"Today, I'll not only make the Tianyan Sect the sole master of Yunyan, but also sweep away every great lineage under heaven in one fell swoop!"
Hearing Shi Lan's words, silence fell all around them. The members of countless lineages, great and small, felt their hearts pounding like war drums, anxiety and unease written across their faces.
The fate of the King-realm powerhouse from earlier was still vivid in their minds. No one doubted that Shi Lan had the power to do as she said.
The King-realm powerhouses no longer dared speak. One after another, they turned their eyes toward Qin Liang.
"Please calm your anger, Sect Master!"
Qin Liang drew a deep breath and hurriedly spoke:
"We will obey every order issued by the Tianyan Sect. We have absolutely no intention of offending you!"
"Obey every order?"
Shi Lan raised her delicate brows slightly.
"Then starting today, every lineage must hand over all its territory, mines, and spirit-herb gardens to the Tianyan Sect, except for what its own people need to cultivate."
At her words, the faces of every lineage with even a measure of influence turned pale. The members of the Four Great Royal Clans looked especially stricken.
The reason they stood high above the rest as great lineages was that they controlled resources of unimaginable abundance.
In truth, the Four Great Royal Clans did not have many members. Powerful cultivators often had difficulty continuing their bloodlines.
To ensure their descendants were exceptional, most members of the royal clans only continued their bloodlines after achieving success in cultivation. As a result, the Four Great Royal Clans had few heirs.
They not only had peak experts of their own clans to guard them, but also commanded vast private armies recruited from smaller lineages.
Those private armies were the foundation