Qin Ye remained suspended in the air. His hat was no longer the pointed hat that he donned when he was an Anitya Hellguard. Rather, it now appeared no different from the Zhong Kui hats worn by traditional operatic actors.[1] He wore black imperial robes, with images of the Harken and the xiezhi unicorn embroidered on his left and right sleeves respectively. He held what appeared to be a Judgment Pen in his left hand, and what appeared to be the Book of Life and Death in his right hand. A graphic image of evil ghosts being vanquished was embroidered over the chest area of his robes. His belt buckle was made of luxurious jade, and his shoes were jet-black in colour. His entire ensemble appeared far more exquisite than that of an Anitya Hellguard.

“I’m an Infernal Judge?” He lifted his hands and examined the pen and book in his hands.

He could sense that these artifacts were what used to be the demonhead sabre and the mourning staff that he had used in the past. It had simply changed forms, and naturally gained new functions as well. That said… the pen was clearly mightier than the sword!

In fact, it contained far more power within than even the mourning staff he had used as a Hellguard!

He picked up the pen and gently dotted the air. There was immediately a loud tremor, and the space right in front of the Judgment Pen suddenly exploded with a roar no different than a sonic boom. It was almost as though he had just unleashed the most powerful drawing technique known to...