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Ducao is very careful with his words.
"Pfft—" Morgana burst out laughing, laughing so hard she almost cried.
"Xuan Tianji? Pan Zhen's precious disciple? Hahahaha! He was also taken in by that man? Serves him right! He really deserves it! Let those idiots from Lieyang taste what it's like to kick a hornet's nest!"
She gloated for a while before stopping and re-examining Dukao.
"So what? You're telling me this so I can plead with Pan Zhen for you? Or so you can help you deal with that man?"
"I need intelligence."
Dukao's voice was incredibly heavy.
"All the information about that man. You've had direct contact with him; you're the only god who can provide useful information."
"intelligence?"
Morgana's smile vanished, replaced by a deep sense of apprehension.
"My intelligence is this: stay away from him! The farther the better! Don't provoke him, don't analyze him, don't even think about him! He's not someone we can understand!"
"One hour."
Dukao interrupted her.
"In one hour, the judgment of Heaven will come. Earth will be destroyed, and everyone on it, including your demon minions who haven't had time to leave, will die."
Morgana's face darkened. She didn't care about the lives of Earthlings, but she couldn't let her subordinates sacrifice themselves in vain. More importantly, Earth was her frontline against Keisha; she couldn't bear to see it destroyed.
"What do you want to do?"
"I'm going to see him."
A mad, resolute glint flashed in Dukao's eyes. "I want to talk to him face to face. But before that, I need to know exactly what I'm facing. I need you to share with me every detail of your battle, every piece of data your Demon One analyzed, even the gibberish."
Morgana fell silent. Her mind raced.
Dukao is going to his death. But if he can use his death to get that man to intervene in the "Judgment of Heaven," then it will be beneficial to her.
“I can give you the data,” Morgana finally spoke, “but not for free. In exchange, once this matter is settled, I want half of Earth.”
“Sure,” Dukao agreed without hesitation.
What's wrong with promising to give away half of a planet that's already on the verge of destruction?
……
Death Song Academy, an alternate dimension floating deep in the universe, shrouded in death and void.
Death God Karl sat at his desk, gazing intently at a crystal ball. The crystal ball displayed a blurry image of the Human Emperor's Banner descending.
"Interesting, really interesting."
A morbid excitement appeared on Karl's face.
"A weapon based entirely on concepts, not matter or energy. It ignores space, distorts time, and even... rewrites causality. It lets mortals see what is called hell—isn't this just a macroscopic, forcibly injected spiritual information? It's so beautiful, it's practically art!"
Behind him, the Gluttonous King Shizhu of the Giant Wolf Civilization was kneeling on one knee, his body trembling slightly.
“My God Karl, Queen Morgana has just sent a message. She says… she says your ultimate fear may… have already descended upon Earth.”
"Ultimate Fear?"
Karl smiled and adjusted his monocle. "No, Liang Bing is mistaken. This isn't the ultimate fear I'm after, based on the theory of the void. This is something else... something older and more domineering than I've ever seen."
His interest in Zhou Ye instantly reached its peak.
"Connect me to the blazing sun."
Karl whispered, "Tell Pan Zhen not to act impulsively. A being worthy of our respect has appeared on Earth. If he insists on initiating the Heavenly Judgment, the consequences... could be quite interesting."
He wanted to see what would happen when the ultimate weapon of the Sun Star clashed with that man's "rules." To him, this was a once-in-a-lifetime, top-tier experiment.
……
Lieyang Star, Tiandao Tower.
General Pan Zhen's anger nearly set the entire hall ablaze.
"Outrageous! Outrageous! A barbaric pre-nuclear civilization dares to imprison the guardian deity of my blazing sun! Issue my order: Heavenly Dao System, charge! Target: Earth Galaxy!"
"General, you mustn't!"
An old minister hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him.
"Master Xuan Tianji has only gone missing, not confirmed dead. Moreover... Death God Karl just sent a message warning us not to act rashly, saying that a being has appeared on Earth... that even he finds troublesome."
“Karl?” Pan Zhen frowned.
"That Void Madman? How much of what he says can be trusted?"
"It's better to believe it's true, General."
Another general said, "We all know Xuan Tianji's strength. For him to disappear so silently, his opponent must be extraordinary. If we rashly launch the Heavenly Judgment, what if... what if we anger that being and bring about an even greater calamity?"
Pan Zhen paced back and forth in the hall, his anger gradually replaced by a solemn expression.
He wasn't stupid. Xuan Tianji's disappearance was strange enough. Now that even Karl had gotten involved, the seriousness of the situation had exceeded his expectations.
"Then tell me, what should we do?!" Pan Zhen roared.
"Are we just going to stand by and do nothing while our God of War is imprisoned on a desolate planet? Where is the face of the Blazing Sun Heavenly Dao?!"
Inside the main hall, there was complete silence.
After a long silence, the old minister who had spoken first cautiously said, "Perhaps... we can send someone to make some communication first. Just like we did with the Deno system back then. Let's try to get some information about them before making a decision."
"Communication?" Pan Zhen scoffed. "Who would go? Who could carry that weight and guarantee their safety?"
The old minister hesitated for a moment, but finally uttered the name: "Goddess... Lena is on Earth. It is most appropriate for her to come forward. Moreover... perhaps we can ask... Lord Di Hongkun to use his divine sense to cross the galaxy and conduct a divine interrogation."
Upon hearing the name "Di Hongkun," Pan Zhen's body jolted violently.
Di Hongkun, Lena's grandfather, is the true pillar of stability on Lieyang Star, an ancient sun god who has lived for tens of thousands of years.
Asking him to use his divine sense is already the highest level of response.
Pan Zhen took a deep breath and finally nodded.
"Alright! Let's do it this way! Contact Lena immediately! At the same time, prepare the sacrificial array and respectfully invite the Divine Ancestor to send down his divine will!"
A storm casually stirred up by Zhou Ye is sweeping across the entire known universe at an incredible speed. Demons, Death, the blazing sun... all the top-tier god-level civilizations have been drawn into this vortex.
At the center of the vortex, Zhou Ye had just finished the last slice of fatty beef and leaned back in his chair contentedly, saying to Feng Shayan:
"I'm full. This restaurant is good, I'll come again next time."
He picked up a napkin to wipe his mouth, his gaze inadvertently sweeping out the window.
His gaze seemed to pierce through the glass of the hot pot restaurant, through the buildings of Juxia City, through the Earth's atmosphere, and through the endless sea of stars, gently colliding in the void with several "gazes" that were spying on this place, some filled with malice, some with curiosity, and some with majesty.
Morgana, far away on Pluto, suddenly jumped up from her throne, her face filled with horror.
Karl in Deathsong Academy froze on his face.
Deep within the planet Lieyang, an old man who was resting with his eyes closed suddenly opened his golden eyes, which resembled two suns.
"Let's go."
Zhou Ye withdrew his gaze and said to Feng Shayan,
"After dinner, take a walk and see how that guy named Dukao plans to talk to me."
Chapter 415 The Angel's Observation
Earth, low Earth orbit.
Three female angels, clad in silver armor and with pristine white wings, were perched on a thin layer of clouds in an extremely undignified posture, desperately trying to suppress any fluctuations of their energy. Their bodies trembled slightly, not from the cold of space, but from a shiver deep within their souls.
The angel Yan, who always exuded arrogance and confidence, was now completely drained of color from her face. Her deep blue eyes were fixed on the city below, which had returned to peace, but deep within her pupils still reflected the darkness that had swallowed everything not long ago.
"Sister Yan...I...I saw my companions..." Beside her, the angel named Mo Yi spoke in a dry, hoarse voice, completely devoid of her usual heroic bearing. She was a battle-hardened elite guard, but at this moment she resembled a frightened fledgling.
"She was inside that black banner... questioning me, asking why I stood by and watched her be engulfed by the demon's fire, why I didn't save her... half of her body was melted away, and she just... just looked at me like that..."
Another, younger angel was in worse condition; she was almost curled up in a ball, tears streaming silently down her face.
“I saw the Heavenly City… the Heavenly City destroyed by war… all the civilians who died in the war, they… they were all pointing at me, saying that the angels’ justice brought destruction, saying that we were no different from demons, that we were all executioners…”
Yan's heart skipped a beat.
What she saw was far more terrifying than what they experienced.
She witnessed countless civilizations, judged and destroyed under the righteous order of angels throughout countless eras. The wills of those planets wailed, and countless beings who died with their eyes wide open gathered into an unimaginable torrent of hatred, washing over her beliefs again and again. They didn't ask right or wrong, didn't explain the reasons, they simply hated the concept of "angels," and hated the "justice" they brought.
Under the oppressive force of that banner, her proud "justice" appeared for the first time so pale and ridiculous.
It's a soul-searching interrogation. It doesn't care about your stance or your initial intentions; it simply throws all the consequences of your actions, good or bad, back at you in the most ferocious and cruel way, without reservation.
"do not talk."
Yan's voice carried an undeniable command, but upon closer listening, one could detect a hint of barely concealed lingering fear. She forced herself to calm down and initiated remote communication with the Angel Nebula.
The light screen unfolded, revealing the majestic and beautiful image of the holy Keisha.
"Yan, your heart rate and energy fluctuations are extremely unstable. What happened?"
Keisha's voice remained calm as always, as if nothing in the universe could move her.
Yan took a deep breath, sorted out her chaotic thoughts, and reported in the most concise language:
"Queen Keisha, Earth... has seen an incomprehensible entity appear. We have observed the Sun Guardian, Xuan Tianji, attacking a target in Juxia City. Subsequently, the target deployed a... conceptual weapon we call the Human Emperor Banner."
She paused, as if searching for the right words.
"The moment the weapon was deployed, Deno III collapsed, and global dark energy communications were disrupted. All observation equipment failed. Chase, Moy, and all life forms shrouded in it experienced a... judgment on a spiritual level. We saw our comrades who died in the war of the angels, and civilians from many planets... They questioned our justice in the form of vengeful spirits."
For the first time in tens of thousands of years, Keisha's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.
"Conceptual weapon? Soul judgment?"
"Yes."
Yan's voice grew increasingly solemn.
“That wasn’t an illusion, nor was it a mental attack. I could sense that it was some kind of… higher-dimensional reality. It materialized cause and effect and forcibly instilled it into every target it locked onto. Xuan Tianji, this quasi-god-level guardian, offered no resistance after coming into contact with that banner and was directly absorbed into it. The whole process took less than three seconds.”