"Who is it?" Si Qing asked, confused.
Jin Yan's expression was grave. "The last person to achieve such a feat was the companion law of the previous E Tiandao."
Yan Hua and Chen Xi nodded.
Yu Yuan remained silent.
They were of the same age and generation, and Jin Yan's words were something they all knew.
"Of course, although there have been such examples in the past, there has only been one," Yan Hua said, looking at Si Qing. "So we cannot be sure if all companion laws can shatter that lock."
"Speaking of which, I remember that the great lock sealing the gate had another meaning," Yu Yuan said, resting his chin on his hand. "Some say the lock that bound E Tiandao was E Tiandao's sin. But as we all know, E Tiandao usually takes the blame. So I think the chain symbolized not sin, but rather the scapegoat."
"Similarly, what is Qi Yu's scapegoat? It's the curse of the previous law! So, exposing the curse of the Qian Fa Ze, can it also prove Qi Yu's innocence?"
Yu Yuan's words served as a reminder to everyone.
Si Qing immediately stood up. "That makes sense. Let's go to the Underworld first and inquire if there are any condemned gods recently. If there are, we'll find out their whereabouts and immediately apprehend them for interrogation."
"I'll go now," Shao Feng vanished in a flash.
Si Qing, An Nuo, and others followed closely.
They chased after Shao Feng to the Underworld. As soon as they reached the entrance, they saw Shao Feng already questioning the judge about the condemned gods.
"There is indeed one recently demoted condemned god, in the lowest level of hell," the judge flipped through the judgment book. "There should be quite a few souls currently, so she's been placed further back. The judgment is scheduled for about five hundred days from now."
"Take me to see her now," Si Qing stepped forward.
An Nuo asked, "Is that condemned god the old Tiandao, or the old law?"
"It's the old law," the judge initially didn't want to disclose it, but seeing An Nuo's anxious expression, he blurted it out.
"In that case, let's go now." Si Qing was burning with urgency about this matter and turned to head towards hell as if she were going home.
The judge asked nothing and followed them down.
They arrived at the entrance to the deepest level of hell.
The judge ordered the gate to be opened.
Shao Feng indeed spotted the old law curled up inside at a glance.
The old law was now shackled heavily, with a sin mark on her head, surrounded by evil energy, appearing mad.
She had been cackling incessantly. Upon seeing An Nuo and the others enter, she laughed even louder, "Hahahaha... I knew you would come. Are you here to stand up for her?"
Shao Feng did not answer the old law's question but stepped forward and retorted, "Did you do the cursing?!"
The judge slowly nodded. "Originally, the Underworld was not qualified to judge old laws. Even if old Tiandao and old laws committed any wrongdoing, as long as the handover was completed within the stipulated time, the punishment for old laws and old Tiandao would be determined by the new Tiandao, not by the Underworld."
"However, due to some unfortunate accidents, the new Tiandao became E, and the old law and old Tiandao delayed the transition between old and new, cursing and altering the destinies of many in the Three Realms. This is why the old law has fallen to hell to be judged."
Si Qing was stunned upon hearing this, and then asked the judge in a voice filled with disbelief, "Meaning, when the old law is judged in 500 days, the crime she will be judged for is the curse she cast?! If that's the case, why did my sister have to bear the responsibility for the curse and suffer as E Tiandao!?"
Shao Feng, An Nuo, and Yan Hua also looked puzzled.
Chen Xi asked the judge, "The old law is still to be questioned about the curse in 500 days, and there will be a corresponding judgment. The old law will be punished to atone for her actions and the lives she has harmed. In that case, there shouldn't be an E Tiandao."
How did Qi Yu become E Tiandao?
"I'm not entirely sure," the judge shook his head slightly, but then as if remembering something, he looked at the old law and suggested, "Perhaps you can ask her."