Thanks to the decisive action of Ancestor, the Qi Family—which had appeared calm on the surface—finally made its move five days later, on a moonless night, against the cultivators lurking around Qi Shan.
Since Ancestor stepped in personally this time, the captured cultivators were subjected to direct soul-searching without even needing an interrogation. The head of the Qi Family, standing nearby, felt a mix of rage and shock; his most promising great-granddaughter had fallen precisely because of these people.
With the soul-searching complete, Ancestor wore a grim expression. After directly executing the captives, he sent a voice transmission to the Qi Family head standing beside him:
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