The winds howled, clouds churned, the earth shook, and the mountains trembled—this was the greatest reaction within the Soul Realm at this moment.
Xiao Yan, who had originally been fighting Gu Yuan one against three, was also shaken by the sight before him. As the Soul Clan members acted, an overwhelmingly powerful aura was roused. It belonged to another supreme expert, accompanied by an indescribably ancient and weathered presence.
For such an expert to suddenly appear in a situation like this, Xiao Yan barely needed to think before arriving at an answer: the Soul Clan Ancestor!
Every family descended from a Dou Di had hidden powers left behind by their Dou Di ancestors, and the Soul Clan was naturally no exception. Moreover, judging from the commotion before them, the ancestral power preserved by the Soul Clan was exceptionally formidable—far stronger than the Spirit Clan Ancestor from back then.
At the very least, when the Spirit Clan Ancestor had appeared, the disturbance within the Spirit Clan had been great enough, but it had never caused heaven and earth to change color as though the end of the world had arrived.
Xiao Yan's heart sank. Soul Heavenly Emperor's decisiveness far surpassed that of ordinary people. Back then, the Spirit Clan had only chosen to use the power of their ancestor when their own strength could no longer hold out. Yet Soul Heavenly Emperor had decided to use the Soul Clan Ancestor's power as soon as the Soul Clan's combat strength had suffered some losses. Doing so would cost the Soul Clan one of its most important trump cards, but it also completely shattered Origin Return Manor's plan to wear down the Soul Clan's strength within a balanced stalemate.
What Origin Return Manor needed to consider now was no longer how to exhaust