An unbelievable, thunderous rebuke echoed through the hall.
It utterly shattered the panic and weakness in everyone's hearts!
It also ruthlessly severed Ji Yuehan's identity as a [mother] from her identity as the [family head]!
It made everyone clearly realize—
That none of her actions from this moment onward would contain the slightest trace of personal feeling!
They would be solely for the survival of the Lineage!!
The authority she had lost due to her earlier misjudgment swiftly returned. That domineering yet familiar presence once more enveloped the hearts of every Ji Family member!
"My decision was mistaken. That was my fault."
Standing before the shattered remnants of the ancestral tablets, Ji Yuehan swept her gaze over the stunned elders and clansmen and said coldly,
"I will personally accept punishment from our ancestors for this matter."
"But!"
Her voice abruptly rose, brimming with Killing Intent:
"The humiliation suffered by my Ji Family must be washed away with blood!!"
"With Ye Li's talent, he will undoubtedly arrive soon! But we will never sit here and await death!"
Without pausing in the slightest, her voice boomed through the hall like thunder:
"Deliver my orders!"
"Ji Pingfa failed in his assassination attempt and brought calamity upon the Lineage. From this day forth, strike his name from the family register!"
"The Eastern Ji Family has no need for such a failed heir!"
"Second, activate the clan-protecting grand formation immediately. All clansmen are to enter a state of combat readiness!"
"Relax our defenses outwardly while tightening them within. I want to know Ye Li's latest movements at the first possible moment!"
"Furthermore..."
As she spoke, she had already reached the entrance of the hall. With her back to everyone, she looked up at the gloomy sky, her voice cold and proud as an icy peak: