Even though the deities didn't want to see things evolve that way, at that time, Zhou Tian's plot had already succeeded. Due to their destruction of several continents, they were repelled by the World Consciousness. Whether those deities regretted their actions or were enraged, they were already powerless to change anything.
Indeed, at the onset of the combat, those deities had already felt a shift in the attitude of the World Consciousness towards them due to their destruction. However, just as Zhou Tian had anticipated, regardless of whether the deities realized his minor actions, their very purpose for descending to the lower realm had doomed them to fall into Zhou Tian's plot.
Zhou Tian's plot was not ingenious, but when it comes down to it, it could still be considered an open scheme.
