Hovering silently overhead, the Platinum Divine Ship looked down upon the tiny Central Province continent below.
His gaze pierced the World Crystal Wall. The man dressed like a divine priest at the bow looked at Zhou Xuan in the center of the vortex. His eyes held none of the Myriad Devouring Divine Court's greed or brutality, only an indifference befitting the contemplation of a lifeless object.
"Quite interesting, aren't you, heretic?"
He smiled. His voice was quiet, yet it reached the mind of every living being in Central Province.
"You actually managed to swallow the Divine Court's purifying light."
The smile on his face turned cold. His gaze lingered on the intertwined, three-colored auras of creation, destruction, and Slaughter laws surrounding Zhou Xuan.
"By decree of the Radiant Divine Court, we are to capture the Primordial Dao Fruit Fragment and purify every heretic encountered along the way."
Every word acted directly upon the laws themselves, and the divine priest's voice suddenly became grand and majestic.
"You carry the aura of a divine fragment, yet you mix it with filthy destruction and savage Slaughter. This is nothing short of blasphemy against divine grace."
"You steer this ramshackle world, devouring chaotic energy and spreading chaos and disorder wherever you go. This is a provocation against order."
"I, the Divine Court's Third Sequence Judge, hereby pronounce judgment—"
Boom!
The divine souls of Old Ancestor Cangwu, Emperor Jiang Wu, and the others shuddered. The Dao Fruits within them trembled uncontrollably, and an urge to kneel and repent actually arose in their hearts. Their laws were utterly defenseless before this voice of judgment.
"Ruling: the heretical world must be completely purified."
"Ruling: the thief's soul shall fall into the void forever."
The Judge raised his right hand high, his voice devoid of emotion as he