dawn sailed through the Sea of Stars for seven days.
During these seven days, Bai Cheng's soul gradually stabilized its fusion with the emperors imprint.
Yu Nian's pure heart vine nourished her daily with gentle vital energy, while Leng Ningxue continuously optimized the resonance algorithm between the imprint and the Erald Sea star track network.
On this day, in the main control cabin of dawn, the detection system suddenly emitted a high-frequency alarm.
"Massive abnormal law fluctuation detected thirty thousand star-miles ahead."
Data streams rapidly crossed Leng Ningxue's icy eyes.
"Energy signature... chaotic, violent, yet possessing a highly ordered internal structure."
Bai Cheng stood up and walked to the observation window.
Outside the viewport, the originally calm, flowing stellar background suddenly twisted and warped in a region ahead.
That star field seed enveloped by a translucent, constantly fluctuating thin film, the surface of which shimred with a seven-colored halo of laws, and within it, lightning could vaguely be seen raging, and clouds churning.
Even stranger, amidst that lightning and mist, the outlines of islands were suspended.
They were not celestial bodies, but real islands held aloft in the void by so power.
The islands were densely vegetated, with faint outlines of buildings visible, and even bird-shaped creatures were shuttling through the clouds and mist.
"This is..." Zi Yuan gripped her long saber. "Sky Islands?"
"Not entirely," Leng Ningxue pulled up the full-band scan results.
"These islands are not solid matter, at least not conventional matter.
They are composed of highly condensed fragnts of laws, echoes of beliefs, and the afterglow of so... ancient authority."
Lu Duo leaned close to the screen: "Do they look like the corroded islands in the Erald Sea... mirror images?"
"More accurately, they are unfinished products or abandoned remnants," Bai Cheng gazed at that area, galaxies reversing in her silver eyes.
"I can feel a faint common origin between the laws remaining there and the Erald Sea star track."
Yu Nian spoke softly: "Ancient texts of the Erald Sea once recorded that during the Ancient Sea of Stars War, after the authority of so defeated Star Lords shattered, their star tracks did not completely disintegrate but ford zones of residual laws under specific conditions... Could this be it?"
"The Star Chart Island database has similar records," Leng Ningxue nodded. "Lei Hai Floating Island, also known as the 'Lost Court of Judgent.'
Legend says it is a special domain ford by the entanglent and shattering of the dual authorities of Heaven's Punishnt and Amnesty, after the ancient Judgent Star Lord fell."
"Judgent Star Lord?" Lu Duo was puzzled.
"An ancient Star Lord who governed the laws of sin and punishnt, judgent and redemption," Bai Cheng said slowly.
"His authority involved the definition of soul essence and the correction of destiny trajectories, holding a special status in the Sea of Stars Covenant."
She paused. "If this is truly the remnant domain of the fallen Judgent Star Lord, then fragnts of the Judgent Authority might remain inside."
"Are we going in?" Zi Yuan asked.
Bai Cheng did not answer imdiately.
She closed her eyes, the emperors imprint glowing faintly, and her spiritual sense extended toward that region through remote resonance with the Erald Sea star track network.
Instantly, countless chaotic information fragnts flooded her mind—
Thunder, weeping, prayers of repentance, roars of anger, hymns of amnesty, the bell of decree...
And a faint yet exceptionally clear call.
"...Successor... please... reconsider... the unfinished... verdict..."
Bai Cheng opened her eyes, ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) a flash of dark gold light flickering deep within her silver eyes.
"Go in," she commanded, "but maintain the highest alert. This is not just a ruin; it is... an unclosed court of judgent."
dawn adjusted its course and slowly sailed toward that law film.
The mont the bow touched the film, the entire warship shuddered violently, as if passing through a layer of viscous rcury.
The scene outside the viewport completely changed.
It was no longer the deep Sea of Stars, but an endless ocean composed of silver-white thunderclouds.
Within the Sea of Thunder, electric currents flowed like liquid, converging and exploding, emitting a deafening roar.
Above the Sea of Thunder, hundreds of islands floated, varying in size and form.
So islands were lush green, with waterfalls cascading from their edges, dissolving into electric light upon hitting the Sea of Thunder;
So islands were desolate and silent, covered in scorched cracks and ruined structures;
So islands were wrapped in layers of golden chains, the other ends of which plunged into the depths of the Sea of Thunder;
On yet others, the movent of human figures could vaguely be seen, but those figures were ethereal, as if composed of light and shadow.
"Law concentration is seventeen tis that of the outside world."
Leng Ningxue rapidly analyzed the environntal data. "The air is perated with two mutually exclusive law particles: Sin Imprint and Redemption Will, in a ratio of about six to four.
Prolonged exposure will force the soul to undergo a judgent determination."
"Judgent determination?" Yu Nian looked worriedly at Bai Cheng.
"It's fine," a thin film of dark gold law appeared on Bai Cheng's body, isolating the invading judgent particles.
"The emperors imprint inherently possesses a certain degree of exemption.
But you all must maintain Starfire protection at all tis and prevent the laws here from invading the depths of your souls."
As soon as the words fell, a huge vortex suddenly burst open in the Sea of Thunder ahead.
At the center of the vortex, a main island several tis larger than the others slowly rose.
The island had undulating mountains and towering palaces. The most conspicuous feature was a white giant tower, a thousand zhang high, in the center.
The tower body was mottled and covered in cracks, but a fragnted, scale-like golden emblem still floated above the summit.
The left tray of the emblem was empty, while the right tray held a throbbing, dark red glowing... heart.
"That is... a projection of the Scale of Judgent," Bai Cheng's pupils contracted. "The one on the right tray is the Heart of Sin."
"What is the Heart of Sin?" Lu Duo asked.
"One of the core fragnts of the Judgent Star Lord's authority, carrying the final verdict result of its last judgent before its fall," Leng Ningxue pulled up the database for comparison.
"According to ancient fragnted texts, the reason for the Judgent Star Lord's demise was that its final verdict in a great judgent involving multiple Star Lords encountered an irreconcilable backlash."
"So everything here..." Zi Yuan looked at the surrounding islands and the Sea of Thunder, "...is a continuation of that great judgent?"
"It looks more like a frozen trial site," Bai Cheng gazed at the white giant tower. "The judgent is unfinished, the sentence unexecuted. All related parties—
whether the judged, the witnesses, or the Judgent Star Lord's own authority fragnts—are trapped in this eternal interstitial mont of judgent."
Just then, the golden emblem atop the white giant tower suddenly shone brightly.
A grand, majestic voice, yet tinged with infinite fatigue and confusion, echoed over the entire Lei Hai Floating Island:
"The judgent is not yet concluded..."
"The guilty have not been punished..."
"The innocent have not been granted amnesty..."
"Successor, since you have arrived here... you must continue the unfinished judgent..."
The mont the voice faded, the emperors imprint on Bai Cheng's forehead trembled violently without her control.
An irresistible law-based pulling force ca from the top of the white giant tower, attempting to forcibly drag her toward the scale emblem at the summit.
"Miss!" Zi Yuan and the others exclaid simultaneously.
Bai Cheng raised a hand, signaling them not to act rashly.
She resisted the pulling force, her silver eyes fixed on the top of the giant tower: "You want to continue the judgent? In what capacity? And by what standard?"
The voice was silent for a mont, then sounded again:
"As the body of the new Erald Sea Emperor..."
"By the nature of the Correction and Ruin authority you possess..."
"Judgent requires fairness, but also... compassion..."
"Only one who combines both... can resolve the predicant here..."
Bai Cheng took a deep breath.
She understood.
This Lei Hai Floating Island was not just a ruin; it was a test, a choice, and also... an opportunity.
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