The Blood Essence Clone was destroyed, and the wisp of divine source and divine sense aura within it were instantly obliterated by Ye Zhen. Dongyang Si Chen, far away in Luoyi, felt as though he had been struck by lightning. His aura trembled slightly, and something imperceptible to outsiders slipped away.
Yet Dongyang Si Chen paid it no mind. Fragments of distant memories suddenly surfaced in his mind.
Earth Core Fire Marshal Di Baimo.
He was someone who had given Dongyang Si Chen an enormous headache.
He was also incomparably tenacious.
At the final moment, he had actually burned his primordial spirit and fled far away, causing Dongyang Si Chen's scheme to fail.
Dongyang Si Chen had always considered this a lasting regret. He had even specifically instructed that if anyone in the family discovered any information about Earth Core Fire Marshal Di Baimo, they were to report it immediately.
Because the special fire-element cultivation art inheritance Di Baimo had obtained back then could allow Dongyang Si Chen—and even the Dongyang Family's inherited Qilin Dharma Body—to advance another step.
Unfortunately, success had fallen short at the very last moment.
Now that Ye Zhen had said this, Dongyang Si Chen suddenly understood.
The Dongyang Family and Ye Zhen had not merely reached this point step by step because of the conflict within the Fire Spirit Hall. Ye Zhen had also deliberately pushed things along.
Ye Zhen had likely regarded the Dongyang Family as enemies since long ago.
What was laughable was that the Dongyang Family had remained utterly oblivious, instead advancing step by step according to their positions until they had finally turned Ye Zhen into a mortal enemy!
At this thought, Dongyang Si Chen suddenly understood.
"Lige, that fool, did not die unjustly!"
"The missing direct bloodline descendants of my