"North Desert is my fief and Dao field! You came in such a menacing manner—what do you intend?"
The moment Li Qingyun's Merfolk clone, Dao Lord Yongsheng, and the others stepped into North Desert, Dao Lord Zhenyi, the North Desert Domain Lord who had been anxiously patrolling all along, immediately sensed them and sent out a warning through Dao resonance.
The Merfolk "Quan Lei" smiled faintly and halted, casting Dao Lord Yongsheng a meaningful look.
Understanding, Dao Lord Yongsheng unfurled a provincial temple edict toward the heavens and declared loudly, "Zhenyi, North Desert Domain Lord, has meddled with the provincial temple and coveted a higher position. This is gross disrespect!
"Having remained in North Desert for many years, she has committed countless absurd acts, leaving North Desert ever more desolate and impoverished. This is virtue unworthy of the position..."
"Dao Lord Zhenyi, please relinquish your position of your own accord. At least then you may preserve some shred of face..."
The Dao resonance rumbled, carrying across the lands of North Desert.
Zhenyi was both shocked and enraged. She immediately interrupted Yongsheng's continued reading. "Hmph, if one wants to accuse someone, what excuse can't one find! I am the lord of an entire domain. Even a provincial temple Saint Venerable cannot strip me of my Commended Jade Body with a single word! Leave at once, or don't blame me..."
Rumble!
As she spoke, she drove her divine sense. Earthly qi surged up, the void dimmed and changed color, and a vast momentum of heaven and earth condensed before pressing fiercely toward Yongsheng and his party.
"To defy the provincial temple's decree and make an enemy of the Saint Venerable—how foolish!"
Faced with the approaching momentum of heaven and earth, Dao Lord Yongsheng remained entirely composed. He tapped the Dao edict with