Chapter 553: Golden Cicada Dharma Image, End of the First Opportunity Event

Upon entering Qigong Peak, Lei Hong and Chu Ji were astonished to find ten thousand cubic units of Earth God Crystals neatly stacked in the water bamboo forest.

The radiant divine light instinctively stirred greed in the hearts of the arriving visitors.

Chu Ji, in particular, felt that if he could claim all the Earth God Crystals for himself, he could simply leave, as his demands were not that high.

"As a divine artifact of the earth veins, Earth God Crystals can be used as consumables and are incredibly potent supplements. No wonder Venerable Yusheng's aura remained undiminished after the battle," Lei Hong remarked, his breathing quickening as he looked at the piled crystals. "If it were me, I wouldn't give them up either."

"Venerable Han, they are all here," Liu Qingci said with a touch of heartache. "Exactly ten thousand cubic units, no more, no less."

Seven demigods in total—Lei Hong, Chu Ji, Yue Zhen, Yi Kun, Dang You, Quan De, and Ning Si—all fixed their gaze on Zhao Xing.

Would Venerable Han truly distribute the crystals to them as promised?

Or was this merely a test?

"Venerable Yusheng, you may take one-tenth," Zhao Xing stated calmly.

According to their previous agreement, Liu Qingci was allowed to take one-tenth of this harvest, which amounted to one thousand cubic units.

For any future gains, she would only need to surrender fifty percent.

With a swish, Liu Qingci reached out and collected one thousand cubic units, then retreated from the water bamboo forest.

She did not leave immediately, instead observing if Zhao Xing and the other seven would have disputes over the division of spoils.

Lei Hong, Chu Ji, and the others also remained still, awaiting Zhao Xing's next words.

Zhao Xing first put away forty-five hundred cubic units, which increased his karmic burden. However, he appeared unfazed, scanning the other seven individuals one by one.

His gaze swept past the more powerful trio of Yue Zhen, Yi Kun, and Lei Hong, then the three who had been slacking off—Dang You, Quan De, and Ning Si—finally settling on Chu Ji.

"As I said before, once this is done, half of the gains will be distributed according to contribution."

"In this battle, Chu Ji made the greatest contribution; he will take two thousand cubic units."

Everyone was startled, looking at Zhao Xing with a hint of disbelief.

Was he truly distributing them? This wasn't a test?

No one dared to voice an opinion, and Chu Ji himself remained motionless.

Zhao Xing calmly said, "Chu Ji, why are you still standing there?"

Chu Ji awkwardly cupped his hands, his address to Zhao Xing unconsciously changing. "Venerable Han, I... I cannot bear such a heavy karmic burden."

Chu Ji's reply left Zhao Xing somewhat surprised.

However, he quickly understood why.

Chu Ji had no sect or influential backing; he was a quintessential rogue cultivator. He had merely purchased a 'chance ticket' from the Shadow Sanctuary to participate in the Desolate Realm 341 opportunity and board the cosmic flying boat.

These 'tickets' also varied in quality.

For instance, Zhao Xing was protected by a 'Xuanling Historical Record Rubbing,' which granted him a higher status upon entry and actively helped him bear some 'negative karma.'

Taking four thousand cubic units of Earth God Crystals only decreased his karma value by 40 points.

A slightly lesser tier of ticket was the 'Karma Token' held by Lei Hong and Xu Huai.

It could also share some karmic burden, but it wasn't as potent.

Zhao Xing, Liu Qingci, Lei Hong, Xu Zhun, and their like also had guardians overseeing them.

Chu Ji, however, was entirely different. His expenditure at the Shadow Sanctuary mainly covered the time-space travel project and an accompanying mid-tier historical 'famous post' related to the cosmic boat incident.

With a mid-tier historical 'famous post,' one's status was still randomized. Chu Ji was fortunate to become a Deputy Mountain Inspector. As for its karma-sharing function, it was very limited.

Taking the act of secretly taking Earth God Crystals as an example:

When Lei Hong or Liu Qingci took two thousand cubic units, their karmic burden increased, reflected as a 40-point decrease in their karma value.

If Chu Ji took two thousand cubic units, his would drop by 100 points!

This could lead to terrifying consequences. For instance, immediately after Chu Ji took the crystals, the sleeping Biluo Zizai God would awaken, suspect him of theft, arrest him for questioning, and execute him.

In Chu Ji's situation, he would have to slowly chip away at the karma, taking a little at a time, like an ant moving house.

"You genuinely can't take it?" Zhao Xing confirmed.

"I truly can't."

Chu Ji felt a pang of shame, secretly regretting not being better prepared. How could he progress if he couldn't even take the treasures placed right in front of him?

Moreover, with so many people watching, he felt like a bumpkin.

Yet, Chu Ji had never imagined encountering such a situation upon entering the cosmic boat!

Just as Chu Ji felt ashamed, Zhao Xing's voice spoke again.

"Since that's the case, I'll help you."

Zhao Xing enveloped one thousand cubic units.

At this point, Zhao Xing's karmic burden increased by another 10 points. Though he originally had a positive value, it was now nearing a negative one.

"Roar."

Zhao Xing let out a low growl, his body suddenly expanding, enveloped in golden light, as if a cicada was clinging to his back.

Golden Cicada True Form, Second Incarnation, activated!

*Boom!*

A flash of lightning streaked by, and Zhao Xing severed his second incarnation.

Then, he gently pushed the Earth God Crystals toward Chu Ji.

"These one thousand cubic units will not increase your burden. You should be able to bear the remaining one thousand cubic units yourself."

Chu Ji stared at Zhao Xing, visibly stunned.

Meanwhile, Liu Qingci, Yi Zhen, Lei Hong, and the others' pupils contracted.

"Golden Cicada True Form, Ten Thousand Incarnations. He actually knows this spell?"

"To master such a divine spell is truly remarkable."

"I also have methods to reduce karmic burden, but compared to Han Bing's technique, they are not on the same level at all."

Zhao Xing's display immediately extinguished any dissenting thoughts in the minds of the six—Yue Zhen, Yi Kun, Lei Hong, Dang You, Quan De, and Ning Si.

After Chu Ji had taken his share, Zhao Xing proceeded to distribute the remaining twenty-five hundred cubic units of Earth God Crystals.

"Lei Hong, you will receive six hundred cubic units of Earth God Crystals."

"Yue Zhen, Yi Kun, you two will each take five hundred cubic units."

"Dang You, Quan De, Ning Si, each of you three will receive three hundred."

As the distribution plan was proposed, a spiritual tablet bearing the image of Yin Zai, the God Commander, emitted a sound from within Liu Qingci.

"Such methods show the demeanor of an Immeasurable True God."

"Your hope of them fighting amongst themselves over uneven spoils is now impossible."

"Lei Hong, Yue Zhen, and Yi Kun contributed roughly equally, but Lei Hong joined earlier, so he gets an extra hundred cubic units."

"Dang You, Quan De, and Ning Si received the least because they indeed held back significantly during the recent battle."

"Han Bing's distribution is based on his complete understanding of the situation."

"After this round of distribution, it's likely that the Mountain Inspection Divine Division of the Abyss Sea Region will fall under his control."

Liu Qingci also nodded. This Han Bing was strong and resilient, possessed knowledge comparable to a scholar, and didn't hoard resources. It was fortunate he was on the side of the 'Righteous Gods'; if he were an Evil God of the Desolate Realm, he would undoubtedly be a very troublesome opponent.

"God Commander, if we don't seek opportunities in the Abyss Sea Region, where should we go?" The contract Liu Qingci signed with Zhao Xing was remarkably egalitarian; she could choose to wait for opportunities there or go elsewhere.

Yin Zai, the God Commander, replied, "You can stay here for now. This Venerable Han Bing is still orderly, not the type of evil, reckless individual."

"If you change locations, you'd have to change your official position, which would waste a historical 'famous post' to 'alter' your event identity. Now is not the time."

Once the Earth God Crystals were fully divided, everyone used their respective methods to reduce their karmic burdens.

Zhao Xing quietly watched the seven, attempting to discern something from their spellcasting methods, but ultimately found nothing.

"Elder, are any of these visitors our own people?"

"Probably not," Bowei mused. "Why, did you find something?"

More than just a discovery, it was a major one!

"Elder, this is my thinking: among the thirty-five Deputy Mountain Inspectors of the Mountain Inspection Divine Division, plus myself as the Chief Inspector, thirty-two out of thirty-six individuals are visitors."

"Based on this probability, it's likely that many visitors are also present in the other Divine Divisions."

Bowei did not answer, instead asking in return, "I've always been curious, how do you confirm that these individuals are visitors?"

"My master—"

"If you don't want to say, then don't. There's no need for such a flimsy excuse," Bowei interrupted testily.

Zhao Xing chuckled.

He couldn't very well say he had a system panel that allowed him to distinguish visitors from non-visitors by their remaining lifespan.

Bowei didn't press the matter and slowly began to analyze:

"As I said before, you created the Ten Directions Mountain Scripture, yet you cannot be influenced by the Evil God faction. Therefore, after you travel through time and space to become a god, Evil Gods will inevitably pursue you and disrupt your path to godhood."

"Once they achieve this, you will naturally develop distrust and insecurity towards the Desolate Realm faction."

"The goal of intimidation and threat would then be achieved, and you would very likely defect to the Evil Gods."

"And guessing the time and space you've traveled to is not difficult."

"You've only been a demigod for a short time, so your contribution ranking couldn't be too high."

"Among the 356 known eras of the Spirit Realm age, places of godhood related to the Ministry of Agriculture are not numerous."

"The Evil God faction will likely dispatch many demigods, even gods, to lie in wait across various locations, hoping to ambush you."

"The Cosmic Boat, being a relatively well-known secret realm, is a key area for deployment."

Zhao Xing's heart tightened; this possibility was indeed quite high.

"Your current alias, Han Bing, keeps your identity very secretive. As long as you don't reveal characteristics of yourself as Zhao Xing, it will be difficult to locate and act against you."

"For example, your straw man clone must absolutely not be used."

Among those in the Desolate Realm Era Assembly who knew the Primeval Straw Man Technique, only Zhao Xing, Zuo Qiyu, and Liu Tianning were proficient.

Zuo Qiyu was not a demigod, and Liu Tianning had not qualified for godhood, so Zhao Xing was the only one who could use it.

If this point were exposed, he would be easily caught.

The same applied to the head-of-mountain treasures he carried, the Primordial Era Mountain and the Earth Treasury Divine Needle.

"I have to stay low-key while still making money," Zhao Xing sighed. "It's truly not easy. I wonder how Old Qing managed to become a God Commander."

His situation was very similar to Qing Yuzi's. Qing Yuzi had leaked the timing of the Evil God faction's attack, issuing a warning, and was hunted by the Bookless City faction. Despite having no guardian, he somehow rose from Divine Soldier rank to God Commander rank.

The level of heavenly chaos reached its peak.

Just then, a new piece of information appeared on Zhao Xing's Xuanling Historical Record Rubbing.

"The opportunity event is nearing its end."

Upon seeing this message, Zhao Xing understood that the first Divine Mountain Earth Transformation was about to conclude.

Since the heavenly chaos had peaked, its intensity would soon diminish, and the Biluo Zizai God of the Mountain Inspection Divine Division would likely awaken soon.

"When they check and find many Earth God Crystals missing, they will surely question us Mountain Envoys. This is the direct manifestation of karmic burden."

"We need to speed things up."

Zhao Xing relayed this information to the seven Deputy Envoys in front of him and the eight Deputy Envoys scattered across the Abyss Sea Region.

Chu Ji grew increasingly reverent towards Zhao Xing, as he completely lacked such a warning function.

He had thought the Divine Mountain Earth Transformation would continue for some time.

Lei Hong, Yue Zhen, Yi Kun, and the others only confirmed the diminishing heavenly chaos several months after Zhao Xing.

They also felt an added measure of fear towards Zhao Xing.

Strong, of high status, and capable of taking the initiative in opportunity events, it was clear they had no chance of resisting Zhao Xing.

Three more years passed. By this time, Zhao Xing was no longer operating in the deep sea. He returned to the shallow waters, began visiting the abodes of the other sixteen Deputy Envoys, and finally returned to his own.

In the 325th year of the First Solar Year, the 'Divine Mountain Earth Transformation' opportunity event was triggered.

In early 337, the 'Divine Mountain Earth Transformation' opportunity event drew to a close.

"Be careful yourself; I can no longer speak."

"The Biluo Zizai God of the Mountain Inspection Divine Division has awakened."

Bowei suddenly issued a warning, then fell silent.

Simultaneously, the spiritual tablet within Liu Qingci, and Yin Zai, the God Commander, also vanished without a trace.

Although the Biluo Zizai God was only of the Divine Soldier rank, his appearance constituted a divine-level event. Guardians like Bowei and Yin Zai, all simultaneously maintained silence to avoid bringing unnecessary trouble to their protected individuals.

In early 337, the Biluo Zizai God of the Mountain Inspection Divine Division awakened and immediately appeared in the Abyss Sea Region to suppress the Divine Mountain Earth Transformation.

At this stage, neither chief envoys nor deputy envoys dared to continue stealing Earth God Crystals.

The window of opportunity for the event had passed.

Those who dared to continue stealing Earth God Crystals would increase their risk of exposure, leading to death or forced expulsion from the cosmic boat event.

Late 337.

The first Divine Mountain Earth Transformation event concluded.

In Mount Xu Cave, Chu Ji's karmic incarnation appeared before Xu Zhun.

"Are you saying you want to take seventy percent of my Earth God Crystals?" Xu Zhun's face darkened. "Hmph, what nonsense are you spewing!"

"Not taking, but submitting to Venerable Han," Chu Ji said, cupping his hands towards the air. "After submission, you will receive protection. For the next opportunity event, you won't have to give seventy percent; only thirty percent will be required."

Xu Huai was so incensed he almost laughed. Wasn't this just robbery?!

"I need his protection?! How ridiculous! Get out of my abode at once, or don't blame me for being impolite!"

Chu Ji calmly stated, "Please think twice. If you miss this opportunity now, the amount will be different later."

"Get out!"

Chu Ji cast a look of pity at Xu Huai, then vanished from the abode.

Xu Zhun watched Chu Ji leave, slowly calming down.

He frowned in thought, "I wonder what background this Han Bing has, to be able to subdue other visitors."

"This Chu Ji has passed sixteen True Spirit Tribulations. Although he can't make it onto the White Scorch Era Demigod Rankings, he's still a skilled practitioner. Yet, he's acting like a sycophant."

Xu Zhun sensed that the situation was not so simple, but to ask him to hand over seventy percent of his gains based on mere words was impossible.

He had already paid the price, and the Earth God Crystals he possessed now were 'clean' goods, acquired without further cost.

"Hmph, no matter his background, such a notion is simply a dream."

Chu Ji returned to his abode. In one month, he had visited all the abodes of the visitors in the Mountain Inspection Divine Division.

"Chu Ji, you're back. How did things go?" Zhao Xing, who was cultivating his second incarnation in his undersea abode, opened his eyes.

"Chu Ji is incompetent. Not a single one of the sixteen visitors agreed."

"A few of them, though they didn't agree, still gave one or two cubic units of Earth God Crystals, treating me like a beggar," Chu Ji said resentfully.

"Hahaha," Zhao Xing burst into laughter. "You've been wronged, Chu Ji."

He had never met these sixteen Deputy Envoys. Naturally, it wouldn't be easy to suddenly demand protection money from them.

"Venerable Han, what should we do next?" Chu Ji asked.

"Wait. You'll go again in six months," Zhao Xing said calmly.

"Understood."

Once Chu Ji had left the Crystal Palace, Zhao Xing immediately closed his eyes and began to cast a spell.

Golden cicada avatars emerged from behind him, then flew out one by one.

Since Zhao Xing had just instructed Chu Ji to intimidate the sixteen Deputy Envoys (visitors), a karmic link was now established.

Consequently, sixteen golden cicadas climbed along the karmic lines, flying towards the sixteen Deputy Envoys.

Xianjianrong Palace, Venerable Cengguang's abode.

In the secret chamber, a pile of Earth God Crystals lay before him. Venerable Cengguang was using a secret technique to resolve his karmic burden.

Suddenly, a hum.

He felt as if something had bitten him, and a golden cicada had appeared in the secret chamber at some unknown point.

The karmic burden he had painstakingly resolved suddenly increased again, and the value on his Karma Token dropped by 10 points.

"What?" Venerable Cengguang was greatly alarmed. "Who is attacking me?"

*Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss.* Venerable Cengguang immediately counterattacked, swiftly killing the golden cicada. He wanted to pursue and retaliate, but following the karmic line, he saw a colossal golden cicada!

The giant cicada was exhaling and inhaling karmic lines, seemingly waiting for his arrival.

"Hiss..."

Venerable Cengguang saw the figure beneath the golden cicada and involuntarily gasped, immediately and decisively retracting his attack.

"It's Han Bing!"

Venerable Cengguang felt a chill of fear. "He's that powerful, and he can interfere with my karmic burden resolution?"

He recalled Chu Ji's visit earlier to lobby for Han Bing, and his face involuntarily darkened.

"What am I to do? If I don't submit, will I be unable to resolve my karmic burden indefinitely? How will I trigger opportunity events then?"

Meanwhile, other abodes also erupted with angry roars.

"Han Bing, don't push your luck!"

"The Grand Dao stretches to the heavens, each walking their own path. Are you trying to make an enemy of me?"

"I am willing to hand over fifty cubic units of Earth God Crystals. Venerable Han Bing, can you please show mercy?"

Inside Zhao Xing's abode, the Golden Cicada True Form repeatedly vanished and reformed.

On the Xuanling Historical Record, his opportunity value remained as high as fifty.

This was because the Golden Cicada True Form, Second Incarnation, was originally a divine-level auxiliary secret technique given to him by Bowei.

It could even eliminate the side effects of cultivating the Nine Marsh God, and naturally, it could also eliminate karmic burdens.

Other knowledge, Bowei simply mentioned casually.

However, the Golden Cicada True Form, Second Incarnation, was something Zhao Xing had acquired in exchange for a promise.

It was clear that this secret technique was very precious to Scholar God Commander Bowei.

*Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump.*

As the first month passed, Zhao Xing launched disruptive attacks on the sixteen Deputy Envoys.

Three Deputy Envoys were worn down and lost their temper, agreeing to Zhao Xing's demands on the spot and signing unequal contracts.

As the second month passed, another four Deputy Envoys decided to abandon their resistance and pay the protection fee.

By the third month, five more Deputy Envoys decided to pay the protection fee.

However, four individuals still held out, refusing to yield even by the sixth month.

This included Xu Huai, as these four all possessed treasures or secret techniques that allowed them to withstand Zhao Xing's interference.

Six months later, Zhao Xing's golden cicadas ceased their attacks because a divine power fluctuation entered his residence.

"All Mountain Envoys, come quickly!"

In the Abyss Sea Region, at Mount Biluo, a tall and magnificent golden figure summoned all the Mountain Envoys of the Mountain Inspection Divine Division.

Upon hearing the command, all Deputy Envoys had no choice but to rush to Mount Biluo.

Xu Huai sat in his flying boat, a persistent worry etched between his brows.

After the twelve-year opportunity event, Xu Huai's gains were significant. His Karma Token now displayed a value of negative 45.

Logically, this was still a safe value, unlikely to trigger major unfortunate events.

He could then slowly resolve it, bringing the value back to zero, or even into positive territory, preparing for the next opportunity event.

However, this was under ideal circumstances.

Six months after returning to his abode, Xu Zhun's value not only failed to normalize but actually reached negative 48, an increase of three points!

If it exceeded negative sixty, he would trigger a divine-level negative event!

If he couldn't resolve it quickly, survival would be a problem, let alone seeking further opportunities.

"Damn Han Bing, he's gone too far!" Xu Huai slammed the token in his hand.

"If it weren't for him, I would have normalized my value ages ago in these past six months. He's leaving no room for survival!"

"Now that Biluo Zizai God has summoned us, he's probably going to audit. If I don't give a good account, I might trigger a divine-level negative event." Opportunity events, of course, came with negative events too. Xu Zhun wasn't afraid of the Biluo Zizai God himself.

Biluo was merely a Zizai God in the mid-Divine Soldier stage. If it came to a fight, Xu Zhun was confident he could even slay Biluo!

But what after slaying him? His karmic burden would then soar to over 100, which would trigger the appearance of God Commander Yuenan.

Unless he didn't want to remain here, doing so would be courting death.

Possessing immense combat power yet being unable to solve his problem, Xu Huai felt incredibly frustrated.

He hadn't gained enough. Leaving after only one opportunity event would be a huge loss.

Yet, he was unwilling to bow to Han Bing. Timers of the Ministry of Agriculture always had lofty ambitions, and Xu Zhun, a dragon among men, was no exception.

He was a demigod who had once been on the White Scorch Era Genius List. Although he quickly fell off it later, Xu Zhun's Dao Heart absolutely forbade him from easily yielding to someone of his own rank.

"Venerable Han Bing!" Xu Zhun, using the karmic link established earlier, proactively contacted Zhao Xing. "Do you dare to fight me fairly? If you win, I'll give you all my gains, let alone seventy percent."

"But if you lose, get out of my sight!"

On the flying boat on the other side, Zhao Xing heard Xu Huai's roar and couldn't help but smile.

"The orthodox Timers of the Ministry of Agriculture are truly arrogant. They'd rather lose everything in a fight than yield and surrender seventy percent of their Earth God Crystals."

Lord Zhao, of course, would not agree to Xu Huai's request.

"Xu Huai, my rules are the rules."

"If you wish to challenge me, I can add a clause to the contract, giving you an opportunity to challenge me afterward."

"But this time, you must first hand over seventy percent."

"Otherwise, just wait for negative events to trigger!"

With that, Zhao Xing ignored Xu Huai's continued roaring.

338th year, in front of Mount Biluo.

In the Abyss Sea Region, at the Mountain Inspection Divine Division, all thirty-five Deputy Envoys and one Chief Envoy were present.

Among them, including Zhao Xing, thirty-two were visitors, and only four were event characters.

"Greetings, Venerable Biluo God."

Everyone bowed their heads in salute.

Just then, an anomaly suddenly occurred. A mirror appeared on Mount Biluo, emanating radiant divine light that spread over everyone.

All visitors were surprised to find their negative karma values increased by 10 points!

"The Karma Mirror?"

Zhao Xing's heart tensed. His opportunity value also dropped by 10 points, but it remained a positive thirty.

He had not expected such a turn of events.

However, after this illumination, the Biluo Zizai God on the mountaintop suddenly fixed his gaze on a white-haired, green-eyed man among the Mountain Envoys.

"You dared to embezzle divine crystals! Die!"

*Boom!* Heavy divine power condensed into a massive mountain, crashing down.

Before the mountain even descended, a fierce wind arrived.

Zhao Xing felt himself and the others being pushed away by this wind.

Venerable Yinxue, the white-haired, green-eyed man, was at the very center of the suppression.

The space had been severed, preventing the white-haired, green-eyed man from absorbing any spiritual energy or invoking any power of heaven and earth.

Heaven and earth were both against him!

Venerable Yinxue had triggered a divine-level negative event!

Everything happened too quickly. Yinxue had no time to consider anything else; he could only immediately instruct his external guardian to pull him out of the cosmic boat via their lifeline-karmic link.

"Han Bing!!"

Before departing, Venerable Yinxue roared in Zhao Xing's direction.

His physical body then exploded, scattering a large amount of divine crystals, with only his true spirit being led away.

After the Earth Transformation concluded, Yinxue had six months to reduce his karmic burden.

However, due to Han Bing's presence, he made no progress during these six months, and his negative karma value reached fifty-one points!

Coupled with being illuminated by the Karma Mirror just now, it immediately surpassed sixty.

With Yinxue's shout, Xu Zhun, Peng Tian, and Xuan Zhuang—the only three remaining who hadn't yielded—seemed to see a glimmer of hope.

They all hoped Zhao Xing would be affected, thereby freeing them from this individual's oppression.

Yinxue's action did indeed affect Zhao Xing; his karma value decreased by three points.

At the same time, the Biluo Zizai God's gaze also turned towards him.

Zhao Xing quickly admitted his oversight before the Biluo Zizai God could speak. "Venerable God, Silver Snow stole Earth God Crystals; your subordinate was negligent in his duties."

However, at this moment, people immediately stepped forward to speak in Zhao Xing's defense.

"Reporting to Venerable God, before the Earth Transformation occurred, Chief Envoy Han detected anomalies in the undersea mountains and summoned all Deputy Envoys to discuss countermeasures."

"However, only six Deputy Envoys responded; the rest did not heed the summons."

"Your subordinate can attest to this."

"Your subordinate also attests."

The four Deputy Envoys from the event were the first to step forward.

Following closely behind were the visitors.

Chu Ji still led the charge. He knelt beside Zhao Xing and respectfully said, "Venerable God, after the Earth Transformation, Chief Envoy Han immediately found Deputy Envoy Lei Hong and me to jointly suppress the anomalies in the undersea mountains and deal with the disaster of the Earth Transformation."

Lei Hong immediately stepped forward. "After that, your subordinate and the Chief Envoy worked together on the rescue, and ultimately, fifteen Deputy Envoys, along with the Chief Envoy, mutually supervised each other."

"Reporting to Venerable God, I can attest."

"Reporting to Venerable God, I can attest."

Xu Zhun watched, dumbfounded.

How could all these people be in cahoots with Han Bing?

Had he foreseen this scene long ago?

Zhao Xing, meanwhile, stood quietly in place, maintaining his bowed posture.

This was the meaning of having great scholars debate scriptures on his behalf.

After this series of attestations, he noticed that the three points he had lost earlier had been restored. Not only that, but his value had also increased by five points.

Liu Qingci, standing nearby, couldn't help but sigh with emotion. When the demigods below conspired, even gods could be deceived.

Xu Zhun had originally not intended to step forward, but he and Venerable Zhuohua had both participated in the crisis management meeting called by Zhao Xing beforehand. Thus, he had to reluctantly step forward at this moment.

"This Han Bing truly has extensive experience participating in historical event secret realms."

"He has united so many Deputy Envoys. If he were to accuse others now, it would likely be very difficult for them to clear their names."

Of course, they couldn't clear their names, because they weren't innocent to begin with!

All the visitors were there to steal Earth God Crystals; it was merely a matter of whose karmic links were better concealed.

The Biluo Zizai God continued to question, "Han Bing, during this process, did you make any other discoveries?"

"Reporting to Venerable God," Zhao Xing replied, "From beginning to end, I was unable to contact Deputy Envoys Ni Feng, Yu Chen, and Yin Xue."

Ni Feng, Yu Chen, and Yin Xue were the three visitors who had stubbornly refused to yield.

Xu Huai was originally one of them, but before arriving, he ultimately signed a contract with Zhao Xing because he wanted to turn the tables through a decisive battle afterward.

Thus, it didn't matter if the Earth God Crystals were temporarily left with Zhao Xing, as Xu Zhun had absolute confidence in his own strength.

Therefore, Zhao Xing only implicated the three individuals who were unwilling to pay the protection fee.

Yinxue had just been obliterated, and the faces of the remaining two Venerables, Ni Feng and Yu Chen, immediately changed dramatically.

"Absurd! Han Bing, you are the greatest menace!"

"Venerable God, don't listen to his biased account! Han Bing stole the most Earth God Crystals!"

Venerable Ni Feng attempted to argue.

But Venerable Yu Chen, while Zhao Xing was still speaking, immediately activated his guardian's extraction function.

*Whoosh, whoosh!*

A red line suddenly appeared from the void, enveloped Yu Chen, and vanished just before the Biluo Zizai God could make a move.

"Indeed, a spy!" The Biluo Zizai God, with a hand as massive as a mountain, pressed down fiercely.

*Boom!*

The surface of the sea collapsed into a terrifying whirlpool, and Venerable Ni Feng also vanished.

"Pulled away."

Zhao Xing watched from a distance. Just moments ago, Venerable Ni Feng's guardian behind him had also taken him away.

Both of them preserved the Earth God Crystals they carried and departed the cosmic boat.

Their outcome was slightly better than Venerable Yinxue's; at least they managed to take the gains from this opportunity with them.

Venerable Yinxue gained nothing, his physical body exploded, and only his residual true spirit departed.

"All Mountain Envoys, return to your abodes! You are not to leave without a divine decree!"

This sudden change also prompted the Biluo Zizai God to issue a ban.

"Yes."

Zhao Xing glanced at his historical record rubbing and, finding that his karmic burden had not increased, breathed a sigh of relief.

Only after safely returning to his abode was the Divine Mountain Earth Transformation truly concluded.

"Now the treasures I hold are truly mine, and I can continue to stay here," Zhao Xing began to inventory his gains from this event.