Chapter 13

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Chapter 13: The Token Lord Can Also Crush You

It must be understood that in both righteous and demonic paths, hierarchy must be respected—especially reverence for one’s Sect and teachers!

Lei Zhengfeng had blatantly ignored the highest-ranking Ancestor’s Token and failed to pay proper respects first. This was grave disrespect!

At best, it was recklessness; at worst, it was Betraying the Sect and Ancestor! Such an offense alone warranted punishment by the flaming and watery great rods!

Elsewhere, Lei Zhengfeng might have bullied his way out, but this was the Ancestral Hall, surrounded by tens of thousands of disciples. Even he dared not openly defy such accusations here.

Forced into submission, he knelt with three bows and nine kowtows, gritting through humiliation: "Lei Zhengfeng pays homage to the ancestors!"

Fang Lie relished the sight of a thousand-year-old Thunder Tribulation Immortal groveling before him.

Lei Zhengfeng, however, burned with shame. Bowing to a mere Qi Sea-level outer disciple before countless onlookers nearly choked him with rage.

The moment the rites ended, Lei Zhengfeng sprang up, roaring: "Fang Lie! Why did you brutalize East Kunlun’s Dao friends? Do you grasp the consequences? Explain yourself now, or suffer!"

"Tian Jianzi framed innocents and slaughtered mortals—irrefutable evidence condemns him!" Fang Lie retorted coldly. "By what right do you interfere? After surviving the Cycle of Fire, I hold authority as Benevolence Token Lord to judge this case!"

"You brat! Your jurisdiction covers only Mo Sect disciples, not Tao Sect members!" Lei Zhengfeng thundered. "As Brave Token Lord, I revoke your Benevolence Token! Hand it over!"

He stretched out his hand, smugly awaiting compliance. Without the token’s protection, a mere outer disciple would crumble.

Yet Fang Lie scoffed: "A Brave Token Lord stripping my Benevolence Token? Since when do Mo Sect Rules permit such insubordination?"

"Fool! Strength dictates authority! Ants like you deserve no stage!" Lei Zhengfeng’s hand morphed into a Thunderbolt claw, lunging at Fang Lie.

As one of Mo Sect’s five Token Lords, Lei Zhengfeng wielded privileges to command Law Enforcement Heavenly Soldiers and act freely in the Ancestral Hall. Though the Benevolence Token was powerful, Fang Lie’s Qi Sea-level cultivation couldn’t activate it fully. To Lei Zhengfeng, this should’ve been effortless.

But his thunderous grasp disintegrated mid-air. An invisible force suppressed his cultivation—a power only the Ancestral Hall possessed.

"Why?!" Lei Zhengfeng bellowed. "I’m a Token Lord! The Hall shouldn’t restrain me!"

"Normally, yes," Fang Lie sneered. "But attacking the Benevolence Token Lord changes everything. By my authority, I strip you of the Brave Token!"

Lei Zhengfeng laughed mockingly: "Naive child! Removing a Token Lord requires three others’ consent! You hold but one token!"

A brilliant light erupted above him. The Brave Token materialized—identical to the Benevolence Token save for its character. It saluted the Benevolence Token before vanishing into the void.

Lei Zhengfeng’s blood sprayed from his seven orifices as he collapsed, howling. The Brave Token, refined as his life treasure, had torn away his Soul Imprint, crippling his primordial spirit.

Gasps filled the hall. Even the three Token Lords in the Secret Realm gaped in shock.

"How?!" sputtered Huo Wufang. "Three tokens are needed to depose a Lord!"

"The Benevolence Token holds supreme authority," the Mo Sect Leader sighed. "We’ve not just gained a superior—we’ve inherited a patriarch."

Zhou Zhengqing, Ancestral Hall Leader, stroked his goat beard calmly: "Not quite. The token acts only with just cause. Lei Zhengfeng’s attack constituted Betraying the Sect and Ancestor. Stay cautious, and the boy can’t touch us."

Huo Wufang grimaced: "Still, he lords over us with that token!"

"Not if he remains an outer disciple," Zhou Zhengqing countered. "Sect Rules deny him full authority until he enters the inner gate. Given his feud with the Eight-Hundred-Generation Families, survival is unlikely."

Huo Wufang shuddered, envisioning the Families’ ruthlessness. Meanwhile, Fang Lie delivered judgment:

"Lei Zhengfeng, for insubordination and Betraying the Sect and Ancestor, your cultivation is revoked. Eternal imprisonment in the ice caves—this decree is final!"

Law Enforcement Heavenly Soldiers seized the disgraced Lord, shattering his meridians and dantian. Lei Zhengfeng, ever defiant, spat bloodied curses:

"Brat! My millennia of service outweigh your whims! Your tyranny will destroy Mo Sect! YOU are the traitor!"