A Cornered Dog Leaps Over the Wall

The moment Yao Wan said this, the entire clan hall fell silent.

If Yao Wan's decision to forsake the Divine Grade Bloodline was somewhat within everyone's expectations—and indeed, the sort of answer the Young Miss might give—then her final answer was enough to leave them all utterly stunned.

To surpass the Progenitor Lord—

What a bold declaration—

The Yao Clan elders looked at one another. Yet after their initial shock and astonishment faded, they could not help feeling a long-lost stirring in their hearts.

The Yao Clan took pride in the bloodline passed down by the Yao Emperor, but they took even greater pride in the Yao Emperor, progenitor of the Yao Clan.

Back then, the Yao Emperor had risen from obscurity to become one of the eight Dou Dis. He had created the Medicine Realm, founded the Yao Clan, and passed down his bloodline. He was the Yao Clan's most sacred faith.

And the Yao Clan's greatest wish was to once again produce a Dou Di like their progenitor, revive the power of the Dou Di Bloodline, and restore the Yao Clan to prosperity.

Now, if there was anyone most likely to fulfill this wish that the Yao Clan had never forgotten, it was probably Yao Wan alone.

Talent, cultivation, bloodline—Yao Wan was outstanding in every regard... Even though she had now given up her Divine Grade Bloodline, her Ninth Grade Bloodline still possessed the highest bloodline concentration in the Yao Clan.

Perhaps, as time passed and her cultivation advanced, she might still have a chance to return to the Divine Grade Bloodline... Though the gap between a Divine Grade Bloodline and a Ninth Grade Bloodline was simply too vast. Separated by a single word, they were as far apart as clouds and mud.

But Yao Wan had, after