Zhang Yu secretly thought, "Compared to this fine, I would rather have a few bolts of heavenly thunder come down."

He recalled the scene of battling with the power of heavenly thunder in the Lower Realm before, getting struck by heavenly thunder a few times was much more economical than deducting money.

Zhan Xian said, "There used to be a time when heavenly thunder would directly descend. But later, some cultivators intentionally slandered immortals to collect heavenly thunder. Plus, slandering immortals and the Immortal Clan isn’t exactly a violent crime, deducting money is far more effective than heavenly thunder, so gradually it turned into just fines."

Zhang Yu thought as much; descending heavenly thunder is costly and labor-intensive with no real benefits, especially when dealing with cultivators who can utilize heavenly thunder, it’s like sending them Immortal Dao Resources. A direct notice imposing a fine saves time, effort, and can generate revenue.

Fu Ji said, "Now isn’t the time without True Gods presiding over the Spirit Realm, getting struck by thunder because of a few random words? There’s no such convenience."

Just then, two True Gods descended before Zhang Yu and said, "Deputy Minister Zhang, we are Fourth-class True Gods from the Inspection Department, and we are now legally conducting an inquiry. You must answer truthfully without concealment, falsification, or fabrication. Understood?"

Listening to the other party speak, Zhang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, "As expected... no direct memory investigation?"

In his mind, he recalled the words spoken by the giant corpse: "With those Immortal Veins guarding you, you wouldn’t easily get your memories investigated."

"Moreover, for such a significant case, cautious use of memory investigation is a consensus among all parties, otherwise, controlling the direction and scope of the investigation improperly might uncover things that shouldn’t be uncovered, then how would you handle that?"

On the other hand, Ying Aikun looked at the Tax Supervision Army’s flying shuttles in the sky, feeling a heavy pressure coming towards him.

"How did things come to this?"

When Ying Aikun entered the detention point with a sullen face, many of his magic treasures and magic remains were subjected to inspection one by one.

But when the True Gods demanded Ying Aikun to open the Qiankun Pot, Ying Aikun fiercely objected.

After all, his Qiankun Pot contained too many secrets, like the Life Flame previously used, if investigated continuously, it would be a huge trouble.

Ying Aikun used mana to firmly press down the Qiankun Pot in his arms and said, "The Qiankun Pot is registered under the Sect Enterprise of Sky Demon Sect, it has nothing to do with Yingxin Heaven, you have no right to inspect it."

The True God in front projected files and said, "Ying Aikun, this case is now under the attention of the Great God of Balance and Observation of Four Universes, Gongfu Heavenly Supervisor, and Yicai Haisheng God. I advise you not to have any flukes."

With each deity’s name heard, Ying Aikun’s heart sank a bit, and upon hearing Yicai Haisheng God, the first Great God of the Finance Department, he felt even more unable to control the mana within him.

Ying Aikun: [Goodwill Talisman]

After sending a Goodwill Talisman to the True God in front, Ying Aikun said, "I need to contact the outside."

"Your [Goodwill Talisman] has been returned."

The True God in front said sternly, "That’s fine, it’s your right, but all communication segments will be recorded by us."

With mana trembling, Ying Aikun opened his contact list.

Among the pile of unread messages, the most conspicuous was a message from Ling Chiyue: "Elder Ying, congratulations. Now that you lead the Maze Realm, the future Immortal Path is a broad road."

Ying Aikun suppressed his negative emotions, thought for a bit, and quietly began sending messages, instantly receiving many replies.

"The other party has enabled friend verification; you are not yet his/her friend. Please send a friend verification request first, you can chat once the other party approves."

"The message has been sent but refused by the other party."

Seeing each person either blacklisted him or deleted him as a friend, Ying Aikun’s face grew increasingly grim.

At that moment, he seemed not to have received any message but felt as though he had received countless reminders.

So, the next moment, he sent a message to his Qiankun Pot: [Join Hands] Prepare to open the door

As soon as this message was sent, the monitoring True Gods immediately detected the anomaly.

"Who told you to send messages to the Qiankun Pot? What did you send!"

Ying Aikun explained, "I told the Soul Cultivator inside to prepare to open the Qiankun Pot to cooperate with your work..."

Before Ying Aikun could finish explaining, divine light surrounded him, pressing him to the ground.

"Seal his mana!"

"Open his Qiankun Pot."

"It’s locked, can’t be opened!"

A hand formed by divine power pressed down on Ying Aikun’s head with a bang and shouted, "Ying Aikun, open the Qiankun Pot immediately."

Ying Aikun’s body trembled but he remained silent, not responding.

A True God within the Spirit Realm conveyed a message: "Where’s the Tax Supervision Army? Bring the Heaven-breaking Shuttle over!"

"Smash this Qiankun Pot open for me!"

Ying Aikun shouted, "You have no authority to do this..."

But the next moment, he saw black flying shuttles piercing through space under the Tax Supervision Army’s operation, directly descending on the scene.

Following a series of cracking sounds, a series of spatial cracks abruptly appeared before everyone, the Tax Supervision Army’s flying shuttle had skillfully smashed open the Qiankun Pot’s door, revealing the raging fire burning inside.

But in the next moment, as flying shuttles rushed into the Qiankun Pot, expertly sealing, collecting the flame, and freezing the Soul Cultivator, the whole Qiankun Pot was brought back under control amidst Ying Aikun’s despairing gaze.