Wu Qiming was originally a minor official of the previous dynasty, who later joined a cult and, after mastering spells, killed his master and harmed his fellow disciples. Fearing retaliation, he fled in one breath to the farthest reaches of the East Sea.
He proclaimed himself Sect Hierarch with disciples not addressing each other as master and student, but as three Envoys, four Protectors, and a host of Altar Masters and cult followers.
The one spouting grandiose nonsense to Geng Kun now was his Divine Wind Envoy, Xiang Ji.
Geng Kun was infuriated by his offensive words, struggling to contain his rage, he bellowed at his subordinates, "What are you all dawdling for? Go and grind them to dust and scatter their ashes now!"