Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution-Chapter 1083 - : Joint Trial
Chapter 1083 -1083: Joint Trial
“Shi Zhongqing, you’ve acted recklessly and murdered Star Divine Officials in my Everlasting Star Divine Palace. I must initiate a joint trial. Prepare yourself for the God Beheading Platform, and accept the judgment of the six Great Emperors,” Wu Qing said with a cold gaze.
Although Shi Zhongqing’s sleight of hand in replacing one entity with another led to the death of his most capable aide, Liu Siming, which soured Wu Qing’s expression, a hint of joy flashed secretly in the depths of Wu Qing’s eyes.
Shi Zhongqing was arrogant and presumptuous, treating the Everlasting Star Divine Palace as a trifling matter and completely ignoring Wu Qing, the Acting Great Divine Official, as if he were air. He seemed powerful, but by killing Liu Siming, he made his biggest blunder.
The laws of the Celestial Court are strict; even a Great Divine Official cannot do whatever he pleases. Even Wu Qing himself did not want to personally kill Lin Shen, preferring to have his subordinates do the job instead.
Liu Siming was even less willing to personally kill Lin Shen. Only after Lin Shen killed Liu Lan did he dare to take the field himself.
As a Great Divine Official, Shi Zhongqing indeed possessed some privileges over ordinary Star Divine Officials, but he could not evade all responsibility for his crimes.
By directly killing the Nine-Star Divine Official Liu Siming in the Everlasting Star Divine Palace, Wu Qing had enough grounds to initiate a joint trial against Shi Zhongqing. Given his actions, there’s a high probability that the six Great Emperors would find him guilty. Even if he narrowly escaped death, he would certainly lose his Great Divine Official position and might even be expelled from the Star God Palace. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
Of course, the most likely outcome was either a death sentence or direct imprisonment in the Heavenly Prison.
Wu Qing couldn’t understand what was going through Shi Zhongqing’s mind. To kill a Nine-Star Divine Official of the Southern Region in the Star God Palace not only crossed boundaries but also constituted a capital offense. For an ordinary Divine Official, there would be no chance of survival—a certain death sentence.
No matter how influential or capable Shi Zhongqing was, he would be defenseless against a joint trial, for it would be a judgment personally rendered by the six Great Emperors. No one and no Divine Official had the power to alter the verdict, let alone influence it.
As long as more than half of the Great Emperors found Shi Zhongqing guilty, he was done for.
But Shi Zhongqing paid no heed to Wu Qing, taking Lin Shen by the arm and saying, “Let’s go, I will take you home.”
After speaking, golden light surged from Shi Zhongqing’s body like the stars, and he traversed space-time with Lin Shen, arriving directly at the Central Heaven Star Divine Palace.
Lin Shen looked at Shi Zhongqing with mixed feelings. He had been a Star Divine Official for quite some time and understood some of the rules of the Star Divine Palace.
Killing Nine-Star Divine Official Liu Siming in the Everlasting Star Divine Palace was no small matter. Shi Zhongqing daring to do such a thing for him moved Lin Shen, yet also filled him with doubt. Shi Zhongqing was neither kin nor had any particular obligation to him. Was he really willing to go to such lengths just for the sake of a promise made for a sum of money?
“Great Divine Official, Wu Qing mentioned starting a joint trial. When the time comes, I can testify for you,” Lin Shen said.
“You needn’t worry about this matter. Those scum brought their destruction upon themselves; it was justified to kill them. Their judgment is of no consequence,” Shi Zhongqing spoke with a smile. “You just prepare yourself. In a couple of days, you will take office at the Star Constellation Hall. From then on, you’ll be the Pavilion Master of the Central Heaven Palace’s Star Constellation Hall.”
“As a Three-Star Divine Official, I fear I may not be up to such an important task.” Lin Shen thought that Shi Zhongqing had merely spoken casually the last time and didn’t expect him to be serious.
What a position the Pavilion Master of the Star Constellation Hall was! Although it wasn’t exactly a department of great authority, what big shot of any department wouldn’t give the Pavilion Master some respect? After all, holding the position of Pavilion Master was practically the same as being the future successor to the Great Divine Official.
“Humility is a virtue for the young, but excessive modesty becomes pride. A Three-Star Divine Official who can shatter the Divine Soul of an Upper Divine Being, how many can be found within the Six Great Star Palaces? How many across the entire Celestial Court? If you are not capable of shouldering this responsibility, who can? Or are you saying you disdain the position of Pavilion Master, look down on the Central Heaven Star Divine Palace, and do not wish to share my burden?” Shi Zhongqing said.
“The Great Divine Official’s high regard is truly an honor; I shall strive to be worthy of it,” Lin Shen now realized that Shi Zhongqing had been paying attention to him all along, rather than having just arrived at that moment by coincidence.
“That’s more like it,” Shi Zhongqing’s face revealed a smile again: “Come, let me take you to get familiar with the Central Heaven Star Divine Palace.”
Yet Lin Shen still harbored many doubts in his heart. With his understanding of the laws of the Celestial Court, it seemed not quite the same as what Shi Zhongqing had said. It was really hard to imagine how he had managed to emerge unscathed from the joint trial.
Wu Qing also harbored some doubts, wondering how Shi Zhongqing, after lying low for so many years, could make such a grave mistake just for a Tian; but after repeated deliberations, he concluded that it was impossible for Shi Zhongqing to turn the situation around this time.
“Could he be betting on my suspicion, not daring to initiate the joint trial?” Wu Qing pondered for a long time but ultimately felt he could not miss this opportunity.
The Central Heaven Star Divine Palace had been under Shi Zhongqing’s control for too long; it was time for a change of the Great Divine Official. This was doubtlessly the best chance to bring down Shi Zhongqing.
Wu Qing bathed, changed his clothes, burned incense, and then headed to the Everlasting Star Constellation Hall to communicate with the Southern Everlasting Emperor, requesting the initiation of a joint trial.
If it were the Star Divine Official from the southern region, the life and death of a Great Divine Official could be decided by a single word from the Southern Everlasting Emperor.
Unfortunately, Shi Zhongqing was the Great Divine Official of the Central Heaven Star Divine Palace. To judge him, only by initiating a joint trial, adjudicated collectively by six emperors, could a Great Divine Official from another region be convicted.
As Shi Zhongqing expected, once he submitted all the video evidence, the stars of the Star Constellation Sea within the Star Constellation Pavilion shifted, and eventually, an answer emerged, consenting to initiate the joint trial he proposed to judge the Great Divine Official of the Central Heaven Palace, Shi Zhongqing.
Almost the instant the Star Constellation Sea responded, the entire sea erupted with intense starlight, and a pillar of light shot up from the Star Constellation Hall, piercing into the void.
At the same time, within the Star Constellation Halls of the other five Star Regions, stars within the Star Constellation Seas kept flickering, eventually turning into terrifying beams of starlight shooting up into the void.
Six paths of starlight traveled through the endless void, meeting at the center of the Celestial Court. In the moment of impact, they tore through the void, and an ancient and mystical Divine Platform slowly emerged from the nothingness.
Atop that Divine Platform stood a stone stele, stained with the blood of gods, with three large characters inscribed upon it: “God-Beheading Platform.”
The appearance of the God-Beheading Platform instantly alerted the entire Celestial Court; figures of great influence looked on with uncertainty at the place where the God-Beheading Platform appeared.
Throughout the history of the Celestial Court, the God-Beheading Platform had not appeared frequently, but every time it did, it almost always heralded a major upheaval.
Most of the time, the emergence of the God-Beheading Platform signified that one or even several Great Divine Officials would be convicted.
Under normal circumstances, the God-Beheading Platform would only be activated for trials of Great Divine Officials. Without absolute certainty, no one would take such a great risk to initiate a joint trial.
Although there are exceptions, those are extremely rare, and within the long lives of divine beings, it is very difficult to witness even once.
