The sword seller, dressed in red, deserves applause for the prankster.

Wenren Yin was gagged and unable to speak, but his eyes were bloodshot with rage. He tried to struggle, but the power of the Judgment Bell belonged to the rules.

No matter how strong he is, as long as he is under this sky, he must obey the rules!

At this moment, Chi Miao smiled and gently raised a finger.

Suddenly.

All the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples present were overflowing with demonic energy and trying to escape in all directions, but Chi Miao restrained them all.

She said, "You are free."

The disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect looked at each other in disbelief, as if they had just woken up from a dream.

On the surface, nothing seemed to have changed, but they could strongly feel that their bodies felt much more comfortable, and most importantly...

That eerie feeling of having one's soul bound is gone forever.

The disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect gasped for breath, hugged each other's heads, and burst into tears.

"We're free! We're free!!"

"Chi Miao actually did it! We really did it! I'm so glad we believed Chi Miao! Ahhhhh! We're free!!"

Feng Yan looked at Chi Miao: "Thank you!"

Chi Miao was both amused and exasperated: "Everything I promised was something I was capable of doing."

Although she sometimes takes risks, she never fights a battle unprepared.

Even when taking risks, she always leaves herself some room for maneuver.

The disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect wept uncontrollably.

The others also gasped in shock.

"Such a large amount of demonic energy... how long has it been accumulating? Can an ordinary demon really do this?!"

"I can't imagine what kind of deal Wenren Yin made with the Demon Clan! How much information has he leaked behind the scenes?!"

For a time, everyone felt insecure and terrified.

The trial bell is about to ring out the judgment, ending the trial and announcing the result.

But at that moment, Chi Miao spoke up: "Wait a minute. As the presiding judge, the trial is not over until I end it."

Master Puning, standing to the side, raised an eyebrow: "Wenren Yin's collusion with the Demon Clan is already a done deal, so why are you obstructing the Judgment Bell's judgment?"

Since things have come to this point, there's really no need for a trial bell.

Anyone can see that.

Even if Judgment Bell hadn't killed Wenren Yin, the people from the ten major sects wouldn't have let him go.

after all……

This matter is of great importance and will have a significant impact. Colluding with the enemy demon race... could very well bring about the annihilation of the human race!

Chi Miao smiled and shook his head: "Treason with the Demon Clan is indeed a certainty, a crime for the judgment of the world, but Chi Miao is not a magnanimous person..."

"I am narrow-minded. I will not only judge his crimes for the sake of the world, but also for the sake of Nine Swords Mountain! For the sake of my Thunder Punishment Peak!"

"I'm afraid... I'm afraid that putting him to trial now would be too lenient!"

"I request a trial assembly, firstly, to ensure fairness and justice, so that this trial will be convincing to the world and to remember the fate of traitors! Secondly... I want him to pay the punishment he deserves, and only the trial bell can deliver that!"

"It would be a waste for someone at the Tribulation Transcending stage to die in vain. My Nine Swords Mountain has been nourishing the Sorrowful Sword for many years, and its foundation has been damaged. Let his body and soul fill this gap for my Nine Swords Mountain!"

Chi Miao spoke each word with great emphasis, clearly imbued with strong personal emotions.

But she didn't intend to hide it, because she wanted to use this opportunity to establish her authority!

She is not magnanimous; anyone who offends her or her sect will be punished!

If anyone is foolish enough to do this in the future, they'd better think twice before they do it!

But... the conditions she proposed were astonishing, leaving my mind blank for a moment.

The power of a Tribulation Transcending stage cultivator is indeed wasted if they perish, but if their decomposition is used as nourishment, it would be enough to change a region!

Not to mention that Nine Swords Mountain was originally the site chosen by the ten major sects. Although it can no longer be considered a top-tier treasure land, it is still quite considerable.

Even a piece of wasteland can become a feng shui treasure land if it receives nourishment from the Tribulation Transcending Stage!

Dissecting the Tribulation Transcending Stage—only the Judgment Bell can do that!

But once that's done, that piece of land in Nine Swords Mountain... will truly become the number one treasure land in the world!

It would have been better if Chi Miao hadn't mentioned it, but once he did... everyone knew this was a huge pie, a massive allocation of resources! Resources that could change the internal rankings of the entire top ten sects!

The Trial Bell represents the fairness, justice, and righteousness of Miaohua Continent, and will absolutely not agree to such absurd and unreasonable demands!

However, at this very moment...

The judgment bell tolled: "What are the reasons?"

"This matter is of great importance and has a huge impact. Even if I agree to decompose Wenren Yin to nourish Miaohua Continent, the entire Miaohua Continent should benefit, not just Jiujian Mountain."

"You should be more aware than I am of the pros and cons of making this request."

Everyone was shocked!

"Judge Zhong... didn't directly reject Chi Miao's request?"

The fact that it wasn't rejected means that negotiations are possible, but Chi Miao needs to provide sufficient reasons to persuade Judge Zhong.

The Judgment Bell is a divine artifact, a creation of heaven and earth, not an instrument possessed by any person. From its inception, it has been synonymous with fairness and justice.

In other words, the Judgment Bell can be seen as the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao overseeing extremely important events for the human race.

For Chi Miao to try to profit from Zhong's trial is tantamount to gambling with the heavens!

In the past, they wouldn't have dared to even think about such a thing!

That's the Tribulation Transcending stage! What kind of rare and precious treasures could compare to those at the Tribulation Transcending stage?!

Chi Miao spoke up: "My reason is that Miaohua Continent, the Heavenly Sword Sect, Wenren Yin... everyone here owes Nine Swords Mountain something!"

"As everyone knows! Immortal Tianbei is currently the only known immortal to have achieved immortality! He possesses the secret to ascension! And everything he left behind after his ascension is in Tianbei Cave! The cave must be opened with his sword, the Weeping Sword!"

"However, the Sorrowful Sword has been unable to recognize a master since the Celestial Sorrowful Immortal ascended to heaven, and it has even struggled to maintain its spirituality! It was only through the combined efforts of our Nine Swords Mountain that it has survived to this day, preventing the secret of immortality from being sealed away!"

"And the spiritual power of my Nine Swords Mountain plummeted, and for hundreds of years thereafter it never rose again, barely surviving, suffering cold stares and humiliation!"

"This is one of the problems! Miaohua Continent owes it!"

The moment the girl uttered those words, the entire room fell silent; not a single person spoke.

Then, Chi Miao continued:

"The Heavenly Sword Sect has humiliated and insulted Nine Swords Mountain, and has even attacked our Nine Swords Mountain disciples openly and secretly on multiple occasions! The cultivation environment of our Nine Swords Mountain disciples is not as good as that of the other sects, and many of our disciples have suffered at their hands!"

"Not long ago, Wenren Xiao, the sect leader of the Heavenly Sword Sect, even risked his life despite being at the Great Ascension stage! If it weren't for my life-saving spiritual artifact, I would have perished!"

"This is the second point! It's something the Heavenly Sword Sect owes!"

At this point, no one else had anything to say.

Although these things weren't made public, everyone knew about them, and since it didn't concern them, they just turned a blind eye.

Indeed, many disciples of Nine Swords Mountain died at the hands of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

The fact that these two sects are sworn enemies is no secret.

Chi Miao: "Up to this point, everyone already knows the situation."

"But there are still some things... hidden in the gutter. If it weren't for today's opportunity, I'd probably be in hell with Wenren Yin, never to be revealed again!"

"Everyone, do you remember... my master, Yan Ge, who died once?"

Upon hearing this, everyone turned pale.