MTLNOVEL Chapter 487: Return to Others as They Have Done
Hearing Ding Huan's admission, Emperor Zhong raised his hand and grabbed the Crystal Image Ball activated by Min Yuan, and immediately extracted two streams of Dao Rhythm Law, fixing them in the void with Prohibition Patterns.
Because they were confined in the void, the people around could even feel the fluctuations of these two streams of Dao Rhythm Law, which were extremely clear.
Having done this, Emperor Zhong did not stop; he again extracted two streams of Dao Rhythm Law from the Crystal Images provided by Mi Zhong and Chu Xingren, and fixed them in the void with Prohibition Patterns.
"Everyone can see, these six streams of Dao Rhythm Law fluctuations I have extracted, come from three different Crystal Images.
In fact, there are only two types of Dao Rhythm fluctuations, one type is the fluctuation of Space Law, and the other is the fluctuation of the Water Attribute Principle.
After comparison, the two streams of Law fluctuation in the Immortal Court Square match those in the Crystal Image Balls provided by both Mi Zhangqi and Chu Zhangqi.
According to Law 380,009 of the Fen Regulations and Law 19,321 of the Court Regulations when merged,
when evidence of Dao Rhythms cannot be determined, if there are two or more Dao Rhythm Laws in the undetermined Dao Rhythm Image that match already validated Dao Rhythm Laws,
then the undetermined Dao Rhythm Image can be deemed effective evidence and treated as authentic imagery.
Thus, since Law Officer Ding Huan personally admitted that the Crystal Image Ball in the Immortal Court Square is genuine and effective, the images given by Mi Zhangqi and Chu Zhangqi are authentic and can be used as valid evidence."
The cultivators in the Treasure Hall were all invigorated; this was true Law at its best.
Look at the laws set forth before; although Ding Huan won, everyone simply took out their Crystal Images, then fixed the evidence—there was no challenge.
No sooner had Emperor Zhong acted than he declared the Crystal Images, which fundamentally could not be used as evidence, valid—a true testament to the contributor of the Nine Court Immortal Law.
Ding Huan privately marveled; Emperor Zhong was indeed a formidable character.
Emperor Zhong's method was simple: if Crystal Ball A was confirmed as valid, and Balls B and C were dubious,
Emperor Zhong would extract two streams of Laws from Ball A, and then two from both Balls B and C.
If the Laws in Balls B and C matched those extracted from Ball A, then Balls B and C could be proven effective.
And importantly, this was supported by explicit regulations.
Not to speak of others, even if other Law Officers knew they could proceed like Emperor Zhong, they simply lacked the ability to do so.
Emperor Zhong's methods, rather than indicating that he had thoroughly studied the Nine Court Immortal Law, suggested that his control over the Space Law and Water Attribute Principle was at its peak, to the extent that he could even extract Dao Rhythm Laws from them.
Clearly, the Space Law Rhythms and Water Attribute Law Rhythms extracted by Emperor Zhong were problematic.
Any cultivator's surrounding space will have Dao Rhythm fluctuations from both their own and those that exist between heaven and earth.
Emperor Zhong indeed extracted two streams of Dao Rhythm Laws from each of the three Crystal Balls, but what he extracted were the Heaven and Earth Law Rhythms present in the space at the time the images were recorded.
In other words, these Rhythm fluctuations had nothing to do with the cultivator's own powers in the images.
You could extract Space Law and Water Attribute Principle fluctuations right now, in the present space, and they'd be identical to what Emperor Zhong extracted.
But he restricts you with sheer skill.
Lure you to extract them now if you can.
Such Law fluctuations are beyond the grasp of ordinary beings, let alone the Immortal Emperor.
It gives one a maddening sensation—as if I'm spouting nonsense, but if you're capable, extract two Law fluctuations yourself, and you too can talk nonsense.
Seeing that Ding Huan hadn't even moved a brow, Emperor Wushang chuckled inwardly; Emperor Zhong was truly Emperor Zhong.
"Law Officer Ding, do you have any new evidence to show that Emperor Zhong's evidence is incorrect?" asked Emperor Wushang, his tone mild, seemingly on Ding Huan's side.
With a smile, Ding Huan looked at the three Crystal Balls and then raised his hand to extract something from each image in the Crystal Balls.
He drew six streams of Dao Rhythm Laws from the void, splitting them into three pairs.
The six streams of Dao Rhythm Laws were fixed in the void, with each pair containing one stream of Space Law and one of Fire Attribute.
Cleary, out of these three pairs of Dao Rhythm Laws, only two pairs were identical.
The identical Rhythms were extracted from the Crystal Images provided by Chu Xingren and Mi Zhong, indicating they were from the same person.
The different one was Min Yuan's offering, the Space and Fire Attribute Dao Rhythms extracted by Ding Huan from the Crystal Image Ball in the Immortal Court, where he was viewing job listings.
Upon seeing Ding Huan's actions, not only Emperor Zhong was astonished, but the others also watched, wide-eyed, in disbelief.
This casual extraction of Dao Rhythm Laws?
Emperor Zhong could do it, after all, he was an Immortal Emperor and a being who had studied the Heaven and Earth Laws for countless years.
Ding Huan was merely a Da Yi Immortal; how could he accomplish this?
Emperor Wushang nearly stood up again, his eyes flashing with light; Ding Huan had repeatedly shattered his conventional wisdom.
It would have been better to retain Ding Huan last time, but it was not too late now.
Emperor Zhong's eyes narrowed slightly; he hadn't expected Ding Huan to counter him with the same tactics.
He could only extract Space and Water Attribute Dao Rhythms; he couldn't extract other types of Rhythms.
"If Ding Huan produces one more right now, then he will be considered to have lost."
Just as he had thought, Ding Huan could only bring forth the Space and Fire Attribute Dao Rhythms; he could not produce a third Dao Rhythm Law.
After stabilizing the Dao Rhythm Laws, Ding Huan stepped forward and said, "According to Article 19,321 of the Court Law and Article 380,008 of the Sub Law and their combination,
when the Dao Rhythm evidence cannot be determined, if there are two or more indeterminate Dao Rhythm Laws in the Dao Rhythm image that are inconsistent with the already validated effective Dao Rhythm Laws,
then the indeterminate Dao Rhythm images can be deemed invalid evidence.
The Crystal Image Ball at the Immortal Court Square has been acknowledged by me as true and effective, so the Crystal Ball images provided by Mi Zhangqi and Chu Zhangqi are invalid evidence."
The bigwigs in the Immortal Court Palace were all secretly shocked; this was truly a case of fighting fire with fire.
Using Emperor Zhong's Laws to slap Emperor Zhong's own face.
The focus of this Law is not on understanding the Nine Court Immortal Law, but on one's own comprehension of the Heaven and Earth Laws.
For Ding Huan with such low cultivation to grasp the Dao Rhythm Law is simply terrifying.
But this wasn't over, without giving Emperor Wushang a chance to recover, Ding Huan spoke again,
"Because my Laws are Article 19,321 and Article 380,008, ranking higher than Emperor Zhong's Article 19,321 and Article 380,009.
According to the regulation of Article 1,414,230, a prior serial number of a law has a higher priority level.
Therefore, in this case, my Laws shall prevail, and the Crystal Balls of Mi Zhong and Chu Xingren are considered false Crystal Balls, viewed as invalid evidence.
Mi Zhong and Chu Xingren have produced false testimony, and according to the law, they should be killed without mercy. Above all, I ask the Great Emperor for clear judgment!"
Everyone looked at each other in dismay; this...
Cold sweat began to seep from the foreheads of Mi Zhong and Chu Xingren.
They knew Emperor Wushang wanted to protect them, but in such a situation, how could they be protected?
Emperor Wushang also couldn't possibly oppose the Nine Court Immortal Law in public.
The rest, watching Ding Huan, were all secretly impressed. Wasn't he the First Law Officer, indeed, to even take down the man who drafted the laws, Emperor Zhong?
Emperor Wushang looked at Emperor Zhong, feeling a headache himself; he hadn't expected that even with Emperor Zhong's intervention, they couldn't bring down Ding Huan, which was quite troublesome.
Upon seeing that Ding Huan could grasp the Space Law Rhythm and the Fire Attribute Law Rhythm, Emperor Zhong knew that it was possible for Ding Huan to say he could remove the Prohibition Patterns in his body.
He was now weighing how to handle the situation.
Firstly, he definitely couldn't help Ding Huan against Emperor Wushang because his life was in Emperor Wushang's hands.
Secondly, he also couldn't directly eliminate Ding Huan, as doing so would be disadvantageous to him.
Emperor Zhong now furrowed his brows, unable to think of a better solution at the moment.
Seeing Emperor Zhong's appearance, Emperor Wushang guessed that Emperor Zhong probably couldn't solve Ding Huan's issue.
Bu Yue, the sycophant, stepped forward in time: "Great Emperor, Mi Zhangqi and Chu Zhangqi were also trying to find the culprit who destroyed the Immortal Spirit Rice, so their actions are understandable."
Ding Huan spoke indifferently, "By that logic, sentiment overrides the Nine Court Immortal Law? If so, why bother with setting up the Nine Court Immortal Law here at all? Wouldn't it be easier to just say what you want and have it be law?
The Nine Court Immortal Law could be abolished too since, after all, actions can be excused by sentiment,"
People chattered among themselves; once sentiment becomes an excuse, the Nine Court Immortal Law will be invalidated, and the dignity of the Immortal Court will vanish into nothingness, its unity instantly dissipated.
Even Emperor Wushang wouldn't dare to create such a precedent; if he dared, there would be no need to drag things out for so long.
Bu Yue wouldn't dare let Ding Huan catch him off guard: "Although I say the actions are understandable, it does not mean I advocate forgoing punishment for the two Flag Leaders, as there is still a supreme regulation within the Nine Court Immortal Law.
The regulation states that the Heavenly Emperor has the right to refute the effectiveness of certain laws."
Having said that, Bu Yue hurried forward to pay his respects: "Great Emperor above, to prevent loyal Immortal Officials of the Immortal Court from losing heart, please exercise your right to create a Law."
Ding Huan thought to himself, indeed, this man knew of the existence of the Law-making right.
His Divine Will swept over the others and noticed that only a very few were not surprised, while many were amazed by Bu Yue's words.
Clearly, the majority were unaware of the existence of the supreme regulation, and those who did probably leaned towards Emperor Wushang.
Even these few who knew of the regulation likely only knew of its existence, not its content.
Ding Huan did not speak. He was waiting for Emperor Wushang to exercise his special rights; otherwise, it would be too disadvantageous for him later on.
The reason he insisted on executing Mi Zhong and Chu Xingren according to the law was to force Emperor Wushang to exercise his Law-making right.
Once the right was used up, then it would be his turn to act.
Emperor Wushang sighed and said, "Law Officer Ding, please tell us about the Law-making right."
Ding Huan knew Emperor Wushang was trying to test whether he knew about the Law-making right. Stepping forward, he said, "Great Emperor, since it was the Immortal Prime Minister who brought it up, let the Immortal Prime Minister recite the Law to everyone."
(Goodnight, fellow Daoists!)