Battle Through the Heavens: Reborn into the Xiao Clan, Starting with Xiao Xuan's Inheritance

"Kehehehe..."

"Kid, it's not your fault you don't recognize him..."

"After all, you're only twenty. Naturally, you know nothing of the Xiao Clan from a thousand years ago..."

"I wonder how Xiao Kong would feel if he knew that a genius of the Xiao Clan's later generation, one just like Xiao Xuan, had died by his hand!"

Hearing Hun Ku's words, Xiao Yi's eyes widened abruptly as he stared fixedly at the gap in the armor over the puppet's chest—there, a half-exposed jade pendant was embedded. The character "Kong" carved upon it had been eroded by time and soul force until only a faint trace remained, yet it struck Xiao Yi's mind like a bolt of lightning.

In an instant, the visions he had once witnessed within the old Xiao Realm flooded back into Xiao Yi's mind!

"Ancestor Xiao Kong...!"

Xiao Yi's voice trembled, his teeth grinding audibly as his fingertips turned white from the force of his clenched fists...

"Impossible... How could a figure like Grand Elder Xiao Kong possibly fall into the hands of trash like you!"

Before his words had even faded, Hun Ku's eerie cackle pierced through his daze.

"Died in battle? Only fools from the Xiao Clan would believe such nonsense!"

Hun Ku's withered finger pointed at the puppet, his eyes filled with crazed pride...

"Back then, Xiao Xuan exhausted all his strength to send the remnants of your Xiao Clan out of the Heavenly Tomb. Yet Xiao Kong and the other remnants could never have survived!"

"You are right about one thing. Your Xiao Clan ancestors truly were men of temperament. To take revenge on my Soul Clan, they actually chose to self-destruct one after another!"

"If Xiao Kong, an eight-star Dou Saint, had self-destructed, the consequences would have been unimaginable..."

"Unfortunately, the foundation