Lan Yaoguang withdrew her blue moon and returned to her physical body.0

By then, Yaoguang Villa was surrounded by numerous high-ranking cultivators of the Shangqing holy land.0

They immediately recognized the corpse on the ground as Yan Ziqun, the previous hierarch. His corpse had been neatly split into two halves. By its side was an elder who was trying to flee, whom they arrested.0

"This is what happened," Lan Yaoguang began, recounting what she had experienced. "If Nanfeng hadn't shown up in time, I would likely be dead. We can't tolerate such traitors."0

"An assassination attempt on the hierarch demands the harshest punishment Shangqing has to offer. Elder Zhao, how dare you!" someone shouted.0

The gathered cultivators eyed the traitorous elder. A surge of killing intent caused him to tremble in terror.0

"Yan Ziqun tricked me! I—" the elder began.0

Xiao Nanfeng had largely guessed what was going on. Yan Ziqun, upset that the position of hierarch had been stripped from him, intended to kill Lan Yaoguang and malign her in order to regain...0