Within expectation, Ronghua threw out a blast wave of wind and clouds in the next second. Upon hearing the wind, people on the other side tried to parry that blast wave with their swords.

Ronghua walked toward the crowds and stood in front of them leisurely. She then put on her signature smile and said, “Patriarch Xu, you’ve come here so quick!”

Xu Chao pushed the people who tried to support him away angrily, and shouted, “Ronghua! I knew it was you! You are really here!”

Ronghua smiled lightheartedly and said, “Oh? It seems that someone has told you I am here, is that right?”

Xu Chao smiled coldly and shouted, “Just cut the crap! You’ve hurt my son, and we are not over it! I will now get you!”

Ronghua wagged her finger and said, “Ah, how stupid! You are being manipulated!”

Ronghua grabbed something in the void with her right hand. Suddenly, all the spaces around were merged into one, spinning around rapidly around the crowds like lightning. The crowds initially had no idea of what was going on, but they soon suspected the sudden drop of temperature was Ronghua’s work. Manipulating the cold current, Ronghua changed the colors of the sky and the earth. It was hot with the sun riding high in the sky, but everything was frozen in the next second. But Xu Chao felt all of the cold currents were gathered around that icy lotus.

Xu Chao was not scared, for he had heard from the unknown person that Ronghua was critically injured and could not marshal much of her spiritual power. “That bitch is good at creating hallucinations. I suppose she could still fool many of us this time!” thought Xu Chao.

Ronghua noticed Xu Chao did not show any signs of worries on his face, for he was still confidently instructing his apprentices to attack the imperial clan of Zither

Ronghua, “Patriarch Xu, I do hope that you will not later regret the way you are responding to my presence.”

Xu Chao snorted coldly and said, “I never regret the decision of wanting to kill you. And you’d better worry about yourself now!”

Ronghua ignored Xu Chao’s remark and threw that white, icy lotus, which was kept in her hand, to attack Xu Chao. Xu Chao drew his sword and used it to parry Ronghua’s attack. The white lotus then clashed with the deep-blue light emitting from Xu Chao’s arts of the Burning Stick. The two forces’ clash then came into a deadlock, with the two sides being equally powerful. Ronghua withdrew the icy lotus, and Xu Chao’s retreat soon ensued. They both flew back to where they were. “It was surprising that such a small lotus could be as powerful as that!” thought Xu Chao.

Xia Puyang raised his hand again and played his zither with ease. The sound of his melody then spread out, stopping Yang Quan from coming near him physically. But Yang Quan’s lewd sight seemed to have penetrated all lines of defense.

“Patriarch! We are running out of power to keep our line of defense! They are well prepared for this attack!” shouted an apprentice.

The apprentice stood in front of Xia Puyang, blocking Yang Quan’s lewd sight from reaching him. “That person would strip my patriarch with his lewd sight if he could!” thought that apprentice.

Naturally, as the patriarch, Xia Puyang was aware that it was partly his fault that he was reduced to being insulted like this.

“We could do it. Mo said that he would figure this out,” said Xia Puyang.

For unknown reasons, Xia Puyang had an unwavering faith in Ronghua. “I could not sense anything from her eyes when I first met her, nor could I sense any spiritual power in her body. But I knew that she is not ordinary with that imposing manner, and I simply cannot underestimate the person who has saved Mo,” thought Xia Puyang.

“Patriarch Xia, why are you still struggling to fight back? If you surrender yourself to me now, I promise you I will treat you well!” shouted Yang Quan.

Noticing Xia Puyang was running out of spiritual power to resist any attack, Yang Quan decided to speak his wildest, wettest dream out loud.

Xia Puyang felt that there was a dull pain in his eyebrow. “He was indeed too ambitious!” thought Xia Puyang. Upon seeing Yang Quan’s greedy eyes, even a clam, exemplary person like Xia Puyang would be nauseated.

“Patriarch Yang, be careful of your words!” said Xia Puyang.

Xia Puyang probably had never said anything so heavy before.

But Yang Quan’s behavior was indeed too disturbing.

“Be careful of my words? HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! The imperial clan of Zither is dying now! So I suggest you just drop it and stop pretending! Why won’t you come with me? I could let you live if you would,” said Yang Quan.

Xia Puyang held his zither in front of him. Though all of his fingers were drenched with his blood, he managed to stand tall and strong. “Impossible!” said Xia Puyang.

Xia Puyang then played his zither again. His desperate finale was imbued with an aura of killing.

Noticing that Xia Puyang had ignored all of his advice and good words, Yang Quan decided to get rid of Xia Puyang’s apprentices first because he was consumed entirely by the idea of having Xia Puyang in his arms.

“Ah! The Fist of Flame!” shouted Yang Quan.

Yang Quan’s fist came with fiery winds. Xia Puyang could have managed to parry Yang Quan’s attack with his melody before. But at that moment, he had indeed run out of spiritual power and had no choice but to fall back.

Then, Yang Quan tried harder, blowing everyone on the other side of the imperial clan of Zither away. Xia Puyang fell heavily on the ground.

Yang Quan’s apprentices then came forward with malicious looks. “Patriarch, it seems that Xia Puyang could not resist you anymore. What should we do now?” asked one apprentice.

Naturally, Yang Quan knew what his apprentice was implying. His smile then became more obvious. “Take him back, and I will have some fun with him!” said Yang Quan.

“We will do as you say!” replied the apprentices.

Xia Puyang was lying on the ground. Though he was still conscious, he could not move, so he had no choice but to let them take him away.

Yang Quan looked at Xia Puyang with his eyes aglow. “Wait!” said Yang Quan.

Yang Quan then ran up with his apprentices and held Xia Puyang into his arms. “Find me a room first! And you could then do as you were assigned!” said Yang Quan.

The apprentices understood what their patriarch was up to. But they could not say anything but to follow his instruction.

“Yes, sir!” replied the apprentices.

Yang Quan looked at Xia Puyang, who had passed out in his strong arms. Yang Quan gently touched Xia Puyang’s face and played with his hair. “You can never escape from me!” said Yang Quan.

Ronghua lifted her hand and formed a few icicles in the air. The icicles were then shot against Xu Chao.

Xu Chao thought he could parry Ronghua’s attack with ease. But the icicles then became faster and harder to parry in the next second for unknown reasons.

Ronghua was standing there while looking at Xu Chao, the person that was almost driven mad by her.

Murong Zhe was becoming increasingly impatient. “Ronghua, what do you want to do?” asked Murong Zhe.

Ronghua, “....”

Murong Zhe, “At least you should let me know what you are doing! The Ice Lotus of the Heart’s Blood cannot be stopped once you’ve started to summon it!”

Ronghua, “Just shut up and watch if you cannot understand! You useless crap!”

Murong Zhe was irritated. “Ah? What do you mean？Am I really useless? What do you want to do!” shouted Murong Zhe.

Ronghua, “I am, of course, reshaping the imperial clan of Zither!”

Xia Pumo thought he had heard Ronghua wrong. “Ronghua, what did you say? Reshaping?” asked Xia Pumo.

Ronghua did not turn back. She was still looking at Xu Chao, who was constantly retreating in the face of Ronghua’s attack. “I have to do that. The imperial clan of Zither is now useless to me. I will be in big trouble if I’m caught by accomplished cultivators here in the Realm of Humans when I am forging my army here. So I have to isolate the imperial clan of Zither from the rest of the world completely to carry out my plan,” said Ronghua.

“But why now?” asked Xia Pumo. “Why is she reshaping the imperial clan of Zither now? She had plenty of chances before,” wondered Xia Pumo.

Ronghua raised the corners of her mouths slightly and said, “Mo, I think you have already figured that out. Am I right?”

Ronghua, “Any actions or changes come with a price. You cannot take things for granted. So we need to change ourselves when it comes to that. Now, the price of reshaping is destruction.”

Xia Pumo staggered and said, “Ronghua, are you using them to....”

“You are right!” said Ronghua. She did not mince her words and continued. “The imperial clan of Zither cannot stay in this place for long. I knew that the end of the clan was coming. If the clan cannot change now, its long-lasting heritage could be destroyed for good. So the only way out is to reshape everything. We will make a sacrifice to attract all the qi in the realm to change the name and the owner of this place so that the accomplished cultivators would think that the imperial clan of Zither is destroyed,” said Ronghua.

“But why are we adopting this method?” asked Xia Pumo confusedly. “Why do we have to change the name and the owner of this place?” wondered Xia Pumo. Ronghua walked to him and said, “Mo, sometimes you could feel that letting the others sacrifice for your cause is against your principles. I understand that’s brutal to you. But I simply cannot feel anything because nothing matters to me anymore. I know that you wish that we don’t have to do this. But you would otherwise lose not only your kindness but also everything you’ve got.”

“Mo, this is a principal. Accept it if you cannot change it! Maybe humans don’t have such a concept. But in our world, such thinking is very common. That is, if an end is inevitable, then burn everything and enter nirvana like a Phoenix so that you could relive your life!” said Murong Zhe.

Xia Pumo was struggling. “Am I really doing the right thing? But if we do nothing, the imperial clan of Zither could really be destroyed due to my inaction,” thought Xia Pumo.

“... Let’s do it!” said Xia Pumo. He could not believe that he was brave enough to say that, but he finally did manage to say it.

Ronghua then could perform her spell without any worries. “Oh, by the way, you should go and save your brother. That Yang Quan was about to have sex with him,” reminded Ronghua.

Upon hearing that, Xia Pumo was reminded of the way how Yang Quan talked to and looked at his brother. Xia Pumo was shocked and rushed to save his brother. Ronghua stopped him and said, “Hey, Mo! Take this with you!”

Ronghua threw out a zither to him. Xia Pumo took that zither and realized that it was stringless. “Is it...” wondered Xia Pumo.

“I think this zither fits you well,” said Ronghua.

Murong Zhe, “...Ronghua! Why are you so mean! Could anyone play a stringless zither?”

Ronghua snapped her fingers and said, “Just because you cannot do it does not mean it’s impossible!”

Murong Zhe, “....” “Is she underestimating me?” wondered Murong Zhe.

Rongnuan was standing behind them. He then quietly left when Ronghua was occupied with other things.

But Ronghua did notice Rongnuan was leaving. She did not stop him, nor did she reject his decision. “If he has got things to do, then go and have it done!” thought Ronghua.

Murong Zhe thought about something and asked, “When the Ice Lotus of the Heart’s Blood is activated, anyone here who cannot escape it will be killed. Is that right?”

“Have you ever wondered about why I am doing this?” asked Ronghua suddenly, “Why do I choose to do that here now? Have you ever thought about that?” Murong Zhe smiled coldly and said, “You are doing it here because Mo is here, so I will be here for sure. You are using Mo to make sure that I will show up to help you with your plan.”

“Oh, you are not stupid!” said Ronghua. She rarely praised Murong Zhe. “But I guess you are going to say that you don’t care about what I am doing as long as I don’t hurt Mo and the people he cares about. Is that right?” asked Ronghua.

Ronghua continued to ask, “Including you?”

Murong Zhe was stunned. “Ah! Of course, that includes me! I am the most important person to Mo!” said Murong Zhe.

“So, you are afraid of death?” asked Ronghua.

Murong Zhe, “....” “I should stop saying anything with her now! Otherwise, I will kill myself!” thought Murong Zhe.

“So who will be the owner of the imperial clan of Zither by then? Mo and his brother surely cannot lead the clan anymore,” said Murong Zhe.

“The clan will belong to the revolutionist!” said Ronghua.

Murong Zhe was stunned by Ronghua’s remark and was afraid of Ronghua. “Is she going to command Mo and his brother as the owner of the imperial clan of Zither?” wondered Murong Zhe.

“What are you thinking?” said Ronghua, in an attempt to bring him back to reality, as she knew that Murong Zhe was brainless. “You are a revolutionist too! You stupid!” said Ronghua.

Murong Zhe was suddenly reminded of that. “So I will be the new patriarch of the imperial clan of Zither!” thought Murong Zhe.

Upon realizing the preparation was almost done, Ronghua started. She opened her eyes and looked ahead with her golden eyes. “Under the name of Yi Laizhe, while holding The Ice Lotus of the Heart’s Blood, I am hereby making a request to change a name! That change will be heeded by all beings in all realms. And now, this place shall be renamed!” chanted Ronghua.

The giant magic field was initiated. Everybody in the imperial clan of Zither noticed that something was started. Though they had no idea what Ronghua said, they did know that was not something good.

Within expectations, a wave of cold current started to spread out from Ronghua in the next second, freezing everything upon contact. Some people who were too slow to dodge that current was frozen. Upon seeing that, Xu Chao soon left. “I knew that this woman never stops being crazy! This cold current was definitely not within my plan and very strange indeed. She must have done something!” thought Xu Chao. “Ronghua, I will kill you the next time I see you!” said Xu Chao.

In a room, Yang Quan had unclothed Xia Puyang. But before he could do anything else, a person barged worriedly and said, “Patriarch! Something is wrong!”

Yang Quan was angered as he was interrupted before he could do anything. He threw a vase against the wall and said, “What?! I am doing real business here! Just get out of here at once!”

Though he had angered the patriarch, the spoiler had to continue his report. “Patriarch, something is wrong out there! A wave of cold current is coming. It will freeze everything upon contact. People are killed!” said that person.

“That’s bullshit!” said Yang Quan. Yang Quan then held that person by his neck before putting on his clothes. “What did you say?” scolded Yang Quan.

Though that person was feeling breathless, he continued to report, “Patriarch, a strange wave of cold current started blowing from nowhere. The air was almost frozen! Patriarch, we should leave here at once before it’s too late!”