Xiao Mu was unaffected by the master craftsmen's pleas for mercy. Suddenly, he moved, transforming into a five-colored stream of light, quickly circling around the crowd of master craftsmen.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

None of the master craftsmen dared to resist, as Xiao Mu imposed restrictions on them one after another, causing them to continuously fall to the ground.

"Stay here. Someone will come to arrest you for interrogation soon. If you haven't truly turned to the Heavenly Court, you'll naturally be safe. The human world will not let traitors go, but it won't wrong the innocent."

Having said that, Xiao Mu left the immobilized master craftsmen behind and directly used the Escape Art to return to his station.

The five-colored light flickered, and Xiao Mu's figure became elusive as he left Dalin Abyss.

"This Xiao Xiao, leaving so quickly! Does he not plan on dividing the treasure?"

Not long after Xiao Mu left, Respected Envoy and Huang Yuan hurried over and saw the immobilized master craftsmen on the ground. They immediately guessed it was Xiao Mu's doing.

However, Xiao Mu's abrupt departure still left Huang Yuan feeling dissatisfied, and he couldn't help but grumble.

"Xiao Mu, I think he must have an urgent matter to attend to," Respected Envoy said without any dissatisfaction, smiling and pacifying Huang Yuan.

"Most of these craftsmen are traitors who have betrayed the human world. I'll arrange for some people to take them back," said Zhu Fuchen as the leader of the External Affairs Group and one of the main managers of Twilight Forest Village, beginning to organize personnel to take the master craftsmen back to their station.

"Oh no, look, what is that?"

Respected Envoy's expression suddenly changed, turning gloomy as he stared intently at the distant sky to the west.

Everyone else instinctively looked west.

The western sky had almost completely turned grey-black, covered in dense clouds that looked almost as if the sky was about to collapse.

"There is... there are powerful beings from the Retribution System descending..."

Yu Wen'en stuttered, guessing an ominous possibility.

Upon hearing this, everyone's faces became noticeably heavier.

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In the direction of Dalin Abyss, atop a tall mountain, Zhou Xuanmen suddenly rose into the air, stepping on curse clouds, and gazed up at the west.

In his eyes, the western clouds were even more gloomy and denser. Moreover, within the clouds, he discerned the Power of Retribution.

Thunder and thunderbolts flashed, and heavy rain mingled with Cloud Mist.

"A Divine Monarch of Retribution, another Divine Monarch of Retribution has descended. This person's strength is formidable, even stronger than Yuan Men; could it be Meng Xuantong?"

Zhou Xuanmen discerned the strength of the newcomer from the aura of the high-altitude Calamity Qi, surmising that the strength of this newcomer was even greater than the Divine Monarch of Retribution Yuan Men, making his mood instantly heavy.

He had lent his curse authority as a divine cannon to Mei Zun for use, so he could not wield the curse authority himself for the entire day today.

The arrival of the powerful from the Heavenly Court is an unstoppable force, and besides, even without this freshly arrived powerful being, I alone could not stop these Heavenly Court enforcers. No choice then, it's time to retreat. If it really comes to it, we will have to ask the Divine Phoenix Lady to leave seclusion earlier than planned.

Let all beings of Dalin Abyss in the human world heed my command; with the arrival of a formidable enemy, everyone retreat with me.

"What? We're retreating?"

"The one who has arrived is really a formidable enemy?"

"Who from the Heavenly Court has arrived? It's too terrifying. Even Grand Elder Zhou is ordering a retreat!"

The beings in Dalin Abyss's station of the human world fell into a brief disturbance, some panicking, some worried about the future.

The appearance of the Heavenly Court's powerful drove Zhou Xuanmen to proactively call for a retreat, indicating the might of the newcomer.

Although the beings of the human world are organized, after brief disturbances, they quickly regained their composure and began to orderly withdraw from Dalin Abyss.

"What a pity!"

Zhou Xuanmen, high in the sky, watched the beings of the human world retreat with extremely complex emotions.

Dalin Abyss is the location of the Pool of Chaos, which possibly also seals the Life and Death Seal.

Now, leading the human world's beings to withdraw from Dalin Abyss is tantamount to handing over the Pool of Chaos to the Heavenly Court.

However, at this moment, Zhou Xuanmen was utterly helpless.

There were too many powerful opponents from the Heavenly Court—three True Gods, including one who was the top existence among True Gods.

Against these three powerful foes, it was not just that he temporarily lost his curse authority for a short time, even with the complete curse authority, facing three against one, he would only be slaughtered.

With a regretful frown, Zhou Xuanmen descended from the clouds and gently landed among the withdrawing crowd.

"Grand Elder Zhou, we have safely evacuated everyone from Dalin Abyss."

A young man stepped forward to report the situation to Zhou Xuanmen.

Zhou Xuanmen looked at the young man, "I see, Xiao Gu, request support from Headquarters and find out when the Divine Phoenix Lady can leave her retreat."

"Yes, Grand Elder Zhou, I will arrange it immediately."

Xiao Gu bowed to Zhou Xuanmen, took out his cellphone, and began dialing numbers.

But soon, he reported back to Zhou Xuanmen with disappointment, "Reporting to Grand Elder Zhou, I have inquired with Headquarters. They inform us that the Divine Phoenix Lady has just entered her fourth retreat the day before yesterday, and it is said that she's attempting to break into the Heavenly God Realm. She will not be able to leave the retreat anytime soon."

Heavenly God Realm!

A glint appeared in Zhou Xuanmen's eyes, and his previously furrowed brows relaxed slightly. He was pleasantly surprised by the speed of the Divine Phoenix Lady's strength improvement.

As long as the Divine Phoenix Lady can break into the Heavenly God Realm, the Human world would not have to worry about the lack of a powerful presence.

Although his strength was great, he was still a considerable distance away from breaking into the Heavenly God Realm. If in the past, the arrivals from the Heavenly Court were of weaker strength and he could maintain control, now he could no longer keep the situations under control.

The Human world now urgently needs the presence of someone stronger to maintain control of the situation.

The Divine Phoenix Lady clearly fits this role.

"Pity, yet what a relief!"

Zhou Xuanmen shook his head and then nodded again.

Pity because the Divine Phoenix Lady could not leave her retreat soon, but relieved that she is about to break into the Heavenly God Realm. This way, at least for a short time, there is no need to fear the Heavenly Court bringing a catastrophic calamity to the Human world.

"Let's retreat!"

Zhou Xuanmen waved his hand, signaling everyone to leave the Dalin Abyss.

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In the west, outside Twilight Forest Village, under the thick clouds of high skies, where severe Thunder Tribulations take place...

The Respected Envoy Guobao and Lord of the Nether River stood at the forefront, respectfully awaiting the arrival of a powerful being.

Behind them were several Divine Spirits of the True God Realm, including a blue-faced archer Meng Lei, a True God Realm city god, a True God Realm Life Judge, a True God Realm Calamity star, and another True God Realm Life Judge.

The Heavenly Court has too many powerful beings; there are already as many as five True God Realm Divine Spirits who have arrived.

Behind these True God Realm Divine Spirits of the Heavenly Court are over a dozen ordinary Divine Spirits.

And behind the Divine Spirits, there are at least dozens of Yin Gods.

Thunder rumbled! Crackling! Rushing! Whoosh!

Flashes of lightning, continuous thunderclaps, accompanied by the sound of thunder, high above the skies, streaks of thick lightning passed by...

Thunder rumbled!

Followed by that, high above, it was as if the sky had suddenly exploded, the Power of Destiny pressed down from high above, the shadow of a massive book flickered, the crack opened by the Heavenly Dao suddenly widened, and the corner of the Book of Destiny was stuffed into it.

Boom!

The Earth below seemed to respond, as brilliant golden-yellow light began to converge underground.

This was the authority of the Human Emperor sensing the intrusion of the Power of Destiny, causing a backlash.

Emperor Taija, at this moment, clearly did not wish to struggle directly against the Human Emperor; the Book of Destiny only expanded a crack in the Heavenly Dao's rift and did not truly enter.

Immediately after, from within this black hole-like crack, a figure flickered suddenly.

A tall grey figure plunged directly from the crack, falling like a meteor to the Human world.

And as this figure fell, the Book of Destiny immediately retreated, and the Heavenly Dao's rift returned to normal.

On the ground, the golden-yellow Aura, unable to find the Book of Destiny, dissipated after a moment, slowly blending back into the Earth.

That which fell from the high skies was a tall grey figure. As soon as it landed, it quickly stabilized its form.

Thunder, thunderbolts, lightning, and rain clouds automatically gathered at the feet of the tall figure, forming a massive grey-black Tribulation Cloud.

The figure stood upon the Tribulation Cloud, slowly descending from the high skies.

"Greetings Great True Monarch, we welcome the arrival of the Great True Monarch," said the Respected Envoy Guobao of Yuan Men and Lord of the Nether River Yu Tong, as they and the other Divine Spirits of the Heavenly Court bowed before the imposing grey figure on the grey-black Tribulation Cloud.

"No need for formalities, the Emperor has sent me to the Human world to oversee matters regarding the Life and Death Seal. From this day forth, anything related to the battle and possession of the Life and Death Seal will be under my control," said the grey figure.

"The forces of the Heavenly Court will not engage in conflict with the Human world for the near future, focusing our efforts on breaking through the Creation Array and opening the Pool of Chaos!"

As the grey-black Tribulation Cloud softly landed, the tall grey figure emerged in front of everyone, a man of rugged appearance with boundless explosive power contained within him.

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