The Ancestral God Hall had numerous branch halls and countless conflicts of interest. Thus, not long after the Ancestral God Hall was established, friction had already arisen within its various branch halls.
These frictions could be major or minor, but sometimes, after accumulating over years and decades, they became deep-seated grudges.
Under the weight of such grudges, countless private fights erupted, causing grievous casualties. Even the High Priest of the Ancestral God Hall and the various Authority Priests could not stop them.
Better to channel than to block.
Therefore, the Ancestral God Hall simply allowed branch halls, under specific circumstances, to engage in unrestricted grand martial contests.
So-called unrestricted meant that during the contest, they could strike with their full strength. Even killing the other party was permitted.
At the same time, once two halls began a grand martial contest, they had to swear by secret art upon the ancient gods, war spirits, or battle souls they worshiped that, regardless of victory or defeat, all grudges would be wiped clean after the battle.
As a result, friction between the various branch halls of the Ancestral God Hall actually decreased considerably.
Because everyone understood that if they truly went to war in a formal grand martial contest, both sides would inevitably suffer.
Yet if there were grudges that had accumulated for decades, a century, or even several centuries, they would still wage a grand martial contest.
And once such a grand martial contest began, even if blood did not flow like a river, it would not be far from it.
What Xi Mo said now was, in truth, a threat directed at Princess Changle.
If Princess Changle stubbornly insisted on supporting Ye Zhen so unreasonably, then their Battle Soul Hall would go to war with the Barbarian Spirit Hall and hold