The Battle of the Snow Plains had come to an end, and Chen Yu's obliteration of the Human Emperor Heaven Palace's forces in the mortal realm had indeed shocked all major orthodoxies and the rogue immortal faction. However, this alone was still not enough to completely suppress them.
Moreover, the immense power he had displayed had provoked a deep desire to kill him among the nine Celestial Venerables of the Upper Realm. If he was not eliminated as soon as possible, he would pose a massive obstacle to the Upper Realm's complete unification of the Eastern Continent.
The greater the danger, the sooner it had to be eradicated; leaving him alive even for a single day could brew even greater consequences.
Chapter 1249