"So you never even set foot inside that barrier yourself, yet you sent the Saints under your command in?"
Qinglong's expression darkened slightly.
He had his own selfish motives. After discovering that the Storm God's Throne had sent people south to sea, the first thing he did was notify Sky Water and have the Source Tower's divine envoys depart immediately with a large force of elites. Only then did he convene this Deep Sea meeting among the Highest Seats to share intelligence.
This way, the Source Tower could both mobilize first and have a few more troublemakers share the risks!
But he never expected the Storm God's Throne to be completely insane... Time distortion, Authority erasure—he had actually sent Saints sailing out just like that?
"What, is there some law saying I can't?"
The Storm God's Throne said calmly, "How I use the Saints under my command is my right."
The silent Empress finally spoke. "If the Time-Warped Land exists, then how did the first explorers to reach the Frozen Sea return unharmed?"
"That isn't difficult to explain."
The Storm God's Throne turned and looked toward Lin Lei. "The resistance barrier of the Frozen Sea Ruins most likely only affects Fire Seed wielders... especially the Time-Warped Land. Everyone returned safely from the last expedition. Even the Apostles carrying some Authority Power were unaffected."
"The Apostles may have been unaffected because they didn't undergo God's Descent." Bai Zhu spoke up. "Wearing an insignia does not count as possessing Authority. Unlike us, they are not constantly enveloped by Authority Power... The last expedition was calm and nothing happened, but if Authority is truly used, no one knows what might happen."
"You make sense."
Storm shrugged. "Regardless of the exact truth... the fact that those ruins do not welcome Thrones of God is