"We request the Human Sovereign to appear for a meeting. We have matters to discuss."
An Ancient Monarch spoke, his voice transmission entering the Emperor World.
A moment later, with a rustling sound, a passage opened in the Emperor World, and the Sun Sovereign appeared.
He looked coldly at the gathering of Ancient Monarchs from the All Heavens and said mockingly, "What a grand spectacle you all have made, with so many Monarchs arriving together. Those unaware might think you intend to disregard the agreement and attack my human race."
Facing the Sun Sovereign's pointed remark, the Ancient Monarchs from the All Heavens all frowned slightly, but at this moment, they couldn't be bothered with such things and immediately spoke up, "Sun Sovereign, please release the members of our various races."
The Sun Sovereign swept an indifferent glance over them and responded, "Why should we release them?"
This single sentence directly choked off the words of all the Ancient Monarchs.
Indeed, why should they be released? The forces of the All Heavens had gathered to form a terrifying army to attack the human race and seize the Heaven-Fall Mausoleum. They had merely been defeated and suppressed. Why should they be released?
It was unreasonable by any measure.
However, these were important figures from the major forces, seeds for the future. Quasi-Monarchs, in particular, were cosmic overlords with the hope of becoming Ancient Monarchs, and they absolutely could not be allowed to be killed.
They absolutely could not allow the human race to continue suppressing them, for who knew what might happen otherwise.
At this moment, a rather handsome middle-aged man appeared, appearing divinely martial and peerless, bearing some resemblance to Heng Yu Quasi-Monarch. He was none other than his father, Heng Gu Monarch.
Heng Gu Monarch was a Monarch-level Ancestral God from the Dark Blood Era who had participated in the great war of that time. Surviving and cultivating to this era was enough proof of his profound and unfathomable cultivation.
He resembled a Dark Sovereign overall, carrying the power of time. His cultivation was extremely terrifying, faintly affecting the flow of heaven and earth. Fragments of time and space shimmered around him, shaking the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. He said in a deep voice, "Sun Sovereign, the powerful experts of our various forces have been captured by the human race. The main purpose of our visit this time is to hope the human race will release them. We are willing to pay some price."
The Sun Sovereign was concise: "Sorry, not willing."
He turned and left, simple and direct!
The Ancient Monarchs from the All Heavens were startled. Heng Gu Monarch was also somewhat dumbfounded, never expecting such a direct refusal. He hurriedly said, "Sun Sovereign, please wait."
The Sun Sovereign still stopped and said indifferently, "The people will not be released by my human race. Do you have any other matters?"
They could fully sense the Sun Sovereign's firm attitude, yet the Ancient Monarchs from the All Heavens were left speechless, unsure how to proceed.
After all, they were the ones being unreasonable.
At this moment, Heng Gu Monarch suddenly spoke gloomily, "Sun Sovereign, you may not release the people, but this time the human race violated the agreement by deploying an expert of Ancient Monarch level. How will your human race give us a satisfactory explanation this time?"
"That's right! The human race must give our various races a satisfactory explanation!"
The Ancient Monarchs from the All Heavens were no pushovers and once again targeted their remarks on the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body.
The Sun Sovereign's expression remained unchanged. "You should have received the news by now."
"Heh, of course we have."
"Do you also know the true identity of the Saint Sovereign?" the Sun Sovereign asked again.
"It's the Bat—" An Ancient Monarch was about to speak but was quickly stopped by another, who said, "It's a human Ancient Monarch."
The Sun Sovereign smiled. "So that means you don't know that the Saint Sovereign is the Dao body of the Battle Saint King, right?"
"Heh." Heng Gu Monarch sneered. "Sun Sovereign, you are mistaken. Who can prove that the Saint Sovereign is the Dao body of the Battle Saint King? With such combat power, it is clearly an Ancient Monarch."
The Sun Sovereign said, "Everyone in my human race can prove it."
The Ancient Monarchs from the All Heavens sneered repeatedly. "Sorry, that's just the human race's one-sided claim. We don't believe it."
"Oh—" The Sun Sovereign drew out the sound, then said with a half-smile, "In that case, how do you judge that the Saint Sovereign made a move?"
"Them!"
An Ancient Monarch brought out the few individuals who had escaped from that war—either Heavenly Kings or Great Powers. Facing the Ancient Monarchs from the All Heavens, they appeared terrified and hurriedly spoke, "We can all testify that the Saint Sovereign made a move."
Heng Gu Monarch said, "Sun Sovereign, do you still have any excuses now?"
The Sun Sovereign sneered. "These are also just people from your various races. It's also a one-sided claim. What evidence is there?"
"You—" They never expected the Sun Sovereign to argue so shamelessly, overturning everything and claiming it was merely the one-sided claim of the All Heavens forces.
"This—"
The few Great Powers and Heavenly Kings couldn't produce genuine identity proof. Moreover, the situation at that time was too terrifying; even recording crystals couldn't capture it, so there was no real evidence.
The Sun Sovereign had truly used their own methods against them.
"Hmph!"
Heng Gu Monarch snorted coldly, his anger manifesting as he blasted the few Great Powers and Heavenly Kings into bloody mist, utterly annihilating them in body and soul.
The Sun Sovereign then said leisurely, "Similarly, this also proves that the many powerful experts of the All Heavens forces are not in the hands of my human race. Since that's the case, please leave immediately. My human race will not receive guests today."
He turned and left!
Clean and decisive!
The Emperor World closed!
All of this left the Ancient Monarchs from the All Heavens with gloomy expressions.
They never expected the Sun Sovereign to refute like this, leaving them unable to utter a single word in response.
It was all because they had started making excuses first, angering the Sun Sovereign, who then used their own methods against them.
"What do we do now?"
The Ancient Monarchs from the All Heavens looked at each other.
The Ancient Monarch from the Changsheng Imperial Clan had an expression gloomy as water. "No matter what, we must retrieve the powerful experts of our various races. We absolutely cannot let them fall into human hands. Otherwise, how will we compete for this Heaven-Fall Mausoleum?"
"Indeed, the Heaven-Fall Mausoleum must be obtained."
"Since that's the case, we can only temporarily yield a little."
After discussing for a long time, the Ancient Monarchs from the All Heavens decided to temporarily yield to the human race first. Retrieving the powerful experts of their various races was the proper course.
Not long after, it was still Heng Gu Monarch who spoke first, sending a voice transmission: "Sun Sovereign, we request an audience."
The voice transmitted out for a long time without a response. Just as they were about to speak again, a voice finally came back—
"No audience!" Damn it!
The Ancient Monarchs from the All Heavens felt as if ten thousand grass-mud horses were galloping through their hearts. It was beyond frustrating to wait so long only to receive such a reply.
"Hmph, today the human race will see us whether they want to or not. At worst, we'll just fight."
Heng Gu Monarch was truly enraged because his son was in human hands. No matter what, he had to retrieve him—the one who had inherited his will, a future Ancient Monarch, even a supreme existence with the hope of attaining the Dao and becoming an Emperor.