Severely Punishing the Guilty Gods to Quell the Turmoil, Jiang Sheng Enters the Inner Hall

Crack!

A crisp sound instantly plunged Peixiang Palace's inner hall into silence.

Just moments ago, Peixiang Palace had been filled with toasting cups and joyous revelry. Now it was silent as a cicada in winter. Amid the fragrance of imperial wine permeating the hall, Maitreya Bodhisattva no longer watched the three Moon Lords dance, while Jinglian Bodhisattva and Mingguang Bodhisattva ceased discussing the delicacies of land and water.

Even Daoist Lord Qiongyun could not help looking around, suspicion and alarm in his eyes. The immortals, Buddhas, gods, and sacred beings in the hall lost their voices at once and all looked toward the high platform.

Kaiyuan Heavenly Venerable glared furiously at the Golden Palace Heavenly Emperor. Behind the Heavenly Venerable's clear Dao Wheel, a vast Dharma Image could faintly be seen standing amid the heavens and myriad worlds, spanning billions of ages and countless realms of space-time. It held the Heaven-Piercing Kaiyuan Seal and the Tianhe World-Sealing Ruler, dividing time and investigating destiny.

Daoist Lord Yueheng, Daoist Lord Dejing, Daoist Lord Miaoyan, and the other Daoist Lords of the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect all subtly released their auras, remotely locking onto Mingxian Bodhisattva, Lingjue Bodhisattva, Lingding Arhat, and the several Heavenly Court Emperors opposite them. As the Daoist Lords of the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect locked onto them, Mingxian Bodhisattva, Lingjue Bodhisattva, Lingding Arhat, and the Heavenly Court's Emperors did not know what had happened, yet instinctively roused their own auras and locked back onto them.

Even those in the Pure Yang realm reacted thus; the far more numerous Great Vehicle cultivators and Five Calamities True Lords in the hall naturally brought out their magic treasures as well, watching one another warily. The three Moon Lords stood in the middle, too frightened to move amid the clashing auras of the