The True Immortal Sword of Gold Annihilation

Hei Louxi, Blood Hand Demonic Human Li Tu, Iron Bone Vajra, and the others watched Xue Liuyun ascend the altar to worship Heaven with solemn expressions. Quite a few did not even dare breathe.

"Can he succeed?"

Hei Louxi asked softly.

"According to ancient records, in the Royal Court War, only direct descendants of the Twenty-Eight Families may initiate the Heaven Worship Ceremony. Only direct descendants may be granted high offices of Ten Thousand Commander and above, and receive the Royal Court Token after victory."

"Outsiders who rashly bear these things will immediately suffer backlash from dragon aura, their souls torn apart until they die."

Her heart trembled uneasily.

Even the Black Clan Collateral Branch's original plan had merely been to put forth a direct descendant as a puppet, or adopt an exceptionally gifted direct-descendant child and raise him from childhood. They had never intended to do it themselves.

No one dared defy the strict order left behind by that invincible ancestor.

Throughout history, there had been no lack of unwilling collateral descendants who tried to defy Heaven through the Royal Court War and gamble everything on a single throw. Yet at the instant they worshipped Heaven, every one of them had died in body and soul. There had been no exceptions.

"Perhaps he can succeed, perhaps he cannot."

Blood Hand Demonic Human Li Tu shook his head and said flatly, "This is the only road. For us Rogue Cultivators, this is the only road. There is no other."

"At least after the Great Sun Sword Sect and Great Sun Sect each tried dozens, even hundreds of times, and lost many Golden Core cultivators, they succeeded. With a trace of their ancestors' blood within their bodies, they deceived the restriction set down by that invincible powerhouse long ago."

"Perhaps it