The Grand Arbiter Slays the Outer Gods

Which one was the real Grand Arbiter? Doubts churned in Li Shun's heart, but he betrayed nothing.

Without drawing attention, he bowed alongside the Hundred Schools disciples in the hall and saluted respectfully. "This junior pays his respects to the Grand Arbiter!"

The Grand Arbiter gave only a slight, cold nod, sparing no words.

With measured, chilling steps, she walked to the front of the hall and looked down upon the gathered disciples.

Without warning, an illusory figure, brilliant and deep as though formed from pure starlight, rose behind her.

Its true features were indistinct. Yet the instant it appeared, everyone in the hall felt their bodies grow heavy. A terrifying pressure, vast as an abyss and deep as the sea, descended upon them and stole their breath.

In a daze, they seemed to see a pitiless god high above the nine heavens, its gaze piercing all things and laying bare the deepest secrets of their souls.

Li Shun's senses were especially keen, and the pressure chilled him to the bone.

The sensation of his soul being cut open was not as naked and frenzied as when he had faced an Outer God, but it was almost identical to what he had felt before Elder Wei.

Every secret he possessed was on the verge of being exposed.

The childlike Grand Arbiter I saw in Blazing Fire County was nowhere near this strong.

Could it be... that they're two entirely different people?!

Li Shun's heart filled with uncertainty.

Fortunately, his trials in the Elder Primordial Continent's illusion realm had transformed his state of mind.

He drew his thoughts inward, hid them within a square inch, and stood unmoving as a mountain.

Only then did he narrowly evade the Grand Arbiter's scrutiny.

"You..."

"You."

"And... you."

Her cool voice fell like the