The thought of letting Derik fight alone against six demigod level foes in the mixed domain kept haunting these new gods since they blame themselves for the current situation of things. When they agreed to break the Beyond's seal and siphon as much mana as possible into this empire, they never expected the Beyond to make a bold appearance like this. They were yet to recover from the horrors and nightmares their death brought to them so when they were face to face with the person responsible for their death, they were paralyzed. None of them could explain how Derik could push away his fears and fight in such a condition, all they knew was that the people below have seen their cowardly acts and they could already feel a good number of their power of faith which they were receiving from the mortals below vanish.
Who could they blame for this?
No one but themselves!
For that reason, they wouldn't dare act against the humans below for lacking faith in them.