The Xia Family had an ancestral rule: whenever any descendant could make the saber tremble, he could immediately become the family head and inherit everything belonging to the Xia Family.
During this journey to the Shanhai Realm, aside from Shang Qing standing unrivaled among his peers with the Three Yang Ancestor Qi, the one who had stolen the most limelight was Xia Jiuyou. The Nine Body Separation Technique had been passed down in legends since ancient times, yet no one in even the Xia Family had ever cultivated it. It had reappeared in him.
Ancestor Chen had once dominated the universe with the Nine Body Separation Technique. Since Xia Jiuyou had cultivated it, the Xia Family already regarded him as Ancestor Chen's successor.
The Xia Family's patriarch, Xia Yi, gazed calmly at the starry sky and the Glory Realm. "Even I, the patriarch, didn't know that you'd cultivated the Nine Body Separation Technique. Only Elder Meng knew in the entire Xia Family. No wonder she insisted on coming along during this trip to the Shanhai Realm. She was worried that something would happen to you."
Xia Jiuyou's gaze toward Xia Yi was rather indifferent. He was not Xia Yi's only son. Xia Yi had more than ten sons, equivalent to more than ten successors. After standing out from the rest, Xia Jiuyou became the sole successor representing the Xia Family. As for Xia Kang, he had created him with the Nine Body Separation Technique, while Elder Xia Meng had helped him conceal the truth.
"Do you blame me for what I did back then?" Xia Yi looked at Xia Jiuyou as if he could see through his thoughts.
Xia Jiuyou shrugged. "No. The patriarch did nothing wrong. The Xia Family is the foremost of the Seven Character Royal Court. Even