I became Superman

The title of "Sage King Who Governs the World" is equivalent to that of the emperor in the new Heavenly Court.

So, after yesterday's events, the emperor instructed the Grand Celestial Venerable not to clash with him.

Judging from the appearance of the mountain guardian general, the Great Celestial Venerable did not heed the emperor's advice at all.

Perhaps because he had been worshipped for countless years, he himself had come to believe that he was truly the supreme god.

Zhou Ming said, "Lead the way, take me to see your Great Celestial Venerable."

The mountain guardian general snorted coldly and turned to walk up the mountain.

Zhou Ming used his force field to support Su Cheng and Wang Ping, the siblings, and flew towards the mountaintop.

Along the way, they looked down at the kneeling figures in the mountains, their hearts burning with anger.

At the summit of Jinshan Mountain, deep in the clouds, stands a magnificent temple.

Zhou Ming and his three companions entered the temple.

The temple was divided into two sections, left and right, each with five tall and ferocious divine generals standing on each side.

The five on the left are all wearing golden armor, including the newly joined guardian deities.

The five golden-armored generals exuded a majestic and fierce aura, their brows furrowed and eyes blazing with anger. They each held their own divine weapons: apart from the mountain-guarding general's giant hammer, the others wielded golden spears, ring-blades, magic umbrellas, and pipa.

The five on the right were all dressed in black armor. Compared to the five golden-armored generals on the left, these five black-armored generals had a ghostly and sinister aura that inspired fear.

The magical artifacts they wielded were black chains, white banners, and wooden stakes soaked in blood.

Each of these ten divine generals was surrounded by many people of average human height, totaling thirty-six, who should be the thirty-six Heavenly Nets that Minglou mentioned.

These are all the top floors of the new Heavenly Court.

At the far end of the temple stood the new Heavenly Court's ruler, the Great Heavenly Venerable.

The Great Celestial Venerable sat high on the altar, and although he was seated, he was a section taller than all the other divine generals, like a peak standing out from the mountains.

His appearance has a strong sense of inhumanity, because it is too perfect, as if it is the manifestation of the ideal god in people's hearts, with a solemn and dignified appearance.

He wore a black robe with patterns of the sun, moon, stars, earth, mountains, and rivers.

As Zhou Ming and his three companions stood still in the temple, the ten divine generals on either side immediately opened their eyes wide in anger and roared, "The Great Heavenly Venerable is before you, why are you not kneeling and paying homage!"

The roars of the ten divine generals were like thunderclaps, dispersing all the white clouds in the mountains.

With Zhou Ming's force field protecting them, Su Cheng and Wang Ping were not harmed by the power of the divine generals, but the divine generals' astonishing aura still terrified them.

Zhou Ming turned around and laughed, "Scared?"

The three looked up at the imposing divine generals, as large as small mountains, and the solemn and dignified Great Heavenly Venerable at the very front, and gritted their teeth, saying, "We are not afraid!"

"These bastards have ruined our families and killed us. We don't care if they're gods or not, we're not afraid of them. At worst, we'll just die."

"We can't help you, but at least we can stand by your side and cheer you on. If you fail in the end, we'll die with you."

"Does might makes right? No matter how powerful they are, at most they can kill us. Don't even think about making us fear them or even respect them."

Zhou Ming looked at the three of them gently, feeling very gratified.

Humans are sometimes very weak, but at other times they can unleash amazing courage, even to the point of overcoming their biological survival instincts. At such times, they are not afraid of death, but only to protect some value in their hearts.

It was this very quality in humans that made Zhou Ming feel that they were worthy of respect. No matter how powerful an existence is, it should not bully such dignified beings simply because it is powerful.

Zhou Ming laughed and said, "Don't be so dramatic, things aren't that bad."

He turned around, looked at the lofty and supreme Celestial Venerable, and said, "False God, who gave you the courage to look down on me?"

A piercing shriek, as if the air were being torn apart, erupted within the temple.

Even with the eyesight and reflexes of the gods, they could only see a fleeting afterimage before the shockwave arrived, shaking their armor.

The entire new Heavenly Court was violently shaken.

Jinshan was in turmoil, and the sea of ​​clouds was shattered.

The Great Celestial Venerable, relying on the new Heavenly Court, was knocked off his pedestal by a punch from Zhou Ming.

He looked down at the cracks covering his entire body, both shocked and furious, and said, "The wise and benevolent king advised me to forgive your sins, yet you came to my door to bully me. You are indeed a stubborn and unyielding demon."

With a flick of his hand, the entire new Heavenly Court underwent a dramatic transformation.

The majestic mountains no longer emitted golden light, and the sky suddenly darkened.

The white clouds that dotted the sky turned into dark clouds filled with lightning and thunder.

The mountain, which forms the core of the new Heavenly Court, is cracked in many places, with thick smoke and flames billowing out from the cracks, and pitiful cries coming from within.

Zhou Ming brought Su Cheng and Wang Ping, the siblings, with him. Standing atop the altar, he looked down at the furious Grand Celestial Venerable and the divine generals, remaining unmoved by these changes.

Not only must we defeat our enemies, but we must defeat them at their peak.

Let them realize that even though they have given their all, they are still powerless.

That way they will realize how weak and powerless they are.

Their pride in their military might is nothing but an illusion.

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That is the meaning of his existence.

Let those who consider themselves superior understand that they are not strong and that they are nothing special.

Boom!

A loud bang.

The mountain suddenly collapsed, revealing a terrifying scene below.

It was a world of fire and lava, where countless souls struggled, trying to climb up the mountain from the hellish world. But each of them was bound by iron chains, which bound them tightly, leaving them only to be burned by the fire.

These are all the beings that the Great Celestial Venerable brought to this place after establishing the new Heavenly Court, under the pretext of disrespecting the gods.

The belief system of the Great Celestial Venerable sustains their lives, leaving them only to suffer constant torture in purgatory.

Some of them harbored hatred towards the Great Celestial Venerable because of what happened to their families, like Wang Ping and his sister, and Su Cheng.

Some were simply unmoved by the new Heavenly Court's temptations and stuck to their own beliefs, which made them a thorn in the side of the new Heavenly Court.

Suddenly, all the chains came off their fastenings. They flew around in the flames like flexible tentacles, eventually coalescing into a thick, dark iron chain.

The iron chain suddenly shot into the air and bound Zhou Ming outside his bio-force field.

Zhou Ming coldly stared at the chains, remaining unmoved, letting the Great Celestial Venerable and the gods do as they pleased.

Ten divine generals, along with thirty-six Heavenly Nets second only to the gods, seized the iron chains.

Then the Great Celestial Venerable grabbed the top of the iron chain.

Together they used all their strength to pull Zhou Ming toward the flames.

"Demon, hell is your final destination!"

The Great Celestial Venerable roared, "I am the master of all living beings, I am the belief within the hearts of humankind. You, demon, dare to shake the Heavenly Court; you are the one who shakes the belief of all living beings!"

As the Great Celestial Venerable and the divine generals and Heavenly Net exerted their power, the iron chains suddenly tightened, emitting a loud, crisp sound.

However, Zhou Ming was not dragged into hell to suffer the raging flames as the Great Celestial Venerable had predicted.

Zhou Ming was like a nail anchored in space; even with the combined efforts of more than a dozen gods, they could not shake him in the slightest.