Xiao Family Old Ancestor

Xiao Family Old Ancestor

Dou Qi Continent, Jia Ma Empire, Wutan City, Xiao Family.

As one of Wutan City's Three Great Clans, the Xiao Family's compound boasted towering pavilions and lavish luxury.

At the deepest part of the compound stood a room protected by layer upon layer of security.

The room was exceedingly plain. At its center lay an enormous block of ice, within which rested an aged body. There was nothing else.

"Twelve whole years have passed. I held on to my last breath, and I can finally live again!"

Inside the ice, the aged figure opened his eyes, filled with an endless yearning for life!

He did not want to die. He wanted to keep living—longer than anyone else!

Twelve years ago, Xiao Lin, the Xiao Family's Clan Leader, had been fatally wounded while fighting an enemy. Yet a soul from Outer Heaven entered this body and sustained his final breath.

Although Xiao Lin had not died, he could not be considered alive either. He had remained in the half-dead, half-living state of a Living Dead for twelve full years.

Xiao Lin never wanted to experience that feeling of being unable to live and unable to die ever again.

Just as Xiao Lin was about to break free from the ice, a crisp sound suddenly echoed through his mind.

"Family System bound. As clan members cultivate, the host will grow stronger..."

"System?" Xiao Lin tried to activate it, and soon a panel appeared in his mind.

Name: Xiao Lin

Cultivation: Dou Wang (currently Dou Ling due to injuries)

Cultivation Method: Raging Lion's Fury

Identity: Xiao Family Old Ancestor, Former Patriarch

Xiao Family Members: 197 (Bloodline Clan Members, excluding Wives and Concubines, Maidservants, and servants)

Selected Clan Members: None

Cultivation Feedback: When clan members cultivate, the host will receive bonuses.

Cultivation Breakthrough: One-Star Fighting King (9%)

Xiao Lin examined the final entry. After studying it for a while, he finally understood how his system worked.

Every day the Xiao Family members cultivated, he, the Xiao Family Old Ancestor, would receive a certain degree of improvement. It would ultimately be reflected in the percentage behind Cultivation Breakthrough.

The harder the Xiao Family members worked, the more he, their ancestor, benefited.

On top of that, he possessed the ability to select and bind clan members.

If an ordinary clan member's feedback gave Xiao Lin ten units of spiritual energy, he would receive One Tenth of it.

But for a clan member selected by him, every ten units of spiritual energy absorbed would give Xiao Lin One Half!

Furthermore, when selected clan members underwent Breaking Through Realm, he would receive an Extra Reward.

"Still, there is a limit to the number of clan members I can select. I must choose the Best of the Best."

After confirming the system's functions, the great weight in Xiao Lin's heart finally lifted.

Who was he? He was Xiao Lin—Xiao Zhan's father and Xiao Yan's Grandfather.

He was already advanced in years, and his body's potential had nearly been exhausted. Though reaching the Dou Wang realm would increase one's lifespan—

If he truly wanted to regain his youth and extend his life, he would need to at least reach the Dou Zong realm!

Relying on himself alone, cultivating to Dou Zong would be extraordinarily difficult. But with the system's help, it would be much easier.

"I'm coming out of seclusion. Little brats of the Xiao Family, there's no time for you to waste. All of you, cultivate!"

A stream of green Dou Qi emerged from Xiao Lin's body. Vaguely, a green lion appeared, its claw smashing through the frigid ice block.

The Dou Qi Continent was a world belonging to Dou Qi. There was no flashy, dazzling magic here—only Dou Qi, developed to its peak!

From weak to strong, there were many realms.

Dou Qi, Dou Zhe, Dou Master, Da Dou Shi, Dou Ling, Dou Wang, Dou Emperor, Dou Zong, Dou Zun, Dou Saint, and finally, Dou Emperor!

Before Xiao Lin was gravely injured, the Xiao Family had been able to survive in the Imperial Capital of the Jia Ma Empire thanks to his Dou Wang-level strength.

But times had changed. The Xiao Family had now fallen as far as Wutan City, even mingling with the local natives and being known as one of Wutan City's Three Great Clans.

The Xiao Family's New Generation was also a mixed lot, and it was difficult for even a single Little Genius to emerge.

He began Qi Cultivation at Four Years Old, reached Nine-stage Dou Qi at ten, and at Eleven Years Old broke through to Ten-Stage Dou Qi, successfully condensing a Dou Qi Vortex and becoming the youngest Dou Zhe in the family in a hundred years.

Yet the young man who should have become the Xiao Family's Next Generation successor—Xiao Zhan's son and Xiao Lin's Grandson, Xiao Yan—suffered an enormous blow.

The Dou Qi Vortex he had painstakingly cultivated for Over a Decade vanished overnight. The Dou Qi within his body gradually dispersed as well, and he eventually fell to just three stages of Dou Qi!

Having fallen from the altar of genius, Xiao Yan was now merely an after-dinner joke in Wutan City—a complete laughingstock.

Misfortunes never came alone. After becoming the useless trash in everyone's eyes, Xiao Yan was met with an attempt by The Woman's Side to Break Off Engagement!

Stepping out of the room, Xiao Lin looked at the long-lost sunlight, and his expression softened. The feeling of regaining freedom was wonderful.

"Old Clan Head?!"

"The Old Clan Head is alive! Quickly report this to the Clan Leader and the Three Elders!"

Those able to guard Xiao Lin's room were all Core Elders of the Xiao Family. Seeing the figure from Over Ten Years Old ago return to the world, tears streamed down their faces as they laughed and cried their way toward Xiao Lin.

Only these old men knew how much devastation the Xiao Family had endured over the past Over Ten Years Old.

But now that Old Clan Head Xiao Lin had returned, there would be a Turning Point. Everything would get better!

Anything concerning Xiao Lin was Top Secret within the Xiao Family. Even though the Xiao Family was currently entertaining Distinguished Guests from the Misty Cloud Sect, the messenger was still permitted to enter and deliver the news.

In the Xiao Family's Guest Hall, Clan Head Xiao Zhan, the Three Elders, and several Xiao Family Elders were conversing with three figures.

Of the three, the leader was an Old Man. He wore a Moon-White Robe and had a smiling, spirited face. His somewhat narrow eyes occasionally flashed with sharp light.

What drew the most attention was the Silver Crescent Moon embroidered on the Old Man's chest, surrounded by Seven Shining Gold Stars.

This meant that the Old Man's cultivation had reached the Seven-Star Da Dou Shi realm, Two Levels above Xiao Zhan, the Xiao Family's Clan Leader. His strength was terrifying!

Beside the Old Man sat A Man and a Woman. They wore the same moon-white robes. The man was around twenty, and his handsome features and upright figure made him remarkably charming.

Of course, what mattered most were the Five Gold Stars embroidered on his chest. They represented the young man's strength: a Five-Star Dou Practitioner.

The woman was not very old, perhaps only Over Ten Years Old. Her delicate face was bright and lovely, while her watery eyes seemed to contain stars. She was clearly a Little Beauty.

There were many outstanding young women of the Xiao Family in the hall, but before that Young Girl, they all paled in comparison.

Other than the young girl seated in a corner of the hall, serene and peaceful like a Green Lotus, all the other young girls paled beside the Misty Cloud Sect's Young Girl.

Compared to her beauty, what drew even more attention was the Three Gold Stars embroidered upon her slightly raised clothing.

This showed that despite her young age, she already possessed the formidable strength of a Three-Star Fighter. She was clearly a peerless genius.

After chatting with a smile for some time, the Old Man from the Misty Cloud Sect finally spoke bluntly:

"After Sect Master asked Yan Ran about it, she learned that Yan Ran still had a marriage arrangement with the Xiao Family. Thus, Sect Master wishes to ask Clan Head Xiao to dissolve this Marriage Contract."