World Emperor eventually answered Li Qiyes sincerity: I will do what I should but Dark Crow, today is when I take off your head. The tenth world does not allow your existence!

He spoke from the heart. The ambush today wasnt only because of his personal feud or the kidnapping. He has been a top Grand Emperor for so many generations; vengeance wasnt his greatest motivation.

He stood on the side of the three races. It wasnt only because Li Qiye was powerful. The guy simply had an extraordinary charisma and influence in the tenth world. No other emperors from the nine worlds could compare to him in this aspect.

Perhaps there were some powerful Immortal Emperors that could sweep through the thirteen continents. However, only the Dark Crow could make these being sit down for a peaceful talk. Only this dark hand behind the curtains could gather these emperors.

Such a being was too great of a threat for their three races. The Dark Crow had started several wars including Emperor Hunt. Their races suffered heavy losses and had to compromise with the hundred races. Thus, a covenant was signed, stating that all the races were equal, at least on paper!

Who knows what will happen when the Dark Crow was up to the tenth world again. But an easy guess would be a great blow to their three races, one that could shake their status!

Because of this, World Emperor gathered the emperors here in order to kill him before he could reach the tenth world.

Li Qiye continued on with a smile: Geezer, dont forget the covenant back then. You have twelve people here, no, thirteen Grand Emperors with you and at least forty Heavens Wills since I dont know how many you have brought yourself. This is a violation of the covenant. One of the three clauses included that when our emperors come up, no more than three Grand Emperors and twelve Heavens Wills will participate in the ambush. Im sure you dont need me to tell you this.

The Emperor Hunt War was equally devastating for both sides. Thus, they decided to come up with this three-point covenant.

One of them was a restraining requirement, limiting the ambushers number and power.

Of course, this was still a great pressure for the ascenders. Facing three Grand Emperors and twelve Heavens Wills was definitely a challenge. Defeating them was even harder.

However, such a battle didnt require a direct confrontation. The ascender could run and fight or just choose to escape altogether since the hunt would stop the moment they make it to the tenth world. Thus, the probability of a successful ascension was quite high using the latter method.

Ultimately, this was three emperors working together, not one having twelve by themselves. This was a great disparity since a single emperor with this number of Heavens Will would obliterate the other three.

One emperor with twelve wills would render a new ascender helpless. There wouldnt be a chance to escape.

Nevertheless, these beings couldnt personally come because they were afraid of the Heavenly Execution. Unless a monumental event was happening, they would never come out. Flame Emperor was the defining example. No one wanted to die to these tribulations.

Since the start of the covenant, only one Immortal Emperor had died to the ambushes. Because of this, the emperors from the tenth world gradually lost interest in the hunt. Part of this was due to the restrictions dictated by the covenant.

Emperors with six wills or below had trouble ambushing a running emperor. The investment didnt have a big pay off so fewer Grand Emperors participated in the future. The ones above wouldnt get involved due to the Heavenly Execution problem.