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Chapter 156 - Warrants

After cutting off Tang San's fortune power, Huo Yuhao brought forth evidence he had long prepared—proof of corruption and favoritism by the Sea God, the God of War, the God of Slaughter, and others. He then used the God Realm Tribunal to issue arrest warrants for these deities.

Afterward, he convened the highest council of the six God Kings of the God Realm.

Sea God Temple

The Sea God was waiting anxiously for the Angel God's reply, rehearsing in his heart how he would humbly apologize to escape retribution.

A divine officer approached.

 "Lord Sea God, the Angel God has arrived!"

The Sea God brightened.

 "Quickly, quickly, let her in."

Before long, the Angel God entered with a squad of law enforcement deities.

"Sea God, you are under arrest!" Qian Hanyu produced a divine arrest warrant.

Poseidon's eyes widened as he read the countless crimes listed under his name.

In disbelief, he feigned ignorance.

 "Lady Angel God, isn't this too much? I admit, I was wrong in the past. I was even preparing to apologize sincerely—surely this isn't necessary?"

"Poseidon!" Qian Hanyu sneered.

 "Do you still think this is something you can resolve with apologies and banquets? This is a battle of life and death!"

Poseidon's heart sank.

Before he could react, Qian Hanyu bound him with the God-Sealing Chains.

 "Take him away."

"Yes, ma'am!"

Several divine officers stepped forward, restraining the Sea God.

"Ah, lighter, lighter, my dear officials!" he whined, as they dragged him out of his temple.

At the threshold, Poseidon stopped and looked back once at the towering Sea God Temple—then was taken away.

Meanwhile, arrests spread across the God Realm.

The God of War, God of Slaughter, God of Food, Nine-Colored Goddess, Phoenix God, God of Speed, God of Fire—all of Shura God's faction—were captured in full.

God Realm Central Hall

Unlike the arrests outside, the atmosphere within the Supreme Council was suffocating.

The Shura God knew his situation, yet did not flee. Instead, he appeared in the very heart of the realm.

"Eternal God, I know you can't wait to strike me. Go ahead, make your move," the Shura God sneered.

Huo Yuhao replied calmly:

 "Ah, but every matter requires just cause. Procedure must be followed. Shura God, do you know your crimes? Witness—step forward!"

The Rakshasa God entered.

The Shura God froze in disbelief.

 "Rakshasa… you?!"

"Yes, it's me." The Rakshasa God glared with venom.

"I knew the Eternal God would eventually move against me—I've long awaited this day. But that he would bring you forth… I never imagined." Shura God's face darkened with despair.

"You thought I'd never betray you. You thought I'd remain your tool forever, didn't you?" the Rakshasa God hissed.

 "To you, I was nothing but a trash pit to hold all your filth and hypocrisy. I carried your sins so you could wear the mask of impartial justice. And when the time came to pass your throne, you would abandon me! Ha ha ha! Now, I will drag you into the mud with me. Let every god see your true face!"

At that moment, Shura God knew his filthy secrets could no longer be hidden.

Outwardly, he had always kept a noble facade. In truth, the Rakshasa God had been his "black glove," handling all the dirty work, harvesting faith for him.

She would choose successors, plunge continents into chaos, drive mortals to despair—so that Shura could appear at the final moment as savior, becoming their god of faith.

With a flash, Shura God drew the Shura Sword, aiming to cut her down.

But the God of Destruction intervened, blocking him.

The God of Life, along with the Gods of Kindness and Evil, rushed to restrain him.

"Proceed, Rakshasa. Begin your testimony," Huo Yuhao commanded.

"Yes, Lord Eternal God." She bowed and began recounting everything from the moment she first followed Shura.

She even presented recordings of their secret dealings, while divine officers produced physical evidence from their hidden meeting places.

All evidence pointed to Shura God's repeated crimes: willfully breaking laws, interfering in the mortal realm, causing disasters, harvesting faith through suffering, and even manipulating the flow of fate—inviting extradimensional demons into worlds, empowering them with fortune itself, all to cultivate his chosen heirs.

His sins were heinous—countless and damning.

Through it all, Shura's expression remained dark and silent.

The Gods of Life and Destruction, who had worked with him for millennia, looked upon him as though seeing a stranger.

"I never thought you were this kind of god," Destruction murmured in shock.

"The Shura God I knew—stern, just, incorruptible—it was all an act," the Goddess of Life said bitterly.

Huo Yuhao clapped his hands once.

 "Shura God, do you have anything to say? If not, confess."

Shura threw back his head and laughed madly. Then, wielding the Shura Sword, he forced back Life, Destruction, Kindness, and Evil all at once.

His aura surged to its peak, madness burning in his eyes.

"Yes, I did it! So what? Do you think you can judge me, Eternal God?" he roared.

 "I am Shura God—the God of Judgment! In this world, I judge others. No one can judge me!"

His gaze swept wildly across Life, Destruction, Kindness, Evil, Rakshasa—then fixed on the God Realm's core. With mocking eyes, he turned back to Huo Yuhao.

"Eternal God, I know this assembly is a death trap. But do you know why I still dared to come?"

"Tell me," Huo Yuhao said coolly.

"Guess—can the God Realm Core withstand the annihilating self-destruction of a God King?"

"Shura God, are you insane? Do you intend to destroy the very core of the God Realm?" The God of Destruction roared in fury.

"Destruction, I'm not insane." The Shura God sneered. "I know full well you'll never let me live. If I'm doomed, then you can all accompany me to the grave."

Huo Yuhao sat calmly, unaffected by the threats. Smiling, he asked:

 "Shura God, using the God Realm's future as leverage… all you want is terms, right? Then tell us—what do you want?"

The Shura God drew a deep breath.

 "You're straightforward. I have no great demands. I want to leave the God Realm—you must let me go."

"Agreed." Huo Yuhao answered without hesitation.

The Shura God, surprised by such ease, tried to push for more.

 "In addition—"

"That's all." Huo Yuhao's cold voice cut him off. In that moment, he no longer hid his strength. Divine might equal to the Dragon God's descended, crushing down upon the Shura God. "Or you can test for yourself whether five God Kings can suppress your destruction."

The Shura God fell silent. He had thought Huo Yuhao was still only half a step into Supreme God King. Never did he expect Huo Yuhao to have already ascended so far. His leverage—the threat of destroying the God Realm—meant little now.

After all, Huo Yuhao could abandon the God Realm entirely. The God Star plane had been created by a Supreme God King; if he wished, Huo Yuhao could forge one of his own. The only ones truly threatened were the gods still residing there, and the four who cared about its future: Destruction, Life, Good, and Evil.

Realizing this, the Shura God could only relent.

 "Fine. Then let me leave. Let this be witnessed by the gods of the realm. Eternal God—you wouldn't break your word, would you?"

"Of course not." Huo Yuhao waved his hand and ordered the other four kings:

 "Let him go."

"Eternal God…" Destruction protested bitterly.

"Let him leave." Huo Yuhao repeated with finality.

Only then did Life, Destruction, Good, and Evil step aside.

The Shura God wasted no time and shot toward the edge of the God Realm.

Huo Yuhao's voice carried after him:

 "You have thirty seconds to be gone. After thirty seconds, whether within or beyond the realm, you will be hunted."

"Thirty seconds? Don't insult a god." The Shura God snorted.

For a God King, thirty seconds was ample to escape—and perhaps to do more.

He drew the Shura Demon Sword and slashed the heavens, tearing open a rift leading outward.

As he stepped into the rift, he turned toward a sealed place in the realm.

 "Let me leave you a parting gift."

He unleashed the power of Shura, unraveling the seal upon the Golden Dragon King.

Knowing now that Huo Yuhao was a true Supreme God King, he never expected the Golden Dragon King to stop him. He only wanted the chaos to buy him time.

Having done this, the Shura God vanished into the void beyond.

Within the sealed land, the Golden Dragon King stirred as the bindings fell away.

At last, after endless years of suppression, the beast whose heart had swollen with rage was free.

The Golden Dragon King unfurled wings vast enough to blot the sky. Wreathed in golden light, he rose into the air and roared toward the God Realm's council:

"ROAR!"

The sound carried across the realm, laced with destruction and ruin.

Gods across the star looked up at the burst of golden radiance, seeing the vague, colossal silhouette of a dragon within.

"The Golden Dragon King—no! The seal has been broken!"

"Hurry, inform the God Kings—something terrible has happened!"

The Golden Dragon King possessed the raw might of a God King, and a monstrous body. But he lacked wit. Freshly freed, his first impulse was vengeance—slaughter.

"I am free! Five God Kings of the realm—Shura God—prepare to face my wrath!"

But before he could unleash destruction, a long chain shot forth from the council's direction.

It wrapped around him like a serpent binding prey, tightening instantly.

"What—no! Damn it!" The dragon thrashed, but to his horror, the moment the chain coiled around him, his god-kingly power was sealed.

Bound like a dumpling, his vast form crashed heavily into the earth.

Huo Yuhao withdrew his hand—the crisis over as swiftly as it had begun.

"This dragon is truly witless. All its intellect went to the Silver Dragon instead." Huo Yuhao shook his head. "In my past life, it was only because I was the God of Emotion that I calmed his fury enough for us to cooperate. Without me, he'd have been aimless after freedom."

Still, he mused, the Silver Dragon wasn't much wiser. "Tang Wulin, handed to her on a platter, and instead of devouring him she falls in love, bears his children, and gifts the Tang Clan with the Dragon God's legacy."

Soon after, the other God Kings arrived, finding the Golden Dragon King already trussed like a rice dumpling, glaring venomously at Huo Yuhao and the others.

Huo Yuhao clenched his fist. The Eternal Order Chain constricted further.

The Golden Dragon King shrieked in agony. His body shrank smaller and smaller, until his consciousness was extinguished entirely. At last, only a pure Destruction God Seed and the essence of his bloodline remained, falling into Huo Yuhao's hand.

With the Golden Dragon King slain, Huo Yuhao looked up at the rift the Shura God had carved in the heavens. To the other four kings, he said:

 "You will stay and mend this breach. I will hunt down the Shura God."

"Eternal God, he has been gone for some time already. Alone, can you truly catch him? Should I not join you?" Destruction asked.

"No need. I know where he is. I'll go alone."

With that, Huo Yuhao stepped into the rift, while the others remained to repair the tear.

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