At this point...
The Northern Nether Palace Master's tone grew slightly heavier, his gaze sharpening.
"After all, if a Half-Venerable Realm Rogue Cultivator harbors hatred and retaliates without regard for the consequences, the destructive power would be absolutely terrifying.
It would be enough to make the Cultivator Association pay a bitter price.
So they would not be foolish enough to leave themselves with such a grave threat lurking at their side...
For that very reason, the situation will definitely not spiral to an irretrievable point."
Upon hearing this, the Northern Nether Palace elders all raised their heads. The despair in their eyes gradually faded, replaced by a glimmer of light.
They carefully considered the Palace Master's words, and the more they thought about them, the more sound and logically convincing they seemed—
If Northern Nether Palace were destroyed...
and only Ancestor, a Half-Venerable Realm expert, remained alive, then even if he could not overthrow the Cultivator Association, he could still stir up monstrous waves.
What was more!
Ancestor had already reached the Half-Venerable Realm and was only one step away from the Spirit Transformation Realm.
What if, after his defeat, he one day grasped that sliver of opportunity hidden in the unseen and successfully entered the Spirit Transformation Realm...
He would certainly become the Cultivator Association's greatest threat.
By then, the Cultivator Association would surely regret it beyond measure.
Although this possibility was exceedingly small, nearly nonexistent, it was not entirely impossible.
At that thought...
the gloom in the elders' hearts was swept away in an instant.
Color gradually returned to their faces, and the light of hope rekindled in their eyes. When they looked at the Palace Master, there was now a little more admiration and trust in their gazes.
However!
What they did not know was that the