This Is Way Too Human

Huang Yan's words left the Abyss Core Layer deathly silent.

It was not the ordinary silence of people having nothing to say.

It was as though an invisible hand had gripped every throat. Even the ripples of their True Spirits faltered for half a beat.

In midair, Big Black Fish, who had just received his "promotion," froze.

His black-and-white scales glimmered faintly in the Grey-gold Light. His tail swished twice without thinking, and a string of bubbles gurgled up from his mouth.

He looked ridiculous.

But no one could laugh.

What Huang Yan had just said was far too absurd.

The first name glowing red in the Reception Register—the person judged the best candidate for the Trial—was Yang Yu.

Gu Shan rubbed his bald head and looked from Huang Yan to Yang Yu on the Throne.

His expression was strange.

It was like watching someone mold an ancestral tablet out of mud, only for the ancestor to climb out of it a moment later and nod.

"Boss."

Gu Shan's mouth twitched. It took him a long time to get the words out.

"We cooked up a fake story behind closed doors and forced a Realm-Suppressing Divine Beast into existence. And the first person this register wants to arrest... no, the first person it wants to receive is you?"

Huang Yan's scales went numb.

Yang Yu leaned back on the Throne. He neither denied it nor looked surprised.

He merely lowered his eyes and tapped the armrest.

Once.

Twice.

Three times.

There was no panic in his Gray-Gold Pupils, only the calm of a mind racing at full speed.

He was thinking.

Xuan Jiu held the Black Sword and spoke coldly. "Because of Causality."

"Yes."

Zhi Xing's eyes were closed, and a faint light flowed through the Star Mark between her