"So it really is you, you scoundrel!" Master Mei Can rushed up first, looking like she was ready to fight Ye Chen to the death.

"The deed is done, what good will anger do? You might as well face it calmly!"

Ye Chen's large hand swept towards Master Mei Can, his momentum encompassing the nine heavens, exuding a grand imposing presence that made resistance futile.

"Ye Chen!" Master Lingyun stepped forward, ready to rescue Master Mei Can.

"Lingyun, calm yourself!" Ye Chen's gaze sharpened as he looked at Master Lingyun.

"..."

Master Lingyun, always aloof and committed to her principles, was stunned into silence by Ye Chen's words, her companions equally shocked.

"You eight are all unparalleled beauties, yet you were all swept by me alone. Surely, you must feel stifled?"

"But regardless of your willingness, you are all my women!"

Ye Chen was forcefully asserting his dominance.

"..."

Ye Chen's words and actions were extremely domineering, virtually seizing by force. However, the women did not violently resist and instead a peculiar acceptance arose.

Perhaps it was Ye Chen's initial dominance; it seemed Lingyun and the others had resigned to their fate.

They did not voice any opposition, choosing instead to remain silent.

"I know you all have concerns, fearing that the truth will bring about catastrophic disaster!" Ye Chen said. "But as long as I live, you will not be harmed. I will protect you with my life!"

Ye Chen was not an absolute saint.

But Ye Chen was indeed a responsible man. As he said, once he claimed a woman, he would protect her with his life!

"Ye Chen, we are all your masters, yet you harbor ill intentions towards us. This has already crossed into taboo!" Master Qian Qiu said.

"The three cardinal guides and five constant virtues, human ethics, they are all shackles of morality!" Ye Chen said. "In the Canglan Realm, strength is respected. The strong break rules and go beyond them; otherwise, how can they be considered strong?"

When it came to master and disciple, Ye Chen thought of Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü. Weren't they master and disciple too? Didn't they eventually end up together?

Ye Chen could easily defeat a hundred Yang Guos, so why couldn't he be with his masters!

Besides, in Canglan, strength was all that mattered, human lives were insignificant. Ye Chen wanted to overturn conventions without any reservations, for this was the prevailing environment here!

"Ye Chen, the cardinal guides and constant virtues can't bind us, but what about Baihua Palace?" Master Lingyun said.

"Yes, we all belong to Baihua Palace; we are destined not to be together!" Master Qi Li also said.

"I'm the one in charge of the Law Enforcement Hall, most familiar with our palace's rules. In our situation, we would absolutely be sentenced to death!" Master Qian Qiu said. "No matter how great your achievements are, once you've broken the taboo, death is inevitable!"

"Ye Chen, your cultivation is strong, you may not fear Saints, but what about us?" Master Zi Yan said. "If the truth is revealed, we will all perish. Your encroachment on us is tantamount to taking our lives!"

"Saint Jue Qing may not discover us, but Saint Qing Ge definitely will!" Supreme Master Tian Yu said in a deep voice. "Saint Qing Ge is unfathomable, among the strongest of the Saints in Canglan, likely to become a Great Saint, no weaker than Dragon Esteem and Han Yue!"

"Once Saint Qing Ge returns, it will be our death sentence, with no escape!"

"..."

At this point, Lingyun, Qian Qiu, and Qiuli all had no retreat, forced to resign themselves to their fate and seek a way out, for none wished to die.

Lingyun, Qi Li, and Zi Yan... all came to Ye Chen to seek answers, not for lifelong companionship, but to conspire for survival!

If they couldn't even preserve their lives, how could they speak of lifelong companionship? Their first priority was survival, then their love with Ye Chen!

"Saint Qing Ge... Great Saint?" Ye Chen had a moment of seriousness.

Since joining Baihua Palace, Ye Chen had never met Saint Qing Ge, unaware of her true nature.

However, Ye Chen had heard her illustrious name countless times. This Saint was the true master of Baihua, an invincible sovereign!

Saint Jue Qing held the utmost authority, her words were almost law, which even she dared not defy.

This person seemed very rigid, extremely strict, leaving no room for mercy!

"No need to worry about Saint Qing Ge, for she won't descend anytime soon, otherwise, I would have sensed it!" Ye Chen said.

Ye Chen's cultivation was unfathomable, nearly divine, capable of grasping a thread of the future, seeing through cause and effect, predicting blessings and calamities.

Saint Qing Ge was a tremendous threat, but he felt no sense of crisis at the moment, indicating she wouldn't be descending.

"Even if Saint Qing Ge is absent, Saint Jue Qing is strong enough to keep us on edge!" Lingyun said.

"Saint Jue Qing is a Saint, you have become a Saint, why fear her?" Ye Chen said.

"Jue Qing's cultivation is at a bottleneck; she may soon breakthrough, surpassing the Saint Realm!" Lingyun seemed to know much.

"Above the Saint Realm?" Ye Chen asked. "Is what lies beyond the Saint Realm the Great Saint?"

The might of a Great Saint was unimaginable; could they stop them?

But Ye Chen felt he was also at a bottleneck, his battle power close to breaking through the Saint Realm. He sensed that what lay beyond the Saint Realm was not the Great Saint!

"Above Saints are the Saint Kings, and above Saint Kings are the Great Saints!" Lingyun said. "Saint Kings are also called Human Kings. Though weaker than Great Saints, they surpass Saints by far!"

"If Jue Qing becomes a Human King, not only will you suffer, but we all will!"

Master Lingyun transcended to sainthood, becoming Saint Lingyun!

But even as an immortal Saint, she could not match the might of a Saint King!

"Saint Jue Qing is no longer a concern, I am sufficient to suppress her!" Ye Chen said.

"You haven't even reached Saintly level, where does your confidence come from?" Lingyun sneered.

"Because I am your man!" Ye Chen said.

"..."

The beauties all looked speechlessly at Ye Chen, wondering how he could say such words in such a serious situation.

"Baihua Palace is a holy land of female cultivators, producing many powerful heroines, but its strict precepts are a poison!" Ye Chen said. "Think, which woman doesn't desire marriage and children, which man doesn't wish to be a father? Yet Baihua Palace suppresses these, forbidding disciples from developing feelings!"

"Moreover, Baihua Palace carries an ancient, ingrained malady: male superiority!"

"All creatures in this world are equal, then why is there male superiority?"

"Just like you twelve golden flowers; each of you is stunning, unparalleled, admired by countless men!"

"But with so many admirers, dare you give in to mundane affections?"

Baihua Palace was one of the top ten sects, undeniably powerful!

But the atmosphere within the palace was terribly corrupt, resembling a kingdom of women, an extraordinary existence!

Baihua Palace had always oppressed male disciples, fostering a female supremacy culture from time immemorial.

Furthermore, not only did Baihua Palace promote female dominance, its rules were extremely harsh, forbidding any mention of emotions among disciples.

Such rules caused numerous tragedies, many male and female cultivators who loved each other met sad endings, with no happy ending but rather a doom of death.

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