Does Heaven... Have Eyes?

Chapter 50: The Heavens... Do They Have Eyes?

"Yes, Young Master."

Cai Di said with absolute certainty, "If it weren't for Shadow, we wouldn't have been able to bring it back. This stone tablet appears ordinary, yet it cannot be stored within a storage ring—not even one of immortal-grade quality."

The fact that it could not be stored in a storage ring was what truly shocked Cai Di.

A storage ring is a tiny space crafted through a special technique known as "Mustard Seed in Sumeru," and this space is far from comparable to the true world outside.

Ordinary storage rings have capacity limits. For instance, the storage rings of common cultivators—those of the mortal grade—cannot contain immortal artifacts.

The storage ring in Ao Xie's possession was undoubtedly the highest-grade storage ring from the Crystal Dragon Palace, a seventh-grade immortal artifact, yet it could not contain this tablet. This alone demonstrated the tablet's extraordinary nature.

After listening, Chen Xiao examined the tablet once more. This half-tablet was about two zhang high and one zhang wide; aside from the extremely ancient characters inscribed upon it, there was nothing remarkable about it.

He nodded and said, "Very well. This thing is nothing but trash; it is not a treasure at all. You have never seen it, understand?"

Immediately, Chen Xiao waved his hand. His storage ring flashed faintly, and the stone tablet vanished.

Cai Di and Ao Xie opened their mouths, staring at the ring on Chen Xiao's finger, but ultimately, they said nothing. Their discernment allowed them to see that Chen Xiao's ring was merely of treasure-grade, yet it had managed to store a tablet that even a seventh-grade immortal artifact could not.

"Sister Mengmeng, please instruct the servants to arrange two small courtyards for Ao Xie and Shadow," Chen Xiao said to Mengmeng with a smile, paying no mind to the expressions on Cai Di and Ao Xie's faces.

In reality, the storage ring on Chen Xiao's finger was merely a ruse. The tablet had long since been moved into his Golden Immortal Kingdom. The Golden Immortal Kingdom was the natal kingdom of a Golden Immortal, not a magical artifact, so it was not subject to such limitations.

Furthermore, Chen Xiao had sensed at first glance that this half-tablet bore a startling resemblance to the half-stone bridge within his Golden Immortal Kingdom; there seemed to be some sort of connection between the two.

When he moved the tablet into the Golden Immortal Kingdom, it had truly startled the five little ones, who fled far away. Clearly, this tablet held a subtle suppression over them as well.

Moon-Gazing City was now in complete chaos. All manner of colorful message talismans flew out of the city, reporting the events that had transpired.

In an instant, this small city within the Xuhe Realm of the Glazed Heaven once again became the focal point of the entire Xuhe Realm, and even the Glazed Heaven itself.

The Nangong Family, one of the top clans of the Glazed Heaven, had gone so far as to arrange for a branch of their descendants to lurk in Moon-Gazing City for hundreds of years. Who would believe they had no ulterior motive?

The moment Nangong Xiangque and Nangong Xiangluan appeared, the Nangong Clan's identity could no longer be concealed.

However, the unfortunate Nangong Xiangluan had already been silently disposed of by Shadow, while Cai Di had fed Nangong Xiangque and Nangong Xianglu a highly virulent poison, triggering the detonation of their Nascent Souls.

The self-detonation of two Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivators was enough to blow the already-halted grand formation to pieces, and thirty percent of the cultivators from various factions who had come to gather intelligence were killed in the blast.

Although the Nangong Clan was known as the "Southern Overlord," they now had no way to explain themselves, even if they had mouths all over their bodies.

In short, the Nangong Clan's deployment in Moon-Gazing City for hundreds of years had been lost in a single day.

Of course, none of this had anything to do with Chen Xiao anymore.

Moon-Gazing City was in turmoil. The local families had all shut their doors, fearing they might invite disaster upon themselves. The City Lord's Mansion had activated its golden light formation, with the City-Suppressing Seal hovering high above it.

Originally, some cultivators had hoped to use the influence of the Chen Clan in Moon-Gazing City to help them investigate, but the moment they saw that sixth-grade immortal artifact, the City-Suppressing Seal, they all tucked their heads back in.

This seal did not merely represent the Chen Clan's status in Moon-Gazing City; it represented the ruler of the Glazed Heaven: the Glazed Heaven Palace.

In the Glazed Heaven, no faction dared to provoke the Glazed Heaven Palace or challenge its authority. Even the Nangong Clan was nothing more than an ant in the eyes of the Glazed Heaven Palace.

At this moment, Chen Xiao, the troublemaker who had stirred up so much chaos, was sitting in his room, his divine sense slowly reviewing the list of recent tribulation transcendents on the Thunder Virtue Heavenly Book.

Chen Xiao was currently at the fifth turn of the Red Cloud Realm, allowing him to have five Tribulation Disciples. He had only recruited Ao Xie and Shadow so far, leaving three spots remaining.

Suddenly, an inexplicable palpitation arose in Chen Xiao's heart, and a feeling of extreme rage surged from within him.

On the pale gold Thunder Virtue Heavenly Book, a blood-red thunder mark appeared, and all the names of the tribulation transcendents vanished.

"What is happening?!"

Chen Xiao was startled. He forcibly suppressed the inexplicable anger in his heart, and just as he was about to search for the cause, the scene before his eyes suddenly shifted.

This was a land of devastation, where blood had flowed into rivers, washing over severed limbs and broken bodies.

As far as the eye could see, the color of blood was the only theme of this land. The setting sun hanging in the distant sky seemed to be stained red by the light of blood.

A thin, pale-faced man held a blood-red long blade. His clothes were already soaked in blood, and droplets of blood slowly dripped down from his long hair.

The man's expression was calm as he walked step by step toward an old man with white hair and a white beard. His eyes were as still as water, revealing no killing intent. The old man facing him was deathly pale, his eyes hollow and vacant.

"Yang Que, when you slaughtered my entire Lian Clan, you should have expected that this day would come."

The man slowly raised the long blade in his hand, pointing it at the old man's head.

"Lian Shang, you slaughtered thirty million souls of the Great Yang Kingdom for a personal vendetta! Are you not afraid of divine retribution!?"

The old man, Yang Que, regained his senses slightly, then let out a hysterical roar.

"Divine retribution?"

Lian Shang looked up at the sky. Then, he pointed his long blade directly at the heavens and said in a tone of utter desolation, "The Heavens... do they have eyes?"

The Heavens... do they have eyes?

The Heavens... do they have eyes?

"My Lian Clan served the Great Yang Kingdom for hundreds of years, repeatedly saving it from peril, and even expanded its borders to achieve eternal glory! But what was the result? What was the result?!"

"And you, Emperor of the Great Yang Kingdom, actually pinned the crime of treason upon my Lian Clan just for a woman—a fickle, shameless woman! The people of the Great Yang Kingdom, unable to distinguish black from white, even devoured my entire Lian Family bite by bite!"

Bang!

Suddenly, a wave of blood-colored energy erupted from Lian Shang's body, sending Yang Que's frame flying backward.

A mouthful of blood sprayed from Yang Que's lips, his gaze locked fiercely onto Lian Shang.

Boom!

At that very moment, thick, heavy clouds churned in the sky above. Purple-black lightning roared within the clouds as a pair of giant, blood-red eyes slowly emerged.

"The Heavens... hahahaha, the Heavens have opened Their eyes to execute you, you murderous maniac!"

Seeing the Eye of Heavenly Punishment descend, Yang Que let out a manic, crazed howl.