Inside the statue, Zi Mo Xiāndì's expression became strange.
She was thinking.
This Yun Jin—was she acting on impulse, or was she doing this intentionally?
If it was impulse, so be it. But if it was deliberate, could she have guessed something?
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Truly not a simple little one.
Just as Zi Mo Xiāndì was sighing inwardly, her expression shifted slightly. The chain she was controlling suddenly trembled. That person had awakened!
Zi Mo Xiāndì immediately increased her power, tightening the chain once more.
At the center of Sky City—
A mass of mist was bound tightly by several chains. Within the mist came an eerie voice.
"Interesting, truly interesting. Once again, it is this person."
The man's voice was filled with amusement. The fierce beasts he had crafted as experimental subjects had originally been meant for hunting, but because of this woman, his plans failed. He could not even gather enough data.
He had just fallen into slumber.
And then.
Once again he was roused.
And this time, it was once again because of that woman.
"Yun Jin."
A grotesque face emerged within the mist. This was the very person whom Lin Xiao was willing to hand over a branch of the Tree of Life to have killed. At first, he had thought Lin Xiao was making a fuss over nothing.
But now—
He truly found Yun Jin somewhat interesting. Such a fascinating person. If not for the fact that he had already received payment, he might have wanted to keep her alive for a few hundred years longer. However… the number of beasts this woman had killed… seemed far too many.
The face in the mist narrowed its eyes. One after another, so many beasts had fallen to Yun Jin's sword. He felt as if his own strength had been diminished by it.
Though the reduction was not much—
It still left him faintly displeased.
Forget it.
He would sleep again, and the next time he awoke, it would be better to simply kill this woman. The face within the mist slowly faded, and the seething smoke returned to silence.
As the fog stilled, Zi Mo Xiāndì let out a quiet sigh of relief. She looked again at the water screen. Those seemingly endless fierce beasts had been forcibly hacked open by Yun Jin's sword, leaving a path.
And Yun Jin showed no intention of stopping. She commanded the Wood Attribute Law, with astonishing recovery and spiritual energy that seemed inexhaustible.
Sword light flashed without pause.
Another seven days passed.
Yun Jin stood calmly at the same spot.
All around her—
The mountains and plains were littered with beast corpses.
Seven days.
Yun Jin had slaughtered them all.
And in those seven days, she and the newly awakened Tai'a had achieved perfect harmony.
Yun Jin lovingly sheathed the Tai'a Sword. She glanced at the ranking board. Her score had already reached a terrifying number.
The points competition—
Had ended without any suspense.
Yun Jin's eyes flashed with a strange light as she looked toward the very center of Sky City. Then, without hesitation, she crushed her jade token and returned to the plaza.
When Yun Jin appeared in the teleportation array, everyone instinctively looked over. Their gazes carried even a trace of fear!
This Yun Jin!
She was clearly a killing star!
So many beasts, yet she endured, cutting them down for seven days and nights!
Was this really just to practice swordsmanship?
No—she clearly enjoyed the feeling of slaughter itself!
Liu Hua and the others trembled so much they barely dared to breathe, terrified that Yun Jin might suddenly swing her sword at them. And if that happened, their fates would be no different from those beasts.
Yun Jin looked over the crowd in the plaza and showed a brilliant smile. "Greetings, everyone."
"Sect Master!"
The disciples of Wushuang Sect responded loudly, but disciples of other sects dared not speak.
Clad in bloodstained white robes, gripping her bloodied Tai'a, Yun Jin bared sharp teeth in a chilling grin. "What is this? The rest of you don't want to greet me?"
Everyone's hearts jolted, and they hurriedly responded in unison.
Only then did Yun Jin show a satisfied smile. The blood on her robes and sword could easily have been cleansed with a single surge of spiritual power. But Yun Jin deliberately left it, maintaining that bloodthirsty aura as she strolled unhurriedly to the main seat and sat down.
She smiled at Xuan Kong. "This competition, the results are already clear, aren't they?"
Xuan Kong shivered instinctively.
Mama mia!
How had he never realized before just how terrifying this Yun Jin was?
And this Hong Ye—just what kind of Sect Master had she chosen to follow?
Xuan Kong hurried to answer. "Of course. The points competition's first place belongs solely to Wushuang Sect. As for the individual battle—"
Without lifting her eyes, Yun Jin said calmly, "Not enough participants, so the individual battles cannot be held. Simply record them all under Wushuang Sect. If anyone has objections, they may challenge the last five eliminated."
The plaza fell into dead silence.
Objections?
Who would dare?
"Then we shall follow Sect Master Yun's decision," Xuan Kong said quickly.
"Then I'll announce the results now, shall I?" Yun Jin asked, smiling.
"Please," Xuan Kong answered at once.
Yun Jin rose, smiling faintly. With several drops of blood still speckling her face, the smile appeared all the more frightening.
"Then, as Sect Master, I hereby declare: in this Grand Sect Ranking Conclave, the champion of the super sect trials is Wushuang Sect. From this day forth, Wushuang Sect officially ascends as a Super Sect."
Yun Jin looked directly at Xuan Kong. "The Sect Registry."
Xuan Kong hurriedly handed it over.
With steady strokes, Yun Jin inscribed the name Wushuang Sect upon the page of Super Sects.
All who witnessed it wore complicated expressions.
Who could have imagined—
In merely a few years, the disciple of a once-middling sect now stood here, declaring her own sect's rise into the ranks of Super Sects.
Wushuang Sect.
From this moment forth.
Qingxiao Pavilion, once a Holy Land, was little more than an empty name. The true authority of this region now rested with Yun Jin and Wushuang Sect.
The sects that had pledged early allegiance as affiliates of Wushuang Sect now silently rejoiced at their foresight.
They had indeed chosen wisely.
Ding.
A system notification sounded.
[Sect Main Mission complete: Super Sect achievement unlocked. Please claim your reward.]
But Yun Jin was in no rush to claim it.
Instead, she smiled faintly. "As for the other sects, I looked at your scores… more or less the same, and pathetically low."
The other sects: "..."
It wasn't as if they wanted it this way!
"The rest, Pavilion Master Xuan, you may record yourself. My hand is tired." Yun Jin casually tossed him the registry.
Everyone: "..."
You weren't tired after killing beasts for seven days and nights. But writing a single name makes you tired. Yun Jin had truly reduced the newly enthroned Pavilion Master of Qingxiao Pavilion to nothing more than her assistant.
Xuan Kong quickly caught it, nodding without hesitation.
Yun Jin swept her gaze over the others, smiling softly. "The Conclave has reached its end. But there is still one matter I wish to discuss with you all."
Everyone's hearts jolted again.
Discuss?
It was most likely the kind where refusal meant death.
"I have here a manual," Yun Jin said evenly. "From now on, I require everyone within the Qingxiao region—whether sect disciples, loose cultivators, or cultivators of the kingdoms—all must cultivate it. Those who refuse… die."
Her tone carried no fluctuation.
Yet within her words lay an overbearing, unreasonable dominance.
Everyone present could not help but tremble.