“You, you… I know who you are! You are Ancestor Dao Yi!”
Lu Xuan simply smiled. It was clear just how immensely powerful Ancestor Dao Yi had been in his era, his influence still echoing through the ages.
Above the ancestral land, the assembled Old Ancestors of the Sikong Family turned to Sikong Zhen. “Should we… summon the Progenitor?”
Sikong Zhen nodded, his eyes grim. “Summon the Progenitor!”
Moments later, several Old Ancestors produced fragments of jade. As these shattered pieces were brought together, they erupted with a blinding Heaven-reaching Divine Radiance. A torrent of Heaven-reaching Power surged forth, drawing strength directly from the ancestral land itself.
All observers were stunned. The Sikong Family’s ancestral land was not merely territory; it was a formidable spiritual artifact, brimming with Heaven-reaching Power, solely meant to facilitate the descent of their Supreme Progenitor.
In an instant, an imposing figure materialized in the void—a middle-aged man in grey robes, his presence dignified as he surveyed the world below. “Why have you summoned me?” he asked, his voice calm yet resonant.
Sikong Zhen quickly explained, “Ancestor Dao Yi is invading our Sikong Family!”
The grey-robed man’s expression turned frigid. Heaven-reaching Power coalesced in his hand as he unleashed a strike directly at Lu Xuan. “Dao Yi, prepare to die!”
The grey-robed man, a projection of the Supreme Progenitor, also activated the Divine Radiance Imperial Heaven Art. His power far surpassed that of Sikong Zhen, infused with dense Rule Power. As he attacked, his gaze fell upon Xuanji Holy Lord. “Xuanji Holy Lord, it’s been a long time.”
Xuanji Holy Lord remained silent, her eyes devoid of ripples, not even bothering to lift her head. This blatant disregard seemed to sting the grey-robed man.
Sikong Zhen’s heart tightened, and he sighed inwardly. There was nothing to be done. Xuanji Holy Lord was the White Moonlight, the unattainable ideal, in the hearts of countless magnates across the Five Domains. It had always been so. Capturing her heart was an impossible feat. Yet, the more elusive she was, the more captivated these magnates became.
“Boom!”
With a raised hand, the grey-robed man drew nearly half the ancestral land’s stored power, transforming it into a colossal Heaven-reaching Long Sword, vast as an ocean. This immense blade, forged entirely from Divine Radiance, stretched like a mountain range, flowed like a mighty river, and bore down upon Lu Xuan’s head with overwhelming force. Wherever it passed, the void tore open, and space warped under its pressure.
Lu Xuan remained utterly unperturbed, his expression serene. He casually extended a single finger.
A single finger!
He pointed it directly at the colossal Divine Radiance Long Sword!
The grey-robed man scoffed. “Dao Yi, are you underestimating me?”
But in the very next instant, his face twisted into a mask of horror. The power emanating from Lu Xuan’s single finger had utterly transformed the Divine Radiance Long Sword’s essence. The resplendent Divine Radiance began to darken, the immense blade itself shifting, mutating into a monstrous weapon wreathed in Eerie Power!
“What?!”
“What kind of technique is this?!”
The grey-robed man was utterly dumbfounded. To transmute Divine Radiance into Eerie Power—what kind of heaven-defying method was this?
Without another word, Lu Xuan simply flicked his sleeve. The colossal black sword, now pulsing with malevolent Eerie Power, abruptly shifted its trajectory, hurtling back towards the Sikong Family’s ancestral land with terrifying speed! It was unstoppable!
The grey-robed man and the remaining Sikong Family Old Ancestors stared in stunned horror.
“What are you doing, Dao Yi?!”
“Are you insane?!”
All the Old Ancestors’ faces turned ashen. If that sword struck the Sikong Family, their entire clan would be annihilated! It absolutely could not be allowed to fall!
The grey-robed man soared into the sky, desperately drawing on the ancestral land’s power. His body began to swell, growing to ten zhang, then twenty, then a hundred zhang! He siphoned every last drop of power from the ancestral land, determined to block Lu Xuan’s transformed sword.
As he did so, the thousand-li ancestral land beneath his feet, stripped of its power, began to crumble. The vast territory fractured into countless pieces, the very earth plummeting into the abyss.
But the Sikong Family Old Ancestors had no time to spare for their collapsing homeland. Their entire focus was on stopping that black behemoth of a sword!
The grey-robed man slammed a massive palm onto the black sword. But it was useless! Utterly useless! He couldn’t stop it!
Even worse, his ethereal body was being assimilated by the Eerie Power radiating from the black sword, his form rapidly dissolving. In a single breath, his entire right arm vanished! Three breaths later, his entire right half was gone!
The other Sikong Family Old Ancestors fared even worse. “Puff! Puff! Puff!” Their bodies exploded one after another, dissolving into bloody mist. They simply couldn’t withstand it!
Witnessing this, the enslaved cultivators on the outskirts of the Eerie Abyss were petrified. It was too terrifying! The White Robe Supreme’s single strike had completely overwhelmed the Sikong Family’s Supreme Progenitor! One man, annihilating an entire clan! It defied the heavens! It was invincible!
At that moment, the grey-robed man turned his dissolving form towards Xuanji Holy Lord. “Baili, please ask this fellow Daoist to cease!”
Xuanji Holy Lord’s eyes remained calm, devoid of ripples, and she completely ignored the grey-robed man.
As his body continued to melt away, the grey-robed man’s face twisted into a monstrous snarl. He glared at Lu Xuan, his voice a guttural growl. “Dao Yi, I will wait for you to step out of the Tai Chu Realm! I swear I will not rest until you are dead!”
Boom!
The grey-robed man’s body exploded into nothingness!
In the sky, the few remaining Old Ancestors immediately turned to flee! Who could have imagined that a dominant, Supreme-tier faction of the Eastern Wilds would be utterly overthrown in a single day? They had stood for countless epochs! It was simply unacceptable!
But it was too late. The White Robe Supreme was too terrifying! With the Supreme Progenitor’s projection and Old Ancestor Sikong Zhen both dead, the Sikong Family was destined to become dust in the winds of time. They had no choice but to escape! As long as they survived, they could rebuild!
Suddenly, Xuanji Holy Lord looked up. Several strands of her white hair shot forth like divine rainbows, piercing through the air towards the fleeing Quasi-Dao Supremes. “Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!”
The white hair, like threads of pure snow, effortlessly impaled their bodies! Blood splattered across the sky! The last few Old Ancestors of the Sikong Family gasped their final breaths, collapsing lifelessly from the heavens.
Meanwhile, Lu Xuan’s colossal black sword descended upon the Sikong Family, like a black star blotting out the sky. The members of the Sikong Family below shrieked in terror. To this moment, they still had no idea who was targeting them!
“Old Ancestor, save us!”
“Damn it, who is this enemy?!”
“Ahhhhhh…”
The screams were deafening. The Sikong Family members desperately tried to escape, but the Heaven-reaching might sealed off the heavens and earth. Before the black giant sword, all efforts were futile. It was an absolute crushing force!
In an instant, the entire Sikong Family evaporated from existence. The Sikong Family, annihilated!
A dominant, Supreme-tier faction of the Eastern Wilds had been utterly destroyed, leaving behind a colossal mushroom cloud where its ancestral land once stood!
Witnessing this, the enslaved cultivators on the outskirts of the Eerie Abyss were completely petrified. The Sikong Family was gone! The Sikong Family was gone!
“Thump!” “Thump!”
Innumerable Sikong Family slaves dropped to their knees, bowing towards Lu Xuan.
“White Robe Supreme!”
“Who in this world is worthy of white robes? Only the White Robe Supreme!”
“The White Robe Supreme is our savior!”
Lu Xuan simply stated, “Rise.”
All of them slowly stood.
A low-star Great Emperor stepped forward and bowed respectfully to Lu Xuan. “White Robe Supreme, we implore you to continue! Please annihilate the Ji Family, the Ancient Chen Family, and these other factions… These forces are utterly wicked and deserve the same destruction as the Sikong Family!”
As his voice faded, over a dozen more Great Emperors emerged. “Senior is Ancestor Dao Yi of the Grand Dao Sect, possessing Heaven-reaching Power! You can save our Eastern Wilds from its plight! We beg you to act!”