Deep within the Great Luo Divine Dynasty, in the Chaos Secret Realm.
Divine Duke Wuji's imposing face was so dark it seemed water might drip from it.
"Marquis Tianyan..."
Divine Duke Wuji ground his teeth.
He had already learned the news from within the Heavenly Punishment Bureau. He knew the Star Envoy Institute had thrust itself into the matter, invoking the Great Xia Star Battle to forcibly save Lu Zhen.
"Well played, Star Envoy Institute. Well played, Marquis Tianyan!"
Divine Duke Wuji laughed in his fury.
He knew that within the Divine Dynasty's framework of rules, now that the Heavenly Punishment Bureau had delivered its final verdict, he could no longer openly overturn it by force and have Lu Zhen sentenced again.
Rules were the cornerstone of the Divine Dynasty's rule. Although his power reached the heavens, even he could not openly overturn the table.
But that absolutely did not mean he would let the matter rest!
"Can a mere five million Spirit Crystals and ten years in prison make up for my son's life?"
Murderous intent flickered in Divine Duke Wuji's eyes.
He controlled the Heavenly Pivot Institute and held immense power, but countless political enemies secretly coveted his position.
If his only son had died this time, yet the murderer received only ten years and he did not so much as let out a fart...
What would those hiding in the shadows think?
They would think Divine Duke Wuji was weak and easy to bully!
Then spears in the open and arrows in the dark would come one after another, perhaps even shaking his foundations in the Divine Dynasty.
In the Netherblood Sect, at what had once been Blood Butcher Old Fiend's secluded cultivation grounds.
"Blood Butcher and Minggu both died on the Primordial Ancient Star." An