“Collect! I’ll collect!” Zhuang Long Void God successively captured those Pseudo-Gods.

Under the oppressive force of Li Yuan’s formidable Divine Sense, these Pseudo-Gods trembled in fear, unable to exert even one-tenth of their power. Even if they wanted to flee, their speed was pitifully slow.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan exhibited a flight speed not inferior to that of Zhuang Long Void God, directly targeting the golden-robed man who seemed to be the strongest. With a sweep of his large hand, he forcibly subdued him and placed him within the Ancient Divine Palace.

…Inside the Ancient Divine Palace.

The invisible Power of the World pressed down, making the golden-robed man feel as though all his Origin Power was suppressed, even his Divine Fire restrained.

“Am I captured? It’s over! Completely over!” The golden-robed man was filled with terror and unease.

He knew his fate was sealed.

At this moment, fully subdued, he couldn’t even self-destruct.

Still, he held on to a glimmer of hope in his heart: “The True God! If the True God receives my message, he should arrive soon.”

Just then.

“Hoo!” Another wave of invisible soul power descended, more formidable and precise than before… It instantly plunged the golden-robed man into a state of soul collapse.

“Tell me, why are you ambushing passing Pseudo-Gods?” Li Yuan inquired directly: “You haven’t been discovered all this time?”

Out of caution, upon suppressing him, Li Yuan began asking questions immediately.

“We secretly target weak Pseudo-Gods traveling via Transmission Arrays; we act under orders.” The golden-robed man responded numbly, his eyes vacant.

“Orders? Whose orders?” Li Yuan’s vigilance heightened sharply.

Someone capable of commanding a unit of stationed Pseudo-Gods was by no means ordinary.

“It’s… Ah! Ah! Ah!” The golden-robed man’s face twisted painfully, contorted with extreme anguish.

Suddenly.

“Boom~” A devastating force erupted abruptly from the depths of his soul, surging through every part of it… His soul appeared to be on the verge of disintegration.

“Ah~ Ah!” The golden-robed man’s features distorted to an extreme degree, as though his soul were being torn apart.

Indeed, his soul was being torn apart.

“A Restriction? Placed by his master? My question triggered the Restriction buried deep within his soul?” Li Yuan was alarmed.

Such a cautious puppet master.

At the same time, this also proved the puppet master had significant mastery over soul manipulation… It must be noted, at this very moment, the golden-robed man was already subdued by Li Yuan within the ’Ancient Divine Palace,’ yet the Restriction still detonated.

Even for Li Yuan, implanting such a Restriction within a Pseudo-God’s soul would require considerable expenditure.

Fortunately, however.

Li Yuan had already restrained the golden-robed man’s Origin Power, Divine Fire, and soul in multiple aspects. Restraints also serve as a form of protection… Although the soul Restriction exploded, it did not kill the golden-robed man.

His soul was merely heavily damaged.

“I’ll have to wait until his soul recovers somewhat before questioning him again.” Li Yuan decided to stop the interrogation.

…

In the starry sky outside, within the Formation.

Li Yuan’s attempt to interrogate the golden-robed man was brief, and it did not hinder him from capturing other Pseudo-Gods… Li Yuan and Zhuang Long Void God acted swiftly and in coordination.

In less than twenty seconds, they had captured ten out of twelve Pseudo-Gods.

Zhuang Long captured six, while Li Yuan captured four.

They even managed to collect most of the twelve Pseudo-God-level Temples stationed in the area… As the Temples were taken, the large array that once enveloped thousands of miles of starry sky rapidly disintegrated, revealing the scenery of all directions.

At that moment.

Swoosh~ Suddenly, over twenty thousand kilometers away, a towering Transmission Array, several hundred kilometers tall and suspended in the starry sky, erupted with an infinite and dazzling radiance.

The startling fluctuations of space instantly spread across hundreds of thousands of kilometers… Anyone with even a cursory understanding of the Mysteries of Space could perceive it.

At this moment, whether the native Pseudo-Gods on Wanlong Star or Li Yuan and Zhuang Long Void God, they all knew…

Someone had arrived via the Transmission Array.

In the next moment.

“Stop!” A thunderous voice echoed through the void across tens of thousands of kilometers.

“Boom!!!” An overwhelming Divine Sense surged almost instantly across twenty thousand kilometers, sweeping through the void decisively.

This immense Divine Sense sweep caused the faces of two Initial Rank Pseudo-Gods in white robes to turn pale… It was too strong!

Earlier, when Li Yuan’s Divine Sense erupted but did not target these two individuals, they couldn’t discern the difference.

“Me?” Zhuang Long Void God’s expression changed drastically: “A True God-level secret technique? Could it be a True God has arrived?”

Boom!

Li Yuan’s soul, as powerful as a Divine Spear piercing the heavens, decisively shattered the overwhelming Divine Sense sweeping across the void.

With ease, he blocked it.

“Senior, we were merely ambushed by a stationed military force. We are the victims here; there’s no need for wrath.” Li Yuan transmitted via Divine Sense.

“What? A True God-level soul?” The newly arrived Blood Rune True God’s eyes flashed with seriousness.

His Divine Sense was incredibly powerful, and he had already assessed the situation clearly.

He originally believed that, with the strength of the golden-robed Pseudo-God’s team — twelve Pseudo-Gods working in concert with the Guardian Array — even if they could not capture the enemy, they should at least be able to entrap them.

Unexpectedly, by the time he crossed thousands of light-years to arrive, the scenario had already collapsed.

Not only was the Guardian Array broken, but of the twelve stationed Pseudo-Gods, only two remained.

“This complicates matters.” Blood Rune True God’s thoughts raced: “The only one who knows the whole truth is Goldrobe. His Soul Lamp has not yet extinguished, so he should still be alive… I just hope nothing has been exposed.”

However.

He was now keenly aware that Li Yuan possessed a True God-level soul… which meant that everything was uncertain.

The soul Restriction he had placed might not be effective.

Whoosh!

As he contemplated, Blood Rune True God began approaching swiftly, his speed astonishing, covering a thousand kilometers in an instant with a single motion.

“No matter what.”

“Please, both of you, remain calm for now. I am one of the Guardian Generals of the Kunli Star System.” Blood Rune True God’s voice thundered: “Leave this matter to me.”