Shen Gongbao and his group left.
They left cleanly and decisively, taking not a single cloud with them and leaving only a complete mess behind.
Before the Xiqi camp, there was dead silence.
The wind swept past, kicking up dust from the ground, yet it could not disperse the utter humiliation and absurdity frozen in the air.
Every Chan Sect immortal stood rooted to the spot as if struck by a petrification spell.
Their gazes all converged on one person.
Jiang Ziya.
The man destined to confer gods on behalf of Heaven was currently holding that glittering [Violation Fine Ticket].
That feather-light Jade Slip felt heavier in his hands than all of Kunlun Mountain.
Every word on it was like a red-hot branding iron searing into his primordial spirit.
"Frozen... disqualified from conferring gods?"
Jiang Ziya's lips moved as he muttered to himself, his voice dry as two pieces of sandpaper scraping together.
He felt that everything he had learned and believed in throughout his life had collapsed at this very moment.
Destiny?
Heaven's will?
Before this single fine ticket, they had all become a joke.
"Pfft!"
True Person Taiyi struggled to get to his feet, only to spit out another mouthful of blood. His aura had withered to its lowest point.
His Merit account had been frozen, his primordial spirit wounded, and even his Dao heart was shrouded in a thick shadow.
He had lost.
And he had lost without ever understanding why.
He had not even touched the hem of their clothes before losing everything.
"Interception Sect!"
True Person Taiyi's eyes were bloodshot as he glared in the direction Shen Gongbao had vanished, forcing out two words through clenched teeth.
"You've gone too far!"
That furious roar finally shattered the silence.
Chi Jingzi, True Master Yuding, and the