82: Chapter 82 Nangong Xue Establishes Authority, Heavenly Venerable Alliance Changes Hands

Nangong Xue's voice, enhanced by spiritual power, clearly spread throughout the entire Main Peak of the Heavenly Sovereign Alliance.

Elder Wang and the others waiting outside the Forbidden Ground were struck like a bolt from the blue upon hearing this news, all of them stunned.

The Alliance Leader... suffered a Qi Deviation?

Her mind is unclear?

How is this possible!

The Alliance Leader is a powerhouse at the Peak of the Void Refining Realm with an incredibly stable Divine Soul; how could she suddenly suffer a Qi Deviation?

"Vice Alliance Leader! This... what on earth is going on?"

"Exactly! Her Ladyship the Alliance Leader is blessed by heaven, how could..."

Several Elders close to Fairy Ziyun immediately surrounded her, their faces filled with anxiety and disbelief.

Nangong Xue slowly walked out of the secret room, closing the stone door behind her and placing an even stronger Seal on it.

She adjusted her clothes, returning to her usual appearance of a cold and aloof Fairy, though a trace of gloom and majesty that made people look away was now present between her brows.

Facing everyone's questions, Nangong Xue showed just the right amount of grief and heavy-heartedness, sighed, and spoke slowly.

"Elders, Revered Master... in her haste to Breakthrough, she forcibly refined a saint pill. As a result, she suffered a backlash from the medicinal power, damaging her Divine Soul. Now... her mind is unclear, and she no longer recognizes anyone."

As she spoke, she wiped away non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Before Revered Master entered seclusion, she instructed me that if anything unexpected happened, I would temporarily take over the position of Alliance Leader."

"Now that Revered Master has met with such a disaster, we should work together to stabilize the overall situation of the Alliance and not let outsiders make a joke of us. I hope the Elders can prioritize the big picture and lend me a hand!"

Her words were flawless and sincere. Although most Elders were grieved, they did not doubt her.

After all, Nangong Xue was Fairy Ziyun's most beloved Disciple and the successor to the next Alliance Leader; this was something the entire Heavenly Sovereign Alliance knew.

In terms of both emotion and logic, it was the most appropriate choice for her to temporarily act as the Alliance Leader.

However, there were always a few clear-headed people who were loyal to Fairy Ziyun.

They felt the incident was sudden and suspicious. Without seeing Fairy Ziyun in person, they simply didn't believe Nangong Xue's words.

A hot-tempered Elder of the Law Enforcement Hall frowned, stepped forward, and said loudly.

"Vice Alliance Leader, this is a grave matter! Since the Alliance Leader has suffered a Qi Deviation, we should go in to visit her and discuss a cure together! Why have you sealed the secret room and forbidden us from entering?"

"Yes, Vice Alliance Leader, we are loyal to the Alliance Leader and only wish to see her condition. Please, Vice Alliance Leader, make it convenient for us!"

Another Elder echoed her words.

These words instantly woke the others up.

Right, with such a major incident happening to the Alliance Leader, how could they, as her trusted Elders, not see the situation with their own eyes?

For a moment, voices of doubt rose one after another.

Nangong Xue looked at the Elders leading the questioning, a cold glint flashing through her eyes.

She knew very well that to completely control the Heavenly Sovereign Alliance, she had to establish her authority with thunderous methods!

"Presumptuous!"

Nangong Xue's face instantly turned cold, and a terrifying pressure belonging to the Middle Stage of the Void Refining Realm descended like a landslide or a tsunami!

"Revered Master is resting; disturbances are strictly forbidden! You keep saying you want to visit her, but are you really concerned about Revered Master, or do you want to disrupt her quiet cultivation with ulterior motives?!"

Thud! Thud!

Under this terrifying pressure, those Elders, who only had Soul Transformation Stage cultivation, couldn't even last a single breath before their faces turned pale and they fell to their knees.

Their bones were crackling all over, as if they would be crushed into meat paste at any moment.

Everyone present turned pale with horror!

Void Refining Realm!

Vice Alliance Leader Nangong has actually broken through to the Void Refining Realm?!

How is this possible!

Before she went down the mountain, wasn't she only at the Early Stage of Soul Transformation? How long has it been?

Everyone was shocked by the explosion in Nangong Xue's strength. For a moment, they were all intimidated by this absolute power, not daring to even breathe loudly.

"Someone, come!"

Nangong Xue shouted coldly.

"Elder Li of the Law Enforcement Hall and the others have disregarded the Alliance Leader's safety and intended to force their way into the Forbidden Ground, disrupting her quiet cultivation. Their intentions are damnable! Arrest them, throw them into the dungeon, and await further orders!"

"Yes!"

The trusted subordinates who had long been won over by Nangong Xue immediately rushed forward like wolves and tigers, dragging away the Elders who were still struggling.

Killing the chicken to warn the monkey!

This bloody scene left everyone else silent out of fear.

In the face of absolute power, all doubts and reasoning appeared so pale and weak.

No one in the Heavenly Sovereign Alliance dared to raise any further objections; they could only bow and show their submission.

"We... obey the Acting Alliance Leader's decree!"

Looking at the submissive crowd, a satisfied cold smile flashed in Nangong Xue's eyes.

She succeeded.

From today on, she was the sole Revered Master of this Heavenly Sovereign Alliance!

...

Meanwhile, at the Mysterious Maiden Sect far on the other side of the Southern Region.

Inside the Immortal Cave with the densest Spiritual Qi on the back mountain.

Su Yun slowly opened his eyes, feeling the spiritual power within him that was several times thicker than before, and nodded with satisfaction.

Middle Stage of the Nascent Soul!

After this period of hard Cultivation and tirelessly deep exchanges of the Nine Yang Imperial Phoenix Technique with Leng Hanshuang, Lin Rou, Phoenix Unrivaled, and Liu Yuqin, his cultivation had finally broken through again.

This rocket-like leveling speed was truly exhilarating.

Just as Su Yun was about to get up to find Leng Hanshuang and the others to "consolidate" his cultivation, the System's notification sound suddenly rang in his mind.

【Ding! A major deviation in the original world line has been detected!】

【One of the original protagonist Lin Aotian's beauties, Fairy Ziyun, the leader of the Heavenly Sovereign Alliance, has met with an accident and is suspected to have perished!】

Hmm?

Su Yun was stunned for a moment.

Something happened to Fairy Ziyun?

He had some impression of this name; she seemed to be a senior-type character in the original work who was of great help to Lin Aotian.

She was powerful, upright, and later became one of Lin Aotian's harem members.

After Lin Aotian's Ascension to the Upper Realm, the Heavenly Sovereign Alliance, under Fairy Ziyun's management, had always been his strongest backing in the Lower Realm.

How did she suddenly meet with an accident?

"System, show me the specific situation," Su Yun said in his mind.

【To query this part of the hidden plot, you need to pay 100,000 Luck points. Do you wish to pay?】

"One hundred thousand? Why don't you just rob me?" Su Yun almost cursed out loud.

However, he was wealthy now and didn't care about this small amount of Luck points.

"Pay!"

【Ding! Payment successful.】

The next second, a brief and blurry image flashed through Su Yun's mind.

In the image, it seemed that Nangong Xue was attacking her Master, Fairy Ziyun, and then took control of the Heavenly Sovereign Alliance's power.

The entire process was very short, many details were unclear, and it looked more like a hasty transfer of power.

"Hmm? Is this... internal strife?"

After watching it, even Su Yun couldn't help but frown.

This Nangong Xue's style of doing things was a bit too ruthless and decisive.

Betraying one's Master and ancestors was rare even in the Demonic Path, yet she did it without the slightest hesitation. It felt like... something was not quite right.

The madness and indifference that flashed in those eyes didn't seem like simple ambition; instead, they carried a non-human eeriness.

"Could it be... she was possessed by someone from the Demon Race?"

A guess arose in Su Yun's heart, but the information provided by the System was too little to be certain.

However, no matter the truth, this was a great thing for him.

The Heavenly Sovereign Alliance was the leader of the Righteous Path in the Southern Region and belonged to Lin Aotian's forces. Now that such a major internal turmoil had occurred, its strength would inevitably be greatly damaged.

This was practically a Righteous Path version of the 'Xuanwu Gate Incident'!

"Interesting, truly interesting."

"Lin Aotian, oh Lin Aotian, the forces you worked so hard to build in the Lower Realm have now fallen into chaos on their own. I wonder what your expression is like right now?"

Su Yun was even looking forward to seeing what kind of wonderful expression Lin Aotian would have once he learned this news.