At Cloudbreak Glow Peak, barely ten li from Dragon Cliff Mountain.
Nearly all the people of the Nine Dust Alliance had been settled here.
Dugu Yueli had thought that since she was back, she would first visit her uncles before going to see the ancestor.
Unexpectedly, the first thing she received upon returning was not concern and care, but questioning and reproach.
"Enough!" Little Yueli, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly raised her voice and shouted.
Her cool, clear voice echoed through the entire hall, startling Dugu Wuwu and the others.
Little Yueli glared angrily at them, suppressing the resentment in her heart as she said word by word, "To save most of the Nine Dust Alliance, I was the one who risked my life alone to lure away the Supreme. I was also the one who disregarded the danger and broke into the Snow Region Plateau beneath Ice River Valley."
"I never expected that after coming back, what I would receive would not be understanding and concern, but scolding from you elders."
"What do you mean, I like taking risks? Brother Heng took me with him and slaughtered our way through the Northern Domain—was that also taking risks?"
"But you, dad, and the rest of you hesitated at the Immortal Sea Summit for so long. If Brother Heng had not brought the people of the Heavenly Mystery Imperial Office and pulled off a diversionary feint, could you have stood safely in the Central Domain?"
"What right do you have to blame me? What reason do you have to be dissatisfied with me?"
"I am the Alliance Leader of the Nine Dust Alliance, not dad, not you uncles... There are nearly a thousand people in the alliance, top to bottom. They need resources, wealth, military achievements—I have