You, the One Who Defies Fate?

The Heaven's Punishment Envoy had arrived.

He was like a god of judgment from ancient myth, quietly hovering in midair.

His dark-gold armor looked cold and imposing against the backdrop of roiling clouds and flashes of lightning.

He did nothing at all. He merely stood there, yet the terrifying pressure of a Quasi Emperor, towering above the Holy Lord Realm, bore down on everyone below like billions of divine mountains!

"Thump!"

"Thump! Thump!"

Only the chosen ones who had already completed the reconstruction of their Dao Foundations, their minds faintly connected to Xiao Yang, could barely remain standing.

The hundred or so chosen ones still waiting in line, who had yet to undergo "purification," couldn't withstand the terrifying pressure of a Quasi Emperor for even a single breath!

Their legs gave way one after another, and they fell to their knees like dumplings tumbling into a pot, their faces filled with boundless shock and fear!

Their Holy Lord Dao Foundations thrummed under the pressure, as though they would collapse at any moment!

"Qu... Quasi Emperor!"

"He's a Quasi Emperor! There's no doubt about it!"

"Oh, heavens! Why... why would a Quasi Emperor come here?!"

"That aura... so cold! So terrifying! Who... who is he?!"

Panicked cries erupted throughout the crowd!

Though they were all top-tier chosen ones, an uncrossable chasm lay between a Holy Lord and a Quasi Emperor!

They belonged to entirely different levels of existence!

Before a true Quasi Emperor, these so-called Holy Lords were no different from lambs waiting to be slaughtered!

The moment Xiao Yang, seated atop the lotus platform, saw the Heaven's Punishment Envoy, his eyes narrowed sharply!

What a powerful aura!

Since ascending to the Eastern Profound Region, he had never encountered a more powerful enemy!

Not a single one!

The Envoy's cold, merciless