Lin Su said coldly, "I told you long ago—by a cultivator's power alone, there was simply no way to breach the Confucian Temple. So His Majesty had lent him a hand! For the ruler of a nation to use the imperial seal to destroy the Confucian Temple—this matter has already reached the heavens in its magnitude! Whether it is I or Elder Duan, neither of us has the authority to deal with it. We can only report it to the Holy Hall and await its judgment!"
His Constant Walker Token abruptly rose, and a streak of light shot into the sky...
Li Chi's entire body shook. "Saints, hear me out. This matter..."
With a crack, as though the vault of heaven had split apart, an enormous cleaver suddenly appeared in the sky. Endless majesty spread throughout Great Yu.
"Law judgment!"
"Heavens, a law judgment!"
With a boom, every scholar in the city fell to their knees. No matter where they were, all knelt upon the ground...
"Li Chi, Monarch of Great Yu, you are permitted to defend yourself!" A sacred voice descended from the sky. The entire nation heard it. Like thunder, it shook every heart.
"Reporting to the Saints, this disciple Li Chi is guilty! It is true that I fused the imperial seal's power into a cultivator's sword, but I never intended to attack the Confucian Temple. I only wished to take Lin Su's life. It must have been that villain Lin Su who deliberately diverted the attack toward the Confucian Temple, causing its destruction. That villain is the truly heinous criminal!" Veins bulged across Li Chi's face.
The entire capital fell silent as a graveyard; a needle falling would have been heard.
Heavens, the monarch had personally admitted that he had used a cultivator to assassinate Lin