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As it turned out, the person at the heart of this matter was not Grandma herself, but Zhou Xuan.
It had begun two or three years earlier. Zhou Xuan, the apple of the Zhou family's eye and a newcomer to the world of cultivation, had once saved a pitiful child by extracting and destroying the soul of an important heir of the Maoshan lineage. Although she had acted in secret, that disciple had been far too important. The orthodox Daoist line was enraged, and after investigating again and again, they eventually traced it back to Zhou Xuan.
Although the Maoshan disciple had been the one plotting against the child, Zhou Xuan had ultimately won. Thus, the orthodox Aristocratic Clans not only spread rumors that Zhou Xuan wantonly killed the innocent, but also repeatedly targeted her during subsequent magical duels.
Zhou Xuan was young, yet she had mastered the subtleties of the Zhou family's ghost-summoning arts. She was also fiercely opposed to evil and held these orthodox Daoist lineages in contempt, criticizing their actions at every turn.
So in the days that followed, whether to save people and aid the world or simply to protect herself, whenever anyone from the orthodox line dared obstruct her or set a trap for her, she repaid them with vengeful precision. The heirs and direct disciples of the Aristocratic Clans suffered heavy losses beneath her spells, and some were even killed in the shadows.
That caused the conflict to flare completely. Several extraordinarily powerful old monsters from the Daoist line went to the Zhou family and applied pressure without end, even threatening the Zhou family head. They said that if he did not hand her over, no one could say how the