Chapter Fifty: I, Heaven's Will, Am Running Away!

No one would court death by trying to seize the List of Deities.

After all, the List of Deities could not directly increase the strength of the powerful. It was more of a symbol—the symbol of the Lord of the Heavenly Court.

Back then, the Heavenly Court had lacked sufficient deities, which was why a great tribulation had arisen between heaven and earth, allowing the Heavenly Court to become the force that truly governed this world.

And now, Haotian had, in a sense, accomplished that.

It was just that this was not the outcome Haotian wanted to see. But as the Lord of the Heavenly Court, Haotian had no way to change it.

That was why he had merely placed the List of Deities on the Deification Platform instead of bringing it with him.

Suddenly.

"Buzz, buzz..."

The opened List of Deities began to hum. Strands of light spread from it, growing denser and denser.

Lines of writing floated out from the List of Deities.

Dou Mu Yuan Jun, Zhao Gongming, Yunxiao, Bixiao, Wen Zhong, Qin Wan... They were all names listed on the List of Deities.

These names represented their respective True Spirit imprints.

Their True Spirit imprints had merged with the List of Deities, granting them immortality. Yet, as a result, they had also lost their freedom.

"This..."

"How could this happen? What's going on?"

The Heavenly Soldiers guarding the area cried out in shock. They were completely helpless against the changes in the List of Deities.

They had no ability to suppress the disturbance in the List of Deities.

Moreover, the List of Deities was not something they were qualified to touch.

"Quick, go report to His Majesty! Tell His Majesty that there's a disturbance in the List of Deities!" a general shouted at a Heavenly Soldier.

"Yes, General." The Heavenly Soldier nodded.

Just as the Heavenly Soldier was about to leave, a faint voice rang out. A man dressed in magnificent robes appeared between heaven and earth.

"Greetings, Your Majesty." The surrounding Heavenly Soldiers and Generals respectfully knelt, not even daring to raise their heads.

They had discovered something that left them utterly shocked.

In other words, this time it was not the Jade Emperor who had come, but the Jade Emperor's true body.

Since he was in charge of the List of Deities, this Heavenly General had some understanding of the Lord of the Heavenly Court.

"Withdraw," Haotian said indifferently. "Leave this place to me."

"Yes, Your Majesty. This subordinate takes his leave." The general waved his hand and slowly led the Heavenly Soldiers away.

Even as they left, the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals kept their heads lowered.

"The List of Deities." Haotian stood in midair, watching the changes in the List of Deities.

It could be said that even he was unable to grasp what was happening to the List of Deities.

"What exactly happened?" Haotian's gaze sharpened.

It was obvious that something must have happened for the List of Deities to undergo such a change.

"Boom, boom..."

A shocking rumble suddenly erupted from the List of Deities.

Two characters transformed into white light, detached themselves from the List of Deities, and vanished before Haotian's eyes in an instant.

The List of Deities slowly returned to calm.

"How is this possible?" Haotian's expression changed. His eyes widened, unable to believe what he had seen.

"Someone who was conferred as a deity escaped from the List of Deities." Haotian drew in a sharp breath.

This was truly inconceivable.

It had never happened before, and Haotian had never thought something like this could happen.

After all, to a certain extent, the List of Deities was a product of the great tribulation of heaven and earth.

To break free from it, one would surely need power capable of resisting Heaven's Will.

"The two names just now were Yunxiao and Qiongxiao." Haotian's gaze turned contemplative. "Is this because of the future great tribulation? Or is there some other reason?"

Haotian thought of the incident not long ago when Ksitigarbha had attacked Mount Ling. That matter had also been extremely shocking.

"Rumble..."

A shocking roar suddenly erupted between heaven and earth, and a terrifying aura left even Haotian aghast.

That was the power of heaven and earth—the tribulation of heaven and earth.

This was the punishment for breaking free from the List of Deities.

Flower-Fruit Mountain.

Dark clouds stretching for tens of millions of miles churned, with bolts of lightning constantly leaping within them.

The power of heaven and earth was gathering.

The heavens were about to unleash a thunder punishment.

Many Quasi-Saint powerhouses sensed this terrifying aura as well.

A heavenly thunder tribulation.

How long had it been since anything like this had happened?

Could a Quasi-Saint cause such a disturbance? Perhaps only the legendary Saints could.

Huoyun Cave, Mount Ling, the Heavenly Court, Wuzhuang Temple, the North Sea, the Netherworld Blood Sea...

Countless Quasi-Saint powerhouses turned their gazes toward the disturbance.

They wanted to see who exactly had caused such a change in heaven and earth.

However, because the range of this thunder tribulation was too vast, even those Quasi-Saint powerhouses could not discover in the short term that it was happening at Flower-Fruit Mountain.

And above Flower-Fruit Mountain—

In the sky covered by dark clouds, a colossal eye slowly opened.

The Eye of Heavenly Punishment.

That was the true tribulation of heaven and earth.

It could be said that even a Saint could not cause Heaven's Will to launch such an attack or display such a reaction.

Next, the Eye of Heaven's Will shifted its gaze toward the General Store.

Heaven's Will could sense that the power interfering with the List of Deities had spread from within.

"Then..."

"Crack..."

Chapter Fifty: I, Heaven's Will, Am Running Away!

"Crack..."

Cracks began to spread across the enormous Eye of Heavenly Punishment, as though it were made of glass.

The cracks gradually grew wider and wider.

At this moment, Heaven's Will, which possessed only a sliver of consciousness, was instantly dumbfounded.

How had it sustained such a severe injury?

At the same time, Heaven's Will had a feeling that if the power just now had been a little stronger, it might even have been killed.

This caused the enormous Eye of Heavenly Punishment to blink, then look toward the General Store below.

It understood.

The power had probably come from that building below. There was a terrifying existence down there that was even stronger than it.

Next, the reaction of the Eye of Heavenly Punishment was completely unexpected. It simply closed, then slowly vanished from this world.

The dark clouds covering tens of millions of miles also rapidly dispersed.

As for the so-called tribulation—

What a joke. If the opponent was weaker than Heaven's Will, Heaven's Will would not waste words and would attack directly.

But when facing an existence stronger than itself, it would have loved to grovel and curry favor. Fortunately, Heaven's Will was still too ignorant to possess such awareness.

Otherwise, Heaven's Will might truly have gone over to grovel and curry favor.

From its contact just now, Heaven's Will understood that the difference between its strength and that of the existence was like the difference between heaven and earth.

Meanwhile, Wu Feng, who was currently staying in the General Store, knew nothing about what had happened.

At the same time.

The Quasi-Saint bigshots who had been watching the heavenly tribulation were also completely dumbfounded.