Family Gathering

Yulan Calendar, year 5610.

Life Castle appeared exceptionally lively.

All members of the imperial family had gathered at Life Castle to attend the banquet.

The entire Life Castle was decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers, and the imperial palace's head chefs had been specially dispatched to handle the cooking.

Imperial descendants from all corners of the realm had rushed over.

After all, a royal gathering held here was something that might not even happen once in a hundred years.

Following over 600 years of development, even though the number of offspring in each generation wasn't massive, after so many years, they had reached the twentieth generation, and the population was quite substantial.

For such an occasion, only the primary spouses of the imperial descendants were qualified to attend.

Beneath the Tree of Life, there were several tables; only those from the first five generations, or a select few geniuses of the family, were able to come here.

Even the current emperor and empress of the empire were not qualified to enter this area.

Kolan smiled happily; he could now be considered to have a flourishing line of descendants, with the number of males in the entire family exceeding five hundred.

He noticed that the further down the generations went, the easier it became for the family members to reproduce.

For instance, by the 19th generation, some were having seven or eight children.

One had to realize that, even now, he only had two children: Leo and Hannah.

Leo had dozens of beauties in his harem, yet he only had three children. Hannah also had only three children.

"Father, the Necropolis of the Gods is about to open. Do you think I could enter the Necropolis of the Gods to gain some experience?" Leo's eyes were filled with anticipation.

"Yes, Father, I am a Saint Magus now, at the peak of the Saint Realm!" Hannah was also itching to go.

As Kolan's children, the two of them naturally knew about the Necropolis of the Gods.

One had to understand that even among those in the Saint Realm, only a few powerful individuals knew the secrets of the Necropolis of the Gods.

"You two, you have the nerve to call yourselves at the peak of the Saint Realm when you've only grasped a sliver of the laws." Kolan sneered, "With your strength, entering the Necropolis of the Gods is just throwing your lives away."

"Not until your strength reaches the second level of the Saint Realm will it be time for you to go in and explore!" Kolan refused without hesitation.

Although Leo and Hannah had stepped into the Saint Realm, their strength could barely be considered the third level of the Saint Realm peak; they were still far off.

With such strength, entering the Necropolis of the Gods was nothing more than suicide.

Kolan had entered the Necropolis of the Gods before and knew exactly what level of strength was required to have a chance at self-preservation inside.

"Father, if you're like this, how are we supposed to train and adventure? We have divine artifacts and Water of Life; surely we have at least some chance of survival if we enter the Necropolis of the Gods!?" Hannah stomped her foot.

Kolan paused, a look of contemplation appearing on his face.

He had to admit that under his protection, his children hadn't really had many opportunities for true adventure.

To be honest, he wasn't without responsibility for them having such limited strength at this point.

Letting them enter the Necropolis of the Gods might actually be a valuable treasure for them.

"Fine, fine, if you want to enter, then go ahead!" Kolan relented.

In any case, he had 50 slots, and he had only used a few so far.

Leo and Hannah were both incredibly excited.

Then, three more were granted permission to enter.

"Kolan, look at this little one. His name is Riddle, he's a genius, and he practices Necromancy." Isabelle pointed to a young man and said.

"Ancestor." The youth stood up, appearing very reserved, yet his eyes were filled with fanaticism.

Being brought here had truly fulfilled his wish to see the hero he worshipped.

"Oh? A Necromancer? That is rare indeed!" Kolan showed an interested expression, "Not bad, not bad. To reach a level 5 Necromancer at 16—cultivate well and strive to reach the Saint Realm in the future."

"Yes!" The youth nodded heavily.

Soon, Isabelle introduced some other descendants whom Kolan did not recognize.

It had to be said that the descendants who could be brought here were all geniuses; some were talented mages, some were talented warriors, and some were already masters of stone carving at a young age.

The imperial family's cultivation didn't necessarily mean just training in combat.

After all, not everyone had great talent as a mage or warrior. Some didn't have much talent and had no future in cultivation, so they were trained as civil officials or in the arts.

Of course, with all sorts of people in the world, it wasn't as if there were no wastrels.

But those wastrels would never appear before Kolan.

In the blink of an eye, ten years passed in a hurry.

At the summit of the Gate of Life and Death, bonfires had already been lit.

Thirty Saint Realm experts were gathered here. On the open ground, there were many tables and chairs, and the many powerhouses were drinking and chatting loudly with one another. Some, when the mood struck, would even spar directly in mid-air.

"Tulilei, I'm coming to spar with you!" Leo was eager to move.

"Leo, let's skip the sparring. You're no match for me, and if I hurt you, I'll be the one in trouble." Tulilei appeared somewhat boorish.

Only a fool would spar with Leo.

Leo is the son of Kolan; hurting him would be nothing short of suicide.

"We are just having a fair spar. If I lose, that is my own business. Why would my father ever come looking for trouble with you?" Leo said.

However, he lacked a bit of confidence when saying those words.

On the scene, it was estimated that no one was willing to spar with him.

"Alright, Leo, don't make things difficult for Tulilei!" Desri laughed.

Among the Saint Realm experts present, he was the most familiar with Leo, after all, he was the first to pledge allegiance to Kolan.

These hundreds of years of secluded cultivation had allowed Desri's strength to improve significantly, and he was considered the strongest among those present.

"I was already very surprised that Lord Kolan allowed you to go to the Necropolis of the Gods this time," Desri said.

"Desri, what do you mean by that? Are you looking down on the two of us siblings, thinking we don't have the strength to enter the Necropolis of the Gods!?" Hannah stood with her hands on her hips, looking very displeased.

"Uh~~ that's not what I meant, that's not what I meant!" Desri said hurriedly.

He could afford to offend others, but these two were people he could not afford to provoke.

"Sigh, it's a pity. The Four Ultimate Warriors have all gone to Hell. I really wanted to witness the Four Ultimate Warriors for myself," Leo said.

"Leo, the Four Ultimate Warriors went to Hell?" Tulilei was somewhat surprised.

Decades ago, the Four Ultimate Warriors seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no trace behind.

Of the four clans, only those who had not yet reached the Saint Realm remained; all the others who had reached the Saint Realm were gone.

"Of course, this is something my father said himself. It is absolutely impossible for it to be false," Leo said as a matter of course.

Tulilei sighed.

He had previously gone to challenge Hazard Baruch, only to be defeated by the dragon-transformed Hazard.

Tulilei felt his strength had improved and wanted to challenge Hazard again, but he had not expected that Hazard was already gone.

He never imagined that he had actually gone to Hell.

It seemed there was no hope of getting his revenge now.

The others revealed complex expressions.

Given their strength, Hodan had naturally approached them as well, so they knew about the seven Divine Planes and the four Higher Planes; some even had friends who had gone to the Divine Planes and Higher Planes.

It was just that they all had attachments and did not want to head off to explore the Divine Planes or Higher Planes at this time.

As it turned out, the Four Ultimate Warriors had all gone to Hell.