“Peak Master Lu, please, don’t kill Ancestor!” Yao Liuli’s eyes were red, tears streaming down her cheeks.
Thud! Beside her, Ye Changfeng also fell to his knees. “Peak Master Lu! We beg you!”
Yao Liuli grabbed Ye Chen’s hand. “Chen’er, please, beg Peak Master Lu for me. Ancestor absolutely had no part in this.”
Tears flowed, warm against Ye Chen’s hand. “Chen’er, I’m only asking you for one thing! Just one thing in this entire life!”
Ye Chen felt the warmth, a sigh escaping him as he looked at Lu Xuan, a bitter smile on his face. “Master…”
Lu Xuan’s face remained utterly calm, unperturbed. Yet, the lingering power of his palm strike hung above Ancestor Yao Chen’s head like a vast, suspended ocean, neither dissipating nor falling.
Ancestor Yao Chen’s face was slick with cold sweat. A new lease on life, but a precarious one.
Lu Xuan looked at Ancestor Yao Chen. “I’ll give you a chance.”
Ancestor Yao Chen’s expression shifted. He immediately understood what the White Robe Supreme meant. The White Robe Supreme wanted to see how he would handle the conflict between the Saint Son’s Lineage and the Saint Daughter’s Lineage! If he failed, he would still die!
Ancestor Yao Chen felt his scalp tingle. Never in his life had he faced such a life-and-death crisis, yet now he walked on thin ice, his heart pounding with fear. He hadn’t expected his passive allowance of the internal struggle to lead to this.
He glanced at the members of the Saint Son’s Lineage, who still held many elders and disciples of the Saint Daughter’s Lineage captive. “Release them!” he commanded coldly.
At his words, the Saint Daughter’s Lineage members were freed.
Just then, a grey-robed Old Ancestor from the Saint Son’s Lineage offered a bitter smile. “Ancestor, Ye Chen is the son of Saint Daughter Yao Liuli, and also the disciple of the White Robe Supreme. Ye Chen’s talent is heaven-defying. How could our Yao Family possibly attack Yao Liuli? It was always Yao Feng Old Ancestor who instructed us…”
“Silence!” Ancestor Yao Chen roared suddenly. Boom! A terrifying divine radiance erupted from his sleeve, directly striking the speaking grey-robed Old Ancestor, instantly sending him flying several thousand zhang. Utterly suppressed!
Seeing this, the hearts of the Saint Son’s Lineage members sank.
Having done this, Ancestor Yao Chen immediately turned and bowed respectfully to Lu Xuan. “White Robe Supreme, how should I address you? I failed to recognize your eminence…”
Before he could finish, Lu Xuan said indifferently, “I told you to handle it, not to dawdle. Say one more word, and you die!”
Hearing this, Ancestor Yao Chen immediately spun around, terrified. This White Robe Supreme was too terrifying! The pressure on him was immense! He had just tried to curry favor with the White Robe Supreme, only to be ruthlessly rejected. The man simply didn’t want to bother with him. He realized he was alive and given this chance not because of Yao Liuli or the Yao Family, but because of Ye Chen.
With this thought, Ancestor Yao Chen flicked his sleeve, and an overwhelmingly terrifying pressure enveloped all the members of the Saint Son’s Lineage. “Kneel!” A thunderous roar echoed through the air. Instantly, everyone knelt, like a surging tide. Thud! Thud!
Ancestor Yao Chen pointed at Ye Chen. “Confess your sins and apologize!”
Immediately, their voices trembling, they apologized to Ye Chen. “Young Friend Ye Chen…”
Ye Chen simply closed his eyes. “I refuse.”
Ancestor Yao Chen called out again, “Young Friend Ye Chen, you see…”
Ye Chen remained silent.
Yao Liuli paused, then reached for Ye Chen’s arm.
“Ancestor…” the Saint Son’s Lineage members cried out bitterly.
Lu Xuan suddenly flicked his sleeve. Countless plants and trees within the Yao Family territory instantly ripped from the ground, transforming into innumerable tendrils that shot towards the Saint Son’s Lineage. Swish! Swish! Swish! Each tendril erupted with terrifying killing intent. Wherever they passed, the Saint Son’s Lineage was slaughtered! All instantly killed! All turned to dust, absorbed by the plants!
The members of the other Yao Family lineages felt a chill in their hearts. Terrifying! So many people from the Saint Son’s Lineage, all dead, turned into nutrients for spiritual herbs!
Ancestor Yao Chen stood frozen, his face contorting. He realized he had made a terrible miscalculation. He had initially hoped to use his connection to Ye Chen to secure a lifeline for the Saint Son’s Lineage. But he had forgotten one crucial thing: Ye Chen held no affection for the Yao Family.
Lu Xuan looked at Ancestor Yao Chen indifferently. “I gave you a chance.”
Cold sweat poured down Ancestor Yao Chen’s face as he looked at Lu Xuan. “White Robe Supreme, I…”
Whoosh! Lu Xuan waved his hand, and a divine radiance instantly slammed down towards Ancestor Yao Chen!
Yao Liuli’s face paled, and she screamed, “Ah!!”
“No! No…”
“White Robe Supreme, please, give me another chance!”
Tears of regret streamed down Ancestor Yao Chen’s face. He deeply regretted his greed in trying to appeal to Ye Chen again! He was filled with remorse!
Boom! Ancestor Yao Chen’s body exploded into countless fragments. Dead! The Yao Family Ancestor was dead!!
Everyone in the Yao Family was stunned. The Ancestor had just emerged, only to die so swiftly…
Lu Xuan’s gaze swept across the Yao Family. “From now on, Ye Chen is the Head of the Yao Family, assisted by Yao Yan. Who agrees? Who objects?”
At his words, everyone looked at Ye Chen. At this point, who dared to object?
Yao Liuli’s body trembled slightly. Peak Master Lu didn’t pass the position of Yao Family Head to me, she thought. But she also felt a sense of release. She wasn’t worthy. Perhaps she would have led the Yao Family to ruin!
Just then, Yao Qingfeng Old Ancestor of the Saint Daughter’s Lineage was the first to respectfully bow to Ye Chen. “We welcome our Yao Family Head!”
All the Yao Family members, including Yao Liuli, shouted loudly. “We welcome our Yao Family Head!”
Lu Xuan waved his hand. “Enough with the pleasantries. All of you, swear a Heavenly Dao Oath. From now on, anyone who defies Ye Chen dies! Yao Yan will assist Ye Chen.”
Everyone had no choice but to swear the Heavenly Dao Oath.
Just then, Yao Qingfeng Old Ancestor suddenly asked, “White Robe Supreme, how is Yao Yan doing now?”
Lu Xuan said indifferently, “He’s doing very well.”
Just then, Boom! Crack! The void tore, space twisted! An ancient Spirit Boat shot out from the spatial rift, and Yao Yan anxiously scanned the Yao Family territory. Immediately, his face lit up with excitement. He saw Lu Xuan’s figure. “Peak Master Lu!” Yao Yan cried out, incredibly emotional.
The Yao Family members looked at Yao Yan’s unfamiliar face and asked, “Fellow Daoist, who are you?”
Yao Yan loudly declared, “I am Yao Yan!” He then recounted his experiences of the past seventeen years to the Yao Family members.
Everyone was stunned. There is a fixed destiny in the unseen! Who would have thought that Ye Chen was saved by Xuanji Holy Lord! And Xuanji Holy Lord was Lu Xuan’s disciple! The only imperfect part was that the Saint Son’s Lineage were a bunch of idiots.
Just then, Ji Fuyao smiled sweetly, coming to Lu Xuan’s side. “Master, are you hungry? Shall we eat first?”
Lu Xuan rubbed his stomach. “Cook.”
Instantly, Ye Chen and Ji Fuyao descended, began preparing food.
Yao Qingfeng Old Ancestor looked confused. What’s happening? Does a Quasi-Dao Supreme still need to eat?
On the edge of Yaozhou, two grey-robed elders from the Supreme Profound Sect were traversing the void. The one leading them was Fire Ye Old Ancestor. He frowned slightly. “I hope the Yao Family hasn’t killed Ye Chen yet. Ye Chen is crucial for our sect’s Saint Daughter to break through to Supreme by Severing Emotions. Without him, a mere Qin Wang cannot Sever Emotions.”
Another Old Ancestor sighed. “Alas, if the Southern Wilds knew about the Saint Daughter and Qin Wang’s affairs, it would surely become a laughingstock.”