At these words, Yun Yun, who stood quietly to the side with gentle poise, showed little change in expression.
She had long known that Xiao Yan's foundations were unfathomably deep. The appearance of a powerful figure by his side had been well within her expectations. She immediately gathered her skirts and dipped into a slight curtsy, speaking softly. "Yun Yun pays her respects to the Old Ancestor."
But upon hearing this, Yao Chen's body jolted violently. He froze as if struck by lightning, a layer of cold sweat instantly beading across his back. The storm raging in his heart threatened to swallow him whole.
The Xiao Clan's ancestor, Xiao Chen!
Those few words exploded beside his ears like thunder from the highest heavens!
Back when he had roamed the Central Plains Continent in his youth, he had already heard of the peerless prodigy Xiao Chen of the Xiao Clan and his illustrious reputation from a thousand years ago!
A thousand years ago had been the most prosperous and glorious era of the ancient Xiao Clan. Their ranks were filled with powerful experts, their imperial bloodline flourished, and they dominated a vast region of the continent.
Xiao Chen had been one of the most dazzling top experts in the Xiao Clan of that era. At a young age, he had entered the Dou Saint realm, wielded overwhelming strength, and swept across countless battlefields with few equals. He had repeatedly eliminated countless threats around the Xiao Clan, and his fame had resounded across the entire Dou Qi Continent.
Yet no one could have imagined that such a peerless expert would suddenly vanish without a trace a thousand years ago, disappearing from every corner of the continent as if he had been erased from existence.
Countless factions had searched far and wide for