"Give me another chance, Xi Zu! Please plead for me. Give me one more chance, and I can make up for my mistakes." Young Yin Divine Venerable cried out desperately.
Beside the lake, Xi Zu's expression was calm. "Young Yin, if not for the great contributions you once made, this punishment would have been far worse. You should know what the Eternal Clan's ultimate punishment is."
Young Yin Divine Venerable was terrified. "I know. I understand, Xi Zu. Please give me another chance. As long as I can fully cultivate my power, I'll be no weaker than any of the Seven Gods Heaven. I don't want a place among the Seven Gods Heaven anymore. I only want to serve the clan. Xi Zu, please give me one more chance."
Xi Zu was cold. "Give it up."
Young Yin Divine Venerable gritted his teeth and looked down. Being submerged in the Divine Power Lake wasn't the Eternal Clan's ultimate punishment, but it was still a terrible ordeal.
The reason Yu Huo and the others could become True God Guard captains was that they could cultivate divine power. But even so, how much could they absorb? If they could absorb a great deal, they wouldn't have died in the recent battle. The same went for him.
He could cultivate divine power, but if he came into contact with too much of it all at once, the pain would be hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of times worse than death.
What was more, if he were submerged in the Divine Power Lake, the slightest misstep could leave him completely corrupted by divine power, transformed into a grotesque monster that was neither human nor ghost—more revolting than a Corpse King. He had seen one of those monsters with his own eyes. They were