In his eyes, the future of the Jade Emperor was destined to be bleak.
Perhaps, if the Jade Emperor had been born at the time of the initial opening of Heaven and Earth, during the age when all tribes rose up together, he might have had the qualification to challenge this; but now, from his perspective, the Jade Emperor simply cannot accomplish this.
The human race is led by these common masters of the human race, but it's not solely their doing; it's the collective choice of all humans, the joint will of countless living beings of the human race.
Now the Jade Emperor wants to change all this, which would undermine the foundation of the human race and affect the interests of countless people. Once failed, either he would leave no bones behind or be eternally suppressed.
