Master Binglan's demand to split off from the sect struck everyone's hearts like a thunderclap, leaving them shaken for a long while.
For a time, the entire plaza fell silent.
A scripture! This woman had actually inherited a scripture!
With a scripture, one gained the qualification to glimpse the great Dao of Void Ascension. How many people dreamed of such a thing?
Unfortunately, generally speaking, a Sacred Land possessed only one scripture and could produce only one Void Ascension giant.
For the overwhelming majority of Sacred Land disciples, this was destined to be like flowers reflected in a mirror, the moon in the water—visible yet forever beyond reach.
No one knew how much time had passed.
Then someone in the crowd abruptly spoke. "Having the Void Ascension Scripture is your own business. Your grudges and entanglements with Jade Radiance True Person are also your own business. What right do you have to come to Extreme Ice Sacred Land and demand a split?"
The one who spoke was a middle-aged female Divine Ability cultivator dressed in a long purple gown.
She did not appear particularly old. Her hair was arranged in an intricate, luxurious coiffure adorned with exquisite ornaments, giving her an imposing, noble air.
Yet at this moment, an unmistakable trace of jealousy lay between her brows.
Clearly, the fact that someone once inferior to her had acquired the scripture she had long dreamed of was truly too much of a provocation.
This woman was Ziyue True Person, the current peak master of the Jade Ice Peak lineage.
Because she was a female cultivator and had been accepted as True Lord Shuangran's disciple, the peak masters of the various lineages generally yielded to her somewhat. That had fostered her overbearing temperament.
Unfortunately, Master Binglan had no intention of indulging her.