Chapter 787 - 308: The Strategist Enters the Fray

Countdown, a quarter of an hour.

The scene was deathly silent. Ye Wuyue could almost hear her own heartbeat. Every breath was a torment.

"It’s all my fault... I wasn’t prepared enough..." she quietly apologized to Guan Xin, "I’m sorry to have disappointed you."

Ye Wuyue knew if they failed this time, there would be no next opportunity.

But... what kind of preparation would be considered adequate? Ye Wuyue was bewildered... The opponent was the Supreme Palace, the White Jade Capital, the leader of the Immortal Dao... How could she possibly win against them?

Guan Xin didn’t answer, her eyes unblinkingly fixed on the place where Celestial Venerable Sui disappeared.

To everyone, this last quarter of an hour was an endlessly long wait.

As the end of the countdown approached, Ye Wuyue still didn’t react. Observing her state, everyone more or less understood that the Demon Extermination Bureau was at a loss, and this helpless silence was their final stubbornness.

Ye Wuyue held the third dossier, her shoulders trembling continuously. She struggled internally whether to present the third dossier. But... would it help? They couldn’t even confirm if Celestial Venerable Mihua was a Demon Cultivator...

Suddenly, Guan Xin next to her let out a sharp scream. She grabbed Ye Wuyue’s shoulder tightly and squeezed hard,

"Quick, quick!"

Ye Wuyue was startled, "What is it?"

Guan Xin didn’t look at her but stared intently at the shadow beside Celestial Venerable Mihua. Her forehead was covered in sweat,

"Quickly use the Unruffled Platform!"

"But—"

"Hurry!" Guan Xin almost shouted.

Ye Wuyue shuddered and, without further hesitation, activated the Unruffled Platform for the third time. Given her cultivation and spiritual strength, repeatedly activating the Unruffled Platform, especially for a back-to-origin activation, was strenuous. But she couldn’t afford to worry about that now.

The Unruffled Platform overflowed with dark green light, like a giant hand, suddenly grasping at Celestial Venerable Mihua.

In that extremely brief moment, Celestial Venerable Shangli’s composed expression turned utterly shocked. His pupils almost shrank into a dot, overwhelmed by a strong sense of crisis, compelling him to instinctively try to stop the third inspection of the Unruffled Platform.

Seeing this, Guan Xin’s eyes instantly filled with blood. She spared nothing, exhausting all her cultivation in a flash.

But even this was far from enough to stop Celestial Venerable Shangli. At this moment, she no longer had the strength to ponder over such a vile act by Celestial Venerable Shangli. She just wanted to block him, even at any cost!

For today, for this moment, she had already wagered so much.

She used her life-bound literary aura, condensing the true essence of all the texts she had learned into a screen. The screen unfurled and landed in front of Celestial Venerable Shangli.

She knew that with her cultivation, she could not possibly defeat Celestial Venerable Shangli.

But if she could just block him for even a moment, it would be enough!

Celestial Venerable Shangli’s Taoist technique struck against Guan Xin’s life-bound literary aura.

In that instant, white light burst forth.

And immediately after, an aura filled with blood, stench, and terror erupted violently from Celestial Venerable Mihua’s forehead. Massive clouds of Demonic Qi enveloped an area within a thousand miles. Everyone watching was shrouded in its shadow.

Seeing the Demonic Qi, a trace of despair flickered in Celestial Venerable Shangli’s eyes. Then, he saw Guan Xin, whose life-bound literary aura had been shattered by him, bleeding from her seven orifices, falling and unable to rise, and terror covered his gaze.

He murmured under his breath, "This is a disaster."

"Guan Xin!" Ye Wuyue screamed hoarsely as she rushed to Guan Xin’s side, quickly channeling energy to stabilize her injuries.

Guan Xin, her eyes closed, painfully said, "Don’t mind me, the trial isn’t over yet!"

After speaking, she lost consciousness.

Seeing this, Celestial Venerable Shangli wanted to step forward to help.

Ye Wuyue angrily shouted, "Get away from me!"

Celestial Venerable Shangli’s hands trembled momentarily, and he retreated to his previous position.

At this moment, Celestial Venerable Sui returned from the long river of time. He glanced at the surroundings and then looked at Celestial Venerable Shangli, shaking his head with a bitter smile.

Ye Wuyue fixed her gaze and spoke firmly, her voice echoing throughout the empty area, nearly drowning out Gu Lan’s invocation at the Great Prosperity Festival.

"In my capacity as the General Director of the Immortal Continent Demon Extermination Bureau, I declare that the Grand Elder of the Supreme Palace, Celestial Venerable Mihua, is an outright Demon Cultivator. For over fifteen hundred years, he has shown no remorse, amassing ninety-eight unpardonable criminal charges. He conspired internally and externally, causing a total loss of seven billion, three hundred ninety-four million, two hundred fifty-seven thousand, eight hundred eighty-four supreme-grade Spirit Stones for the Supreme Palace, and indirectly causing losses of ninety-seven billion four hundred million..."

Ye Wuyue loudly declared Celestial Venerable Mihua’s crimes.

Finally, she looked at Celestial Venerable Mihua,

"Do you plead guilty?"

Celestial Venerable Mihua, akin to a withered corpse, seeming like a living dead, lowered his head and said,

"I... plead guilty."

Ye Wuyue secretly sighed with relief, but she knew the trial was not over. With a wave of her right hand, she presented the third dossier,

"We must understand how Celestial Venerable Mihua could infiltrate the Supreme Palace for so long without being discovered. This concerns every force, big and small, on the Immortal Continent, implicating each of our interests. This dossier records the reasons."

The third dossier slowly unfurled.

Everyone then realized that this was the main event of today.

And at this moment, the ceremonial invocation from He Yue Village’s Great Prosperity Festival had concluded.

After just a few breaths of silence, Gu Lan’s voice resounded across the world again. Following the Great Prosperity Festival’s process, the next step was to declare the reign of the Heavenly Dao Changli and envision the future.