Zhang Lie comforted the alien representatives. "I know that all of you are afraid of what might happen—and indeed, these death spirits the superior worlds are trying to combat are fearful.

"But isn't that natural? Even the superior worlds have to band together to take on this foe. The death spirits, which only the combined might of the three thousand worlds of the realm can take on, could hardly be anything but powerful.

"The death spirits can't be handled by any one superior world, nor even by all the superior worlds working together. I can't imagine just how strong they really are," one representative said.

The others nodded, thinking that his words were reasonable.

Zhang Lie chuckled to himself. Oh, really? The superior worlds...