At that moment, Ancestor Lin, Heavenly Phoenix, Yin-Yang Ancestor, and the others were all covered in wounds. Their life force was nearly spent, and their souls were on the verge of collapse. Any random Grand Unity Golden Immortal could probably have killed them with ease!
Ancestor Dragon, Heavenly Phoenix, and Ancestor Lin were especially wide-eyed as they stared in disbelief at the devastated battlefield before them. A brief sweep of their divine senses revealed that the combined strength of the three clans was now less than a tenth of what it had been.
Fragments of scenes flashed through everyone's minds: a blood-red Nine-Clawed Evil Dragon, a savage Qilin, an enormous Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram, a hazy gray world, a berserk phoenix wreathed in flames, and the Thirty-Sixth Heaven. They had all rampaged through the battlefield of the three clans, slaughtering friend and foe alike and devouring everything...
"Ha ha ha! I never thought that after a lifetime of believing myself wise and distinguished, I, Ancestor Dragon, would make such a terrible mistake in the end. I'm a sinner of the Dragon Clan—a sinner of the Dragon Clan..."
Ancestor Dragon's anguished, bitter laughter rang across the battlefield. His hair was disheveled, and two streams of tears ran down his cheeks. He looked utterly wretched, nothing like the spirited ruler he had once been.
Heavenly Phoenix and Ancestor Lin could only manage bitter smiles, their eyes filled with guilt. Seeing Ancestor Dragon lose control, they too let out sorrowful sighs.
"Alas, perhaps this is fate. I'm afraid all of us have been manipulated. There must be something wrong with the God Slaying Spear. Think about it: first came the sudden news that it had appeared, then it split into six pieces without warning—not one more or less. After that, we changed once we