King of Creation Chapter 1672: 1657: Irrefutable Evidence

“I beseech Your Majesty to surrender the culprit Ye Zhen, the one who massacred tens of thousands of monks at our Heavenly Temple’s Shahe City Branch Temple, allowing this old man to give account to the Divine Monarch!” After a subtle cough from the Thunder Hall Master brought him back to focus, Baili Fei spoke with deep sincerity once more.

Right then, Mu Hall Master Mu Xu and Thunder Hall Master Zhen Yan advanced together, chiming in from behind Baili Fei, “We beseech Your Majesty to surrender the culprit so we may report back!”

With the three Hall Masters voicing their demand together, the issue demanded serious attention. Even Great Sun Priest Bai Xiang, who had been making light jests before, now wore a grave expression.

Seated upon the Dragon Throne, Renxin Emperor Ji Long kept his face impassive, showing no sign of reply.

As emperor, his duty lay in maintaining equilibrium and wielding control, rather than throwing himself into combat.

In the following instant, Grand Celestial Official Wu Yu moved forward and declared, “Master Baili, your claims are off the mark. You’ve only named Commander Ye as a suspect, lacking any solid proof that ties him directly to the murders.

Should he prove to be the true killer and you seek to take him, I’d offer no objection. Yet without concrete evidence—relying solely on guesses—seizing one of my top commanders is utterly out of the question!”

“Lord Wu, isn’t the proof supplied by the Heavenly Temple enough?” Baili Fei replied with a dark tone.

“It’s nothing but your personal opinions!”

“Ye Zhen was indeed in Shahe City on the day it happened, but does being there make him the killer? To be blunt, numerous powerhouses showed up in Shahe City, far beyond just Ye Zhen.

From our Heavenly Patrol Department’s reports, over a hundred suspects emerge, and the Soul Demon Sovereign of the Demon Clan stands out as even more likely!” As a devoted ally to the Renxin Emperor, Wu Yu dove fully into the confrontation.

Only a figure like Wu Yu could endure the combined force from the Heavenly Temple and Princess Ji Yuan, and his emergence as Grand Celestial Official served as a stark warning.

Any officials aligned with the Heavenly Temple, regardless of their daring, would hesitate before clashing with Wu Yu, head of the feared Heavenly Patrol Department.

Baili Fei let out a cold snort, “Grand Celestial Official Wu, have you lost your memory in old age? The Heavenly Temple’s evidence extends far past Ye Zhen’s mere presence in Shahe City.

The lingering power traces in the Shahe City Branch Temple, along with the energy marks and injuries on the dead, all align perfectly with Ye Zhen’s cultivation methods.”

At those words, a glow flared in Baili Fei’s hand, igniting two Spirit Shadow Jade Slips, which projected two radiant screens within the Universe Hall.

Ye Zhen’s eyes narrowed sharply upon glimpsing the images in those two light screens.

The left screen captured Ye Zhen’s Cloud Winged Tiger King in ferocious action—its blazing speed crushing skulls with single swipes, chomping off halves of bodies, and ripping hearts clean out.

The right screen revealed the bodies of the slain temple monks inside the Shahe City Branch Temple.

Directing a beam of Spirit Light at one body on the screen, “See here—the injuries match precisely those inflicted by Ye Zhen’s Cloud Winged Tiger King in the spirit shadow.

Furthermore, we discovered fur from the Cloud Winged Tiger King on these corpses.” At that, Baili Fei bellowed toward Ye Zhen, “Ye Zhen, do you dare call forth your Cloud Winged Tiger King for a fur comparison?”

“Cloud Winged Tiger Kings exist in abundance worldwide, with plenty of matching fur. How do I know you didn’t grab some random strand elsewhere to set me up?” Ye Zhen retorted with a sneer.

In truth, the Heavenly Temple’s sudden barrage of evidence caught Ye Zhen off guard; they had clearly invested heavily in gathering it, dead set on sealing his doom.

That spirit shadow of the Cloud Winged Tiger King’s fight was probably covertly recorded by someone amid its assault on Ming Tang and the Heavenly Temple forces at Shahe City’s Ancient Teleportation Formation, then obtained by the Heavenly Temple.

Faced with this proof, Ye Zhen realized direct denial wouldn’t work, for Baili Fei held genuine fur shed by his Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten in combat.

“Refusing to face facts, are you?” Baili Fei sneered icily.

“If you’re scheming to frame me and condemn me unjustly, you’ll always cook up some fake evidence.” With no way to counter head-on, Ye Zhen resorted to this defense.

“Let’s see how long your stubborn defiance can last!” Baili Fei sneered. He withdrew the two spirit shadows, then casually stretched out his hand once more, making them reemerge right in the middle of the Universe Hall.

The left spirit shadow displayed Ye Zhen’s demon servant, the Nine-Headed Beast, rampaging at the Ancient Teleportation Formation in Shahe City, while the right one continued to reveal the bodies of the Heavenly Temple monks from the Shahe City Branch Temple.

“Look closely, everyone—the injuries and energy signatures on these corpses match precisely those inflicted by the Nine-Headed Beast in the spirit shadow. Plus, we discovered Nine-Headed Beast saliva traces inside the Shahe City Branch Temple.

Ye Zhen, care to explain this?

The Nine-Headed Beast counts as an Ancient Fierce Beast, and very few people control one like it.

Do you dare call forth your Nine-Headed Beast so we can match it against the saliva samples we collected?” Baili Fei bellowed.

Great Sun Priest Bai Xiang cut in before Ye Zhen could respond, “What’s that? Is the Nine-Headed Beast really so scarce?”

“From what I’ve heard, your Heavenly Temple keeps at least a hundred Nine-Headed Beasts. Framing someone with a bit of saliva would be child’s play for you bald donkeys, right?”

“And don’t forget, the Great Zhou Dynasty’s Beast Cage and Ancestor God Temple hold countless Nine-Headed Beasts—tens of thousands in total.

Heck, a Nine-Headed Beast guards my own front gate. Want to pin the crime on me too?” Bai Xiang twisted the truth without shame.

Anger blazed across Baili Fei’s face, but Thunder Hall Master Zhen Yan spoke up first, “That day at the Heavenly Temple’s Shahe City Branch, the only one showing up with both the Nine-Headed Beast and the Cloud Winged Tiger King was Ye Zhen himself!”

“Big deal? Who’s to say the saliva you pulled from the Shahe City Branch didn’t come from a Nine-Headed Beast you lot raised just to set us up?” Prime Minister Bai shot back with an eye roll.

“You!”

Baili Fei seethed with rage, every bit of proof he offered countered by brazen rejections from the Great Zhou faction.

“Stay calm, keep rolling out the evidence—let’s watch how long they squirm in denial,” Zhen Yan pressed.

With a snap of his fingers, Baili Fei sent three Spirit Shadow Jade Slips soaring forth. The right one revealed hundreds of corpses marked by sharp, blade-like cuts.

The left and center spirit shadows captured Ye Zhen clashing with Yuann Yinying under the full moon on Five Immortals Island, plus the slaughter in Shahe City using the Purple Spirit Immortal Sword.

“A purple low-grade postnatal spirit treasure sword brimming with devastating might—such a weapon isn’t lying around for just anyone to claim.”

“Better yet, have Ye Zhen produce his Purple Spirit Immortal Sword and match it against the Shahe City Branch Temple corpses. That’ll expose the real killer.” Baili Fei locked eyes on Ye Zhen.

Ye Zhen felt stunned anew, shocked that the Heavenly Temple had snagged even the spirit shadow of that full moon battle on Five Immortals Island.

“Sure, a low-grade postnatal spirit treasure sword is uncommon, but to your Heavenly Temple? It’s no rarer than cabbages on the market, is it?

Forging one shouldn’t be any trouble at all?” Chief Sun Priest Bai Xiang wore a face of unyielding resistance, flat-out rejecting the claim.

“Dodging won’t help you.”

Spirit light flared in his palm as Baili Fei unveiled the following piece of proof.

True enough, this evidence depicted Ye Zhen channeling Heavenly Thunder Spirit Fire into the Xuan Fire Drill, alongside the devastation in the Shahe City Branch Temple from the Xuan Fire Drill’s assault.

“Heavenly Thunder Spirit Fire isn’t a skill any random cultivator masters. Explain yourself, Ye Zhen!” Baili Fei demanded once again.

Prime Minister Bai rolled his eyes yet again. “Looks like fire tricks are your Sun and Moon Mountain’s specialty. Finding hundreds or thousands cultivating Heavenly Thunder Spirit Fire can’t be tough, huh?”

Even Ye Zhen broke into a cold sweat at this, grasping just how brazen and thick-skinned they acted.

Yet with such damning proof staring them down, what choice remained but this kind of rebuttal?

Surrender Ye Zhen with a confession? Not happening.

“Evil Punishing Divine Thunder, radiating postnatal spirit treasure aura. No need to elaborate—it’s no fluke that Ye Zhen wields this uncommon thunder postnatal spirit treasure!” Baili Fei pressed on.

Prime Minister Bai kept his cool, glancing at Thunder Hall Master Zhen Yan. “Surely your Thunder Hall has plenty of those, doesn’t it?”

Zhen Yan reluctantly conceded, “There truly aren’t many postnatal spirit treasures in our Thunder Hall that can directly trigger the Evil Punishing Divine Thunder.”

Ignoring Prime Minister Bai, Baili Fei directed his gaze at Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long. “Your Majesty, beyond this ironclad proof, we possess more than a hundred additional evidences, every one directing blame squarely at Ye Zhen.

Just as Grand Priest Bai and Great Celestial Master Wu pointed out, one or two pieces alone would indeed fail to condemn Ye Zhen for this offense.

But faced with this towering stack of evidence, I seriously doubt anyone else across the vast Great Zhou matches all these traits.

Ye Zhen alone, only Ye Zhen perfectly embodies the guilty party.

This stands as unassailable evidence!”

Baili Fei paused briefly here. “Your Majesty, the Divine Monarch and Nine Suns Divine King have examined this evidence themselves, verifying beyond doubt that Ye Zhen is the actual offender.

Yet, in deference to Your Majesty and to sidestep any confusion, they chose not to arrest him on the spot but dispatched me bearing the imperial edict to claim custody of the criminal.

I’m certain Your Majesty will identify the true perpetrator upon perusing the evidence, so kindly proclaim the order to surrender him!” Baili Fei proclaimed with utmost gravity.

Right then, Mu Hall Master Mu Xu and Thunder Hall Master Zhen Yan advanced boldly, roaring, “We implore Your Majesty to issue the decree handing over the true culprit!”

Their roars boomed like thunderclaps echoing inside the Universe Hall.

Instantly, the faces of Ren Venerate Emperor Ji Long and Great Celestial Official Wu Yu darkened ominously.

Ancestor God Temple’s Chief Sun Priest Bai Xiang might shamelessly shift blame without hesitation, but Ren Venerate Emperor dared not.

This held especially true against the insistent claims from the Heavenly Temple.

Standing nearby, the grievously wounded Ming Tang gnashed his teeth, his gaze locked on Ye Zhen with blazing eagerness!”