Atop Saint Mountain, inside the Ji Family Council Hall.
The Ji Family had countless branches. Apart from the few brothers close to Ji Yun'ge's branch who were accompanying him on his final journey, the other elders and branch members had all gathered here.
They had wanted to visit Ji Yun'ge earlier. After all, he was their Ji Family War God, and they had to show him respect, at least outwardly. But the Family Head, Ji Daoxin, had stopped them. He could tell that Ji Yun'ge had returned to the Lineage as his life and cultivation faded only because of his attachment to certain things within it.
As for everyone else, they might not touch his heart and would only get in the way.
Having fought for the Ji Family all his life, Ji Daoxin hoped he could depart quietly, in the manner he preferred, without these worldly affairs tainting his final moments.
Now, elders and senior members of the various branches had gathered to discuss Ji Yun'ge's return.
"What a pity that the Yun Ge War God is about to dissipate. Otherwise, bringing his Heroic Soul home would have counted as a great contribution to our Ji Family!"
"Yun Ge wants this boy admitted into the Ji Family. I fear that would break our rules."
"Back then, out of respect for the Thirteenth Master, we refrained from severely punishing Ji Qingqing. As a daughter of the legitimate lineage, she committed a grave crime, yet we showed leniency and sentenced her to only a thousand years of imprisonment. If we now admit her son as well, I fear it will herald our clan's decline!"
"Exactly. Once we set this precedent, how will we deal with other Heavenly Prodigies marrying outsiders in the future?"
Discussion ran rampant, with most voicing opposition. Some