I'm the emperor from the start, and you want me to keep the three-year agreement?

"Lord?"

The crowd looked puzzled; this little giant was actually calling Lin Ning "Lord"?

Was this world going crazy?

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Lin Ning took a step forward, his eyes locked onto Saint Qingyun.

The latter felt like prey, currently being stared at by a hungry beast.

"What's going on? Why can I sense the aura of death?"

Saint Qingyun's heart was in turmoil, "Is this still the trash Lin Ning I know?"

"Was it you who joined forces to injure my senior sister, right?"

Lin Ning glanced at Nali; neither he nor his predecessor had ever met this eldest senior sister, but he could tell that she must have clashed with these elders because of the Boundless Peak.

"Wait, where is the Boundless Tree I planted?" Shen Nian looked at the bare ground, the killing intent in her heart completely unconcealed.

"Master, should I kill them?" Lin Ning asked.

Shen Nian took out the Profound Crystal Sword and said slowly, "No need, I can handle these old geezers myself."

Saying that, she pointed her sword at Saint Qingyun and said with utmost seriousness, "In the Qingyun Sect, you are the only one who dared to order others to chop down my Boundless Tree, right?"

"My eldest disciple was also injured by you; how should this debt be settled?"

Saint Qingyun snorted coldly; he had originally intended to have a good talk with Shen Nian.

But now, being pointed at with a sword, what was there to talk about?

"A few days ago, you went to the Burial God Mountain yourself."

Saint Qingyun sneered, "I didn't know you could come out alive from inside.

According to common sense, everyone who goes in dies, so I treated you as dead."

"Now that the Peak Master of Boundless Peak has died inside, is there still a need for this Boundless Peak to exist?"

Saint Qingyun then looked at Nali, "This eldest disciple of yours killed many Qingyun Sect disciples as soon as she returned, and even drew her sword against us elders."

"As her master, you failed to discipline her properly, so it's only reasonable for us elders to help you teach her a lesson."

With a flick of her wrist, a ray of sword light instantly slashed towards Saint Qingyun, Shen Nian sneered, "Teach her a lesson? Hmph, only I can discipline my disciples; no one else can bully them!"

"So fast swordsmanship!"

Saint Qingyun's expression changed, he waved the horsetail whisk in his hand, while slightly shifting his body to dodge Shen Nian's attack in a near-miss fashion.

"You confounded thing!"

Saint Qingyun roared, "You master and disciple actually dare to attack me, the sect leader!"

"Are you trying to rebel?"

Shen Nian sneered, "Old thing, I think you're confused."

"The Qingyun Sect doesn't need a muddle-headed fool."

"Old thing, you should retire now that you're old; if you can't do it, let me do it!"

As soon as the words fell, her jade feet lightly tapped the ground, and Shen Nian strode forward.

"Shen Nian, how dare a Grand Ascension cultivator like you speak to me like this?"

Saint Qingyun was disdainful; the horsetail whisk in his hand first bristled like exploded fur, and then transformed into silver needles harder than black iron!

"Gale Thrust!"

Saint Qingyun shouted loudly, and the silver needles in his hand instantly pierced towards Shen Nian.

"Petty tricks."

Awakening the Nether Physique, Shen Nian mobilized the spiritual energy within her body, and streams of Nether aura emanated from her body, instantly freezing the surrounding earth.

The technique used by Saint Qingyun, the silver needles, were instantly frozen when they flew over, and finally fell heavily to the ground.

"How is this possible?" Saint Qingyun said in surprise.

Peak Master Zhang of Candle Fire Peak gaped, "When did Shen Nian have such powerful strength?"

Isn't she in the Grand Ascension stage?

How could the sect leader's technique be easily broken by her?

When did she master this kind of technique?

Unlike the reactions of the Qingyun Sect and others, Lei Ziyu stroked his chin and looked at Shen Nian with a solemn expression.

"Nether Physique? She is actually the legendary Nether Physique?"

"Eh? She's not young anymore; if it's an innate Nether Physique, why is she only at the late stage of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm now?"

Lei Ziyu was puzzled; cultivators with this rare physique could leave their peers far behind in terms of cultivation speed from a young age.

Just like the Lich King, he also had a rare innate physique, and became a Great Emperor in just a hundred years.

"You... you are at the late stage of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm!"

Saint Qingyun finally realized Shen Nian's change, and he looked at her in horror.

Because he was shocked to discover that Shen Nian was not only at the late stage of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, but her strength was actually stronger than his!

"Heh, only realizing it now?"

The Nether ice gathered on the Profound Crystal Sword, Shen Nian held the long sword with both hands, she fell from the sky, executing a downward chop.

The sword light landed on the ground, and Nether cold ice gushed out from the ground, forming sharp ice pillars.

"Qingyun Shield!"

Saint Qingyun formed a seal with both hands, and a huge cyan shield condensed in front of him.

However, under the impact of these ice pillars, the Qingyun Shield was instantly disintegrated.

The biting cold ice fell on Saint Qingyun's body, making the latter feel like his soul had fallen into an abyss, and a sense of powerlessness deeply enveloped him.

"Peak Master Shen, it's all my fault, let's have a good talk."

"Don't you want to be the sect leader? I'll give it to you!"

Shen Nian sneered, "It's not that you know you're wrong."

"But that you know you're about to die."

The sword light entered Saint Qingyun's body, piercing through his body.

"No."

Saint Qingyun lowered his head, looking in astonishment at the ice pillar at his chest, and then the world lost all color.

"Thump."

Saint Qingyun fell to the ground, the ice pillar on his body also turned into water, and the flowing blood stained half of his body red.

"Died... died?"

"The sect leader was actually killed by Shen Nian?"

"How is this possible? Our sect leader is about to reach the Great Emperor realm, how could he not even block a single sword from Peak Master Shen?"

"Wasn't she at the Grand Ascension stage before? Could it be that, as rumored, although the Burial God Mountain has a high risk of death, there are also many opportunities?"

The elders, looking at the rising Shen Nian, also agreed with this idea.

Otherwise, how could Shen Nian have jumped directly from the Grand Ascension stage to the late stage of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm in such a short period of time?

Peak Master Zhang of Candle Fire Peak glanced at the dead Saint Qingyun, then greased the soles of her feet, wanting to escape.

"Heh, where are you going?"

Shen Nian slashed out with her sword, and Peak Master Zhang of Candle Fire Peak's head rolled to the ground.

"We welcome Sect Leader Shen back to the sect!"

Peak Master of Ice Cloud Peak took the lead and shouted.

"Welcome Sect Leader Shen back to the sect!"

"Welcome Sect Leader Shen back to the sect!"

After taking the lead in expressing their attitude, the Peak Master of Ice Cloud Peak stood respectfully beside Shen Nian.

An peak master said in a deep voice, "Sect Leader, there is less than a month left until the three-year agreement."

"It is heard that Chu Qingge is already a Core Formation cultivator, Lin Ning is afraid that he will be no match this time."

"Although you may not like what I'm about to say, I still want to say that as the Sect Leader, and Lin Ning as your disciple, his status has become the Qingyun Sect's True Disciple."

"If he is no match for Chu Qingge, it will be a disgrace to you."

Xiao Yuxuan, Nali, and others have been away from the sect for a long time, and the outside world does not know that they are Shen Nian's disciples; the Xuanming Sect and others only know Lin Ning.

Therefore, the elder suggested:

"Why don't we establish another True Disciple, so that even if Lin Ning loses, your face will look better, how about it?"

Hearing this, Lin Ning, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke:

"Oh? How do you know that I will be no match for Chu Qingge?"

"Do you really think I am the same Lin Ning from three years ago?"