Elected Head
In the Matriarch's hall in the Black Paradise sect, the Matriarch was sitting across a much older woman drinking tea while playing a game of Go (Chinese chess).
If Xiao Kong was here, he'd recognize her as the woman that threatened him in the royal court (Chapter 78), but to the Matriarch of the Black Paradise sect she was Quan LiuXian, the Elected Head of the Province.
Although she was elected, it almost always came down to strength. This woman was actually the most powerful cultivator in the entire province. Much older and far stronger than even the Matriarch of the Black Paradise sect.
Even Though Xiao Kong had completely suppressed her with a single glance in the royal court, that didn't make her look weak in the eyes of the crowd because they knew how terrifyingly strong she was. The only thing they learned from that exchange was that the rumors were true, Xiao Kong was a monster, a God amongst men, and he was in a realm no one could even fathom.
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