Deterrence

The inside of Du Cang Hall fell silent at once.

The gaze of every Ascension Realm cultivator fell upon Qin Qingyu, seated on the white jade throne. Under their scrutiny, the True Lord Yue Xu of Xingtian Gate appeared entirely at ease.

The old order of Chenping Continent was now gradually crumbling. As friction between the various cultivation sects grew, the world was becoming increasingly chaotic.

Even so, the Five Great Sects of Chenping Continent and the various Ascension Realm leaders still maintained an unspoken understanding.

That a new balance and a new order would eventually be established across Chenping Continent.

All the conflicts and friction currently unfolding were for the sake of establishing that new order and balance.

They were testing one another's limits, while trying to secure greater benefits under the new order.

That was what the Five Great Sects of Chenping Continent were doing now: determining how the continent should be divided up in the future.

But this "understanding" could only be called an "understanding" as long as everyone tacitly agreed to it.

If anyone broke that balance, Chenping Continent would descend into true disorder.

Those Ascension Realm powerhouses had always thought the ones to break this "understanding" over the division of Chenping Continent would be the two Ascension Realm leaders of Tian Ding Mountain—or perhaps some Ascension Realm cultivator dissatisfied with the new order.

They had never imagined that anyone would "flip the table" like this.

Qin Qingyu had rejected the "new balance" proposed by the Ascension Realm powerhouses. Instead, she had chosen to uphold the "old order" left behind by True Person Ducang—an order that had already lost its foundations and was tottering on the brink of collapse.

Everyone was taken aback.

They all believed they understood well enough what this Third Generation Ascension leader