In a brief moment, nearly a thousand cultivators admitted their identities.
The entire scene fell silent, leaving only several hundred registered disciples of the Jie Sect looking ashen.
They knew they were finished.
Even if Tai Cang showed them mercy, they could not escape the fate of being expelled from the sect.
Killing fellow disciples was a grave taboo of the Jie Sect. They had no way out.
In their fury, these people gnashed their teeth and cursed Duobao:
"Duobao, this is all your fault!"
"Duobao, you deserve to die!"
"Duobao, I must have been blind!"
The surrounding Jie Sect disciples were equally stunned.
Duobao had actually taken in over a thousand people expelled from the sect and allowed them to wreak havoc on Golden Ao Island. This was no longer an internal conflict, but—
"It's all your fault, every bit of it!"
"Why do you get to become the Young Sect Master?"
"What gives a traitor like you the right to stand above us?"
"You're just an inner disciple. How did you get this far while I can't even keep my status as a personal disciple?"
"I am the true eldest senior brother of the Jie Sect! The Jie Sect should be under my command! How did it become your turn..."
Duobao had completely gone mad.
He unleashed all the emotions he had suppressed for so long, roaring hysterically as he looked at Tai Cang with deep-seated hatred.
"Is that all you've got?"
Tai Cang merely sneered, utterly unconcerned by Duobao's loss of composure. "Don't you know the reason yourself?"
"When I first became Tongtian's disciple, I never intended to fight for power or profit. At first, I only wanted to leave the Jie Sect and establish my own faction after becoming stronger."
"But what about you?"
"You