To the many living beings in the Divine Martial Great World, Lingyun's actions had been entirely reasonable.
Shi Lan was a True Disciple of the Lingwu Hall, with a status even higher than that of a Supreme. Yet the Buddhist sect had tried to assassinate her. If the Lingwu Hall had endured this in silence and done nothing, the whole hall would have been disgraced and its people demoralized; it would never have been able to establish itself in the Divine Martial Great World again.
And now that the Lingwu Hall had come knocking at their gates and six Arhats had fallen, the Buddhist sect had suffered a humiliation beyond measure.
As a transcendent force standing above the Two Halls, Three Sects, and Five Imperial Dynasties, the Buddhist sect, everyone thought, could never swallow this insult. It might even spark a war between the two colossal powers, one that would engulf countless dynasties.
But the Buddhist sect's response was unexpectedly calm. It seemed unwilling to clash with the Lingwu Hall. It simply cleaned up the Buddhist kingdom in the wake of Lingyun's rampage, then sank into silence, showing no intent to settle the score. It appeared remarkably magnanimous.
The Buddhist sect might have decided to let the matter go, but the Lingwu Hall did not stop there. Before long, another decree from the Supreme Elder was issued.
'If Shi Lan falls in a foreign realm, the Buddhist sect shall be barred forever from every dynasty under the Lingwu Hall.'
This decree caused an even greater uproar. It was an unmistakable declaration that the Lingwu Hall intended to break completely with the Buddhist sect. Incense and Fire Prayer Power was far too important to the latter.
The dynasties under the Lingwu Hall's rule were beyond counting. If the several allied forces