The Sect Master was filled with regret. Not only had she put her position into jeopardy, but she had also committed a grave mistake.
She had forgotten the fundamental truth of the world.
Power was everything.
As a person that managed to win against thousands of other Ancestral Gods in the political battle, she wasn't a stupid or ignorant person.
She wasn't like Nira, the former Sect Master of the Nine Elements Sect.
She recognized when she made a mistake, and she had fully realized that she had handled this situation incorrectly.
The correct way would have been to acknowledge Orpheus' power and tell him that the competition was over and that the Myriad Sect could join the Eternal Fire Sect.
'I can't forget that fundamental truth again!' she thought to herself with determination. 'I've been so embroiled in these political battles that I forgot how it is to be a Cultivator in the wild.'