Divine Lord Guangming stood frozen. He could sense that something was wrong, but no matter how he tried, he could not figure out what. His head felt ready to split in two.
Panic seized him.
Just then, Divine Lord Tianming suddenly cried out in alarm beside him.
He sprang back dozens of meters for no apparent reason and landed hard on his backside. Bloody tears streamed from his eyes. The sight was deeply unsettling.
"Tianming... what happened?"
Divine Lord Guangming shouted instinctively. Then something occurred to him, and he whipped his head toward the courtyard ahead.
The space inside the empty courtyard suddenly warped. It was not anyone's doing; it looked as though an overwhelmingly powerful Divine Might had swelled and forced space itself to bend.
Invisible shockwaves spread through space.
They soon swept beyond Yun Shan Village and raced in every direction, filling the entire Great Ming Heaven Realm.
A terrifying pressure spread across the realm.
Gulp...
Gulp...
Divine Lord Guangming, Divine Lord Tianming, and the Three Remnant Image Great Dao Divine Lords all swallowed hard.
An overwhelming fear rose in their hearts, beyond their control.
"Divine Lord Li, please calm your anger..."
"Tianming didn't mean it. He simply didn't know how powerful you were and spoke out of turn. Please spare his life..."
Divine Lord Guangming reacted at once. He rushed to the courtyard gate, dropped to his knees, and began kowtowing desperately toward the courtyard.
Seeing this, Divine Lord Tianming hurried to the gate as well and followed his example, kowtowing and begging for mercy.
"My lord... I was blind as a bat, with a single leaf blocking my sight... I offended you with my words. Please show mercy and spare my life. I'm willing to join Guangming in entering your service."
Divine Lord Tianming was terrified.