Deep beneath the Lei Clan's lands, at an unknown depth, Gu He had carved out a space underground large enough for one person. He sat cross-legged within it with his eyes closed, his soul spreading outward as he watched the situation above.
Hun Tiandi had been able to enter the Ancient Realm without alerting Yan Jin or Lei Ying. Gu He was now stronger than Hun Tiandi had been when he went to the Ancient Realm in the original timeline, so entering the Lei Realm without Lei Ying and Yan Jin noticing was naturally quite simple.
"Lei Clan members, heed my command! Activate the Nine Dragon Heavenly Thunder Array!"
"Yan Clan elders, heed my command! Deploy the Sky Burning Array!"
Upon seeing Nihility Devouring Flame and the four Eight-star Dou Shengs, Yan Jin and Lei Ying felt a crisis unlike any they had ever known. This crisis made them understand that the continuation and survival of their clans rested upon this battle. If they won, their bloodlines could continue. If they lost, then even though the Yan Clan had already scattered its people throughout the Central Continent and might preserve a trace of its bloodline, they would likely decline completely, just like the branch of the Xiao Clan that had fled.
At the two men's fierce shouts, the members of both clans trembled.
Every Ancient Race possessed a clan-protecting array. The Ancient Clan had the Ancient Emperor Mirror, while the Hun Clan had the Seal of Destruction. The Lei and Yan Clans' clan-protecting arrays were the Nine Dragon Heavenly Thunder Array and the Sky Burning Array. These arrays had been created by their ancestors—the Dou Dis who were the source of the blood flowing through their veins—to protect the foundations they had established for their descendants. When wielded by members