Upon hearing True Monarch Pojun's voice, Ming Yue, who was cultivating, opened her eyes, looked at the vast starry sky, and sneered before soaring into the heavens. She saw Tianyangzi, the manager of Wanxian Island, standing together with True Monarch Pojun, with the injured Xiao Dong behind them. "Since when did the Four Departments' True Gods come and go at will on Wanxian Island?" Immortal Ming Yue said coldly, "Tianyangzi, are you the manager of Wanxian Island or of the Four Departments?" Tianyangzi chuckled, "Ming Yue, it was indeed your men who were in the wrong by forcibly entering the Artifact Refining Institute. Hand them over to True Monarch Pojun for punishment, and let's not disrupt the harmony between immortals and gods." Ming Yue shouted, "First, make these true gods clarify Xiang Tiandi's affair; then we can talk about harmony." True Monarch Pojun said coldly, "That's a separate issue; don't mix things up. Right now, we're talking about your people forcibly entering the Artifact Refining Institute and injuring my cultivators from the Battle Department." As he spoke, he moved his Primordial Spirit power and pushed Xiao Dong forward. Seeing Xiao Dong kneeling down, crying, he complained, "That Ming Ri barged in and kicked open the door of the Seven Stars Tower, broke the array formation, and when disciples asked why he'd barged in, he just started hitting us, even damaging our magical artifacts and severely injuring the disciples..." While crying, he thought resentfully, "Dare to force your way into the Artifact Refining Institute? True Monarch Pojun brought you here to make you know what regret means." "The Artifact Refining Institute is a major place of the Heavenly Court, and forcing entry is a grave sin." True Monarch Pojun said, "Ming Yue, you must hand over the person today. Also, my Battle Department's two cultivators were taken away by this Ming Ri; you must hand them over as well." He thought to himself that Ming Yue had always disliked the Mixed Blood Human Race recently and hadn't treated her disciples well. He'd never heard that she had any biological brothers, and Ming Ri was just a newly acknowledged brother, likely not someone important. Moreover, since the other party forcibly entered the Artifact Refining Institute and injured the people of the Battle Department, he and Tianyangzi were here to demand accountability, and surely the other party should give him, a True Monarch, some face. 'Hmph, even if Celestial Honor and Divine Emperor plan to help her with a grand wedding, Ming Yue recently suffered a big loss at the hands of the Sky Flipping Sect, losing one of her prized techniques, reducing both her strength and prestige. She must be weak with anger now, not daring to confront me.' But upon hearing True Monarch Pojun's pressing, Ming Yue simply waved her hand, "Ming Ri is my brother; if he acted, it's as if I acted. Put everything on me." "Just a few mortals; if I say hit, then hit. What else do you want me to explain?" Neither Tianyangzi nor True Monarch Pojun expected Ming Yue to support Ming Ri . Tianyangzi's eyes narrowed, thinking about what exactly the relationship between Ming Ri and Ming Yue was. True Monarch Pojun's eyes lit with cold light, and the stars in the sky grew brighter, the gravity around seemed to change, and grass, trees, bamboo, and stones within several kilometers surged. True Monarch Pojun angrily said, "Ming Yue, don't be too domineering. This matter, even if taken to Divine Emperor and Celestial Honor, you're still in the wrong." Ming Yue didn't even think about handing over Zhou Bai, coldly snorted, "Then go tell them that, but handing over the person is impossible." Ming Yue was so daring in her refusal partly because of Zhou Bai's importance, and partly because Celestial Honor and Divine Emperor supported her marriage with Zhou Bai. So, no matter how True Monarch Pojun made a fuss, Celestial Honor and Divine Emperor would only stand on her and Zhou Bai's side. Additionally, mortals held very low status in the eyes of today's gods and immortals, and hitting a few mortals was nothing to Ming Yue. Besides, there's always some contention between gods and immortals, and as long as it doesn't spread too widely, sparring between them is quite normal. Thus, she waved her large sleeve without hesitation, ready to leave, suddenly turning to look at Xiao Dong. Swept over by Ming Yue's gaze, Xiao Dong felt his whole body shiver, as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on him. Then a mountain-like force pressed down on him, directly shattering his Protective Gang Qi and Primordial Spirit power. "Ming Yue! How dare you!" An angry shout accompanied a giant explosion as two torrents of mountainous forces exploded before Xiao Dong, sending him flying backward, his body crackling with sounds as his internal organs suffered heavy damage, breaking over ten bones, and showing a face full of shock and fear. He lamented in his heart: 'This Immortal Ming Yue is too domineering. Clearly, it was her sworn brother who hit people; now she actually wants to hit me as well?' True Monarch Pojun yelled, "Ming Yue, you're simply pushing too far." Ming Yue coldly looked at them, "A mere mortal. My brother hit you, and you took it, yet dared to complain—a clear lack of respect and sense of danger. If I kill, then I kill." Seeing this scene, Zhou Bai sighed inwardly: 'Too reckless, isn't it?' Yet at this moment, he recalled the first time he saw Immortal Ming Yue at the Four Schools Competition. Facing True Monarch Pojun and Xiao Dong at this moment, Ming Yue seemed to become that high and mighty figure at the Four Schools Competition again. Zhou Bai thought to himself: 'Is this the true face of Ming Yue, or is the way she is when she's with me more genuine?' ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ Nov3lFɪre.ɴet True Monarch Pojun directly activated his Supreme Mysterious Star Immortal Light, and suddenly stars in the sky sprinkled down, various gravities floating and changing in the air, just like plunging into a dark sea current, countless forces continually tore at everyone present. Ming Yue directly drew the Golden Light Trapping Sky Banner, retreated into the manor and saw the Nine Heavens Fiery Fire Formation, Nine Earth Cold Ice Formation, Nine Sky Green Harvest Formation, and Nine Nothingness Sentence Mang Formation, a total of four formations rising simultaneously, violently clashing with the Supreme Mysterious Star Immortal Light in the sky. The mutual tearing force between the two sides was enough to obliterate mountains and fill rivers, yet they were always kept within a hundred meters, annihilating all matter within. Zhou Bai, watching from beginning to end, couldn't help but ask, "Is this too high-profile?" Ming Yue casually said, "Just hitting mortals, it's nothing. Pojun is just here to maintain his face, but when it comes to face, he can't beat me, so if I don't want to give it, I simply won't. After fighting a while, he'll leave when he can't break the formations." Indeed, as Ming Yue said, True Monarch Pojun failed to break Ming Yue's four formations for a long time, and finally, with a dark expression, reprimanded a few more words before leaving with Xiao Dong. "Ming Yue, this won't end . Can you protect him for a moment, can you protect him for a lifetime?" Tianyangzi shook his head, smiling bitterly, "Ming Yue, your temper needs to change." Watching the departing two, Zhou Bai suddenly felt a chill and looked at the smiling but not smiling Ming Yue beside him: "This woman, could it be...?" Ming Yue looked at him with a smile, "Hear that? Pojun is watching you, if you don't want trouble, stay out less and just stay in the mansion; I'll take care of you." Zhou Bai thought to himself: 'This woman's desire for control is too strong. She wishes I'd stay here twenty-four hours a day without going out.' At this moment, Immortal Ming Yue already walked to her room, "Zhou Bai, come over and try on clothes with me."
