Demon Realm, you're making one excuse after another. You're determined to force me to seize them by force, aren't you?"

Chu Kuangren spoke calmly.

"Chu Kuangren, don't take things too far. We all live on Firmament Star. We're bound to keep running into each other."

A Sword Emperor spoke in a rather unfriendly tone.

His name was Cloud Azure Sword Emperor.

Among the Emperors who had come to Firmament Star, if he claimed second place in Sword Dao, no one would dare claim first. His cultivation was no weaker than the Star-Transforming Great Emperor's.

Yet as Chu Kuangren looked at him now, his eyes brimmed with scorn and disdain. "For the last time, hand over your sword, or hand over your sword and your life!"

"You'd really dare kill me?!"

Cloud Azure Sword Emperor drew his Emperor Weapon. It was an