"What is this?" Elizabeth's voice involuntarily rose, filled with disbelief and even a faint, imperceptible fear.

It was not until this moment, while immersed in thoughts about the Angel King, that Lu Yan followed Elizabeth's gaze and noticed the invitation that had appeared so abruptly.

He raised an eyebrow ever so slightly, his expression unchanged.

Lu Yan slowly extended his hand and made a gesture from afar, and the platinum invitation seemed to be guided by an invisible thread, drifting lightly into his palm.

The touch was slightly cool, neither metal nor jade, yet it bore a weight as if it carried some kind of rule.

There were no words on the cover of the invitation, only intricate emblems outlined in shimmering gold threads, representing the Seven Major Gods Church.

The overall design was of extreme elegance, yet exuded an indescribable mystery and majesty.

"Ever since my ascension, I have been stabilizing my realm in this quiet chamber, with my Divine Thought covering both within and without, never once relaxing." Lu Yan stroked the smooth cover of the invitation, his voice low and examining, "Yet... I completely failed to notice when this invitation appeared here?"

In his mind, a massive Divine Thought of the Divinity Transformation level instantly activated, making countless fragments of information flicker as if time were rewinding in his consciousness.

Every energy fluctuation and every particle of dust trajectory within the quiet chamber over the past few hours were perceived and traced back.

However, what made his heart chill was that even with his perception and deduction capabilities comparable to a Divinity Transformation Daoist Monarch, he was utterly unable to detect how the invitation had manifested here.

It was as if it had been born out of thin air, or had descended directly from another dimension, another point in time!

"Is this a demonstration by the Seven Gods Church?" There was a hint of amusement in Lu Yan's eyes.

"I'm afraid it's more than just a show of force."

Elizabeth was staring at the invitation in Lu Yan's hand, seemingly recalling something terrifying.

She forcibly suppressed the intense shock and the faint fear from the depths of her soul, her voice trembling slightly as she explained, "Your Eminence, the origin of such invitations that appear out of thin air is mentioned in the most ancient secret records of the royal family."

"Oh?" Lu Yan looked up with curiosity at Elizabeth, whose complexion had turned somewhat pale.

"Within the Seven Major Gods Church, the Night Goddess Church holds a zero-level Sealed Object that is listed as a top-level taboo," Elizabeth's voice was so low it was as if she feared being overheard by some entity, "Its name is the Invitation to the Netherworld Banquet."

As soon as the words left her mouth, a dark aura seemed to rise in the quiet chamber, whispers as if from the legendary Netherworld echoed, filled with eeriness and death.

A high-position Sealed Object, the information it carried itself symbolized oddity and disaster; ordinary people merely reciting the name of the Sealed Object might invite misfortune.

However, in this secretive quiet chamber, the eerie scene lasted but a fleeting moment before being distorted and erased by the Emperor's Dharma Aspect's shadow and the aura of the old days.

Elizabeth seemed unaware of the momentary anomaly, continuing to speak on her own accord:

"According to the records, the one who possesses this zero-level Sealed Object can defy distance, space, and any extraordinary protection, sending an invitation from the Netherworld to any being whose true name is known.

Any being that receives the invitation must, on a specific night three days later, proceed to the so-called Land of Death that exists only in the gaps of rules, to participate in a banquet hosted by an eerie entity."

"Once the invitation is received, it becomes an almost absolute rule constraint.

No being, whether mortal or hidden, can defy the invitation.

If one fails to arrive at the Netherworld in three days, their soul will be directly devoured, utterly annihilated by the ancient Netherworld's eerie forces.

But as a cost, the one who sends the invitation using the Invitation to the Netherworld Banquet must themselves also attend the banquet in the Netherworld, facing great risks."

Elizabeth took a deep breath, continuing, "The Invitation to the Netherworld Banquet has two properties nearly at the level of a law.

The first is what I just mentioned, the unavoidable rules of the Netherworld; once the invitation is received but refused, the result is only death and annihilation.

The second property is that no one can perceive how the invitation arrives.

No entity can trace its origin, nor can it be prevented from appearing.

Some speculate that the invitation does not originate from our own space-time, but rather from a higher dimension or an ancient era long extinguished, which is why it can ignore the world's rules and protections.

Similarly, there are those who believe that the invitation itself represents a special causality; once the sender determines the target, the outcome is already destined, the causality locked, and not even those who wield the secret powers can interfere with the cause before the effect appears."

Her gaze was fixed on the platinum invitation in Lu Yan's hand, her voice containing an uncontrollable tremor, "The bizarre manner in which Your Eminence's invitation appeared is so similar to the Invitation to the Netherworld Banquet mentioned in the records.

It is highly possible that the Seven Gods Church employed some means to mimic or even alter the rules of that zero-level Sealed Object.

However, the Invitation to the Netherworld Banquet is the highest taboo in the Night Church, and throughout the history of the Seven Great Churches, there have been very few qualified and capable of accessing and altering its rules.

Moreover, the emblem on this invitation is not solely the Night's emblem, but rather the collective emblem of the Seven Major Gods Church."

By the end, Elizabeth's voice had sunk to a murmur, almost overflowing with dread.

The ability to mobilize the power of all Seven Great Churches and alter the rules of a zero-level Sealed Object indicates a presence whose answer seems evident.

"That can only be..." Her lips trembled slightly as she finally uttered the names representing the highest beings in this world.

"The Seven Angel Kings! Or even those Great Gods themselves, who are awakening!"

Though Elizabeth was aware of the Underworld and Emperor Fengdu's existence, the details she had were extremely limited.

In her speculation, although the Underworld was an outsider, it currently only touched upon the Steam Sect's interests, and any external probing should have been confined to the Steam Sect's forces.

With the strength of the Underworld and Lu Yan, facing only the forces of the Steam Sect should have been manageable without difficulty.

Yet she never anticipated that the Seven Gods Church's first action would involve the Angel Kings and potentially even the awakening Great Gods themselves, employing such valuable zero-level Sealed Objects.

This approach and the hidden hostility therein filled her with deep fear.

As Elizabeth narrated, Lu Yan also sensed that having accepted this invitation, an unknown causality began to bind him.

"Three days from now, the Steam Cathedral, the Tower of Ascent."

A multitude of information surfaced within Lu Yan, indicating that, should he defy this invitation, he would be targeted by some eerie rule.

And this eerie rule appeared to originate from the unique remnants of olden days.

"Everything in this world comes from olden remains, and ordinary ranks and positions are ineffective before olden remains, which is why one who rejects the Netherworld invitation—no matter their position—would be devoured by the eerie forces. Is this the truth of this zero-level Sealed Object?"

Lu Yan glanced at the invitation, not even having the intention to open it, knowing full well it was a probe by the Seven Angel Kings to ascertain Lu Yan's depth.

"It seems the former posturing has yielded some results; with the Seven Great Gods not yet fully awakened, even the Angel Kings are wary of the Underworld's presence.

But this invitation is a bit too petty."

Lu Yan lightly shook his head, and the majestic and mysterious Emperor's Dharma Aspect quietly appeared behind him.

Empowered by Supreme Divine Techniques of Creation and Transformation, the Emperor's Dharma Aspect's hand wove a brush, which then slowly descended onto the invitation.

The eerie rules were reversed, and the platinum invitation transformed into luxurious black gold, with the words engraved like the truth of a grand path, subsequently splitting into seven, each entering the Secret Divine Halls of the Seven Major Gods Church.

At the moment the invitations entered the Secret Divine Halls, hands clasped the invitations as words reminiscent of a grand path emerged within the Divine Hall.

"In the name of the Underworld, I invite the Seven Angel Kings to the Yellow Springs Divine Hall for a discussion!"