Act of Contrition

Act of Contrition . . . 

A powerful devil expert walked before Qin Wentian and spoke. "Now, can you tell us?"

Qin Wentian opened his eyes and glanced at the person as he smiled, "May I inquire senior's identity?"

"I am the devil lord of the Darkness Devil Hall." The expert before him began to emit a terrifying aura. For devil lord characters, this was a rank a Child of Darkness could evolve to. They had truly terrifying authority and with just a command, the entire Darkness Hall would move. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that the anger of a devil lord could cause the entire Myriad Devil Islands to tremble.

"Grand Priest of the Judiciary Devil Hall." Beside him, a terrifying character in blood-colored robes spoke. The vibrant redness of his robes were even more noble-looking compared to Bai Qing. The position of a Grand Priest was naturally higher in comparison as well.

These people here were all lofty characters. If not, they wouldn't have the authority to expel Qin Wentian's friends from the Devil Mountain.

From a certain perspective, the will of these people here, if united, was able to represent the will of the entire Devil Mountain.

The other figures were all experts with towering amounts of authority from the different halls, with positions equal to the Grand Priest and devil lord of the Darkness Hall.

Qin Wentian glanced at them as he suddenly laughed in a mocking manner. "So it's all of you seniors who gave the order, defying the will of the devil sovereign, expelling my friends from the Devil Mountain?"

"You ask us to show ourselves. Is it merely just for this matter?" The Darkness Devil Lord glanced at Qin Wentian. Just a glance from him would cause fear in the hearts of many people.

"Naturally not. By asking all of you seniors to come out, I just want to ask if those who defied the sovereign's will and forced my friends down the Devil Mountain, should they give an explanation for it or not?" Qin Wentian stated.

A terrifying pressure instantly bore down on Qin Wentian as the devil experts stared at him. Had this man gone mad? He actually wanted a devil lord and a Grand Priest to give an explanation?

"You are truly audacious." The Darkness Devil Lord coldly spoke. On the entire Devil Mountain, those who would dare to ask him for an explanation were only a rare few, countable on one hand.

"It isn't junior that is audacious. It's just that I believe since this is the Devil Mountain, if there are any seniors who commits a mistake, and defy the sovereign's will, he should have courage and step forth to admit it. If not, junior wouldn't dare to be sure if everyone here are traitors to the sovereign's will and how would I dare to tell you all matters regarding about my inheritance then?" Qin Wentian bowed, appearing extremely polite.

But within the facade of politeness, there was no doubting that he was truly audacious.

Qin Wentian wanted the powerful experts from all the supreme devil halls to give an explanation for their actions, using the matter of the inheritance he obtained to force them.

"What explanation do you want?" The Grand Priest asked.

"The Judiciary Devil Hall as the executor of the sovereign's will, naturally understands that it isn't me who needs an explanation. Rather, it's the fact that the sovereign's will needs to be respected." Qin Wentian spoke. Even facing these powerful characters, he was as calm as ever. One couldn't help but to be impressed and praise his courage.

"Huang Shatian isn't willing to remain on the Devil Mountain to cultivate. In order to ensure that the inheritance he obtained can continue to remain on the mountain, a little sacrifice is nothing. Even if you say that we've defied the will of the sovereign, I, the Grand Priest of the Judiciary Hall, am willing to assume responsibility for this. I don't think our actions are improper. If you also obtained a brand new inheritance and are willing to hand that over to the Devil Mountain, you can also make the same request." The Grand Priest spoke.

"Truly impartial." A mocking smile appeared on Qin Wentian's face. Able to sacrifice his friends so easily with a single sentence. If he didn't have an inheritance from the Saint Devil Hall, these supreme devil experts wouldn't even appear before him. If they did, they wouldn't waste time talking to him, and would directly kill him instead.

"Seniors, all of you don't feel that you all have defied the sovereign's will because what you did was for the sake of the Devil Mountain. However from my perspective, in all of your eyes, the sovereign's will is something that could be tossed aside, and even trampled upon simply for the sake of convenience. Since this is the case, please forgive junior for being unable to trust any of you. Your earlier actions showed a high possibility that you all might kill me in order to simply seize my inheritance, all for the sake of the Devil Mountain. Am I not right?" Qin Wentian sarcastically laughed.

Clearly, Qin Wentian didn't intend to compromise. Even now, nobody could find any clues in his words. What inheritance did he obtain from the Saint Devil Hall exactly? Or could it be that he didn't acquire anything but was merely boasting?

This was a deadlock. The experts of the supreme devil halls were in this deadlock with Qin Wentian.

A junior actually dared to behave so domineering before them, not wanting to compromise at all.

"The qualifications to speak is obtained by strength. If you really managed to gain an inheritance from the Saint Devil Hall, I will make them apologize to your friends." As the situation entered a deadlock, a misty voice suddenly rang out from the void. This voice sounded very ethereal, yet there was an undeniable will in its tone.

From the tone of his voice, it felt like if he wanted these supreme devil experts to apologize, they would need to do so no matter what.

Qin Wentian furrowed his brows as he glanced at the horizons.

"You should know that these people, as the Grand Priest and Darkness Devil Lord, they are also experts who obtained the inheritances before. Even if you obtained an inheritance, it doesn't mean that your status would be higher than them. After all, you are merely a junior." That voice rang out again. Qin Wentian could understand the meaning of the words spoken by the voice.

Even if he obtained an inheritance, his status wouldn't be as valuable as that of the Grand Priest and Darkness Devil Lord. However, the owner of the voice was willing to make these people apologize and compromise, it wasn't because his status had changed after he obtained the inheritance. The voice wanted to tell him that even if he used the will of the devil sovereign as his excuse, he also needed sufficient talent and strength.

Staring at the changes of expression on the Grand Priest and Darkness Devil Lord's face, Qin Wentian suddenly felt that the person who spoke should be the master of a supreme devil hall, with status even higher than them.

He then smiled, "You all can choose a junior to fight against me."

The Grand Priest turned his head. After that, the male priest who was together with Bai Qing that time in the past, walked out. He coldly stared at Qin Wentian, his eyes flickering with killing intent.

Qin Wentian frowned as cold intent appeared in his heart. He only saw the male priest radiating a strong devil might which permeated the surrounding as a blood-colored judgement spear manifested in his hand. With a wave, the spear split into numerous spear shadows, all of them shooting towards Qin Wentian.

"BOOM!" Devil might also gushed forth from Qin Wentian, causing the area to churn wildly. His eyes were terrifying to the extreme, and the devil qi in the surroundings seemed to draw towards his body. His body was now like a black hole that was frenziedly gathering devil energy.

"BREAK!" With a loud shout, the blood-colored judgement spears began to explode and shatter. However, the male priest actually stepped out and appeared before Qin Wentian. From his body, the light of judgement erupted forth with a terrifying judgement will which blotted out the skies, and enveloped everything, including Qin Wentian's body.

"RUMBLE!" From the void, blood-colored streaks of lightning rained down as an apocalyptic scene appeared. The lightning formed from crimson judiciary power ravaged this entire space. This was the true power of judgement, able to judge if something lived or died, able to judge fate.

That priest stood there, immersed in the lightning storm as he coldly stared at Qin Wentian. He then spat out a single word, "Judgement!"

As the sound of his voice faded, the boundless lightning within the storm all shot forth, engulfing everything as they targeted Qin Wentian.

This space turned to a world of judgement, everything following the will of the judiciary priest.

Qin Wentian inclined his head, the devil might exuding from him churned wildly. He roared loudly, instantly devouring all energy from the devil-path, including the judgement energy as a supremely terrifying devil will erupted from his eyes. At this instant, the power of judgement slowed immensely, almost crawling to a halt.

"BOOM!" Qin Wentian stepped out. With this step, the heart of the priest trembled. The Qin Wentian at this moment seemed unexcelled in this world, with everything having to bow down and submit to him. With him at the center, terrifying devil runes manifested. These runes contained so much power that they were capable of unifying everything on the devil path.

At this instant, the power of judgement stopped entirely. That priest howled in rage, yet he couldn't do anything.

"Go." Qin Wentian blasted out his palm. In that moment, all the energy from the devil-path in the surroundings were united and controlled by Qin Wentian. A terrifying judgement power shot out from him, aiming towards that judiciary priest, intent on eradicating him.

"ARGH!" A terrible scream of misery rang out. The face of the judiciary priest was painted with despair but right now at this moment, the Grand Priest stepped out and waved his hand. The power of judgement vanished while the judiciary priest was sent flying far away. What remained, were only the droplets of his blood falling from the sky.

The looks on everyone's face were filled with shock as they stared at Qin Wentian.

Power of judgement, he actually could control the power of the Judiciary Devil Hall and used it to almost kill a judiciary priest. This was simply unbelievable.

This was an inheritance power which the Devil Mountain didn't have. It was a brand new kind of energy. Qin Wentian was the same as Huang Shatian, the inheritances they obtained were different from the currently existing seven supreme devil halls on the peak.

The devil might dissipated, Qin Wentian was still floating in the sky. Huang Shatian stared at his figure as he sighed in his heart. Earlier when they fought, Qin Wentian also faintly used this power, but he didn't fully unleash it. The strength of this might was absolutely not inferior to the inheritance power he gained. In fact, it seemed even superior.

"Apologize to him." All of a sudden, a voice thundered through the air, ringing with imperious force.

At this instant, the faces of the Grand Priest and the Darkness Devil Lord also changed. But when they thought of the owner of that voice, the Grand Priest stared at Qin Wentian and his group and then bowed his head, "Forcing you guys down the mountain was my mistake. I apologize for that."

After he spoke, his eyes twitched. As a Grand Priest, he actually apologized to a bunch of juniors.

"I was in the wrong as well." The expression of the Darkness Devil Lord's face grew incredibly unsightly as he spoke.

Those supreme characters of the devil halls who were involved also apologized one after the other. This was an unprecedented matter on the Devil Mountain.

"You can casually cultivate anywhere you want to on the Devil Mountain. If you are willing to stay here, you have the authority to access any of the supreme devil halls and get the seniors there to provide guidance. If you chose to leave the Devil Mountain instead, no one here will be allowed to obstruct you." That voice echoed out once more with unquestionable authority, This time around, even Qin Wentian himself had a look of bewilderment on his face!