"Too late."
When Fang Yang heard Ji Zi's words, he knew this son of the Void Emperor had ultimately chosen to yield, abandoning the Ji Family members who had taken part in the pursuit of Yan Ruyu years ago.
Even so, the three-day deadline he had given the Ji Family had passed. To make amends now at the price he had demanded before would be far too easy.
Petty men feared power, not virtue.
As the Void Emperor's own son, Ji Zi might not bear a grudge over what happened today. The same could not be said for the rest of the Ji Family.
They had thrown their weight around for years, only to be humiliated by him in a single day. Some of them were surely nursing resentment in their hearts.
But Fang Yang was hardly so petty that he would bother settling accounts with them. Crushing them himself would only dirty his hands.
At most—
"Where is the Void Mirror?"
Fang Yang spoke without warning.
At his words, an ancient mirror flew out from the Ji Family's ancestral grounds. Immortal light streamed down ten thousand feet, illuminating past, present, and future, while the laws of the Great Dao of Void flowed across it. The blood of many emperors had soaked into it, raising it above ordinary Extreme Emperor Weapons. Through Fang Yang's Source Heavenly Eye, it appeared only a shade inferior to the Heaven-Reaching Nether Treasure.
"The Void Mirror!"
"Void Ancestor, slay this great enemy who has butchered the Ji Family!"
Within the ancestral grounds, the Ji Family members who knew they were doomed saw the Void Mirror appear and felt hope spring up again. They prayed with all their hearts for their ancestor's Emperor Weapon to kill Fang Yang. Many even blamed Ji Zi, though none dared