Pang Jin spoke with a grave expression. "Heaven-Topping High Person, sect master of the Heavenly Evolution Divine Sect, dared to openly attack Your Majesty. This was a provocation against Your Majesty and a blatant disregard for the dynasty's laws. I recommend severe punishment."
He considered for a moment, then continued, "The sects in the dynasty's central region have indeed grown increasingly arrogant in recent years. This incident involving Heaven-Topping High Person is merely the tip of the iceberg. Unless we seize this opportunity to bring them into line, more trouble will surely arise."
Though Heaven-Topping High Person had not spoken a word in the Imperial Prison, his crimes were already beyond dispute.
Pang Jin's words soon drew responses from the other ministers. Everyone felt they needed a way to regulate the sects rather than allow them to keep expanding unchecked.
The problem was that these sects had accumulated countless trump cards and powerful cultivators. If they rose in rebellion together, the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty's central region would inevitably descend into chaos.
Their alliances and internal struggles already served to keep one another in check.
If the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty rashly applied pressure, it might cause unnecessary trouble.
Thus, even after a lengthy discussion, the ministers could not find a solution.
Li Chen actually had one: bring the stronger women from these sects into his harem and let them help manage matters.
Especially in sects ruled by women, once their leaders submitted to him, they naturally would not want sect affairs giving him headaches.
That was the secondary reason Li Chen had kept Orchid Fairy. The primary reason, naturally, was his desire for her body.
As someone from a sect who had spent so long in the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty's central region, Orchid Fairy surely knew some close female friends. When