As an agile bear, Gungun soon arrived before the South Heaven Gate. His eyes widened at the terrifying sight before him.
They blotted out the sky and sun. Wronged souls were everywhere, and so was resentful qi. Since the birth of the Human Race, apart from the time the Demon Race had massacred them, they had never produced such thick resentful qi. Moreover, the Human Race had not yet been the Protagonists of Heaven and Earth back then, whereas now they were. Thus, the Heavenly Dao paid greater heed to this resentful qi, and the power it unleashed was greater as well.
Rumble! Under the impact of the wronged souls' resentful qi, the Heavenly Court shook again. Gungun swayed along with it. Had his lower body not been steady enough, he would likely have fallen on the spot, just like many of the Heavenly Soldiers around him.
"We were wronged! We were wronged!"
Countless wronged souls cried out together in grief and fury, their voices so loud that they carried throughout the Heavenly Court.
"Impudent souls! Since you are already dead, you should go to the Underworld to stand trial. Yet you dare gather a mob to assault the Heavenly Court! Do you wish to have your souls scattered?" The general guarding the South Heaven Gate pointed his silver spear at the wronged souls and bellowed.
"We were wronged! Until this injustice is settled, we will not go to the Underworld!" the wronged souls shouted in unison.
"How dare you!" The general was about to unleash his might and slay a few wronged souls to crush their morale.
"Stop!" Gungun raised a paw and shouted at the general guarding the South Heaven Gate. Seeing the Heavenly Emperor stop the general, Yang Jian, who stood among the Heavenly Soldiers, breathed a