The Rui Clan could be considered the overlord of Auspicious Cloud Pool. Their entire race had five Ninth-Order Peak experts holding down the fort, and dozens more Supreme Realm experts at other levels.
With such a number of ninth-order experts, the Rui Clan could be called a miniature version of a Dao Ancestor lineage.
Or rather, the entire Rui Clan was only missing a single Dao Ancestor-level powerhouse before they could truly ascend to the peak of the Ruin Realm.
But it was precisely the lack of that one top-tier powerhouse holding down the fort that left the Rui Clan's influence only able to reach its current position. If they continued to expand, other unexpected troubles would likely arise.
If this were a million years ago, the Rui Clan might still have kept the Nine Great Heavenly Daos in their thoughts. After all, having reached this level, whether they could take another step forward was a difference like heaven and earth.
But the tragedy of the Array Race was still vivid before their eyes. Even the Array Race, which possessed the Four Symbols Grand Array, had failed to do anything to one Destruction Dao Ancestor. Though the Rui Clan had five Ninth-Order Peak experts, if they truly dared to strike at a Dao Ancestor, their final ending probably would not be much different from the Array Race's.
But now, the appearance of the Ten Thousand Realms Martial Arts Arena had reignited the Rui Clan's hope of taking another step forward.
Though this Ten Thousand Realms Martial Arts Arena was perilous beyond measure, and even the mighty Reincarnation Dao Ancestor had broken his halberd upon it, that did not diminish the flames in the Rui Clan's hearts in the slightest.
Those Dao Ancestor-level powerhouses had many misgivings in their hearts, because