High above, the winds and clouds changed color.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth formed tides visible to the naked eye, surging madly toward the forbidden grounds behind the mountain.
An imposing, towering figure shattered the void beneath his feet and ascended toward the heavens, step by step.
It was none other than Lü Fengxian, Governor of Xu Province and head of the Lü Family, who had spent so long in secluded cultivation!
His face glowed, his eyes brimming with irrepressible ecstasy and the arrogance of one who looked down upon the world.
Late-stage Divine Mansion!
He had finally crossed that heavenly chasm.
Across the entire world, what kind of existence was a late-stage Divine Mansion cultivator?
Unless someone at the great perfection of Divine Mansion appeared, he stood among the very strongest.
And with his special physique, the mad demon battle body, he ranked among the strongest late-stage Divine Mansion cultivators the moment he broke through.
Lü Fengxian's heart now soared with boundless ambition.
Yet the moment he thought of that young man...
The lofty spirit that had just risen in his heart vanished like smoke.
His expression instantly turned dark.
Several years ago.
He had lost to a young man who had defeated him despite being in a lower realm. His lifelong reputation had been swept into the dust, and he had become the laughingstock of the world. It was the anguish of his life.
Now, he had broken through to late-stage Divine Mansion.
His strength had undergone a qualitative transformation.
He had to settle that score.
With his hands clasped behind his back, he slowly descended from the heavens, ready to receive the thunderous bows and congratulations of his entire clan.
However.
When he landed in the square outside the ancestral hall...
The scene he had