Exposing a Higher-Dimensional Judgment: From "Wall-Breaking" to "Heavenly Punishment," the Fate Defier is Marked

Everyone's gaze was nailed firmly to that Light Screen.

The originally clear characters were fading, replaced by fragmented symbols that seemed to seep in from beyond the endless reaches of space and time.

[Wall-Breaking Plan...]

On the Light Screen, these four cold, metallic-textured characters appeared first.

"Wall-Breaking Plan?" The wicked smile on Zhou Weiqing's face froze. He rubbed his chin, looking puzzled. "What does that mean? Breaking what wall?"

Rong Nianbing's brow furrowed tightly. As the God of Emotion, he could keenly sense that behind these four words lay a pure, programmatic will devoid of any emotion. This was more chilling than any violent rage.

Following that, more characters began to emerge with difficulty. They flickered like images with a poor signal, each character seemingly carrying a massive amount of information, causing the very space of the God Realm Committee to distort slightly.

[...Look...at...me...]

[...Know...ledge...Power...]

[...Abyss.]

The fragmented words were illogical, yet every God King present felt immense pressure. It was the sensation of being overlooked by an entity of a higher dimension, as if everything about them was under the other party's scrutiny.

"Abyss?" Tang Wulin's pupils contracted sharply.

For him and Gu Yuena, these two words were an indelible nightmare. It was the terrifying plane that had once nearly swallowed the entire Douluo Star, the root cause of countless lives being plunged into misery. Could it be that behind all of this lay a connection to that Abyss?

Gu Yuena's body tensed slightly. Her silver hair stirred without wind, and elements condensed around her, filled with vigilance.

Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Eye operated at full power, attempting to see through the essence behind these characters, but he saw only chaos and void. It was a power that transcended his scope of understanding; any attempt to pry would be instantly assimilated and devoured.

"Is it... showing off its arsenal?" A'Dai, the former Mandun the God of Death, spoke in a hoarse voice. Knowledge, power, abyss... these words all pointed toward destructive capabilities.

And just as everyone's minds were shaken, all the fragmented characters on the Light Screen vanished, converging into a single, complete, and clear line of text that carried supreme majesty.

The blood-red font seemed as if it had been written with the blood of countless gods and demons, every stroke exuding the aura of judgment.

[Sin shall be cleansed by 'Heavenly Punishment'.]

If the previous "We have our own ideas" had been the spark that ignited the fire of the gods' resistance, then this line of text was a bucket of ice water poured over their heads, carrying a bone-chilling cold intended to extinguish that flame entirely.

"Heavenly Punishment?" Hai Long's expression became incredibly strange. He was stunned at first, but then that unrestrained arrogance surged back into his heart. "What a big mouth! I'd like to see who dares to judge me, and who is capable of bringing down 'Heavenly Punishment'!"

"This isn't arrogance; it's a declaration." Tang San's voice drew everyone's attention back. His expression remained calm, but beneath that calm, giant waves were already churning.

"The 'Wall-Breaking Plan' must be its operation codename." Tang San's gaze swept over the blood-red text. "Cataloging our past was not done without purpose. It is filtering—filtering out the 'sinners' in its eyes. And we, who act against the heavens and refuse to follow its arrangements, are clearly on that list."

He reached out and pointed at the glaring words "Heavenly Punishment."

"And this is the ending it has prepared for us."

In an instant, everyone understood.

This was not a Challenge Letter at all.

A Challenge Letter is only issued when both parties stand on equal footing. But this was a "Purge Notice" from a higher dimension.

It was telling them: I have reviewed your files, you are all guilty, prepare to accept your punishment.

Douluo Continent, Shrek Academy.

Inside the Sea God Pavilion, the atmosphere was oppressive to the extreme.

The people beneath the Golden Tree had only just recovered from the shock and excitement brought about by the phrase "We have our own ideas," when they were caught off guard by this sudden change on the Light Screen.

"Wall-Breaking Plan... Abyss... Heavenly Punishment..." Bei Bei read word by word. This once gentle and elegant senior brother now had a face that looked terrible. As the Dragon God Douluo, he could feel a throbbing deep within his bloodline—an instinctive resistance and anger toward the two words "Heavenly Punishment."

"Damn it, who the hell is playing these games? Stop acting like a god!" Xu Sanshi couldn't help but curse out loud. He subconsciously shielded Xiao Xiao behind him, his Black Tortoise Power quietly circulating, as if to resist the invisible pressure coming from the sky.

Xiao Xiao's face was somewhat pale. Her Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron martial soul was trembling slightly; this was not fear, but a resonance after being provoked.

He Caitou did not speak. He simply took a piece of metal from his Soul Tool in silence and began to polish it rapidly with his tools. But in his focused eyes, a certain madness flickered. As a product of the Ultimate Soldier Plan, the Soul Guidance Cannon was his faith. In his view, this so-called "Heavenly Punishment" was nothing more than an energy attack of a certain massive yield.

As long as it is an attack, it must have a trajectory and an energy composition.

As long as it can be analyzed, it can be intercepted and countered!

Tang Ya clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging into her flesh. She thought of the dark years when she was controlled by Evil Soul Masters, and the hatred of her sect being destroyed. The word "guilty" was so grating to her ears.

Star Luo Empire, Imperial Palace.

The White Tiger Duke, Dai Hao, stood on the stargazing platform clad in his military uniform, also looking up at the massive Light Screen in the sky.

The generals behind him all wore solemn expressions, not daring to breathe loudly.

Dai Hao's expression was like a sculpture, revealing neither joy nor anger. But those who knew him understood that when the Duke was silent, it was when the storm within him was at its most violent.

"Wall-Breaking Plan..." he muttered to himself. A soldier's mindset led him to analyze it immediately. "Is it meant to break the barriers between worlds? Or the barriers in our perception?"

"Abyss..." His brows furrowed even deeper. As the Empire's Marshal, he naturally knew the brutality of the war against the Abyss Plane. It had nearly exhausted the entire foundation of the continent.

"Heavenly Punishment."

When the final two words appeared, an iron-blooded aura surged into the sky from Dai Hao.

"A fine 'Heavenly Punishment' indeed!" He snorted coldly. "The sons of the Star Luo Empire know only how to die in battle, not how to accept punishment! Pass my order: the entire army is to enter Level One Combat Readiness! No matter what this Heavenly Punishment is, if it dares to land on this continent, we will use our artillery fire to blast it right back!"

Heaven Dou Empire, deep within the Imperial Palace.

The elderly Emperor Xueye, supported by his attendants, walked out of the palace gates, his clouded eyes gazing at the horizon.

He did not possess the powerful cultivation of someone like Dai Hao, but he could feel that the rules of the entire world seemed to be becoming unstable under the influence of that Light Screen.