First, the Purgatory Demon King, then the Judgment King. With the wisdom of Udis, the Lord of the Abyss, how could he not realize he had walked right into Lei Dong's snare? And that Lei Dong, he was the kind of person who, if he didn't strike, it meant nothing, but once he did, he intended to take lives. Now, not only had infighting erupted within the Bright Holy Domain's ranks, but Lei Dong's true strength far surpassed Udis's imagination. That fellow surely has more moves in reserve. Udis reacted with extreme speed, immediately flapping his demonic wings and shouting a warning to his subordinates: "The wind is tight, we retreat." In this moment of crisis, he felt not a shred of guilt for abandoning his ally, the Holy Radiance King. At worst, he could just submit to the Night Emperor. As long as he acted tough enough, perhaps he could evade the dreadful fate of having his mind controlled.

Beryliss and the others also sensed something terribly wrong. At their leader's command, they hastily began retreating at their fastest pace. The Abyssal race certainly had a knack for self-preservation techniques. Despite their bizarre appearances, they were surprisingly quick when running away.

However, the first one to be intercepted was Udis himself, who had been most confident in his speed. The Abyssal Demon race, after all, were winged beings, inherently proficient in the laws of space. And Udis was at the peak of the Mid-stage Soul Transformation realm; he firmly believed that if he truly tried to flee, few in this world could catch him.

"Udis, where do you think you're going?" A voice, overwhelmingly majestic yet utterly frigid, resonated next to Udis: "I said, the space here is solidified."

Udis instantly felt the space around him become incredibly rigid. But he was, after all, a peak Mid-stage Soul Transformation existence; with a violent surge, he exploded the solidified space and broke free, all within less than two heartbeats.

Yet, Udis’s swift escape had been decisively cut short. Annoyed and slightly flustered, he hovered mid-air, his voice laced with deep apprehension: "Who goes there? Hiding your face like a coward?"

"Heh heh, Udis, you keep a stiff upper lip," a middle-aged man with long white hair, a slender build, and extraordinary bearing slowly manifested before Udis. With his hands clasped behind his back, he sneered, "I have already shown myself. What can you do about it? A mere junior dares to act so arrogantly before me?"

Calling him a junior was not inaccurate. After all, those of equal renown to the Netherworld Ghost Emperor were the former Lord of the Abyss, the Shadow Demon King, the Purgatory Demon King, and the Radiant Kings. Udis had usurped the Shadow Demon King's position and only managed to reach the peak of the Mid-stage Soul Transformation realm by salvaging a few Chaos Crystals from a chaotic subspace. In terms of prestige, he lagged far behind those old veterans.

"Netherworld Ghost Emperor." Udis's eyes suddenly hardened, showing a hint of dread: "So it is the Ghost Emperor gracing us with your presence; I offer my humble apologies for not welcoming you sooner. This junior has long admired the Ghost Emperor, though I never had the chance to meet you. Now that I see you, your bearing is truly extraordinary, worthy of being called the Ghost Hero." Simultaneously, he was secretly startled; the aura displayed by the Ghost Emperor seemed even higher than he had imagined. Wait? No, standing before him, Udis felt a baffling sensation of being utterly suppressed. Could he have already reached…?

"Udis, all your flattery is useless. Since I have appeared here, it is to deal with you," the Netherworld Ghost Emperor chuckled lightly. "I heard you possess a supreme treasure, something called the Scepter Totem. Hand it over quickly so I may behold it."

What the hell, he even knows about the Scepter Totem. Udis felt speechless, cursing internally, That useless old coot, the Shadow Demon King, must have spilled the beans. This was a secret of the Abyssal race; that old fool disregarded the larger picture. Still, he pondered whether he should summon the Scepter Totem. That thing was terrifying; Udis himself hadn't fully mastered that spiritual treasure.

Before he could finish his internal rant, he felt a chilling sensation, and a voice filled with suppressed hatred and sinister malice drifted from behind him: "Udis, so you have your day of reckoning. Were you enjoying yourself when you betrayed me back then?"

"The old coot?" Udis was utterly horrified (Bookstore). Regrettably, none of his subordinates managed to escape; they had each already encountered their opponents.

The one intercepting Saris, the Four-Armed Naga, was naturally the battle-hungry Heavenly Demon. She held the Heavenly Demon Sword, blocking Beryliss's path, and stated coldly, "Beryliss, didn't you just say you wanted a proper fight with me? Why the sudden urge to leave?"

The Heavenly Demon's movements were truly uncanny. Beryliss muttered to herself, let out a hiss, and gripping swords, halberds, knives, and shields with her four hands, engaged the Heavenly Demon without another word.

Old adversaries were naturally met by their old rivals. Dongfang Fu, also someone who valued past connections, had long fixed his target on Dagga the Cyclops. Deploying his exquisite profound ice magic, he blocked its escape route and attacked relentlessly and silently.

Forced into a corner, the Cyclops Dagga could only grit his teeth and roar repeatedly as he clashed with Dongfang Fu.

The other two Abyssal Demons, who had only recently advanced to the Soul Transformation realm, were intercepted by Ding Wanyan and Xiao You, respectively. Given their current strength, they stood little chance against Wanyan and Xiao You.

The interception and engagement among the Abyssal race happened in an extremely short span of time.

Meanwhile, King Liuyue, facing the sharp reprimand from the Judgment King, showed no sign of regaining clarity. Instead, she furiously spat back: "Judgment King, I never expected you to be such a person! At the most critical juncture for our clan, you turn traitor, helping your little lover Lei Dong plunge our kin into ruin!"

The Judgment King was momentarily stunned. She did indeed hold some peculiar feelings for Lei Dong. However, in her heart, those feelings had never been voiced, and even she herself had always refused to acknowledge them. Yet, hearing Liuyue voice it so directly pierced her innermost feelings, causing her to freeze momentarily, her gaze drifting away uncertainly.

Liuyue was also taken aback. She had initially spoken rashly, attacking haphazardly. She hadn't expected to actually hit a nerve with the Judgment King. How could this be? The Judgment King, who had always been aloof and never shown favor to any male, had actually fallen for that human?

Regardless of the truth, this was an opportunity. Liuyue immediately made a decisive move, sternly admonishing: "Judgment, wake up now! Do not become an eternal sinner who conspires with outsiders to bring ruin upon our clan!"

The Judgment King was enraged by her words. Wasn't the Holy Radiance King the true villain harming the Winged God Clan? She considered Liuyue a good sister. Although she was controlled by the Holy Radiance King's dark arts, her consciousness should still be clear; how could she fling such vile accusations at her?

Immediately, the Judgment King became angry out of shame and indignation: "Liuyue, if you persist in your delusion, then don't blame my Sword of Judgment for showing no mercy."

"Bright, Dusk, you have seen it all. Judgment has clearly been bewitched by that human boy and is set on dragging our clan into an inferno just to please her lover. Join me in killing her—kill this eternal traitor!" Liuyue’s expression turned fierce, and she was the first to charge towards the Judgment King.

The Bright King and Dusk King also noticed the strangeness surrounding Judgment, sensing a definite, unclear entanglement with that human. Without further hesitation, they joined Liuyue in encircling and attacking the Judgment King.

"Sister Judgment, I'll help you." Meier of the Succubus race, a Soul Transformation expert, appeared out of nowhere and joined the fray, intercepting the attack from Aganna, the Bright King.

This development seemed to further solidify the accusation that the Judgment King was colluding with outsiders and betraying her own clan. The Bright King and Dusk King, whose initial attacks had been restrained, now exploded in rage, unleashing their full power and unleashing one ultimate move after another.

"Liuyue, you've been controlled by that old dog Holy Radiance! Wake up quickly!" The Blazing Star King, injured by a punch, gripped his sword and shield and plunged back into the battle, roaring anxiously.

"Chixing, you scoundrel! I trusted you so much, yet you conspire with outsiders to harm our clan's Holy Radiance King!" Liuyue had gone utterly mad, biting whomever she could reach, furiously cursing: "Despicable, shameless wretch, I will kill you!"

Chaos erupted everywhere.

Only the Holy Radiance King remained, sprawled on the ground like a dead dog, passively absorbing the nurturing light of healing. It seemed that the fierce blow from the Blazing Star King had injured him severely, rendering him seemingly unconscious.

"Heh heh, Holy Radiance King, you are supposed to be a renowned peak expert of your generation," Lei Dong floated above him, hands clasped behind his back, sneering repeatedly. "Why bother with such pretense, playing dead here? The Blazing Star King's strike did wound you, but certainly not to this degree."

"Lei Dong." The Holy Radiance King slowly rose, floating into the air. Though his face was pale, he had suppressed his injuries. "I have repeatedly overestimated you, yet I failed to realize you had secretly planted your thunder within my ranks. And I certainly didn't expect that even the famous Purgatory Demon King and the Netherworld Ghost Emperor would deign to take orders from you despite their dignity. Indeed, no, for you, merely a human, to overturn the world to this extent is truly extraordinary. I will give you one last chance: merge a portion of your divine sense with mine and submit to me, join me in conquering the world. In the future, you can rule a domain, second only to me, above ten thousand others. Otherwise, today will be your end."

Lei Dong let out a silent laugh, looking at the Holy Radiance King with genuine interest. "Old dog Holy Radiance, have you gone senile?"