Afterward.
At that moment, a melodious bell suddenly rang out between heaven and earth.
The bell seemed to come from the endless void.
Yet it also seemed to descend from above the Ninth Heaven.
In an instant, it rang within the hearts of all living beings.
Along with the bell came a vast, resplendent voice:
"Fellow Daoist Divine Tree, please temporarily withdraw your divine powers and let the Sun God return."
"There cannot be no sun between heaven and earth, and thus there cannot be no Sun God."
Wenren Sheng naturally knew who had come.
He merely spoke according to his own convictions. "She committed a wrongdoing. How can it be settled just because someone says a few words?"
"Since she previously relied on her status as the Sun God to come and oppress others,"
"then she should lose her status as the Sun God."
Upon hearing this, everyone was utterly shaken.
They understood the logic behind his judgment:
So that was how it was.
If one committed a crime by relying on some status or backing, then one would lose that very backing.
This Divine Tree's words were truly audacious.
Even their master, the saint Yuanshi, would not speak this way.
At times, he would pardon someone out of consideration for other saints.
Only this Daoist treated laws and rules as the Dao.
How laughable.
Did he not know that doing so would easily offend many great powers? For example, if those Crows had committed crimes by relying on their identities as Crown Princes of the Demon Clan, then they would lose their status as Crown Princes.
In one stroke, he had offended the greatest race between heaven and earth: the Demon Clan.
One had to know that the Demon Clan encompassed everything, from heaven to earth.
There was