"Heavenly Deity Alliance Joint Law Enforcement Division? They're probably the ones overseeing law and order on the Heavenly Deity Star Streets." Yun Xiao mused.
He knew they'd be coming eventually, but he hadn't expected them so soon. This meant the Southern Divine Dragon Realm had already connected the Supreme Yin Cauldron with the Extreme Yin Celestial Realm.
Such intelligence and swift action were far beyond what the secluded Extreme Yin Celestial Realm could muster. But that was only natural.
The Southern Divine Dragon Realm was fiercely patriarchal, while the Harmony Divine Palace excluded all males. The former spread its influence freely across the Heavenly Deity Stellar River.
They sealed off the Extreme Yin Star the moment they arrived.
Yun Xiao and Feng Yao understood why, but the three Divas and Wan Ji's daughters were unaware.
Upon hearing the cold proclamation, the three exchanged glances. Their eyes showed confusion, yet they remained icy.
"So eager to stir up trouble?" Si Ji, the Snow Lineage Diva, appeared delicate but was quickest to anger.
What irked them most was the sheer number of arrivals this time.
In an instant, hundreds of figures appeared overhead.
Each bore the power of multiple calamities. Most were elders with heavy auras and abundant power. Their solemn faces carried the weight of righteous judgment, exuding an aura that dared not be met with direct gaze.
Had there been only a few, the pressure might have been bearable. But with hundreds descending at once, their overwhelming presence seemed poised to crush the Extreme Yin Star.
Most wore similar blue and white celestial armor, marking them as members of the Heavenly Deity Alliance Joint Law Enforcement Division.
Another group had dragon horns atop their heads, towering statures—some reaching ten feet tall, twice the height of others, and three times the weight.
They were even more imposing, each clad in dragon robes and armor, exuding righteousness, masculine and fiery. The Southern Divine Dragon Realm had risen swiftly in recent years.
The Law Enforcement Division descended alongside the Dragon Devil Clan. The former stern and just, the latter fierce and bold, they formed a tight encirclement, trapping everyone from the Extreme Yin Celestial Realm on the Extreme Yin Star, as if to seize criminals.
"Gong Tianjian, what is the meaning of this?" Yu Ji, the Ice Lineage Diva, her face like frost, cast her cold gaze toward the leader of the group.
Gong Tianjian was a cold-faced, gray-haired old woman. Withered and small, she stood barely over four feet tall. Sparse strands of hair clung to a face etched with deep wrinkles, rendering her exceedingly unattractive.
Yet, her eyes held a defiance that brooked no evil, and an aura that warned strangers away. The profound power of her immortal tribulations commanded respect.
Gong Tianjian, the Chief of the Heavenly Deity Alliance Joint Law Enforcement Division, was renowned throughout the Samsara Galaxy. In seniority, she stood above even the Three Divas.
The Law Enforcement Division was a joint force of the Heavenly Deity Alliance within the Heavenly Deity Stellar River, tasked with judging good and evil in public realms. Their headquarters lay on Heavenly Deity Star Street, and Gong Tianjian was their figurehead, wielding the highest authority.
Throughout the stellar river, she was a respected elder, famed for her ironclad justice. No scoundrel could escape her grasp.
Only the Ice Lineage Diva dared to call her by name in such a setting.
Everyone knew Gong Tianjian represented more than herself. She was a member of the esteemed Elysian Immortal Palace, one of the top celestial sects in the Heavenly Deity Stellar River. With such backing, who would dare provoke her?
The fact that she had emerged for this incident showed its gravity.
Addressed by name, Gong Tianjian cast a cold gaze over the Three Divas. Her eyes were deeply indifferent.
"Chief Gong's personal arrival on the Extreme Yin Star is naturally to capture the murderer who openly killed on Heavenly Deity Star Street."
"The vastness of the Dao holds endless wonders. The Creator Immortal had fashioned all things and all races—truly remarkable," Yun Xiao couldn't help but marvel.
He had thought Feng Yao's size was unparalleled—like a watermelon—but hadn't expected someone whose face was as broad as a golden basin.
"You could wash your face on that," Yun Xiao mused.
"Who is she?" he asked Hai Qing beside him without thinking.
"She should be Shen Nanyin, the daughter-in-law of the Golden Dragon Emperor and the Young Dragon Empress," Hai Qing replied with a frown.
She recognized her because Shen Nanyin was one of Harmony Divine Palace's most troublesome opponents in the Grand Assembly of Myriad Sects.
"She wants your life, and you're still curious about her?" Feng Yao snapped, more irked than ever at being overshadowed, especially hearing Yun Xiao's interest.
"They're here to catch you," Yun Xiao said.
"You... heartless!" Feng Yao huffed.
The two whispered to each other under the gaze of the crowd, acting as if they feared nothing, which caused many elders to frown.
Supreme Yin Cauldron and the 9-Star Boundless Immortal prodigy... These two identities overlapped and had already spread; there was no way to stop the news.
The only ones still in the dark were those from the Extreme Yin Celestial Realm.
There was no helping it; their information was indeed lagging. But the issue was, at such a critical moment, Feng Yao still had the mind to be angry with the young man beside her?
"Feng Yao!" Shen Nanyin stepped forward until she stood before Yun Xiao and Feng Yao.
Up close, the grandeur of this female Dragon Devil Clan member—towering like a one-story building—was even more imposing. Her radiant and pretty face looked down upon Feng Yao, eyes filled with deep contempt.
It seemed that, as a woman of the Southern Divine Dragon clan, she considered the status of the Supreme Yin Cauldron to be even lower than hers.
Unexpectedly, despite her formidable physique, her voice was soft and sweet. Even when she tried to sound cold and harsh, it still came across as gentle, completely at odds with her appearance.
"Spit it out if you've got something to say," Feng Yao retorted, clearly displeased with Shen Nanyin's gaze.
"Heh." Shen Nanyin produced a flying talisman in her hand, which projected an image.
In it, Feng Yao and Yun Xiao were touring the wines of the Southern Divine Dragon Cellar, guided by Long Qinyang.
At the time, they hadn't expected that a simple outing would lead to the huge trouble of the Supreme Yin Cauldron, so they were quite intimate. Feng Yao held Yun Xiao's arm; though she was a bit taller, she leaned on his shoulder, appearing very much like lovers.
That was all the image showed.
After watching, Wan Ji and Yu Ji remained composed, but the Snow Lineage Diva, Si Ji, wore a face of icy anger, furious at the closeness between Yun Xiao and Feng Yao.
Feng Yao had explained that Yun Xiao had saved her life, but... she was a 9-Star Boundless Immortal prodigy; how could she be so intimate with her own immortal slave in public!
Si Ji trembled with rage.
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Si Ji trembled with rage.