In the distance, General Yao, Xiao Rui'an, Shi Zairen, and others were dragging their coats as they tried to put out the fire on the sacrificial altar.
The field was already in complete chaos.
The soldiers ignored them and gathered around Emperor Yun Ao, at a loss for what to do.
"Ouch...it hurts so much...help me!"
"My body is so hot, it hurts so much..."
"Help! Someone come quick!"
The Azure Wolf Emperor was already struggling to cope; he felt a ball of fire burning his face.
Unable to bear the pain any longer, he rushed to the table in front of the altar and violently slammed his head against it.
One sound after another startled Baili Tang, making her heart leap into her throat.
Suddenly, a clear cry pierced the sky, and dust billowed up from the ground, flying everywhere and blinding everyone present.
A handsome young man in a brown robe, holding a jar in his hand, slowly descended from the clouds.
His face was shrouded in mist, but his deep brown eyes seemed to see through everything in the world.
As he landed, the dust on the ground gradually dispersed, and when everyone saw the scene before them, they were all startled by the person who had appeared.
Baili Tang was the first to react. When she saw the person who came, she was so frightened that she immediately let go of Emperor Yun Ao's dragon robe and knelt down excitedly.
"The Crimson Star Goddess?"
"This humble one pays respects to the Star Goddess Chiti."
Upon hearing Baili Tang's shout, the soldiers dropped their swords and knelt before the revered deity.
The Crimson Star God glanced at Xiao Wanwan, who was leaping in the fire, and then turned her gaze to Emperor Yun Ao, who was rolling on the ground.
The wind that had been gradually subsiding around him suddenly surged up again like a whirlwind.
Looking at the sky that had suddenly darkened, everyone present was too terrified to speak.
"Who used this child to offer as a sacrifice to the Venerable One?"
Emperor Yun Ao wanted to speak, but he was in excruciating pain all over his body, leaving him with no strength to do so.
He was completely exhausted at this moment.
"Star God, it is...it is..." Eunuch Huai knelt on the ground, wanting to speak but not daring to.
General Yao immediately took over from Eunuch Huai, still holding a grudge about their arrest earlier.
“Star God, Eunuch Huai dares not accept her, because this child is the child of His Majesty of Yun Ao Kingdom, who ordered these people to put Xiao Wanwan in the fire.”
"They say he was the first, and the rest of us followed closely behind."
"Star God, I am ignorant and would like to ask you, in the Heavenly Court, do all the gods require the lives of mortals like us as offerings?"
"Absurd!" Upon hearing this, the Crimson Star Goddess's eyes suddenly flashed with anger as she looked at Emperor Yun Ao on the ground. "I was ordered to maintain the order of the Three Realms and protect the Yun Ao Kingdom in order to reduce the slaughter of humans and protect mortals. How dare you now use humans as sacrificial offerings?"
"Back when the Yun Ao Kingdom passed through your Baili family, I said that you were not allowed to save all living beings and treat the people kindly. Have you done so?"
Back then, the Baili family seized the throne, and in the end, they relied on their ability to summon the Crimson Star God and use the divine power of the Lijiang River to defeat the Ouyang family and become the new king of Yun'ao Kingdom.
Over the years, the Baili family has lived a peaceful life, following the rules and regulations.
Now, the Baili family actually dares to perform sacrifices to mortals behind his back? And what's more, it's...
The murderous intent in the eyes of the Crimson Star Goddess quickly dissipated.
He raised his hand and struck Yun Aodi hard. Yun Aodi was already in excruciating pain, and now he was thrown off the altar by the Crimson Star God, crashing heavily to the ground.
"ah--"
Emperor Yun Ao roared in pain.
In normal circumstances, if a monarch were to be so humiliated, the imperial guards, eunuchs, and palace maids around him would have already taken him down.
But now they are facing a god, the Crimson Star God whom they mortals can never contend with.
It is the god to whom the Yun'ao Kingdom has relied for thousands of years.
"Please, Goddess Chiti, calm your anger."
Seeing this, the crowd kowtowed in fear.
"Back then, when I was protecting the Yun'ao Kingdom, I told you that you must never trample on the people, never kill innocent people, and never use humans as sacrificial offerings!"
"It seems you've all ignored my words!"
Eunuch Huai was terrified. Having served His Majesty for many years, how could he not know who His Majesty was?
But His Majesty was in a fit of anger today, and even if he wanted to speak up to remind him, he dared not say a word to His Majesty.
The last Divine Summoning Conference caused Yun'ao Kingdom to lose face, and His Majesty will not tolerate anyone pleading for the Holy Kingdom in the slightest.
At that time, a minister simply said, "Could the Holy Kingdom be able to turn things around?" and Bean was immediately hanged.
From then on, no one dared to utter any words of disobedience to His Majesty.
"No, no, no, God, I never intended to kill her. It was His Majesty, it was Baili Tang, the two of them said they were holding the child."
The Regent withdrew his spiritual power, walked up to the Star God Chiti, and met his gaze.
There was no fear in her eyes at all, which alarmed Ye Lanyin.
"Husband, please don't..."
“Wanwan is my life. If anything happens to Wanwan in Yun'ao Kingdom, I will go to the Heavenly Court even if it means my death, and beg the God to remove your divine status.”
In all this time, no mortal has ever dared to speak to him in such a tone.
Upon hearing this, the Star Goddess Chiti turned and sized up the Regent.
This is Wanwan's father, the one with whom they made their three-point agreement, a vow that they would all share in their father.
Looking at the Regent who showed no fear and even had a hint of anger in his eyes, the Star Goddess Chiti's lips curled into a smile, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
It has been a long time since I have seen such a principled mortal.
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