Ancestor

Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and his clothes were burned to shreds.

But his eyes remained bright.

"Interesting," Yan laughed. "He can actually stand up."

He drew his third flaming longsword.

"Then take another stab."

The third strike landed.

This time, Uchiha Kei did not meet him.

He stood there, watching the flaming longsword descend, and suddenly smiled.

"You think I can only withstand three blows?"

Yan was taken aback.

The next instant, Uchiha Kei's figure vanished from the spot.

It's not about avoiding it.

Instead, it appeared behind Yan.

Black Blade was already pressed against his neck.

"What?!"

Yan's pupils suddenly contracted.

He tried to move, but found he couldn't.

Like frost, it's locked.

"You... when did you...?"

"When you made the first cut," Uchiha Kei said, "Your sword shattered in half, and I collected those fragments."

"Now, they're inside you."

Yan looked down at his own body.

More than a dozen fragments of a flaming longsword were embedded in his chest.

Each fragment was imbued with Uchiha Kei's Blade Intent.

"You..."

You lost.

A flash of blade light.

Yan's head flew off, and his body turned into flames and dissipated.

Another fragment of the rule falls.

Uchiha Kei caught it and put it into his arms.

He raised his head and looked at the remaining nine apostles.

All nine apostles were watching him.

In his eyes, there was fear, anger, murderous intent, and also... hesitation.

"Who else?" Uchiha Kei asked.

No one answered.

Of the nine apostles, none dared to step forward.

Because Yan is the strongest among them.

Yan is dead; anyone who goes up against him will only be throwing their lives away.

"If you're not going, then I'm leaving."

Uchiha Kei sheathed his sword and turned to walk towards the foot of the mountain.

The nine apostles simply watched him leave.

No one dared to stop them.

Because they know they can't stop them.

Uchiha Kei stopped at the foot of the mountain.

He turned and looked at the nine apostles.

"Oh, right."

"Tell your boss."

"I am coming."

"Let him wait."

After saying that, he stepped into the mountainside.

The smooth, mirror-like black surface of the mountain cracked open the moment he touched it.

The gap continued to widen, eventually forming a door.

Uchiha Kei walked through the door.

The door slowly closed.

The nine apostles stood outside, looking at each other in bewilderment.

"What to do?"

What can we do? Just wait.

"Wait for him to come out?"

"Wait for him to come out."

"Then what?"

"Then..."

The leading apostle paused for a moment, then said, "Then inform Him."

"Him?"

"The Dark Old God".

"It's time."

Behind the door lies a completely different world.

There were no ruins, no gray sky, and no dark creatures.

There was only endless white.

White sky, white earth, white mountains, white rivers.

Everything was white.

Pure white.

Pure, extreme, breathtaking white.

Uchiha Kei walked on the white ground, leaving no trace behind.

He walked for a long time.

I don't know how long it will take.

Because there is no time here.

Finally, he saw the city.

A colossal city suspended in the air.

It is pure white and emits a soft glow.

Heavenly Gate).

The sleeping place of the head of all gods.

Uchiha Kei looked up at the city and took a deep breath.

Then, he leaped.

The ground beneath his feet cracked open, and he soared into the sky, leaping directly towards the city.

Km.

10,000 meters.

One hundred thousand meters.

He finally landed in the city.

The city was deserted.

Only one enormous palace stands in the center of the city.

The palace doors were open.

Uchiha Kei entered the palace.

Inside the palace, a person sat.

No, it's not human.

It is God.

The chief of all gods – Jiang God.

He wore a white robe, had long hair flowing down his shoulders, a handsome face, and an otherworldly air.

He sat there quietly, his eyes closed, as if he were asleep.

But when Uchiha Kei walked up to him, he opened his eyes.

"You've come."

The voice was calm, without any emotional fluctuation.

Uchiha Kei looked at him.

"You knew I would come?"

"I know," Jiang God said. "A-Yi told me."

"A-Yi?"

"She came here many years ago," Jiang God said. "She said that a person named Uchiha Kei would come looking for me."

"Let me give him the False Ancestor Fragment."

Uchiha Kei was silent for a moment, then asked, "So, are you willing to hand it over to me?"

Jiang God looked at him but did not answer.

He simply asked, "Did you win the Isshiki?"

"We won."

"You beat Yan?"

"We won."

"You beat those nine good-for-nothings?"

"... No, they didn't dare to make a move."

Jiang God's lips curled up slightly, revealing a faint smile.

"Those nine good-for-nothings, they really are good-for-nothings."

He stood up and walked over to Uchiha Kei.

The two were no more than a meter apart.

"Do you know what the False Ancestor Fragment are?" Jiang God asked.

"Have no idea."

"It's a part that Jiang Hao severed," Jiang God said. "When he first became a god, he split himself into three parts— the Heavenly Soul, the Earth Soul, and the Human Soul."

"But after he finished cutting himself, he discovered that a part of himself remained."

"That part is his most primal divinity."

He called that part 'the False Ancestor Fragment'.

"Because there is the aura of our ancestors within."

Uchiha Kei's pupils contracted slightly.

Ancestor.