The Chu Sheng Old Ancestor Had Already Fallen

Qing Ming Sacred Land, ancestral grounds, main hall.

This was the supreme place where the Chu Family decided its rise and fall, deliberated the fate of heaven and earth.

The hall was towering and majestic, its atmosphere stern. Every brick and tile exuded the heritage and authority of a thousand-year Noble Clan.

Inside the main hall, the atmosphere was exceedingly oppressive.

Chu Yunqi stood amid a group of Clan Elders whose hair and beards were all white.

Her once radiant, lovely face, brimming with spirit, now held only barely concealed fury.

"Yun Qi! What nonsense are you spouting!?"

The Great Elder's brows were tightly furrowed, his face full of astonishment.

"Chu Sheng's talent is peerless, his gifts stunning. The entire Chu Family dotes on him more than enough—how could we possibly plot against him in secret?"

"Dote on him? Protect him?"

Chu Yunqi laughed miserably. "Even now, you still want to keep lying to me?"

"A True Spirit Bloodline capable of condensing nine layers of Dao Marks is so rare and precious—how could it possibly appear within Star Alliance territory and fall into the hands of our Chu Family?"

She took a step forward, her gaze sweeping over every clan elder present.

"I already helped you hide everything."

"But you... even now, you still don't trust me?"

As her words fell, the vast main hall instantly sank into dead silence.

The Clan Elders looked at one another, exchanging bewildered glances, their faces filled with confusion and helplessness.

Only after a long while did the Great Elder speak with a bitter smile, his voice full of helplessness.

"Yun Qi, this matter... truly has nothing to do with us."

"We always thought the True Spirit Bloodline on Chu Sheng came from something he found himself. We never used the one kept by