Jiang Ping'an walked up to Xuanming Palace and headed straight through the palace gates. His pace was neither hurried nor slow, each step steady and powerful, as if he were not going to question a top-tier Chaos God Devil, but taking a stroll through his own backyard. His ten thousand feet Dao Body cast a long shadow beneath God City's dark-golden heavenly light. His black Emperor Robe stirred without wind, and the twelve strings of beads on his Heaven-Equaling Crown swayed gently, giving off faint, fragmented clinks.
Seeing this, the guards hurried to stop him. Two God and Devil Guards at the peak of Immortal level raised their Chaos Divine Halberds sideways and blocked the gate. Jiang Ping'an did not even spare them a glance. Pretending to be angry, he suddenly waved his hand, and a vast surge of Heart Force pressed down on them like a mountain as he shouted, "Get lost! Even your master doesn't dare block me!"
The guards were shaken back two steps by that aura. They looked at each other, and actually did not dare stop him again. Jiang Ping'an stepped over the threshold and entered the palace gate. He took a deep breath and shouted loudly into the palace, "Xuanming, come out!"
His voice echoed through the empty great hall like thunder, shaking even the Chaos Devil Flames on the Stone Pillars to either side until they flickered several times. A moment later, the hall doors opened wide, and Xuanming Devil God's voice came from within, carrying a trace of helplessness. "Brother Jade Emperor, if you have something to say, come in and say it."
Jiang Ping'an strode into the great hall. The interior was vast and gloomy. Set into the dome tens of thousands of feet high were dark-golden Chaos Source Crystals, giving