The person Nanmen Lingyue wanted to kill was the Nanmen Lineage's Great Elder, Nanmen Honglie.
The chief of the Nanmen Lineage, Nanmen Duanyu, had also perished in the Upper Three Levels of the Netherworld. Nanmen Lingyue belonged to the chief's faction, which had never been on particularly good terms with the Great Elder.
If the Great Elder took power, she and everyone in her faction would be purged.
At the very least, they would find it hard to gain a foothold on the Soul-Severing Continent.
None of the major powers would take in people from an ancient lineage like theirs. Not only would their loyalty be uncertain, but they could easily cause unforeseen trouble.
But if she killed the Great Elder, Nanmen Lingyue, as the Saintess, would be able to seize control of the Nanmen Lineage.
Although her cultivation was not high enough, her status was different, and she had quite a few supporters.
After listening to her explanation, Chen Lin considered it for a moment and agreed.
Before heading to the Nanmen Lineage, however, he took her into his fiefdom for a session of dual cultivation.
It was not because lust had clouded his mind, but because he needed this method to confirm that her past-life consciousness had not absorbed her instead.
With the pride of a mighty expert from a past life, she would never continue having sex with him simply to conceal the truth.
For his own safety, this was a last resort he had no choice but to use.
The Nanmen Lineage Settlement.
Hundreds of thousands of li from Sanding City, it was a place of lush mountains and clear waters, as lovely as a poem or a painting.
Its cultivation environment was excellent.
After all, this was an ancient lineage. Although it was declining by