Beneath the Emperor's Might, all the experts of the Ancient Dao Sect perished, their Dao extinguished. Not a single one could resist.
At this moment, the Liu Family was suffering extermination.
"No! I was blind and ignorant. I beg the Imperial Son to spare me!"
Liu Hongyun was terrified beyond measure, every hair standing on end, his heart seized by dread. His face was blank as he knelt before Ye Ming, utterly devoid of backbone.
"I am willing to offer my daughter Mingyu to you, Imperial Son. I only beg that you forgive my previous offenses!"
Liu Hongyun understood clearly that although this Imperial Son before him held an exalted status, he had little experience in worldly affairs.
By Liu Hongyun's estimation, as long as Mingyu was there, perhaps he and the entire Liu Family still had a chance.
Yet all he saw now were Ye Ming's icy eyes.
"Sixth Elder, slaughter the entire Liu Family. Leave none alive!"
His voice was calm and his gaze did not ripple as Ye Ming gave the order.
"Yes!"
Bang!
Elder Blood Soul, the Sixth Elder, pointed a finger. Liu Hongyun, the Liu Family's patriarch, died and fell to the ground in response.
"A lowly crawling insect, yet you dared show disrespect to the Imperial Son of our Primordial Forbidden Zone!"
His voice was incomparably cold. To the Primordial Forbidden Zone, Ye Ming was that very taboo.
What followed was the slaughter of the entire Liu Family. Pavilion after pavilion collapsed, and cries of agony rang out. Those were the Liu Family clansmen.
They had gained no small benefit from the things Ye Ming had taken from the forbidden zone before. Yet their attitude toward Ye Ming had been that they could not wait for this man from the forbidden zone to die. After all, the entire Liu Family had always regarded themselves as righteous cultivators—how could they possibly be associated with a forbidden zone?
"No!..."
Splat! Splat! Splat!
Figure after figure fell.
Boom!
High in the heavens, a blurred figure emerged in the void, carrying an incomparably powerful and vast aura.
It was Elder Blood Soul, the Sixth Elder. With one hand shielding the sky, endless runes surged forth and transformed into a Blood Sea that pressed down upon the Liu Family. The Blood Sea boiled, blotting out heaven and sun, cascading down like a ten-thousand-zhang waterfall. A single wisp of it could crush the void.
Heaven and earth shook, dust rose ten thousand zhang into the air, and with one strike, the entire Liu Family was razed to the ground. Every clansman died.
"Bring her over!"
A voice rang out. It was Elder Blood Soul, the Sixth Elder.
At this point, only Liu Mingyu remained alive. She was brought before Ye Ming.
After learning the entire sequence of events, the Sixth Elder still decided to leave Liu Mingyu to Ye Ming's judgment. Everything had begun because of her.
Clad in white, she possessed a face like a flower and features like the moon, willow-leaf brows, vivid red lips, and a curvaceous figure with graceful rises and dips.
At this moment, Liu Mingyu's beautiful eyes were filled with terror. Everything had changed too suddenly for anyone to react.
"Brother Ye Ming, do you remember when we first met?"
"You said before that you would love me forever!"
"It was all Lin Tian's fault. I didn't mean to betray you. Can you forgive me? I was wrong!"
Her voice was gentle as she wept and pleaded, looking so pitiful that even one who saw her would feel compassion. She appeared heartbreakingly lovely.
Seeing this, several elders at the side feared that Ye Ming would once again be deceived by this bitch and were about to say something.
"Imperial Son—"
The Sixth Elder had barely spoken when Ye Ming interrupted him.
"Before this, it was my fault, Ye Ming, for not heeding the words of the elders!"
Ye Ming walked before the elders.
"I ask the elders to accept a bow from me!"
He bent at the waist and bowed deeply.
"Imperial Son!"
"You must not!"
"We old fellows cannot accept this!"
The elders retreated again and again, not daring to receive it as they flashed aside.
After that.
Tap! Tap! Tap!
Ye Ming walked step by step toward Liu Mingyu.
When she saw Ye Ming approaching, Liu Mingyu revealed a look of delight, and a smile bloomed across her pretty face.
"Brother Ye Ming, you... forgive Mingyu—"
Just then.
Splat!
A cold flash streaked past, and a head fell to the ground. It had happened too quickly; a trace of joy still hung upon that beautiful face as it struck the earth...
His long hair fluttered. The youth was still the same youth, yet he gave off an unfamiliar feeling, as if he had grown up in an instant. He was becoming cold and indifferent. Even as the woman he had once loved most died, his eyes remained calm and without a ripple.
"We should return."
Ye Ming turned around without lowering his head to look back even once.
"The Imperial Son has changed!"
"Yes, this is the true young master of our Primordial Forbidden Zone!"
"For some reason, in that instant just now, I seemed to see Master's shadow in the Imperial Son!"
At this moment, the elders spoke quietly among themselves, their eyes filled with gratification. They had followed the Primordial Demonic Emperor ever since before he attained Dao and became Emperor.
At this moment, they saw the Primordial Demonic Emperor's shadow in Ye Ming. Before attaining Dao, he had already been a Supreme Being who suppressed an entire era. He pierced through the Emperor's Path and ultimately attained Dao and became Emperor with peerless bearing, causing every prodigy and monstrous genius of that generation to pale into insignificance.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
Bronze Warships filled the skies like clouds, while countless Immortal Boats packed the heavens. Endless Demonic Mist poured forth from them, blotting out the sky with majestic momentum.
"Roar..."
The sound of horns forged from Dragon Horns rang out, shattering the endless heavens. The void cracked apart inch by inch, shaking heaven and earth and stirring up boundless storms.
Unlike their arrival, they were preparing to return.
The entire Mystic Heaven Immortal Domain was shaken once more.
"This time, the Primordial Forbidden Zone mobilized its forces, and even that Demonic Emperor appeared in person, allowing the world to witness once again the terror of its foundations!"
"Hehe, this time the Ancient Dao Sect is probably the one suffering most. Ten Saint Realm elders and one Great Saint died all at once. Even their own Supreme Emperor Weapon was damaged by a single strike from the Demonic Emperor!"
"The key is that they can only swallow this bitter humiliation in silence. The dignity of an Emperor cannot be provoked!"
Voices rose from the various Dao provinces. Some were shocked by the Primordial Forbidden Zone's strength, while others mocked the Ancient Dao Sect.
"Now that the Golden Age is about to begin, I wonder which family's prodigy will rise above the rest in this generation!"
"Hehe, in any case, it cannot be the Imperial Son of the Primordial Forbidden Zone!"
"If that is so, then no matter how powerful the forbidden zone is, it will eventually become a thing of the past!"
"This generation has produced quite a few Peerless Prodigies. For example, Cang Jundao of the Ancient Dao Sect possesses the Star Physique, one of the Three Thousand Supreme Physiques!"
"The Flying Immortal Sacred Land has produced a Saintess with the Cold Spirit Physique. Though it cannot compare to one of the Ten Supreme Physiques such as the Taiyin Physique or the Heavenly Demon Physique, it is still among the foremost!"
"My son Wang Teng possesses the bearing of a Great Emperor!"
Voices rang out one after another.
This was an Age of Great Strife, also called the Golden Age. The prodigies of the world's great factions were emerging one by one. In the end, they would gather and contend, shatter the heavens, tread the Emperor's Path, and display their own brilliance.
Yet in the eyes of many cultivators of the older generation, the Primordial Forbidden Zone of this generation was truly rather unimpressive. Back then, the Primordial Demonic Emperor's talent had towered over all others, suppressing the prodigies of an entire era. In that generation, upon the Emperor's Path, there had only been the two words: Primordial Origin.
But his only son, Ye Ming, would surely fade into the crowd in this Golden Age...
Meanwhile.
This was the Flying Immortal Sacred Land.
Clouds and mist coiled about it, Immortal Mountains stood in clusters, and spiritual energy filled the entire sect. At this moment, atop an Immortal Mountain.
"Primordial Forbidden Zone!"
"Ye Ming!"
"You slaughtered my entire Liu Family. If I do not avenge this hatred, I, Liu Mingyue, swear I am not human!"
Her voice brimmed with boundless killing intent.
She was a woman standing upon the mountaintop.
Her three thousand strands of black hair fell naturally around her. Her features were delicate and beautiful, her phoenix eyes striking. Dressed in green, she possessed a flawless figure with graceful curves, skin whiter than snow, and flesh like ice with bones like jade.
Her delicate body glowed softly, shining brightly enough to serve as a mirror. Like a green lotus in a pond, she stood apart from the world in solitary grace.
She was none other than the Saintess of the Flying Immortal Sacred Land, Liu Mingyue, and also the eldest daughter of the Liu Family.
An incomparably cold radiance surged around Liu Mingyu. She possessed the Cold Spirit Physique, which ranked among the upper tier even within the world's Three Thousand Supreme Physiques. This physique had one greatest use as well—it could serve as a cauldron furnace, bringing immeasurable benefits to the other party...
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