Flying fish
The 'crisis' they refer to isn't some external forces out there.. but the internal forces in kunlun field! When ruochen formally takes action against chi yao, it would be labelled as rebellion and a huge internal war will erupt in kunlun field, saints will fall, lands will burn and when war will come to end and ZR will become the emperor of kunlun field it will take him years to restore kunlun field back to the way it was before
Damn just imagine the most powerful warrior aka the god empress/first central empire empress seeing ZX and everyone kneeling except for him,rebelling against her,everyone is left petrified and scared and they wonder why is he doing that and the fight between ZX and her destroys everything there is there to see