High Martial Arts: Gains one point of health per second, sweeping across the heavens.

Su Jie's lips curled into a faint, ambiguous smile as he chuckled:

"Lord of All Laws, now that you're here, why not show yourself? Your subordinates are all here; you, the lord of a palace, are you still hiding in the shadows watching the show?"

The Hall of Punishments was deathly silent.

Those eight Eternals who were just plotting how to seize the ultimate cosmic treasure froze the moment they heard those words.

The Lord of All Laws, one of the Ten Great Nine Wheels of Eternity in the Chaos Sea, and the supreme ruler of the Temple of All Laws, has arrived.

And Su Jie, a junior at the Supreme Realm, actually addressed him in such a tone?

Those eyes that were just moments ago greedily calculating how to divide the spoils now all became complex and subtle.

Some people began to secretly observe the expressions of their colleagues, as if trying to confirm whether the Lord of All Laws had truly arrived;

Some people subtly withdrew their forward-leaning posture, as if waiting for a higher-level being to make a decision;

Some people still maintained their surrounding posture, but their momentum had subsided considerably.

After a moment of silence, a deep voice came from outside the Hall of Punishments, carrying a chilling aura as if seeping from the bottom of a deep, ancient pool:

"Su Jie, you have quite the nerve."

As the voice faded, the deep purple light above the dome of the Hall of Punishments seemed to be parted by something, slowly cracking open to both sides.

A figure slowly descended from the gap, enveloped in a faint, deep purple halo, its face indistinct.

But the oppressive feeling that belonged to the Nine Wheels of Eternity, as if it were a tangible force, caused the entire Chaos Jade floor of the Punishment Hall to tremble slightly the moment it landed.

The Lord of All Laws has arrived.

He did not walk towards the high chair, nor did he stop beside Cangwu. Instead, he walked straight to the center of the hall and stood less than ten feet away from Su Jie.

His face, obscured by a deep purple halo, held an expression that was impossible to discern, but his exposed eyes held a cold scrutiny, as if trying to see right through Su Jie from head to toe.

"I have indeed been here for a while," the Lord of All Laws said, his voice calm to the point of being indifferent.

"I want to see what you, the Dao Child of the Primordial Temple, have to rely on to dare to make my people commit suicide in the Punishment Hall of my Myriad Laws Temple."

He paused, his gaze shifting from Su Jie to the dark gold longsword in Cang Lanyu's hand, then back to Su Jie's face:

"Now I see a supreme cosmic treasure, a bewitched Daoist, and a young man who dares to use the Nine-Star Inspector's token as a get-out-of-jail-free card."

His tone remained calm, but a chill seemed to seep out from his words:

"Do you think I wouldn't dare touch you? Or do you think the Lord of the Primordial Beginning can protect you?"

Su Jie met his gaze, maintaining his unhurried and composed demeanor, as if he were completely unaffected by the oppressive aura of the Nine Wheels of Eternity.

He chuckled lightly, "I didn't think you'd be afraid to touch me. I was just wondering, since you're already here, why didn't you come in immediately? Are you afraid my master has set a trap for you?"

When Su Jie said this, the eight Eternals surrounding him were almost driven mad with anger.

This junior at the Supreme Realm dares to speak to the Lord of All Laws in such a tone?

The Lord of All Laws' gaze lingered on Su Jie's face for a few moments, then he smiled.

The smile was faint, like something expected after confirmation, or like the chill of having one's thoughts exposed.

His voice remained calm as he spoke, but the underlying coldness was barely concealed: "Do you think I would back down just because of a single word from you?"

"You didn't back down." Su Jie looked at him, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"But you are indeed hesitant. You are thinking that Su Jie, this Dao Child, although he has only been crowned for a few years, his master is, after all, the Lord of the Origin."

Could it be that the Lord of the Primordial Chaos is behind his audacity in coming to the Temple of Ten Thousand Laws to kill people?

Could it be that his master is nearby, waiting for you to make a move so he can settle accounts with you legitimately?

With each word Su Jie spoke, the Lord of All Laws' gaze grew colder.

Those eight-wheeled eternal beings even shouted, "Shut up!"

"You, a mere junior at the Supreme Realm, dare to presume to know the Palace Master's thoughts?"

"They're simply asking for trouble!"

But Su Jie seemed completely oblivious to the angry curses; he slowly said:

"So your current concern is: if you attack me, and my master is really nearby, you might suffer a great loss."

"If you don't attack me, how can you, the Lord of All Laws, dare to retaliate when a mere Dao Child of the Supreme Realm is provoked in front of all your subordinates? How will you maintain your authority in the Temple of All Laws?"

After he finished speaking, he fell silent, as if waiting for the Lord of All Laws to make a choice.

The air inside the Hall of Punishments seemed to be encased in an invisible layer of ice, and the eternal curses of the Eight Wheels gradually subsided within this layer of ice.

All eyes were focused on the Lord of All Laws, as if awaiting a decision, or as if anticipating an impending storm.

The Lord of All Laws did not answer immediately.

He stood in the center of the hall, his eyes, shrouded in a deep purple halo, still fixed on Su Jie, but the sharpness in his eyes had silently changed shape.

Every word Su Jie said precisely struck at the thought he least wanted to admit: he was indeed hesitating.

He arrived at the Hall of Punishments earlier than the Eight Eternals, but after sensing that Canglan Yu had killed Fa Wuji, he did not show himself immediately, but instead chose to observe from the shadows for a while.

He wanted to see through Su Jie's trump card and confirm whether the Lord of Origin was really hiding in the nearby void, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

But it was that moment of hesitation that put him in an even more passive position.

Su Jie publicly pointed out his hesitation, allowing all fifty-odd Eternal Eight Wheels of the Myriad Laws Holy Temple in the entire Punishment Hall to witness this scene.

Their temple master, when faced with a Daoist disciple at the Supreme Realm, did not make a move immediately.

A subtle hint of coldness flashed across the Lord of All Laws' eyes.

He truly couldn't see through Su Jie. With his nine eternal soul strength, the aura of a Supreme Realm cultivator should have been as clear to him as the lines on his palm.

But now, standing in front of Su Jie, it was as if he were looking at someone through a layer of frosted glass; he could see the outline, but couldn't discern the truth.

There are only two possibilities: either Su Jie possesses a cosmic treasure specifically designed to conceal his aura, and it is at least a top-grade cosmic treasure;

The Lord of the Origin was nearby, using his power to conceal Su Jie's aura.

The former seemed reasonable, but he quickly dismissed the guess.