Lin Ping instantly broke out in a cold sweat.

He was merely at the peak of the Yin God Realm, and even that was achieved by leveraging resources withheld from the Everlasting Domain, which should have been distributed to various villages. He had no idea when he would enter the Divine Spirits Realm—how dare he contend with a Grand Elder?

Every Grand Elder in the Alliance is at least at the True God Level.

That was before the Human Emperor's revival. Now, every Grand Elder is truly at True God power.

A True God summoning him likely meant accountability. How could Lin Ping not be terrified?

"Xiao Du, call Lan Yu to meet me here."

Lin Ping pressed a telepathic talisman.

Soon, his assistant, who was also at the Yin God Realm but only at the mid-stage, Lan Yu, walked in, bowed, and said, "Domain Master, you called for me?"

"Lan Yu, you have acquaintances at the headquarters, help me quickly find out which Grand Elder has recently arrived at the Everlasting Domain."

Lan Yu complied and immediately set out to inquire, asking around his acquaintances.

Step by step, the message reached Qin Gui.

"Xiao Mu, haha! So this person has arrived at the Ancient God Village of the Everlasting Domain."

Qin Gui, looking at the freshly obtained information, had a sinister smile on his face, "I thought his whereabouts were so secretive, but it turns out they're exposed after all. If the Grand Elder knows this piece of news, he'll definitely reward me..."

Qin Gui smiled cruelly and picked up a telepathic talisman.

Soon, the news that Xiao Mu appeared in the Ancient God Village reached Chen Ming through Jin Yuan.

Chen Ming, riding clouds of the Five Elements, gazed down upon the Everlasting Domain.

This person had almost entered the Everlasting Domain simultaneously with Xiao Mu but did not know Xiao Mu's exact location and had been searching for Xiao Mu for a long time.

His face suddenly showed a sneer.

Back when Xiao Mu had yet to enter the True Realm, he relied on his formidable power to oppress him. At that time, due to his own weakness, he could only endure the humiliation.

That man was so presumptuous that he even found evidence against him dealing with his own people and presented it to the Human Emperor along with Huang Luo, intending to execute him through the Human Emperor.

If it weren't for several Grand Elders taking action together, transforming their Divine Sense to kill Huang Luo, he wouldn't have succeeded as a True God; he might have already been executed by the Human Emperor.

He had an irreconcilable feud with Xiao Mu.

"Heh, Xiao Mu, during the True God Realm, I wasn't your match."

"But now, both you and I are True Gods. You are merely at the early True God level, but I have already stepped into the mid True God level."

"Mid True God can condense the Domain Suppression Platform, allowing the use of Ruyi Spiritual Light, and compared to early True God, the growth in power is more than doubled."

"In the past, you were superior to me; now, it's you who are inferior to me."

Saying this, Chen Ming's face took on a sinister expression.

The strength of his capability emboldened him, and he quickly contemplated rushing into the Ancient God Village to kill Xiao Mu.

However, ultimately, he restrained himself.

Xiao Mu and he were both Grand Elders of the Alliance; even putting aside whether he could assuredly kill Xiao Mu, even if he could, he'd still face punishment according to the Alliance's rules after slaying Xiao Mu.

"Consider yourself lucky!"

Chen Ming cursed in the direction of the Ancient God Village, "Xiao Mu, I can't publicly kill you, but it doesn't mean I can't kill you in secret."

"You are the one named by the Emperor Taija for apprehension; the powerhouses of Heavenly Court are all searching for you."

"As long as I disclose your appearance in the Ancient God Village, Heavenly Court will immediately deploy its strong forces to encircle the Ancient God Village."

Thinking of this, a maliciously proud expression appeared on Chen Ming's face.

However, he quickly became worried; although he wanted to relay Xiao Mu's information to Heavenly Court, he was unsure of how to contact someone from Heavenly Court.

Not to mention that contacting the powerhouses of Heavenly Court might first expose himself.

"No, to kill Xiao Mu, thorough preparation is necessary. I cannot expose myself for the sake of killing him, nor can I let the Alliance find out I borrowed Heavenly Court to kill Xiao Mu."

"What should I do?"

Chen Ming began to ponder deeply.

Soon, he looked towards the core area of the Everlasting Domain, recalling the person he had inquired about.

The Domain Master of Everlasting Domain is Lin Ping; Chen Ming had never heard this name and did not pay attention to such small figures.

Yet that did not mean he couldn't seek information about Lin Ping through other channels.

A few pieces of information were sent out, and shortly, Chen Ming smiled.

Xiao Mu, actually summoned Lin Ping to the Ancient God Village for punishment. The reason was Lin Ping didn't come to the aid of the Ancient God Village upon receiving a distress call, causing people in the Ancient God Village to be killed by Heavenly Court.

"Xiao Mu wants to call Lin Ping to the Ancient God Village for punishment. This means Lin Ping is definitely not his man. Even if he was initially, knowing Xiao Mu intends to punish him, he will certainly betray now."

"Being both Grand Elders, if Xiao Mu can issue a command to Lin Ping, then so can I."

"Xiao Mu wants Lin Ping to receive punishment at the Ancient God Village, whereas I will deliberately protect him, preventing Lin Ping from going to the Ancient God Village."

"Additionally, by using Lin Ping, it's possible to spread the news of Xiao Mu being in the Ancient God Village to Heavenly Court so they can surround and kill Xiao Mu."

Thinking about this, Chen Ming couldn't help but laugh, his smile full of satisfaction.

He immediately controlled the Five Elements cloud and flew towards the headquarters within the core area of the Everlasting Domain.

Chen Ming flew at great speed.

The Everlasting Domain wasn't overly large, so within about half an hour, he flew to the core area of the Everlasting Domain, reaching above the Domain Master's residence.

Chen Ming directly landed the Cloud Mist within the Domain Master's residence.

The Domain Master's residence of the Everlasting Domain, Domain Master Lin Ping, and others, all those who saw the Variant beings riding the Cloud Mist, were greatly shocked.

Subsequently, among the noise and commotion, Lin Ping and other Variants from the Domain Master's residence promptly went to greet Chen Ming in the courtyard.

"Salutations, Elder!"

Lin Ping and others bowed to Chen Ming, anxiety-filled mind with unease.

They didn't know Chen Ming's identity, but the mastery of Riding Clouds and Mist indicated at least a presence at the True God Realm.

A presence at the True God Realm would generally hold the rank of Elder within the Alliance.

Moreover, due to the rarity of the Secret Manual of Riding Clouds and Mist, every presence within the Alliance that mastered it definitely possessed the rank of Elder.

Thus, Lin Ping and others automatically addressed Chen Ming as Elder.

"Are you Lin Ping?"

Chen Ming's gaze quickly fixed on Lin Ping, the power of retribution in his eyes made this youthful and refined-looking young man tremble in his Divine Soul.

Lin Ping walked forward in distress, "Yes, subordinate Lin Ping, greets Elder."

"I am not Elder, I am Chen Ming, newly appointed Grand Elder by the Human Emperor."

Chen Ming explained his identity with a serious expression, unhappy that Lin Ping mistook him for an Elder.

"Grand... Grand Elder!"

Lin Ping's body trembled; Chen Ming's self-introduction shocked him, causing even his Divine Sense to quiver.

He had mistaken Chen Ming for Xiao Mu and thought the summoning of him to the Ancient God Village was by this Grand Elder due to his failure to reach in time to face accountability.

Hastily, he pleaded his case, "Respected Grand Elder, subordinate... Subordinate only just received the Grand Elder's summons and was planning to hasten to the Ancient God Village to pay respects to the Grand Elder."

"Ancient God Village? You mistook me for Xiao Mu, didn't you?"

Chen Ming chuckled, "It seems you weren't aware, the one summoning you to the Ancient God Village is Xiao Mu. And I, the Grand Elder, am here to help you."

"Xiao... Xiao Mu?"

Lin Ping was stupefied.

The name Xiao Mu was undoubtedly familiar to him; he even knew that Xiao Mu used to belong to the same Great Tang Ruins.

The difference was that Xiao Mu had achieved True God not long ago and was enshrined by the Human Emperor, becoming a Grand Elder at the headquarters.

"Lin Ping!"

Chen Ming's expression suddenly turned stern, "Do you realize? Xiao Mu summoned you to the Ancient God Village to punish you as you failed to timely support, resulting in Heavenly Court killing people there."

Xiao Mu's summoning of you is to hold you accountable; if you go, the best outcome is instant death? If the circumstances are severe, even after death, your Divine Soul could be suppressed?"

"This..."

A shadow appeared on Lin Ping's face, obviously startled by Chen Ming's words.

But then, recalling Chen Ming's earlier statement of coming to assist him, he quickly knelt before Chen Ming, "Respected Grand Elder Chen, please save this subordinate. If Grand Elder Chen spares my life, the rest of my days will unquestionably be in service to Grand Elder Chen alone."

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