141: The Book of Heavenly Judgment

"Mas—Master...! Save—save me! This person is so arrogant and conceited. Master, please, I beg you to descend punishment upon him!"

The Strange Old Man felt the power of the Immortal Sword hanging over his head.

His heart felt filled with immense trembling.

Because from that Immortal Sword, he sensed an extraordinary power.

That... that was actually a sword that seemed to have once slain a god.

The Strange Old Man was certain that, in the face of this sword, he had no power to resist.

Fortunately, his Master was there, which gave the Strange Old Man some peace of mind.

But that figure paid no heed to the old man's words.

He only looked at Gu Yuan, and... Tian Mei behind him.

"Your aura... is strange, and... a heavenly dao incarnation. Since you see this seat, why do you not kneel!?"

His golden eyes suddenly narrowed, and immediately after, an aura belonging exclusively to a heavenly dao incarnation erupted from his body.

Meanwhile, Tian Mei, who was talking to Chi Lin and the others, paused.

She bit her lip and came to Gu Yuan's side, looking at that figure.

"I am no longer a heavenly dao incarnation, Heavenly Punishment Your Excellency, so... why should I kneel?"

With Gu Yuan by her side, Tian Mei felt no fear in her heart.

Yes, this captain-level heavenly dao incarnation was named Heavenly Punishment.

As the name suggests, He was in charge of punishment on behalf of the Heavenly Dao.

As long as the living beings of the world committed transgressive acts, they would be punished by Heavenly Punishment.

Similarly, it was the same for heavenly dao incarnations.

Thus, after hearing Tian Mei's words, Heavenly Punishment immediately rebuked:

"To actually take the initiative to abandon the status of a heavenly dao incarnation, Tian Mei, are you going to betray the Heavenly Dao!?"

Heh!

Gu Yuan sneered upon hearing this.

"Is the status of a heavenly dao incarnation so noble? Why do I feel it's not as good as being my little maid?"

After saying that, Gu Yuan even pulled Tian Mei into his embrace and raised an eyebrow at Heavenly Punishment.

"Never mind a heavenly dao incarnation, even if your Heavenly Dao itself were in the form of a woman, this young Master would still flirt with it without hesitation."

Tian Mei was pulled into Gu Yuan's embrace, her heart thumping wildly.

And after hearing Gu Yuan's words, even Tian Mei was somewhat stunned.

No, was Gu Yuan... was he always this brave!?

That was the Heavenly Dao; how could he... how could he harbor such thoughts... But then she remembered how she had been treated by him when they first met.

Tian Mei suddenly felt that... it seemed like nothing much after all.

And after Heavenly Punishment heard Gu Yuan's nearly treasonous speech,

His golden eyes were instantly filled with cold killing intent.

Due to his anger, his eyes even began to burn with physical flames.

"To profane the heavenly majesty and be so treasonous—even if you have the aura of That Woman, I shall grant you the death penalty!"

Heavenly Punishment's voice was extremely cold and indifferent, and at the same time, a heavy ancient book appeared out of thin air in his left hand.

It was a book that looked extremely ancient and simple.

And when this book appeared, everything in the world seemed as if it had been written into it.

Its entire body emitted a pressure that made all living beings tremble, as ancient as the primordial Chaos.

Heavenly Punishment had originally sensed that Gu Yuan seemed to have the aura of That Woman on him.

Therefore, for a moment, he did not dare to act rashly.

After all, the shadow That Woman cast over them, the heavenly dao incarnations, was truly too great.

However, the man before him actually spoke so recklessly of the Heavenly Dao.

He even, even made such arrogant remarks.

As a captain-level heavenly dao incarnation, how could Heavenly Punishment tolerate this?

"The book of heavenly judgment... Gu Yuan, be careful! That is a Magical Artifact formed from the will of the Heavenly Dao, capable of passing judgment on all living beings in the world!"

Tian Mei said with a solemn expression when she saw the ancient book in Heavenly Punishment's hand.

Oh?

Hearing Tian Mei's words, Gu Yuan nodded slightly, understanding.

Heavenly Punishment held the book in his left hand and gently flipped open the first page with his right.

There was no text in the book of heavenly judgment; it was just a blank page.

And although Heavenly Punishment did not make any sound,

The Laws of heaven and earth suddenly tightened at this moment.

The next moment, Gu Yuan felt the surrounding space instantly freeze.

It was as if countless invisible shackles reached out from the Void Realm.

To tightly lock away every trace of Gu Yuan's vitality and even his Soul.

This was a pure suppression of the Heavenly Dao Law.

Without any emotion, it was as if it were merely executing the coldest punishment.

"I am Heavenly Punishment, and I hereby declare your crime: Recklessly speaking of the Heavenly Dao..."

For every word Heavenly Punishment spoke, a character appeared on the previously blank page of the book of heavenly judgment.

"Therefore, I grant you the corresponding punishment. Sentence: Soul Extinction!"

When Heavenly Punishment finished speaking, this sentence was written in the book of heavenly judgment.

The next moment, the characters in the book of heavenly judgment actually began to jump one by one and then floated in the air.

Then, each word turned into a gray rune, entangling Gu Yuan like maggots on a bone.

Heavenly Punishment closed the book of heavenly judgment, his eyes looking at Gu Yuan with extreme coldness.

In his eyes, this person was already a corpse.

Gu Yuan only frowned slightly.

He could feel that those gray runes were not simple characters.

But contained the terrifying Law of obliterating the Divine Soul and stripping away vitality.

Only... the corners of Gu Yuan's mouth curled up slightly.

The next moment, the Immune to All Laws trait of the Eternal Chaos Body was automatically triggered.

Those gray runes, which seemed to carry an aura that could destroy the world,

When they touched Gu Yuan's body, they actually directly collapsed and shattered in the air.

The Eternal Chaos Body is Immune to All Laws; even if those runes were attacks based on the Heavenly Dao Law,

Their effect was only to obliterate the Divine Soul and strip away vitality.

For the Immune to All Laws characteristic of the Eternal Chaos Body, these were perfectly countered.

"Hmm...?"

Upon seeing this, Heavenly Punishment's golden eyes suddenly shrank.

How is this possible!?

One must know that those characters were not simple symbols.

They were characters generated by the book of heavenly judgment, a direct manifestation of the will of the Heavenly Dao.

How could a being of this world possibly block this power?

If it were resisted so easily, then what was the point of their existence as heavenly dao incarnations?

"Your Physique... As expected, it really is so. That is a Physique spurned and cursed by the Heavenly Dao. You—you actually managed to achieve its Awakening!?"

Heavenly Punishment's voice was no longer as calm as before; instead, it was filled with soaring fury.

He recognized the person's Physique.

It was a Physique that the Heavenly Dao absolutely could not tolerate, a Physique that the Heavenly Dao would destroy.

Originally, he thought no living being in this world could possibly awaken such a Physique.

After all, once such a Physique appeared, it would be detected by the Heavenly Dao and destroyed.

But the person before him had actually achieved Awakening completely unscathed.

That's it; it's because of That Woman!