The middle-aged woman was naturally the saintess of the Haoran Sword Clan, Xia Xishuang's master.
Now that her disciple was in trouble, of course she wouldn't be able to sit back and do nothing.
Even if she was ruthless, her superiors wouldn't allow it.
Her disciple was an innate golden spirit body who was a natural-born sword cultivator. If nothing went wrong, she should be able to take over as the clan master of the Haoran Sword Clan and become a hegemon of the human race.
Although she was also an innate spirit body, she was an innate wood spirit body. In the eyes of those old guys, she was far less important than her disciple.
However, she was aloof in nature, and did not bother to compete with her disciple.
According to her original plan, her disciple would understand the importance of having great strength and realize her previous mistakes. She would then forget about romance and go back with her to cultivate well.