Soul Power Doesn't Work Here, Please Kneel When You Speak!

The Great Elders of the Strength Clan, Defense Clan, and Breaking Clan looked at one another, stroking their beards as they stood outside the brightly lit gates of the Agility Sect and talked at length.

"Ever since Spirit Hall was completely destroyed and the Tang Sect was established, our Four Sects gathering, which used to be held every two years, has long since been changed to once every five years. It has only been a little over two years since the last gathering. Why was that Min He fellow in such a hurry to use your Defense Clan's communication device and summon us in the middle of the night to discuss something important?"

The Great Elder of the Breaking Clan beside him cut in. "Could Bai Chenxiang be about to die? Does she want us to figure out how to squeeze money out of the Tang Sect and the royal family?"

At the mention of Bai Chenxiang, the martial brute of an elder from the Strength Clan, who never liked using his brain, snorted coldly and said with mocking sarcasm, "Even if she's dying, that's no reason to drag us here in the middle of the night and leave us standing at the gate without anyone to receive us. Does she think we've been poor for so long that we're easy to brush off?"

Just as the other two elders were about to add their own opinions, Evil Fire Bai Yan—the Soul King Bai Feng, daughter of Bai Chenxiang and Ma Hongjun, who had inherited both their martial souls—arrived at the gate.

Without a word, she released five perfectly matched soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black—and stared coldly at the elders of the three clans who had been badmouthing her mother behind her back. In a stiff voice, she said, "The Agility Sect has a joyous occasion. The Great Elder specially invited the elders of the other three clans here to share the benefits. Yet I never expected you to malign my mother behind her back. Are you trying to sever ties with the Agility Sect?"

The elder of the Strength Clan stared at Bai Feng in surprise, his expression turning awkward. "So it's Bai Feng. Hahaha! I drank quite a bit at dinner, so my head isn't working too well. Please forgive me."

The elders of the Defense Clan and Breaking Clan were equally embarrassed. In the eyes of the other three clans, Bai Feng's strength was more than respectable. Barring any surprises, she would definitely become the Agility Sect's successor.

As Great Elders of the other three clans, they had come to visit the Agility Sect late at night, stood outside its gates badmouthing someone's mother, and been overheard. Even if Bai Feng got angry at them despite their seniority, it was only natural.

Besides, Bai Feng had just said that the Agility Sect's Great Elder had summoned them in the dead of night to divide up enormous benefits—benefits that would only be plentiful, with no downside—and to seek an alliance...

Putting themselves in her shoes, they really were too ashamed to show their faces.

Knowing they were in the wrong, the elders hurriedly apologized. Then they took out a great many valuable items from their storage rings—gifts others had presented to them that they themselves had been reluctant to use—and offered them to Bai Feng.

Bai Feng looked at the elders of her mother's generation, then at the herbs and other items they had brought out. She motioned for them to take them back, choosing instead to build momentum for Lin Wan'er.

"I can't accept these things. If nothing unexpected happens, our Four Sects may find a sufficiently shady tree to shelter beneath in the future, so please take them back."

All the elders present were shrewd people. Hearing this, combined with the voice transmission from the Agility Sect's Great Elder, they roughly guessed that the Agility Sect had gotten there first and connected itself with a sect even more illustrious than the Tang Sect. They were hoping the other clans would join them as well.

That was right—the elders of the other three clans thought so too.

Since ancient times, the Agility, Defense, Strength, and Breaking Clans had either all refused to serve under another, or chosen the same great tree and banded together beneath it. There had never been a case of you leaving, me coming, me going, and you staying behind.

By the time the three elders were brought to the side courtyard, the Agility Sect's clansmen had already completed their relocation plans. Their discussion with Lin Wan'er and the others was more or less finished; all that remained was for the other three clans to join in.

"Mother, the elders of the other three clans have arrived."

The much more mature Bai Feng pushed open the wooden door and gestured for the three elders to enter first, while she remained behind them.

Feeling guilty toward Bai Chenxiang, the three elders appeared somewhat timid from the moment they entered, hesitantly looking toward the person seated at the head table.

Then they saw Lin Wan'er, idly munching sunflower seeds, along with the two peerless beauties beside her.

Only in the corner of their vision did they spot Bai Feng's mother, Ma Hongjun's wife, Bai Chenxiang.

After all these years, Bai Chenxiang had not changed much.

Wait! Was that Bai Chenxiang just now? How had she become younger and younger?

The Strength Clan's Great Elder spread his arms and boomed, "Are you Bai Chenxiang, or is someone impersonating you?"

Startled by that thunderous voice, the elders of the other two clans turned to look as well, nearly falling to the ground in shock.

The proud Bai Chenxiang, with hair like black silk and skin like snow, had returned after all these years!

"Ahem, ahem. Tai Yan, you're certainly energetic. You still speak with the same imposing manner as before. I like it."

The thoughtful Min He smiled at Tai Yan. "This is the genuine Clan Head Bai Chenxiang. Surprised, aren't you?"

"You still like to play mysterious games. Tell us—why exactly did you summon the three of us to the Agility Sect?"

Having been startled too many times that night, Tai Yan no longer cared about maintaining an elder's dignity. Instead, he showed the temperament of a stubborn rogue and pointed at the three unfamiliar people at the head table.

"And who are they? They're sitting at the head table, yet they haven't shown us any respect at all!"

"Point again. Go on, point again!"

Ferocious Beasts had extremely keen noses. As a dragon, Zi Ji easily caught the sour smell of Tai Yan's sweat. Unable to suppress the fury in her heart, she slapped the table and stood up.

"Little girl, you don't know how to respect your elders either!"

Tai Yan was, after all, the Great Elder of the Strength Clan and a level sixty-eight Soul Emperor. Seeing Zi Ji provoke him, he naturally flew into a rage. Ignoring the people beside him trying to stop him, he revealed his soul rings.

"You think I—"

"Enough." Lin Wan'er stood up and positioned herself in front of Zi Ji. In a low voice, she said, "Don't forget our plan. Doing this will only backfire. Listen to me for now. Later, they'll surely submit willingly at Sister Zi Ji's side."

"Who wants a few old men to submit?" Though she said that, Zi Ji sat back down and patiently watched Holy Maiden Lin Wan'er's performance.

At the end of the day, Lin Wan'er was the one calling the shots in this operation. Bi Ji and Zi Ji were merely there to support her.

"Hahaha, how did a little child manage to persuade you? Could it be, Min He, that you and Clan Head Bai Chenxiang summoned us to the Agility Sect in the middle of the night just to see these three little children?"

Tai Yan, his soul rings still displayed, burst into laughter. He looked exactly like one of Spirit Hall's villains from back then.

Hearing that, Bai Chenxiang glanced at the standing Lin Wan'er but said nothing.

As for Min He, who had been mocked, he merely gave Tai Yan a pitying look and likewise said nothing.

Tai Yan, finding no response, stopped laughing. Just as he was about to sit down and properly ask what business they had that night, Lin Wan'er spoke.

"Standing before you is half a princess of the Heaven Dou Empire. My name is Lin Wan'er. My martial soul is Star Child. I'm around five years old this year, and my Soul Power is barely approaching level thirty."

As she spoke, Lin Wan'er activated Martial Soul Possession, revealing the same peerless beauty as Star Guardian Soraka.

"Five years old, nearly level thirty!"

The elders of the Breaking and Defense Sects withdrew the disdain from their eyes and stared gravely at the green-haired girl who had shattered all common sense, wondering what was going through their minds.

"Oh? That kind of talent does resemble someone fit to inherit a god's legacy. But before you've grown strong, little girl, you don't have much say!"

Tai Yan shook his head and once again revealed the soul rings of a Sixty-Level Soul Emperor. He looked provocatively at Lin Wan'er before saying, "Still, I'm quite interested in this Heaven Dou Empire you mentioned. Why don't you tell me about it?"

"Very well." Lin Wan'er nodded. She aimed the Star Guardian Staff in her hand at where the three elders stood and said softly, "Star Imprisonment!"

Brilliant, galaxy-like light streamed across the ground to the feet of the three men, forming a Purple-Blue Star River Disk with a radius of roughly five meters.

"Soul Power cannot circulate here. Please kneel before you speak!"