White-Clad Xuanyuan

Li Fan looked at Ji Yuanqing, a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Ji Yuanqing was also stunned. Had he stolen something from his clan?

He immediately became somewhat indignant and said:

"Although I, Ji Yuanqing, am of humble status, I am not a petty thief!"

"Besides, I haven't even been back to the Ji family yet, how could I steal anything?"

Upon hearing this, the Grand Heaven Saint King's expression turned cold, and he said:

"You didn't steal it, your ancestors stole it!"

The Grand Gang Saint King also stared intently at Ji Yuanqing and said:

"Don't even think about hiding it! That Scroll involving Ji Shui is definitely in your hands. It's Ji Family Ancestral Item Scroll, and you can't be allowed to lay a finger on it!"

He spoke with righteous indignation!

Ji Yuanqing was taken aback upon hearing this.

Scroll depicting the Hime River?

Ji Family Ancestral Item?

He immediately took out a Scroll and said:

"You mean... this?"

The moment the Scroll appeared, the expressions of the three holy kings changed!

They all sensed the subtle energy emanating from the Scroll.

This energy caused a strange resonance between the three of them and their Cultivation Method!

"Yes, that's it!"

The Grand Heaven Saint King was immediately excited!

"As expected, it was your ancestor who stole our Ji family's treasure! Just as I suspected!"

The Grand Gang Saint King's eyes were filled with greed as he stretched out his hand and said, "Hand it over!"

The Grand Profound Saint King's eyes were filled with astonishment and deep disappointment!

It actually happened...

It truly is an ancestral artifact!

The genius I once held in such high regard, Ji Tianjing, who dared to defy the Yang Calamity like the Ancestor Emperor...

Did they really steal the Lineage's treasure?

He stayed behind back then, truly only to monopolize the ancestral property...

He felt deeply saddened!

Upon hearing this, Ji Yuanqing said indignantly:

"You're making baseless accusations!"

"This painting has absolutely nothing to do with the Ji family!"

The Grand Heaven Saint King roared, "Still dare to argue? Do you think you can fool us?!"

"How ridiculous! Even now, you still want to seize the Lineage treasure... Do you have a death wish?"

The Grand Gang Saint King roared in anger!

"This painting certainly doesn't belong to your Ji family."

At this moment, Li Fan suddenly spoke calmly.

Upon hearing this, the three Holy Kings' expressions changed slightly as they looked at Li Fan, their eyes filled with fear and doubt.

Why did this senior...

"Because I painted this picture."

Li Fan calmly continued speaking.

Instantly, the expressions of the three Holy Kings changed drastically!

Upon hearing this, all three were horrified.

This painting, this painting that reflects reality and brings Jishui back to life, was actually painted by Li Fan?

How is this possible...?

They were stunned!

"No... impossible! This is an ancestral artifact of my clan!"

The Grand Heaven Saint King murmured in a terrified voice.

He couldn't believe it!

Legend has it that the very foundation of the Ji family's prosperity, the treasure that allowed the Emperor Xuanyuan to attain enlightenment... how could it possibly be a painting by Li Fan?

"No... that's absolutely impossible!"

The Grand Gang Saint King was filled with disbelief!

Even the Grand Profound Saint King was astonished. He looked at Li Fan, his old eyes revealing a hidden thought...

"Sir, please open the painting."

Li Fan spoke calmly to Ji Yuanqing.

Upon hearing this, Ji Yuanqing immediately nodded.

He immediately unrolled the Scroll.

Within the Scroll lies a vast and mighty river!

It's as if you can feel the crashing waves and the surging tides even through the Scroll!

Upon seeing this painting, the three Holy Kings' pupils instantly contracted!

Because... the river in this painting...

It's exactly the same as Jishui!

And right now!

The sword in the hand of the Grand Heaven Saint King suddenly trembled!

In an instant!

It's as if time and space are turning, and countless cycles of reincarnation are taking place!

A surge of sword intent seemed to erupt from the scabbard!

At that very moment, among Li Fan's disciples, Lu Rang suddenly sensed something. He turned around sharply and stared at the sword!

Within his Dantian, a single, invincible herb emitted countless rays of light!

At that moment, he suddenly felt as if the years had turned and time and space had changed dramatically!

Besides him, there was another person who was also swept into spacetime by this inexplicable force—that was the Ji family's Grand Profound Saint King!

Boom!

In that instant, Lu Rang felt as if he had entered another world.

Before his eyes...

It is a vast and ancient time and space!

He opened his eyes and saw a surging river flowing out from a mysterious swamp, with huge waves crashing against the shore and raging torrents like frost and snow.

And high in the sky, a terrifying battle is unfolding!

The Grand Profound Saint King was equally shocked as he watched all this unfold!

"Ji Xuanyuan, even if you are a genius, you are not even a Saint Emperor. What makes you think you can stop us!"

"Enter my land, become my slave, and you will find great fortuitous opportunity within the forbidden zone and attain eternal life!"

"Otherwise, when the living descend to the Yang Realm, you will surely die!"

In the heavens, a terrifying being roared.

An endless aura of sacred power descended, boundless and limitless!

And under the sky,

A man in white, holding a long sword, stands alone against the heavens!

His white clothes were now stained with blood!

With his long hair flowing wildly, he roared to the sky, his anger shaking the heavens!

"You are emperors... yet you willingly serve as lackeys, wreaking havoc on the Immortal Realm..."

"I, Ji Xuanyuan, am the Great Sage. This sword will not be destroyed, so you can forget about it!"

His eyes were bloodshot with rage, and his sword intent shook the heavens and earth!

However, the endless attacks crashed down, and Baiyi Xuanyuan was ultimately no match for them. He coughed up blood, his eyes filled with deep hatred.

"Why bother struggling? The entire Immortal Realm... will be annihilated!"

A cold voice rang out from the sky, and a giant hand descended, devastating the heavens and the earth, crushing everything in its path!

In Baiyi Xuanyuan's eyes, there was almost despair!

"No..."

"The Kirin Holy Emperor once told me a secret: in future generations of humanity, there will be an extremely powerful being... capable of withstanding countless calamities!"

"In this life... I'll bear the burden... I want to go to the next life and borrow a fortuitous opportunity!"

Suddenly, the longsword in his hand slashed across his palm!

The longsword was stained with blood!

Then it was sheathed!

Suddenly, his immense cultivation erupted, tearing apart the ocean of cause and effect, opening up the river of time, and hurling the sword in his hand into the future!

"How laughable! The Yin Realm is nothing but a broken reflection of the Yang Realm, and all living beings are nothing but illusory afterimages... Even if you traverse the ages, you will never find a powerful being who can resist the Yang Realm..."

The indifferent voice from the sky was so chilling!

The giant hand finally fell!

The white-robed Xuanyuan is about to perish!

However, right at this moment!

Boom!

The river of cause and effect has been reversed!

The river of time is turbulent!

Suddenly, a divine sword appeared in the heavens, flowing against the current through the long river of time.

The divine sword appeared beside Lu Rang.

Lu Rang was immediately shocked... This sword was clearly the one that the three Holy Kings of the Ji family had brought into the Small Courtyard...

When this sword appeared, the aura of heaven and earth was unparalleled!

"No... how could this be... how could this sword have returned..."

"Did such a powerful figure truly exist in the later reaches of time?"

Above the heavens, that terrifying being spoke in awe.

At this moment, Baiyi Xuanyuan let out a long roar, and the sword instantly fell into his hand.

At this moment, Baiyi Xuanyuan's cultivation level surged!

"My sword, flowing with the years, has witnessed a painting..."

He muttered to himself, then suddenly drew his sword!

On the earth, the vast and surging river suddenly transformed into a sweeping surge.

He drew the river as his sword and rose atop the waves!

A deafening roar!

Ji Xuanyuan... the Holy Emperor who has attained enlightenment!

At this moment, the entire world was in an uproar.

He wielded his sword and cleaved through the heavens!

The terrifying and vast attacks in the sky vanished with this one sword strike!

"Ji Xuanyuan... the Holy Emperor who has attained the Dao... No, impossible!"

"How could such a powerful being exist in the mere Yin Realm, downstream of time? Your sword, charging into the future, should have borne great strangeness and misfortune... Unless an being from downstream of time took on these consequences for you, how could you reverse time and return?"

In the sky, the unknown being cried out in terror!

In an instant, all enemies retreated because of this one sword strike!

Heaven and earth are clear and bright, all paths are silent!

In this world, only Ji Xuanyuan, dressed in white and carrying a long sword, stands tall between heaven and earth!

He looked around at the world, as if searching for an adversary.

Ultimately, nothing was gained.

He looked down; the mighty river had already plunged back onto the desolate plain.

"This water originates from a great marsh, and I have a special connection with it..."

"From this day forward, this river shall be named the Ji River!"

"The land of our people's origin!"

He murmured!

The river roared, and as he raised his hand, countless Source of Saint Dao energy plunged into the river!

Then, the white-robed Xuanyuan raised his eyes and looked at Lu Rang and Grand Profound Saint King who had appeared there.

At this moment, behind Lu Rang, a blade of grass suddenly rose against the sky, as if shaking the ancient heavens, making it impossible to look directly at.

The white-robed Xuanyuan suddenly smiled, his eyes revealing a complex emotion.

"I was a shadow rushing towards the future, dying in the passage of time..."

"But they were given a new life."

He looked at the blade of grass and murmured:

"Thank you for bringing me back this lifetime's fortuitous opportunity, but you are no longer me..."

Then, he looked at the Grand Profound Saint King.

"You and I are destined to meet again, another shadow rushing towards the future..."

Ji Xuanyuan sensed something and murmured, "It's a pity that the other figure has also fallen..."

The Grand Profound Saint King was extremely excited at this moment. He suddenly knelt down and said:

"Greetings, Ancestor Emperor!"

He was deeply shocked, because Ji Xuanyuan actually...

He looks exactly like the Ji Tianjing he knew in later generations!

However, Ji Xuanyuan ignored him and instead bowed to Lu Rang.

"Through this battle, that predecessor, that supreme powerhouse from the depths of time... will become known to those who come from the Yang Realm."

"Xuanyuan will lead the vanguard, charging into the Yang Realm... If he is fortunate enough to survive, perhaps one day, by chance, he will be able to personally pay homage to that senior from the lower reaches of time in the Yang Realm."

Thank you.

After saying that, he drifted away!

No more stopping!

In that instant, time and space shifted, and the years roared by!

In an instant.

Lu Rang and the Grand Profound Saint King felt a moment of dizziness; they had already returned to the Small Courtyard.

At that moment, Lu Rang looked down at the pot of grass in front of him. The grass leaves swayed without wind, as if bowing to Li Fan.

Then, he looked at the trembling divine sword in the hand of the Grand Heaven Saint King...

When his gaze fell upon Li Fan, it was instantly filled with shock and awe!

Among the three Holy Kings, the Grand Profound Saint King was even more stunned. He looked at Li Fan with extreme awe in his old eyes!

Revere the gods!

P. S.: That's all for today... I'll try to finish it over the weekend.