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The guillotine, which seemed capable of locking onto causal fate and annihilating the True Spirit of all things, had already been tottering without the blessing of This World's Only One.

And as the shadow of the Divine Court and Underworld gradually solidified, it was directly crushed into dust.

The backlash from the Throne Decree made Prince Rein suddenly spit out blood, and the blood-colored figure seated on the throne in the sky collapsed with a bang, revealing bizarre distortions and confusion over the soul-elevated Mythical Form.

Prince Rein's eyes were about to burst, with countless worms seeming to squirm beneath his skin, while inexplicable whispers came from the shadows behind him.

This was a sign of Transcendent loss of control. Prince Rein couldn't care less about the formidable enemy ahead; he was merely trying to suppress the path's loss of control with his own will, failing to notice even when the Scepter of Royal Authority, representing the root of the King's Path, fell from his hand.

Within Oranck City, there was a dead silence.

All transcendent beings gazing at the battlefield looked up at the shadow of the Divine Court that covered the sky, their bodies and souls beginning to tremble uncontrollably.

In front of the Divine Court reflecting all heavens, even a demigod seemed like a trivial ant. The gods residing within only needed to cast a glance to annihilate all living beings.

Yet the Divine Court remained solemn, and the gods indifferent, as if nothing in the world could draw the slightest attention.

Within the Royal Palace and the Steam Cathedral, all the strong were silent.

When Prince Rein brought out the Scepter of Royal Authority, they thought the battle was won.

Even a seventh of the Scepter represented the root of the King's Path, and its status as a Zero-level Sealed Object had transcended worldly limits.

Even Earth Angels of Sequence 2 could not resist the law under the Scepter of Royal Authority.

But the shadow of the Divine Court appearing above Oranck broke their understanding, suppressing the Zero-level Sealed Object's status.

Before this vast Divine Court, even the Victoria Royal Family could only bow their heads.

"This is... the Underworld projection that appeared months ago!"

"Months ago, the Underworld projection flashed briefly without showing too much supernatural might, and now it can suppress the incomplete Zero-level Sealed Object?"

"Who exactly is that Union saint?"

"It is said that the Union saint is called Lu Yan? For some reason, the name seems familiar."

Voices of discussion arose in the Steam Cathedral, as many high-ranking members of the Church gathered solemnly before the Divine Hall to discuss the matter.

However, most of the high-ranking members of the Church held an attitude of watching the show regarding the Divine Court projection.

The Steam Sect has held sway over the Victoria Kingdom for countless ages, and they should strike back against such a formidable outsider to maintain their dignity.

Yet, the crux of the current issue was that the one facing Lu Yan was not the Steam Sect but the Victoria Royal Family.

Since the gods fell asleep hundreds of years ago, the Victoria Royal Family had been eager to act, gradually testing the church.

First, they enhanced secular power, expanded the power of the great noble class, and finally, even partnered with the great nobles to launch an industrial reform that affected the entire world.

Such drastic changes had once plunged the Steam Sect into decline; it was only through the Pope's firm decision to amend the Holy Scripture, incorporating steam and machinery into the deities' divine duties, that the Steam Sect returned to its peak.

In such circumstances, relations between the Victoria Royal Family and the Steam Sect were naturally strained.

However, with the True God not yet awakened, the Steam Sect, despite having top-tier strong individuals and a deep foundation, could not afford to break relations with the Victoria Royal Family, and both parties could only barely maintain a tacit understanding.

This time, even in their ambush of the Union saint in Oranck, the Victoria Royal Family only notified the Steam Sect a few hours in advance.

The Steam Sect was long dissatisfied with the Victoria Royal Family but couldn't act due to the situation. Now seeing the Royal Family suffer, they were glad, so why would they help Prince Rein?

Moreover, Lu Yan's suppression of the incomplete Zero-level Sealed Object with the Divine Court shadow, such means, and the mysterious and majestic Divine Court had long aroused the Church's apprehension.

In the absence of the True God's revival, the Church's foundation, consisting only of Earth Angels of Sequence 2 and Zero-level Sealed Objects, might not be enough to take down Lu Yan.

"After all, this Union saint is mainly for the Union, and the conflict is only with the Royal Family and the great nobles.

Our Church has no interests in the industrial area, so a little compromise is okay."

A Cardinal temporarily set the Steam Sect's strategy.

But he did not notice that among the lower-ranking Church high officials, a young saint was gazing at the Divine Court shadow above the sky as if pondering something.

...

Lu Yan stood proudly above the sky, his eyes filled with countless invisible gazes and the traces of causality they pursued.

As the prying gazes from all directions reduced, especially with the strong aura from the Steam Cathedral retreating back into hiding, the causality fluctuations calmed, and Lu Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

In the eyes of outsiders, Lu Yan seemed to manifest the projection of the Divine Court and Underworld effortlessly, easily suppressing the extraordinary power of the Scepter of Royal Authority, a feat far beyond even Ensequence 2 Angels.

However, only Lu Yan himself knew the truth of the situation.

In the last Great Collapse version, the projection of the Longevity Celestial Venerable's will had told Lu Yan that the order constructed by the Divine Court of All Heavens possessed the ability to suppress the Position of This World's Only One.

Lu Yan was willing to risk constructing the Divine Court of All Heavens for this, just to have a sliver of resistance when facing This World's Only One.