Chapter 1563: Chapter 1558: Punishment_1 Chapter 1563: Chapter 1558: Punishment_1 However, it was eventually devoured by the Tengu Devours Moon Spiritual Talisman, which showed the talisman’s power.

If it were used in battle, it might not be enough to kill a Golden Venerable but would be more than enough to kill someone in the Spirit Plate Stage.

Thinking of this, Yang Chen couldn’t help but chuckle. Was this karmic retribution? After all the twists and turns, he had not managed to kill Wu Changkong, but now he had taken care of him using a spiritual talisman.

It seemed that in this world, there was indeed karmic retribution. Wu Changkong killed Huang Taiji back then, and now he died by the same spiritual talisman technique that Huang Taiji was proud of.

While pondering this, Yang Chen also felt that the four Lightning Giants he had summoned had reached their limit. After all, the fleeing Spirit Plate Stage and Golden Venerable powerful people were not to be underestimated.

However, just as the Lightning Giants reached their limit, the royal family’s men arrived quickly, and many masters joined forces. In just a short while, the rioting prisoners were either suppressed or killed.

The Ever-victorious Emperor and Elder Xie Yun came out to maintain order.

“Yang Chen, my friend, are you alright?” Elder Xie Yun and the Ever-victorious Emperor asked in unison.

“I am fine, it’s just that I accidentally killed Wu Changkong just now.” Yang Chen laughed and said: “Junior didn’t hold back, I wanted to intercept him but never expected that he would escape so fast, so I accidentally killed him. I hope the two seniors will forgive me.”

The Ever-victorious Emperor waved his hand: “Young friend Yang Chen, you don’t need to worry about it. This Wu Changkong would be executed by law sooner or later, and now he is trying to escape, which means he should be punished even more. You killing him directly is not a problem at all. It’s just that he got off too easily!”

The Ever-victorious Emperor now had no sympathy for Wu Changkong, as he didn’t repent and even tried to escape.

Seeing the Ever-victorious Emperor’s response, Yang Chen nodded.

Elder Xie Yun spoke solemnly: “What exactly happened? Why did the prisoners escape from the dungeon?”

Elder Xie Yun, the dungeon warden has been brought here by us.” Some emperors led a man out, who was none other than Yu Jian’guan!

Yu Jian’guan was brought here and immediately knelt down to beg for mercy: “Esteemed emperors, this has nothing to do with me! It was all Bai Shangfei! Bai Shangfei wanted to see Wu Changkong, and I, a weakling, couldn’t resist him. I was threatened and lured into agreeing to it. I didn’t know that Bai Shangfei had the idea of rescuing Wu Changkong. If I had known, I would have never agreed even if it killed me.”

Upon hearing his words, many emperors turned their eyes to Bai Shangfei.

Bai Shangfei had planned to escape just now, but when the emperors appeared, he decided to play dumb and stood among them like he had nothing to do with the situation.

But his plan failed, and Bai Shangfei regretted not killing Yu Jian’guan. Otherwise, this wouldn’t have happened.

Embittered, Bai Shangfei argued: “Impossible! You little warden dare to frame me? When Wu Changkong escaped with the prisoners, I was trying my best to stop them! You have no evidence, why blame me?”

“I wonder if I, Yang Chen, count as evidence?” Yang Chen slowly said.

Although he didn’t want to get involved in this mess, his temperament prompted him to see it through to the end.

“You, you!” Bai Shangfei looked at Yang Chen, realizing he was in trouble.

Yang Chen, with his hands behind his back, said: “I don’t know what Bai Shangfei did, but when I stopped Wu Changkong, I saw Bai Shangfei with him, trying to escape. But after stopping them, I paid no further attention to him, not expecting him to slip away again.”

With his cover blown by Yang Chen, Bai Shangfei turned pale.

“Emperor Xie Yun, Ever-victorious Emperor, you must not blindly trust this outsider’s words. I have been loyally serving you for hundreds of years, while Yang Chen is an outsider!” Bai Shangfei explained immediately.

However, Elder Xie Yun and the Ever-victorious Emperor were not fooled. They ordered: “Take him away, and execute him with the other prisoners in ten days. Behead all of them!”

“Yes!” A group of people dragged away the prisoners, along with Bai Shangfei.

Bai Shangfei felt like crying now, cursing Wu Changkong’s ancestors in his heart. If it weren’t for him, would he have ended up like this?

He was genuinely regretful now.

He had wanted to join the Fierce Ghost Sect because they promised to help him reach the Demigod Stage, but in reality, the Fierce Ghost Sect had only given him empty words and made him betray the organization that had nurtured him for hundreds of years.

What was the point of joining the Fierce Ghost Sect? Wu Changkong clearly just used him as a tool when they tried to escape.

Unfortunately, there was no medicine for regret in this world. No matter how much he regretted it, there was nothing he could do.

As for Yang Chen, after exchanging pleasantries with the emperors of the royal family, he returned to the Northern Territory Sect.

When he returned to the Northern Territory Sect, he caught up with Hua Wu Great Emperor, who hinted at passing the position of the Peak Master to him but he politely declined.

He didn’t want the power and didn’t have the time to manage it either.

Now that he was back in his mansion, Yang Chen first checked on the Sacred Grass and saw that it was safe and sound, which relieved him.

“The Fierce Ghost Sect knows about the Sacred Grass and my Slaughter God Spear, which is always a problem.” Yang Chen pondered with hands on his back, not knowing how to resolve these troublesome matters.

After much thought, he didn’t come up with any specific solutions and decided to put it aside. He then entered the Eight Extremities Flowing River Space.

He entered the space to check on Golden Claw’s current condition.

Golden Claw was still immersed in the joy of evolving into a True Dragon. It was in this elation that he learned it was all thanks to Yang Chen’s help.

Golden Claw laughed and said, “Young Master, you’re here.”

“Golden Claw, how do you feel?” Yang Chen asked with a kind smile.

“Young Master, I never thought the legends would be true. I feel like I can do anything now, from summoning wind and rain to ascending to the heavens and diving into the earth. I feel like there is so much I can do, and there’s an odd power calling out to me. I feel like there are other True Dragons in this world, and that’s where my home is,” Golden Claw said, hinting that he wanted Yang Chen to take him there.

Yang Chen understood Golden Claw’s intentions: “Golden Claw, we’re not strong enough yet. When the day comes that you’re strong and so am I, I’ll take you to meet your kind.”