When Gu Chenfeng unmasked at the Dragon Abyss Conference and revealed his true face.
It was tantamount to exposing the struggle between the Four Great Sects and the Gu Lineage.
It also shattered the Four Great Sects' original plan to secretly eliminate the enormous threat that was "Gu Beiwu" and preserve their own reputations.
Now that all pretense had been torn away, the experts of the Four Great Sects naturally had no more scruples.
After all, they were the true masters of Yan Province.
"Hmph, this brat is outrageously arrogant. He dares challenge the dignity of our Four Great Sects! Fellow cultivators, let us execute him on the spot!"
The Azure Sky Sect elder who had spoken earlier spoke again, as though pronouncing Gu Chenfeng's fate.
The next moment, each of the Four Great Sects dispatched an elder from its ranks.
All four were experts who had reached the late Source Spirit Realm. Each gathered the majestic might of heaven and earth and charged at Gu Chenfeng.
At this sight, aboard the Great Li Dynasty's official ship.
Though shocked, Princess Yaoyin immediately shouted a reprimand.
"Stop! Gu Chenfeng is the Great Li Dynasty's Count of Martial Might, a third-grade official personally appointed by my imperial father! How dare you attack him!"
Her reprimand, however, failed to stop the experts of the Four Great Sects from attacking.
The old man from the Azure Sky Sect replied indifferently.
"Princess, this brat has committed violence in public today and shown contempt for our Four Great Sects. His crimes are unforgivable. We absolutely cannot spare him.
"Besides, His Majesty Emperor Xuan has already ordered that the area around the Hidden Dragon Mountains be temporarily placed under the jurisdiction of our Four Great Sects.
"Here and now, our Four Sects hold full authority over life