Beihu Chen was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled up and kowtowed to me, desperately begging for my forgiveness. I clenched my teeth. Quite a few relatives and friends from the villages around Lu Xiaohua and Hei Wa had suffered terribly because of his policies. Even though he had not personally committed murder, he was the chief culprit, which was no different from killing them himself.
Just then, a group of civil and military officials rushed in. Their faces turned deathly pale when they saw the scene. Several of the more hotheaded ones even planned to charge over and rescue him, but I flung out a sleeve and sent them crashing through a pillar and the wall. After that, no one dared move.
"When I conquered this Immortal Domain back then, you were all still nobodies. What? Do you dare lay a hand on the lord of Sky City now?" I slightly raised my head, cold light flashing in my eyes. At once, all the civil and military officials dropped to their knees in unison. Even those I had beaten senseless lay sprawled on the ground, not daring to move.
Beihu Chen was still begging me for forgiveness. I kicked him aside, then slowly walked to the imperial throne. After sitting down, I said, "As for the officials who participated in plundering important resources from other interfaces and secretly peddled them in Sky City without Beihu Huang's approval, I can't be bothered to remind you. Step forward and confess; your punishment may be reduced at my discretion. But if I point you out myself, you will be executed on the spot without exception!"
The moment those words left my mouth, the group of immortals erupted into commotion. Before long, more than a dozen civil and military officials crawled out, trembling