The old remnants of a bygone era deserve to be swept into the dustbin of history.

"So what you're saying is."

"During the time I was away."

"Someone openly targeted and provoked a new, uninitiated disciple at the Disciple Acceptance Ceremony, even telling him to get lost. And then, the Peak Masters participating in the ceremony not only failed to maintain order, but continued to target the uninitiated disciple, even attempting to attack him."

"And among all the Peak Masters present, not a single one intervened?"

"Then today is the day our Azure Profound Sect holds the All-Peak Tournament. At such an important event, a Peak Master drew her sword against a disciple in the middle of a match, right under your noses?"

"Senior Brother Lin, we have already handled this matter and intercepted it in time," Li Daoyuan hastily explained.

Lin Heming did not answer, but continued to recount.

"After the tournament restarted."

"Another disciple triggered a beast horde with the intention of stopping the tournament, and even made a public confession of love in front of everyone."

"After the beast horde ended, you wanted to escort the greatest contributor to resolving the crisis into the Law Enforcement Hall, while the main culprit who caused all this was to be let off lightly, without even a punishment."

"Is that right?"

He finished speaking with an expressionless face.

His voice was not loud, yet it plunged the entire venue into a bizarre silence.

The crowd had varying expressions.

Some were ashamed, some were angry, but most felt a sense of absurd amusement.

Ye Shu almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

Honestly, it was just too hard to keep a straight face.

Li Daoyuan choked for a moment, then slowly nodded.

"Right."

Lin Heming silently swept his gaze over the many Peak Masters.

Wherever his gaze landed, no one dared to keep their heads up.

"So many people, yet not a single one raised an objection, not a single one stood up to say a fair word!"

He flicked his sleeves, his gaze icy.

"It's one thing for the juniors to not know right from wrong, but you Peak Masters are also playing the fool along with them? Do you think that when others make mistakes, it has nothing to do with you?"

"Senior Brother Lin, I..."

Several Peak Masters found it hard to voice their bitter grievances.

"Lin Heming, you don't need to make veiled accusations here. These decisions were all made by me."

Mu Wanxi finally couldn't help but speak up, her voice cold.

"Do you perhaps have a problem with that?"

"Your decisions?"

Lin Heming turned his head to look at Mu Wanxi.

"What is your status? What qualifications do you have to make such absurd decisions? Are you fit to bear the consequences?"

Hearing this, Mu Wanxi's face darkened.

"Lin Heming, you are insolent!"

"I don't have the qualifications?"

"You don't kneel when seeing an elder and even spout wild words. Do you have any respect for hierarchy in your eyes? Do you know how much I did for the Azure Profound Sect when I was alive? It could be said that without me, there would be no Azure Profound Sect. How many years have you been in the peak? What have you done for the sect? What right do you have to point fingers at me?"

"I am acting according to the rules."

Mu Wanxi said coldly, "The ancestral teachings of the Azure Profound Sect dictate that we are irreconcilable with alien races, and they must be executed upon sight! It has always been this way."

"I dealt with an alien."

"What is wrong with dealing with a disciple who colludes with an alien and has a murky background?"

Lin Heming stared at her coldly.

"Just because it has always been this way, does that make it right?"

"Can past achievements negate present incompetence? Is it that as long as something was right once, it is forever right? Do past heroes never make mistakes?"

"Resting on past laurels—the young consume them, the middle-aged consume them, the old consume them, and even the descendants join in to consume them."

"Consuming them while alive, and still consuming them when dead."

"Must we tolerate it when former heroes latch onto the sect to suck its blood and spread disease?"

Lin Heming's voice wasn't loud, but it pierced through Mu Wanxi's arrogant heart like a sharp knife.

"You! What do you mean?"

She pointed at Lin Heming, her lips trembling with anger.

Lin Heming stepped on the void, slowly walking forward.

"Today, this old man shall clean up this mess at its roots!"

"You... what are you trying to do?"

"You want to attack me?"

Mu Wanxi's pupils shrank slightly. Looking at Lin Heming, whose imposing aura soared to the heavens, a trace of fear flashed in her heart.

"You dare?!"

"Why wouldn't I dare?"

Lin Heming's figure blurred, and in the next moment, he appeared in front of Mu Wanxi, throwing a punch.

No one expected him to attack directly.

This punch was as dazzling as the sun. The golden fist imprint rippled out like water, actually distorting space itself.

Mu Wanxi's pupils contracted sharply, her eyes filled with terror.

He actually dared!

With no time to think, she fiercely thrust out her hands. The soul power of the peak Void Return realm poured out, colliding with the fist imprint.

Boom!

The light was blinding.

A terrifying aftershock instantly swept out from where the two clashed. Lin Heming stood firmly in place and waved his sleeve.

The aftershock immediately dissipated into nothingness.

Mu Wanxi's figure had become extremely dim, like a layer of transparent gauze that sunlight could shine right through.

"Senior Brother Lin, no matter what, she is still..."

The other Peak Masters wanted to step forward and dissuade him, but Lin Heming abruptly raised his hand to interrupt them.

"Say no more."

"As Peak Masters, as elders, we should lead by example. Today, disciples of all ranks in the sect are here, and I want them to understand a principle."

"There are no eternal heroes in this world."

"Past events cannot dictate the people of the present, and former achievements cannot become the capital for indulgence today. If they think this old man is ungrateful, they are welcome to curse me!"

"If you don't dare to play the villain, then I will!"

Lin Heming stood tall and straight, standing proudly under the sunlight.

He stared at Mu Wanxi and said coldly:

"The resurrection of a senior from the past is naturally a joyous event. If you behaved yourself and contributed to the Azure Profound Sect, this old man would naturally treat you with courtesy."

"But since you arrived only to fight for power and profit, confusing right and wrong and inverting black and white, this old man will not tolerate you in the slightest."

Mu Wanxi's face turned pale.

If he struck again, she would really die!

She shouted sternly, "Lin Heming! I have bled for the Azure Profound Sect, I have worked hard for the Azure Profound Sect! You cannot treat me like this!"

Lin Heming remained silent, simply raising his fist quietly.

Seeing that he was serious, Mu Wanxi panicked completely.

She had just been resurrected not long ago. She hadn't enjoyed the feeling of living a second life enough, and she hadn't killed that little thief who destroyed the Azure Profound Sect. How could she just die like this?

"Lin Heming! Let me go!"

"I was wrong, I was really wrong. I swear I will never interfere in any sect affairs again. I will honestly be a mascot, I will do whatever you tell me to do."

"Your era has passed."

Lin Heming did not answer her words, but said calmly, "It is time to leave the opportunities to the young."

"You... what do you mean?"

"The dead should be buried in the dirt."

As his words fell, the light of his fist surged mightily.

Mu Wanxi's ethereal soul body instantly melted rapidly, like spring snow meeting the scorching sun.

A generation's legend came to an end just like that.

She didn't even have time to let out a scream.

She lived so hastily.

And died so hastily.

Lin Heming retracted his hand without speaking.

The entire venue was dead silent.

The System's eyes were practically splitting open, its eyeballs almost popping out of their sockets.

You've got to be kidding me!!!

The female lead actually died! She had appeared for less than five chapters, and she just died like this?

She was one of the female leads!!

The reason it chose to modify the female lead was not only because she was gullible, but also because, as a person blessed with immense providence, she was destined never to die. She would have been able to continuously grow stronger and deal heavy blows to the male lead.

And yet she was actually killed by Lin Heming?

The villain genre is not supposed to be like this at all! I refuse to accept this!

Meanwhile, on the other side, Ye Shu raised his head and looked up at the empty sky where absolutely nothing remained, the corner of his mouth twitching.

The old man of his family really had quite a temper.

Right at that moment, his ears suddenly twitched as he caught the sound of mournful weeping.

He turned his head and saw that it was Chu Jinghong.

He was wiping his tears with one hand, crying his heart out.

"Senior Brother, why are you crying?"

"I am heartbroken. The Grandmaster's wife... she died in the battle against the alien races."

Ye Shu remained silent for a while before letting out a sigh.

"Yes, Mu Wanxi died a long time ago."

"She died at the very beginning of the sect's founding."

"She died in the battle against the demon race."

"She died on that afternoon when she fought against the evil spirit for control of her own body."