Chapter 1565: Immediate Execution

Witnessing Gu Pan's boldness, Ye Guan was a little surprised. In the beginning, his alliance with Gu Pan was purely based on mutual benefit. But now, he was at a disadvantage. Even then, Gu Pan still chose to stand by him. This was something Ye Guan hadn't expected at all.

He smiled faintly. "Alright."

The Great Daoist Brush Master cast a surprised glance at Gu Pan, but he quickly shifted his gaze back to Ye Guan. "Ye Guan, you can be so brazen only because you have your family behind you, but are you really going to get all these people killed for your stubbornness?

"Remember, you can survive, but they don't have that luxury. If you surrender, I promise you, none of them will have to die."

Gu Pan boldly said, "Brother Ye, don't be afraid. With me here, there won't be any problems."

The Great Daoist Brush Master glanced at him sideways. "Stop bluffing, alright? Look into your conscience and tell me honestly, do you really think you can beat all these people?"

Gu Pan's eyes swept the crowd, his spirit unyielding. "If my true body were here, you lot—"

The Great Daoist Brush Master waved his hand dismissively. "Oh, shut the hell up. I'm tired of hearing that line."

Then, he looked back at Ye Guan and said, "I'll give you one last chance. If you won't surrender, I'll start slaughtering them."

Ye Guan turned his gaze to the Great Daoist Brush Master and said, "You said before that you knew I'd gone to seek reinforcements. How did you know?"

"Does it even matter at this point?"

"No, it doesn't matter anymore."

"So, what's your decision?"

Ye Guan didn't answer. Instead, he took out a blood-red ancient book.

The Great Daoist Brush Master's brows furrowed. "What, you're going to use an artifact to defeat me? Do you really think that's realistic? Unless you can summon your aunt's Path Sword, you won't—"

Just then, Ye Guan brought his fingers together and pointed at the blood-red ancient book, letting a drop of his blood fall onto it. His eyes slowly closed as he said, "I, Ye Guan, swear on my blood that I will witness the destruction of the Temple of the Gods."

Ye Guan's sudden move stunned everyone. What was he doing?

The Great Daoist Brush Master looked equally puzzled.

What the hell is this guy up to now?

Rumble!

Just then, a terrifying aura surged forward like a raging flood from the depths of the starry skies. In an instant, it arrived in the skies above everyone..

Everyone looked up at the sky in shock. Could that be Ye Guan's reinforcements?

The aura seemed to come from a distant past, rolling in with an endless, overwhelming pressure that even the assembled gods couldn't withstand. Many could not help but bend under its weight.

Then, a phantom suddenly appeared in the sky above them.

The Great Daoist Brush Master stared at the phantom in confusion, not knowing what Ye Guan was up to.

All the gods stared intently at the phantom, and their faces were serious. It was just an avatar, and its true body had not arrived yet. While they were reeling from shock and confusion, however, the phantom began to solidify.

The next moment, a black-robed middle-aged man materialised.

This was his true body.

When the Great Daoist Brush Master saw him, he frowned deeply. He thought Ye Guan would call someone from the Yang Family, but this man wasn't from the Yang Family.

The black-robed man's gaze immediately locked onto Ye Guan, and his eyes radiated killing intent.

Ye Guan raised his hands in surrender. "I surrender. I'm coming clean!"

Even the black-robed man was slightly taken aback.

What the hell?

Ye Guan looked at the black-robed man and said, "I'm the blasphemer..."

The black-robed man stared at him, speechless for a moment. Even he was stunned by what was unfolding before him.

He was the Judicial Officer of the Temple of the Gods, responsible for hunting down powerful blasphemers at large. The blasphemers he usually encountered would always try to trick him, but this guy in front of him had voluntarily reached out, claiming he wanted to come clean and surrender.

Is this some kind of trap?

He scanned his surroundings, but he quickly realized that these people around here were actually very weak. His gaze returned to Ye Guan.

Ye Guan said, "I would like to report someone."

The black-robed man's eyes narrowed. "Report someone?"

Ye Guan nodded. "If I report another blasphemer, can I get a lighter sentence?"

The black-robed man fell silent.

Have these blasphemers turned on each other?

Ye Guan simply waited for an answer, calm and patient.

The black-robed man weighed it in his mind and said, "It's possible."

Ye Guan pointed at the Great Daoist Brush Master. "He's also a blasphemer."

The black-robed man turned to look at him, not saying a word.

The Great Daoist Brush Master's face darkened. "Ye Guan, don't you dare twist things. When did I ever become a blasphemer?"

"I have proof!" Ye Guan exclaimed. He opened his palm, and a Cloud Recorder floated up. The device played back a scene from earlier, where the Great Daoist Brush Master had said, "The Divine Will? That thing? The only reason it's so rampant now is that I haven't had the time to deal with it. Once I'm done with you, just watch how I'll handle it."

The black-robed man's face instantly turned cold. The Great Daoist Brush Master was stunned, and the gathered gods around him were also dumbfounded.

Ye Guan respectfully said, "Not only is this person a blasphemer, but these 'gods' around him are also blasphemers. They claim to believe in the Divine Will, but they follow someone who blasphemed it.

"They are equally guilty. I ask you to punish them severely."

The black-robed man asked, "Why are you doing this?"

Ye Guan replied, "I had an epiphany. Please, my lord! Grant me a chance to start anew."

"Ye Guan!" the Great Daoist Brush Master roared, "You're out of mind, you...!"

Ye Guan completely ignored him. If he couldn't defeat him, then they would all go down together!

The black-robed man was silent for a while before saying, "I cannot absolve your sins because you swore using the Fate Book. That's not just simple blasphemy. This is beyond my authority, but your actions here do count as meritorious.

"When we reach the Temple of the Gods, I will plead on your behalf and ask the Main God to show leniency."

Ye Guan nodded eagerly. "Okay!"

The black-robed man suddenly opened his palm, and a blood-red iron chain appeared in his hand. He swept his cold gaze over the Great Daoist Brush Master and the gods beside him. His voice was icy as he said, "You claim to believe in the Divine Will, yet when faced with a blasphemer, you did not punish him and instead chose to follow him.

"This is a grave sin. By law, you are to be executed immediately."

The expressions of the gods present changed dramatically.

Even the Great Daoist Brush Master's face darkened. He glared at the black-robed man and said, "My lord, this is all part of his scheme! He—"

The black-robed man directly interrupted him. "Your blasphemy is a fact. As for the rest, it's none of my concern."

The Great Daoist Brush Master was so enraged that he laughed. "Divine Will? Like hell I need to blaspheme that. What nonsense!"

"Impudent!" The black-robed man snapped in fury, and a terrifying aura instantly enveloped the Great Daoist Brush Master and the others.

King Yan suddenly stepped forward, and his aura surged back to full strength as he glared at the black-robed man and said, "Our belief in the Divine Will is our own matter. What right do you have to judge us? Who do you think you are to judge us?"

The black-robed man turned his cold gaze to King Yan. "So you truly are a heretic. Since that's the case, you deserve to die."

He opened his palm, and the blood-red chain flew out at lightning speed. In an instant, it was already in front of King Yan.

King Yan didn't flinch. He charged forward and punched the chain with full force. Now that his cultivation was restored, his strength was completely different from before. His punch erupted with a force as massive as a volcanic explosion.

Boom!

The moment their powers collided, they exploded outwards. King Yan was blasted tens of thousands of meters away by the impact!

The black-robed man, however, didn't move even an inch.

It was a direct suppression.

The black-robed man flicked his sleeve, and the shockwaves of power in front of him instantly vanished without a trace. He glared coldly at King Yan, sneering, "You're nothing but lowly gods who aren't even qualified to enter the Temple of the Gods, yet you dare to be so insolent in front of me? Ridiculous!"

He opened his palm, and a mysterious pillar of fire suddenly shot up from his hand, soaring into the sky. Countless mysterious flames of divine laws radiated outwards from that pillar of fire. The moment these flames appeared, the faces of all the gods present changed drastically.

They sensed the threat of it. This was something that could actually kill them.

After becoming gods and refining their divine bodies, they were typically very hard to kill. Back then, Gu Daotian was far stronger than them, but he couldn't truly kill them, as their faith in the Divine Will bolstered their fleshly bodies.

However, these flames made of divine laws made them realize that the power of the Divine Will within them was fading away bit by bit.

King Yan and the others were stunned.

What kind of power is that?

The black-robed man said, "You claim to believe in the Divine Will, yet you do not honor it, making you no different from heretics. By the law of the Temple of the Gods, I revoke your divine power and cast you into the Abyss to be imprisoned for a billion years!"

"Wonderful, wonderful!" Ye Guan clapped. Then, he pointed at the Great Daoist Brush Master. "My lord, this man is the true mastermind of these crimes. I recommend immediate execution instead of mere imprisonment.

"This is merely one of his avatars and not his true body. His true body has committed even more heinous crimes. Killing this avatar would be treating the symptoms, not the root cause. I suggest you kill his true body and eradicate the source of trouble once and for all."

The black-robed man pondered for a moment and said, "You make a fair point."