The conversation among the wounded Large Gods was interrupted by a ripple in the crow Phantom in the starry sky overhead.
An ordinary, pitch-black crow flew out of the Phantom and lightly landed on Niu Douchong's massive, half-severed horn.
The moment the crow appeared, Niu Douchong and the other Large Gods felt an oppressive force and fell silent.
Niu Douchong's enormous bovine eyes looked upward. "Succession Envoy, why have you descended in person?"
"If I have come, it is naturally to settle a breach of the rules."
The crow ignored Niu Douchong. His abyss-black eyes fixed on Li Qinghui, who had only just regained a faint spark of life.
Li Qinghui looked at the crow as well. "Succession Envoy, did I violate any rules during the assessment just now?"
The crow looked down at her from above. "Do you not know what you have done?"
Faced with the crow's questioning, Li Qinghui answered calmly, "During my conversation with the Domain Master of the Eighth Domain, I absolutely did not reveal any information I was forbidden to share. Whenever his probing touched on the limits imposed by the rules, I refused to answer."
"Playing little tricks, exchanging information with the Domain Master through word games-that is something I can turn a blind eye to."
The crow remained cold, exposing exactly what Li Qinghui had intended during her conversation with Qin Siyang.
Under the crow's gaze, Li Qinghui lowered her head and said nothing.
The crow continued, "After all, you are not the only one exploiting such loopholes. As the Envoy who upholds the absolute rules of the [Succession Star Competition], I cannot confine every stray thought of you creatures within an absolute framework."
"Just as you lot fight to the death in this star region for your own interests, as long