Because Yu Congzhang's identity was special and his talent monstrous, even after he had harmed several of his clansmen, they had not executed him. They had merely imprisoned him here, hoping he would reflect on his actions.
But precisely because Yu Congzhang's identity was too special, even while confined within the cavern, other members of the Yu Clan still gave him certain conveniences.
Yu Congzhang spent a thousand years freeing himself from the restrictions here. Relying on his own talent, he gradually seized reverse control over part of the secret realm's formations.
Then Yu Congzhang bewitched some of his clansmen and had them act on his behalf.
In the end, after nearly ten thousand years, Yu Congzhang sacrificed every member of the Yu Clan within the secret realm. Even those clansmen who had once helped him received not the slightest mercy from him.
Yet even so, Yu Congzhang had failed to break through to the Ninth Order Supreme Realm. He was firmly pinned at the limit of the eighth order.
With such monstrous talent, and after sacrificing the entire Yu Clan, Yu Congzhang's breakthrough into the Ninth Order Supreme Realm should have been as certain as a nail driven into a board.
After all, the Yu Clan had once been a ninth-order Supreme Race. They lacked neither resources nor cultivation arts, and Yu Congzhang certainly did not lack talent. There was no reason at all for his breakthrough to fail.
The reason for this was actually simple: the entire Yu Clan had been cursed. They could never produce a Ninth Order Supreme Realm cultivator, and once a Yu Clan cultivator passed a thousand years of age, their body would automatically begin to decay.
The reason the cavern reeked was the stench of Yu Congzhang's rotting body.
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