Punish the Thief

He Who Steals a Hook Is Executed

Crack!

Another fissure abruptly appeared on the cover of the Book of Conviction. Between its pages, the scarlet writing gathered anew, shifting, overlapping, and unfolding.

Like an eye gazing down from on high.

Distant and indifferent.

Scornful of dust.

The Abyss Lord felt as though he had fallen into an ice pit.

The instant that eye appeared, the Book of Conviction—which had served him flawlessly for centuries, as readily as an arm obeyed a hand—slipped from his control. Not only could it no longer use the accumulated sins to bring down Absolute Punishment upon Ji Jue, it instead locked onto him.

Then, black writing rose from the pages like flame, terrifying and violent, like the wrath of Heaven!

[Great Evil]!

Ten unforgivable treasons, a hundred crimes punishable by clan extermination!

The deepest mechanism of the Book of Conviction—the terrifying power that even he could not easily wield—had been triggered in an instant. Countless blades and shackles seemed to surround his body as the abyss opened beneath his feet, and endless flames soared upwards from within the illusion.

In the instant before he was crushed to pieces and turned to ashes, he could only make a ruthless decision!

Boom!!!

The Abyss Lord's body exploded, along with the Book of Conviction in his hand. Relying on the control and corrosion of Usurper's Law accumulated over all these years, he cut off his own arm to save himself!

Before the Book of Conviction could fully activate, he completely detonated and destroyed this body, most of his power, and the Book of Conviction itself!

Throughout the vast Sea Abyss, the sounds of collapse rang without end, while screams surged like a tide.

Countless magnificent palaces he had accumulated over centuries fell apart, and scale-bearers burst into clouds