"Yuan Shengyuan!"
The patriarch of the Eastern Temple, clutching his chest, slowly flew up from the enormous crater, a trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth. Clearly, the lightning bolt had injured him.
Not far away, a figure landed. This person had white hair and beard, wore a white robe, and had eyes as deep as the sea, seemingly transcending the mortal world. Unfortunately, his face was now gloomy. An exceptionally terrifying aura erupted from his body as he spoke in an angry tone: "Dongji, you, a mere Quasi-Emperor Level 1 cultivator, dare to hold my clan hostage to threaten my clan's divine son?"
Because of the arrival of the Nine Ancestors of the Yuan Clan and their injury to the Ancestor of the Eastern Divine Palace, the spatial solidification for everyone present was lifted. Looking at the terrifyingly powerful Nine Ancestors of the Yuan Clan, everyone was still shaken, exclaiming, "We never expected that the Yuan Clan's Divine Child would have the Nine Ancestors protecting him. This shows how much the Yuan Clan values this Divine Child."
The Nine Ancestors of the Yuan Clan! Supreme powerhouses from countless eras ago. Once, during a certain era, a member of the Yuan Clan, while traveling, mistakenly entered the Netherworld, one of the forbidden zones of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. This place was forbidden to anyone other than them; anyone who entered would be killed without mercy. The Yuan Clan member, after identifying themselves and explaining that they had mistakenly entered, was ignored by the powerful figures of the Netherworld and instantly killed. The soul fire stored in the Yuan Clan's Spirit Hall suddenly went out. The soul fire is the life imprint of every individual; its extinguishing signifies death. The elders guarding the Spirit Hall, sensing something amiss, reported the incident. The Yuan Clan was enraged and immediately launched an investigation, discovering that the Netherworld was responsible. They then dispatched ten Supreme Elders, including the Nine Ancestors, along with one hundred other elders, to directly attack the Netherworld. A great battle ensued for over a month.
The Netherworld suffered heavy losses. The Lord of the Netherworld was seriously injured, and 70% of the Supreme Elders died. 90% of the Elders were also lost, and the disciples of the Netherworld were nearly wiped out. On the Yuan Clan's side, the Nine Ancestors only suffered minor injuries. Of the Supreme Elders, three were seriously injured, while the others were mostly unharmed. The condition of the other elders was perhaps slightly worse, with three dead and seven wounded.
Finally, the Lord of the Underworld said to the Nine Ancestors of the Yuan Clan, "If you continue to push people too far, I will prepare for extreme sublimation and restore the power of the Great Emperor."
Many Great Emperors, unwilling to pass away peacefully in their later years, would, as their lifespan neared its end, sever their own seal, forcibly breaking free from the Heavenly Dao Mark (a necessary element for becoming a Great Emperor). This would cause their cultivation to drop from Great Emperor to the peak of Quasi-Emperor. Such individuals were later known as Ancient Emperors. They would then enter the Ten Realms, either causing chaos and massacring people in their star regions to absorb their life essence, or entering a deep slumber at the Source of Life. In short, they would wait for the path to immortality to open, then enter the Immortal Realm to attain longevity. Although their cultivation plummeted due to this self-severance, when faced with imminent death, they would also break the seal and regain their Great Emperor cultivation—a process known as extreme sublimation.
However, extreme sublimation comes at a price. First, it only lasts for five minutes, and second, death will occur after five minutes. Therefore, they generally do not undergo extreme sublimation unless their lives are in danger.
The fact that the Nine Ancestors of the Yuan Clan had almost forced the Lord of the Netherworld to achieve a near-ultimate sublimation demonstrates the unparalleled and terrifying strength of the Nine Ancestors. Afterwards, the Nine Ancestors of the Yuan Clan led the Yuan Clan members away from the Netherworld in a grand manner, leaving behind the Lord of the Netherworld, who roared in fury, his voice echoing through the heavens, and corpses strewn across the ground.
This battle against the Yuan Clan revealed their strength and power to the world. The Yuan Clan's Ninth Ancestor was also declared the strongest being below the Great Emperor, a truly terrifying existence in an era without a Great Emperor. From then on, very few people in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths dared to provoke the Yuan Clan.
But the patriarch of the Eastern Divine Palace actually dared to use the Yuan Clan as bargaining chips to threaten Yuan Zhexian. The Yuan Clan patriarch must be furious.
"I only wish to invite the Yuan Clan's divine son to visit my temple; I have no other intentions," the patriarch of the Eastern Divine Temple said, forcing himself to speak.
"A guest?" The Ninth Ancestor of the Yuan Clan frowned slightly. "Stop making excuses. Do you think I don't know your little schemes? Since you dare to injure my clansmen and threaten my clan's divine son, then you should be prepared for your demise."
"Alright, please get going."
After speaking, the Ninth Ancestor's aura surged, and he stretched out his right hand, grasping at the void around the Eastern Divine Temple Ancestor. A giant white energy hand, about the size of a person, appeared in the void and gripped the Eastern Divine Temple Ancestor's entire body. At this moment, the Eastern Divine Temple Ancestor was filled with terror, his eyes bloodshot. He tried to struggle, but the energy of the white giant hand was too terrifying; the moment it gripped him, he was completely bound and powerless to break free. Then, the Divine Temple Ancestor weakly cried out to the sky, "Save...save...save me."
The Yuan Clan's Ninth Ancestor gave the Eastern Divine Temple's patriarch no further chance to speak, and clenched his outstretched right hand tightly.
*Splat.* Blood splattered everywhere, turning into a rain of blood.
Dead. Dead. The expressions of everyone present changed drastically. Just a moment ago, the patriarch of the Eastern Divine Palace was the only one who reigned supreme in the nine heavens and ten earths. The next second, he was directly suppressed and killed by the nine ancestors of the Yuan Clan.
The Ninth Ancestor of the Yuan Clan was far too powerful; he was a quasi-Emperor! Yet, he was crushed like a chick by the Ninth Ancestor of the Yuan Clan. He was instantly killed in one move; this was terrifying! Everyone stared wide-eyed, not daring to breathe, at the Ninth Ancestor of the Yuan Clan.
The matter here had just ended when Yuan Zhexian was also sent out by the Eternal Ranking. Arriving at the Yuan Clan's gathering place, he looked at the terrified crowd and asked in bewilderment, "What's going on? What's this? Even though I got first place, you don't need to be like this. Sigh, basic stuff, don't be ridiculous."
Then he turned around and saw the Ninth Ancestor of the Yuan Clan behind him, and bowed slightly, saying, "Ninth Ancestor, what brings you here?"
Looking at the incredibly talented Yuan Zhexian before him, the Ninth Ancestor of the Yuan Clan smiled broadly and said, "Our clan's divine son is one in ten thousand ages, number one on the Eternal Ranking. Such a heaven-defying prodigy, whose fame resounds throughout the nine heavens and ten earths, I naturally had to personally come to bring you back to the clan. The clan was also afraid that you would encounter some petty villains, so I came in person. Fortunately, I arrived in time. Look! That person from the Eastern Divine Palace tried to threaten you with members of the clan, but I suppressed and killed him."
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