Generally speaking, this freedom to act was the highest privilege available only to Broad Creed Mountain's First Seat Elders.
Strictly speaking, some First Seat Elders didn't even have such a privilege, or rather only possessed it in some domains or some specific places.
For example, in the East Heaven Region, the East Elder possessed such a privilege, but outside of the East Heaven Region, he longer possessed it.
In Broad Creed Mountain's history, there had yet to appear a First Seat Elder who was still a Martial Scholar. Therefore, there naturally hadn't been a Martial Scholar who had obtained such a privilege.
Yan Zhaoge could be considered unprecedented in this area.
This was his reward for having successfully broken the Devilish Domain Grand Formation, preventing the Nine Underworlds from descending.
From a certain perspective, this reward was not because Yan Zhaoge was a younger generation disciple, nor was it because of his outstanding talent in the martial dao.