Though it was unintentional, in some ways, the decision those True Gods made to deal with Zhou Tian had already led them into the conflict at the Divine King level. And such a situation was definitely something they did not want to see, as the mere spread of the power from a Divine King battle could be enough to lead to their annihilation.
Having never considered participating in such high-level conflicts, if they had known earlier that Zhou Tian had the backing of a Divine King, those True Gods would not have deliberately targeted Zhou Tian. But due to their ignorance of this situation, they found themselves at this point.
In the circumstances at the time, after that Deity appeared, although they felt they had been trapped by Zhou Tian, their response speed wasn't exactly slow.
