"Master."

Qin Yan's complexion was pale, her body covered in bloodstains. Upon seeing Master Lingyun, she felt a burden lift off her shoulders and instantly collapsed onto the ground.

"Zhiyang, you dare obstruct me from avenging my disciple. Do you wish for death?"

Upon seeing Qin Yan's pitiful state, anger in Master Lingyun's heart could set the heavens aflame, as she roared at the person blocking her way.

"Master Lingyun, this is strife between juniors. How can we, as their seniors, intervene?"

An elderly figure manifested between heaven and earth, with white, immaculate beard, exuding a sense of divinity. Flames of the divine hovered beneath his feet, revealing that this man was none other than Zhiyang, the master of the Holy Flame Palace.

Zhiyang, coming from the Holy Flame Palace, was as ancient as Master Lingyun. Both had solidified the existence of the Other Shore Palace, and were just one step away from saintship, terrifying to the extreme!

"You allow your disciples to besiege and kill mine, thinking I, Master Lingyun, am easy to bully?" Master Lingyun looked at Zhiyang, gazing into the void, and called out coldly.

"..."

"Other Shore Grand Master roared across the ten continents. Yet, upon arriving in this void, have you all turned into turtles hiding their heads?" Master Lingyun's eyes turned cold as she looked at a group of youthful supremes. "Who does not show themselves, I will kill their disciple. You owe me an explanation!"

Qin Yan had been besieged by a group of young supremes, and surely there were not just Zhiyang but other masters behind these young supremes!

"..."

"Lingyun, we should not interfere in the conflicts between disciples!"

A majestic middle-aged man appeared, his presence overwhelming with divine might, also an invincible supreme being.

"Master Lingyun, this is a contest between the younger generation. If you interfere, there would be no meaning left!"

The world trembled, the void collapsing as a grand elder emerged, his aura paired with the might of dragons and tigers, unbearable even for the heavens and earth.

"Let the youngsters compete for the dragon patterns. Now is not the time for us to engage in a decisive battle!" A young man stepped out of the void, speaking indifferently to Master Lingyun.

The young man was actually an ancient antique, even older than Master Lingyun. A divine flower of the great dao blossoming above his head, radiating an aura capable of annihilating the heavens.

"Zhiyang, Open Mountain, Nanyang, Dao Destroyer, what do you four mean by this? Do you intend to oppress with your power?"

These four figures before her were all ancient masters, having established the Other Shore Palace, immensely powerful. Master Lingyun faced them four to one without any sign of panic, but rather with a somewhat aggressive stance.

"Lingyun, if we wanted to oppress you with power, your disciple would have perished long ago!" the grand elder said. This person was Sovereign Nanyang of the Southern Barbarian Palace, grand and invincible, fearsome to the extreme.

"You let your disciples pursue and kill mine. Isn't that oppression with power?" Master Lingyun's body was enshrouded in a killing aura.

Qin Yan, sorrounded and pressured by a group of young supremes, had certainly endured much; how could Master Lingyun not seek justice for her disciple?

"Lingyun, what do you wish to do? Face the four of us alone?" the youth said.

"Dao Destroyer, you dare provoke me like this. Has Primordial Holy Land become invincible?" Master Lingyun stared at the young man.

The youth was the Supreme Elder of Primordial Holy Land, second in rank only to the lord of the holy land—a renowned and invincible master known as Dao Destroyer!

"It is not our desire to be your enemy, but rather your interference in the battle of the juniors!" Zhiyang said.

"Lingyun, you've gone too far!"

Though Master Lingyun was the foremost among the Twelve Golden Hairpins, the four of them were not weaker than her; they had no reason to bow down to Master Lingyun.

"Heh!"

Master Lingyun let out an enigmatic smile, grasping a longsword in her hand, pointing it from afar at the four masters.

"Lingyun, what are you planning to do!"

Master Lingyun with her sword, her posture, induced a change in the masters' expressions—it seemed the situation had exceeded their expectations.

"Have I been dormant for so long that you've all forgotten who I am?" Master Lingyun held the longsword, asking the four masters.

"Master Lingyun, this is just a contest among disciples. There's no need for us to go to war over it!" Zhiyang spoke gravely.

"I think it's necessary!" Master Lingyun said.

"It seems I've been quiet for too long, long enough for you all to forget me, forget my nickname— the Butcher Master!"

Master Lingyun's eyes grew cold as she held a green jade longsword, looking at the four master-level figures, a true murderous intent arising.

"Lingyun, you..."

Dao Destroyer was an invincible master, famed across the ten continents, mighty beyond measure; yet even he felt some trepidation in the face of a Master Lingyun like this.

During her youth, Master Lingyun's desire to kill was extreme, leaving behind countless bloody calamities, chilling the hearts of cultivators all over, thus she was dubbed the Butcher Master.

Now, with Master Lingyun revealing her butcher nature once more, how could the four masters not be startled?

"Kill!"

Master Lingyun seemed to have become someone else entirely, her body filled with the stench of blood, like a king of Asuras from the netherworld, her sword reaching the heavens.

"Boom—"

With one strike of her sword, the heavens thundered, the vast sky split by a gigantic gorge, prompting all four masters to retreat.

With Master Lingyun herself being terrifyingly invincible and her jade sword a treasure of the heavens, able to make saints take notice, they had no choice but to evade her sword strike.

"You indulge your disciples who deserve to be killed; if disciples act recklessly, they should be killed too!" Master Lingyun turned with her sword and launched an attack at the group of young supremes.

"What, Master Lingyun has made a move against us!"

A group of young supremes witnessed this invincible attack and found themselves utterly incapable of resistance. Although they were all young supremes, they had yet to mature and were no match for someone like Lingyun.

"Boom—"

The Sovereign of Mount Opener withstood the earth-shattering attack with a massive turtle shell.

"Lingyun, have you gone mad? These young supremes are the hope of various sects. If you slaughter them, it'll be an endless feud with all the major sects!"

As the Master Lingyun turned into a slaughterous fiend, the four sovereigns panicked.

Master Lingyun had been a slaughterous fiend in her youth. It was assumed she had mellowed with time, but she seemed more bloodthirsty than ever, slaughtering a group of young supremes!

"I am now the slaughterous fiend, not Lingyun!" Master Lingyun declared, holding a jade sword with a sea of blood manifesting behind her, as if it would obliterate the very sky.

"Oh no!"

The countenance of the four sovereigns changed instantly upon this sight; Master Lingyun had entered her slaughterous state, signaling an intractable vendetta!

Master Lingyun wielded a treasure of the heavens, terrifyingly powerful. Though the four sovereigns were not inferior to her, she was ready to fight desperately, which they were not.

"Qin!"

The battle between sovereigns was about to erupt, but then, a figure rushed forward—Ye Chen, heedless of his own life, charged in.

"Sister, how did you get injured? Who hurt you?!"

Seeing Qin Yan collapsed on the ground, Ye Chen was so anxious he felt like he could pee in the street. However, after realizing that Qin Yan was merely unconscious and not in mortal danger, he was slightly relieved.

Ye Chen, far slower than Master Lingyun, had arrived to find Lingyun had already struck and Qin Yan had fainted, which aggravated him deeply.

"I'll cut you a new one, who the hell hurt my master sister?!" Ye Chen, holding Qin Yan in his arms, roared at the group of young supremes before turning to the four sovereigns and shouting furiously, "You bastards in the sky, was it you?!"

"..."

As Master Lingyun seemed to have gone insane, the sovereigns felt the gravity of the threat. Suddenly, Ye Chen sprang forth with such a comment, startling them so much their legs shook, almost causing them to fall from the sky.

"You bastards above, why aren't you speaking? I'm asking you a question—did you hurt my master sister?!" Ye Chen screamed at the four sovereigns, still cradling Qin Yan.

"Who is this boy? How dare he be so bold and reckless!"

The young supremes looked shocked; Ye Chen's actions were audacious, insulting the sovereigns in such a manner was seeking disaster.

Yet, despite such flagrant insults, the four sovereigns did not erupt in anger.

"Lingyun, is this your disciple?"

"The boy is quite impressive, his spirit is astonishing; he is bound to achieve great things!"

"Master Lingyun, your disciple is unrivaled and extraordinarily brave. Surely, he is material for greatness!"

"Indeed, indeed, this child is excellent…"

To the utter amazement of the young supremes, the four sovereigns heaped praise on Ye Chen, the very person who had cursed them as bastards!

"This makes no sense!" Even Ye Chen was stunned.

Ye Chen's recklessness stemmed from Master Lingyun's protection. With this goddess to shield him, he could certainly come out unscathed.

But after finishing his tirade and preparing to flee, the four "bastards" actually applauded him?! Such was the terror of sovereigns, not even upset when someone cursed them as bastards... Ye Chen, though exceedingly confident, could not achieve such apathy.

"Lingyun, we were wrong to indulge our disciples, but your disciple..."

Ye Chen's words could drive people mad; it was not that the four sovereigns didn't get angry, they just held back their anger.

With Ye Chen's arrival and his exclamation of 'bastard,' Master Lingyun visibly calmed down, she stopped fighting and killing.

To stabilize the slaughterous fiend, the sovereigns refrained from unleashing their fury on Ye Chen and instead spoke highly of him... to calm the bloodthirsty Master Lingyun, the sovereigns were indeed making a great effort.

"Very well!"

Master Lingyun sheathed her jade sword and uttered "very well" to Ye Chen, although it was unclear what she found good about him.

The four sovereigns breathed a sigh of relief that they hadn't escalated the situation. Even if they had nothing to fear from Lingyun in her slaughterous form, the young supremes below surely would have suffered.

However, who was this young man?

The fact that he could make Master Lingyun suppress her murderous intent meant he couldn't just be a simple disciple, could he?

"Zhiyang, didn't you just say that we shouldn't interfere in the conflicts between the younger generation?" Master Lingyun asked Sovereign Zhiyang.

"Indeed!" Sovereign Zhiyang clearly agreed with this idea.

"Very well!" Master Lingyun said. "Remember, it was you who said this. If anyone dares to go back on their word, I will slaughter all of your disciples!"

"If you turn your backs on this, I'll stop at nothing, even if the Saints intervene, I'll fight with everything I have!"

"Lingyun, what are you trying to do?" The sovereigns' complexions changed, sensing an ominous intent.

Though Master Lingyun had sheathed her sword, the murderous aura about her did not subside, causing the sovereigns to feel a sinking sensation in their hearts.

"Ye Chen, it was these youngsters who hurt Qin Yan. If you want to take revenge for Yan'er, then strike them down!" Master Lingyun instructed.

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