At the same time, reports of the battle at Huaguo Mountain had reached the desk of the Jade Emperor. He frowned and said, "These fellows have really lived up to expectations, sneaky and cunning, unwilling to exert effort."
"Had we not anticipated this? Otherwise, why would we have clutched the nine-thousand-year-old Peaches of Immortality to ourselves? After all, they're not our direct lineage. They've harbored grudges over the years. Otherwise, why would they have pushed us to undergo rebirth through tribulation? It was precisely these people who resented being listed on the Investiture of the Gods and losing their freedom."
