Above the rosy clouds, within the Peace Force, three Transcendent Realm generals rushed forward.
"Orders acknowledged!"
These three commanders were brothers, all Dragon-Men.
Ji Wuqing held her precious sword across her brow, flames towering along the blade, wind waves tossing her long hair, and behind her it was as if a thousand black arms had sprouted.
"Flying Sand Thirty Thousand Li!"
The sword slid from its sheath, and an endless torrent of yellow sand rose from the ground!
Sand turned into sword, carving and cleaving across boundless miles!
Amid this overwhelming, murderous spectacle, there flowed a shocking force distinct from divine power.
Immortal Lord Jin Hai's eyes widened on the spot.
"Immortal power! This is a law! You broke through to Immortal Lord?!"
Immortal Lord Jin Hai recalled what had happened earlier at the Torch Society's secret base, when Ji Wuqing fought to the death and barely survived.
At that time she had clearly still been Transcendent Realm.
He guessed that in that life-or-death instant, the huge barrier blocking Ji Wuqing's rise to Immortal Lord had been forcibly shattered!
"The human race is truly terrifying..."
Only he could hear that whisper.
"Immortal Lord" is an honorific. The true name of this realm is "Rule Mastery" — not the palm art within palm techniques, but the meaning of "mastering the rules."
Before mastering rules, cultivators comprehend heavenly and earthly Divine Abilities and apply them, essentially borrowing the great forces of nature.
After mastering rules, cultivators synthesize the Divine Abilities they've understood and derive from them a set of personal laws!
The "Flying Sand Thirty Thousand Li" Ji Wuqing displayed was exactly her personal law.
Though called "thirty thousand li," the actual range affected by this law was far greater than thirty thousand li.
A terrifying sandstorm swept across the entire Ji Family Ancestral Land, sword light chilled within the storm, and murderous intent rose on all sides.
The three Dragon-Man Transcendent Realm commanders fought with everything they had, unleashing one Divine Art after another, spiritual treasures shattering one by one.
Yet before this law, they could only admit defeat.
"Immortal Lord, save us!"
Seeing Ji Wuqing's power unending, the killing intent in the sand continuously grinding them down, the three commanders had no choice but to plead with Immortal Lord Jin Hai for help.
"Useless trash!"
Immortal Lord Jin Hai snorted coldly and casually tossed out a cloth bag.
The bag shot into the sky, swelling to kilometers in size, its mouth yawning wide, and a gale began to blow toward the opening.
All the wind and sand and killing intent, and even Ji Wuqing's immature Immortal power, were sucked into that cloth bag.
Ji Wuqing gritted her teeth, attempting to unleash her law again, but her Immortal power had been depleted.
She was already wounded and could not fight for long.
"Ugh..."
She propped herself on her sword, dropping to one knee as her body convulsed violently.
Inside the barrier formed by the war drums, the Ji family watched Ji Wuqing fight the Peace Bureau alone; no one stepped forward to help.
Although not everyone chose to protect themselves, those with the courage who rushed forward were stopped.
"The eldest miss is already an Immortal Lord... what a pity, such a pity! Sigh!"
"With her age and talent, if she continued cultivating, becoming an Immortal King might not have been impossible!"
"How could 'they' allow a human to become an Immortal King?"
"Are we really only going to stand by and watch the eldest miss be captured and tortured?"
Outside the barrier, various factions waited to see the Ji family's calamity.
When Ji Wuqing revealed Immortal Lord-level cultivation, many were astonished.
"Another Immortal Lord in the Ji family!"
"Too bad, it was fleeting, hahaha!"
"If you blame anyone, blame Ji Wuqing herself — a fine Ji family eldest miss gone astray, joining the Torch Society, seeking her own death!"
Immortal Lord Jin Hai retrieved the bag and glared at the exhausted Ji Wuqing.
"Stop struggling, Ji Wuqing. No one I want from the Peace Bureau has ever escaped!"
Ji Wuqing returned a cold smile.
"I believe none have escaped, but do you know if any have been captured alive?"
Before she finished speaking, the purple sword in Ji Wuqing's hand had already sliced toward her own neck.
Immortal Lord Jin Hai reacted instantly, one hand shooting out.
A golden hand of light appeared out of thin air, and in the blink of an eye it reached in front of Ji Wuqing.
However, the hand that arrived before that golden hand was her father's.
"Fading Moon!"
Ji Baiming grabbed Ji Wuqing's wrist, suppressing her with all his strength and preventing her from killing herself, cutting off her Immortal power.
"Father?"
Ji Baiming waved his other hand toward the sky, a thick surge of Immortal power rippling out and sending Immortal Lord Jin Hai's golden hand reeling back.
Immortal Lord Jin Hai looked puzzled, staring at Ji Baiming, surprise gradually growing in his eyes.
The momentum around Ji Baiming kept rising.
Everyone assumed Ji Baiming was a low-grade Immortal Lord, but today, to save his daughter, he no longer concealed his skill.
"Family head! You mustn't!"
"Family head! Don't be rash! The Ji family cannot oppose the Peace Force!"
"Ji Baiming! Do you want to see so many people go to the cemetery with you and your daughter?!"
Some Ji family elders tried to stop Ji Baiming from revealing his true cultivation.
But Ji Baiming had already made his decision.
"Where is Xiaori!"
A handsome young man from Wan'an City flew up on a levitation device.
"Father! I'm here!"
"From this moment on, you are the Ji family head!"
Ji Xiaori could hardly suppress a smile at his lips.
"This this this..."
"Do not refuse! This is the family head's golden edict!"
A golden token flew into Ji Xiaori's hand.
Ji Xiaori took the token, his expression changing instantly. Pointing at Ji Baiming and Ji Wuqing, he shouted fiercely.
"Ji Wuqing! Ji Baiming!
In the name of the Ji House of the Ji Clan, as family head of the main bloodline, I hereby expel you both from the family!
You are ordered to change your surname immediately, from now on have no more association with the Ji family!"
Immediately afterward, Ji Xiaori's expression turned obsequiously ingratiating as he bared his teeth at Immortal Lord Jin Hai in the sky.
"Honorable Immortal Lord Jin Hai! The Ji family will never oppose the Peace Force. Whomever you want, we will hand over! Are these two enough? If not, name the ones you want and I will bring them right away!"
Immortal Lord Jin Hai's gaze swept across the Ji Family Ancestral Land, then looked at the forces of Zhuzi Star watching outside the barrier.
With so many eyes watching, if the Peace Bureau continued to bully the Ji family, it would indeed be inappropriate.
But that did not matter much. Immortal Lord Jin Hai only cared whether he could capture Ji Wuqing; the Torch Society was the top priority, and the Ji family was of little importance to him.
Ji Baiming gave Ji Xiaori a satisfied smile.
Ji Wuqing let out a bitter laugh.
Her younger brother had long wanted to be family head; today his wish had been realized.
No matter how much personal feeling drove Ji Xiaori's decision just now, it had indeed saved the Ji family.
Ji Baiming retrieved the battle clothes and items he had just discarded and stood shoulder to shoulder with his daughter.
"Today, you and I, father and daughter, will fight the Peace Force together!"

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