When those deities attacked Zhou Tian with their rule-based abilities, Zhou Tian's time ability activated, directly breaking their attack. Then, using his time ability to accelerate, Zhou Tian took the initiative to charge towards the positions of those deities.
Upon seeing Zhou Tian's actions, the deities' expressions simultaneously changed, and without further ado, they chose to retreat, as if letting Zhou Tian approach them was a terrifying thing.
Of course, it wasn't strange for those deities to act that way, given Zhou Tian's previous performance. Not to mention Zhou Tian's own close combat ability, simply the treasure sword in his hands already made those deities fear allowing Zhou Tian to get close.
