Who Might You Be?

Just as everyone was leaving, the Heaven Tomb that had vanished into the void suddenly blazed with light, then transformed into a faint beam and fled into the distance.

Night.

Just as Xiao Yan returned in high spirits from where the members of the Yan Tribe were staying, a middle-aged man in hemp clothing blocked his path.

"Uncle Gu Yuan."

Xiao Yan respectfully bowed.

"I sensed the aura of a newly awakened Bloodline within your body. Did you meet him in the deepest part of the Heaven Tomb?"

Gu Yuan slowly turned around and looked at Xiao Yan with a complicated expression.

"I did. Ancestor Xiao Xuan entrusted everything to me."

Xiao Yan said solemnly.

"Alas, what a pity. That fellow was unwilling to meet me even once. Even when I went outside his Tomb Mansion, he refused to come out."

Gu Yuan suddenly let out a long sigh.

"Ancestor said that he is merely a remnant soul. There is no need for the dead and the living to meet. The only thing he wishes to do now is watch me lead the Xiao Tribe toward revival."

Xiao Yan immediately lowered his voice sorrowfully, looking every bit like a clan descendant unwilling to part with his ancestor.

"In that case, I hope you will not disappoint him. Leave the Ancient Realm on your own tomorrow. I will not see you off."

After a brief silence, Gu Yuan spoke, then stepped into the void and vanished.

"Not only will Ancestor not be disappointed, he even plans to return to the clan with me for a look."

Xiao Yan watched the direction Gu Yuan had departed in and gave a mysterious smile.

The next day.

Above the lake at the center of Ancient Saint City, members of the seven clans appeared here