In the Chief Judge’s office of the Ancestral Court, a man who didn’t look very old and was full of energy, but had slightly graying hair, was looking at the paper documents in his hand.

Although today’s technology offers many advanced ways to store information, some important documents still need to be stored in paper format.

In front of the man, there were three stacks of documents. The cover of one stack bore the name Chen Guan, the left one was labeled with Zi Donglai, while the right cover had a question mark.

"The Gong Family, so eager and impatient." Chief Judge Qi snorted coldly, his fingers rhythmically tapping on the cover of the documents.

In fact, it wasn’t only the Gong Family that was keeping an eye on Chen Guan and Zi Donglai.

Other families and the Ancestral Court were also continuously monitoring the movements of these two and had their suspicions, and the Gong Family was not alone in that regard.

Chief Judge Qi had also questioned whether Chen Guan and Zi Donglai were the same person. It wasn’t a problem in the past, but now, both vanished from public view, and Zi Donglai went to the Great Cave Heaven. This was indeed too suspicious.

Over time, anyone would have doubts, let alone someone as perceptive as Chief Judge Qi.

He understood what the Gong Family meant by reminding him intentionally. He also considered whether to go into the Great Cave Heaven to apprehend Zi Donglai.

These two both had old grudges with the Ancestral Court. Regardless of whether they were one person or two, they were targets of Chief Judge Qi’s strong desire to eliminate.

However, he couldn’t ignore the development issues of the Ancestral Court. They acted twice, once against Chen Guan, but lost the important resource hub of Celestial Pillar Grotto Heaven, causing issues in the Court’s progression, and the middle level is now facing a deficit.

Many middle-level officers with potential could have been allocated resources to cultivate intensively and sent into the Great Cave Heaven, as fresh blood for the Ancestral Court there.

Now, due to resource scarcity, many cultivation plans had to be temporarily shelved.

The second time, their move against Ji Nanhong not only failed to deal with him, but now Ji Nanhong roams freely in the Blessed Land—a man with a sword crossing the Nether Sea, dismantling the Celestial Court Army’s institutions within, disrupting the Ancestral Court’s lowest level structure.

Thankfully, Ji Nanhong only wields a single sword, and the Secret Realm is so vast; otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Even now, the foundation of the Ancestral Court has shown issues. If not resolved, over time, it might even shake the root of the Ancestral Court.

Chief Judge Qi wished he could tear the two apart, but the rules of the Secret Realm are such that, except for extremely special existences, no one can break through the boundaries between Secret Realms.

Even if he has overwhelming power, he can’t enter the Grotto Heaven, and thus has no way with Chen Guan and Zi Donglai. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Now although he has such an opportunity, he must also consider that killing either Chen Guan or Zi Donglai could provoke crazy retaliation on the Ancestral Court’s other institutions within the Grotto Heaven by the other.

If these two were indeed one person, then this problem can be solved.

Eliminating two individuals at once—there could be no more fantastical result.

Even if the Gong Family had not come to him, he would have made his move; but now with the issue from the Gong Family, it presented him just the right opportunity.

"Since the Gong Family wants something, they must pay the price." Chief Judge Qi directly dialed a number and spoke to the Family Head of the Gong Family, saying something to Gong Yunjian.

The Family Heads of the Ten Great Families are family heads; Celestial Kings are Celestial Kings—these are not the same concepts.

Although Chief Judge Qi holds the noble position of Ancestral Court Chief, contacting a Celestial King is very difficult for him.

However, contacting the family heads of the Ten Great Families, who handle family affairs, is not that difficult.

After hanging up the phone, Chief Judge Qi had a cold smile on his lips.

He had reached an agreement with the Gong Family, that, once it could be confirmed that Chen Guan and Zi Donglai were the same person or that Chen Guan was also in the Great Cave Heaven, even if they were not the same person, the Gong Family would immediately deploy troops to attack Purple Sun City.

If both these individuals have entered the Great Cave Heaven, then Purple Sun City and the Southern Heavenly Kingdom might as well be considered obsolete.

Without the suppression of absolute force, both the Gong Family and the Celestial Court Army are confident they can seize Purple Sun City and the Southern Heavenly Kingdom.

Chief Judge Qi now needs to go to Ji Family’s Great Cave Heaven and attempt to summon Chen Guan before him.

Chief Judge Qi’s ability to summon originates from his Celestial Destiny Star, as his Celestial Destiny Star is the Purple Star, and his Celestial Duty is the Pivot of Circulation, governing other Celestial Destiny Stars.

In the face of the Purple Star, other Celestial Destiny Stars are significantly influenced, with many stars’ Celestial Duty abilities potentially becoming ineffective.

Only a very few Celestial Destiny Stars remain unaffected, or minimally affected, which are individual exceptions.

For instance, the famous Celestial Killer Lone Star, though influenced by the Purple Star, will not completely lose its Celestial Duty’s effectiveness.

Chief Judge Qi’s summoning ability derives from the Celestial Duty Ability of the Purple Star, leveraging its jurisdiction over other Celestial Destiny Stars, supplemented by special Secret Skills.

This allowed him to link a person’s name and their Celestial Destiny Star, name-determined star, then star-determined person, finally combining causality and space-time techniques, directly summoning the person in front of him.

The essence of all this was the Celestial Duty Ability of the Purple Star, but Celestial Duty alone was insufficient, requiring Chief Judge Qi’s original Secret Skill of "All Under Heaven."

This Secret Skill combined causality, destiny techniques, space, and primordial energy transformation, creating a truly unique skill.

There was no one else in the world who could summon as Chief Judge Qi did.

In terms of talent, Chief Judge Qi was second to none, even Ji Beizhu believed his talent far exceeded his own.

After reaching an agreement with the Gong Family, Chief Judge Qi decisively chose to head to Ji Family’s Great Cave Heaven.

Of course, he went secretly, not wanting to expose his identity, nor letting anyone know that he had been to Ji Family’s Great Cave Heaven.

He just needed to test once; if Chen Guan was in the Ji Family’s Great Cave Heaven, after being summoned, he could simply be killed.

If Chen Guan was not in Ji Family’s Great Cave Heaven, no one would know he had been there, nor that he attempted to summon Chen Guan.

Either way, for Chief Judge Qi, it was beneficial.

Chief Judge Qi adopted another identity and secretly infiltrated Ji Family’s Great Cave Heaven, which was not difficult for him.

With the Ancestral Court already having a presence in Ji Family’s Great Cave Heaven and given the current state of the Ji Family, it was nearly impossible for them to fully control the Great Cave Heaven.

Chief Judge Qi arrived at a secluded spot in the Tear Luo Desert, gazed at the myriad stars overhead, and with rising primordial energy, he whispered slowly into the sky, "Chen Guan... heed the call..."