The crisp sound of something breaking rang out across the silent battlefield.
Beneath the Saint Law Goddess Aetheria's Faceless Silver Crown, her posture froze for an instant.
The light of the Heavenly Scales in her hand flickered rapidly, while the pages of her Codex turned on their own with a rustle, as though searching for the relevant law anew.
Holy Law Chains were laws made manifest. They should have been unbreakable unless opposed by a rule of equal or greater power.
But the force around Qin Chuan, with its promise of a final end to all things, had clearly reached a level she had not anticipated.
"Heretical power. A distortion of law..." Aetheria's voice remained steady, but the authority within it rose sharply. "Another crime to your name!"
She made no attempt to repair the broken chain. Instead, the Codex blazed, and an edict wreathed in silver fire appeared upon its pages.
"Trial: Sin Karma Soulburn!"
This time, there was no solid chain.
An invisible force of judgment aimed at the soul surged from the Codex.
It became countless fine silver threads that drove straight toward Qin Chuan's brow, seeking to ignite the Sin Karma deep within his soul. His past killings and the power he had seized would fuel the flames that burned him from within.
"You have blasphemed against gods and stolen Divine Authority. Every deed defied the heavens! Your soul shall repay the debt to order!"
Aetheria's voice echoed through Qin Chuan's sea of consciousness like a great bell. Every word carried the finality of a verdict.
Dies Martin's expression changed. "This is bad! The judgment targets the Soul Origin and directly draws on the karma created by the target's own actions. Once it catches fire, even a god may not survive!"
He wanted to intervene, but