The Clan Chief Breaks Through to the Violet Palace Realm

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away from Heavenly Ruins Mountain, Wei Chongyang of the Azure Sun Sect's Purple Mansion, disheveled and in a sorry state, fled into the distance.

Behind him, Lin Qianshu, holding the Ice-Soul Cold Light Sword, sneered.

"Wei Chongyang, who doesn't know that your son, Wei Mingyuan, committed murder and robbed the Zhang Clan of Yunyang Commandery of their Blazing Fire Crystal?"

"I killed him to rid the Chu Kingdom Cultivation World, and you still have the nerve to chase me all the way to Heavenly Ruins Mountain?"

Wei Chongyang, his face pale and ashen, fled the Heavenly Ruins Mountain Range without a word, disappearing into the horizon in the blink of an eye.

"..."

Meanwhile, Chen Nianzhi bid farewell to Jiang Linglong and flew back to Yu Commandery from Heavenly Ruins Mountain on her sword.

Upon returning to Yu Commandery, he immediately went to Peaceful Sun City and gave the Blazing Fire Crystal and the Mysterious Origin Pill to the Old Clan Leader.

Chen Changxuan received the two treasures, his hands trembling with excitement. He quickly grasped Chen Nianzhi's hands and asked about the journey.

After hearing his honest account, the Old Clan Leader wiped away a cold sweat and couldn't help but say something.

"Thankfully, we had the Seven-Star Demon-Slaying Ark; otherwise, this trip would have been far too dangerous."

"I never imagined that the Azure Sun Sect cultivators would be so rampant." Chen Nianzhi said with a somewhat cold and fearful expression, "Just one trip was enough to attract their attention."

As he spoke, his gaze fell upon the Blazing Fire Crystal, and then he sighed, "For this Blazing Fire Crystal, the Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan in Yunyang Commandery, lost five Foundation Establishment Zhang Clan. Such a price is far too heavy."

"Those who want to challenge the Purple Mansion Immortal Clan naturally need to bear the Karmic Retribution. In the end, it's just that the Zhang Clan's luck is bad and their strength is insufficient."

The Old Clan Leader shook his head, then said, "But Wei Mingyuan's actions, and the fact that he allowed the Zhang Clan members to escape, have likely caused the Azure Sun Sect to lose the support of the entire Yang Province."

"If this Beast Turmoil can be contained, all will be well. But if Jiaoyang Mountain cannot hold it off, a catastrophic disaster may occur, and countless mortals will become food for the demons."

After listening to Chen Changxuan's words, Chen Nianzhi felt somewhat depressed.

His gaze turned slightly cold, but he still said angrily, "With Wei Mingyuan so disregarding the overall situation, is there really no one in the Azure Sun Sect to stop him?"

"You must understand that although the sect is a unified entity, an individual is still an individual."

Chen Changxuan sighed and said calmly, "For Wei Mingyuan, as long as he can break through to the Purple Mansion, he can go anywhere in the world. What does it matter if the millions of lives in the Chu Kingdom are ravaged?"

"In the eyes of Xu Patriarch of the Azure Sun Sect, the importance of one's own Purple Mansion far outweighs that of ten other Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan, so this matter will probably not be explained."

"It seems that this Beast Turmoil is likely to bring about changes in Yang Province."

After hearing his words, Chen Nianzhi's gaze turned serious. At present, Azure Sun Sect has lost the support of the people. Unless Wei Mingyuan's father, Wei Chongyang, is dealt with in a swift and decisive manner, it is impossible to win back the lost hearts of the people.

Given Xu Patriarch's character, he probably wouldn't do such a thing. So, relying solely on strength to restrain the major immortal clans of Yang Province would likely be insufficient to get them to truly exert their efforts.

Suppressing the thought, Chen Nianzhi looked at the Blazing Fire Crystal and said, "Regardless, we've obtained this Blazing Fire Crystal. You can finally try to break through to the Purple Mansion Realm."

"With this Mysterious Origin Pill and the Blazing Fire Crystal, I am indeed 30% confident."

The Old Clan Leader nodded excitedly. With the Beast Turmoil about to erupt, if he could break through to the Purple Mansion Realm, he would definitely be an important fighting force and play a significant role in the Lineage.

Chen Changxuan 141 years old this year, and it has only been less than ten years since he broke through to the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer. In fact, he is still slightly lacking in the refinement of his meridians and True Essence.

Ideally, he should spend another ten years or so refining his skills to reach his optimal state. If he were to take the Blazing Fire Crystal at that time, he should have a close 40% chance of breaking through to the Purple Mansion.

However, with the impending Beast Turmoil and the danger of Blazing Fire Crystal in his possession, the Old Clan Leader decided to immediately attempt to break through to the Purple Mansion Realm in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the previous patriarchs of the Zhang Clan and Chen Clan families.

The Spiritual Qi in Peaceful Sun City's Tier 2 Low-grade Spirit Vein was insufficient. In order to allow the Old Clan Leader to focus on his breakthrough to the Purple Mansion, Chen Nianzhi specially selected Chen Qinghao, Chen Qingwan, and Chen Nianfu to guard Peaceful Sun City in place of the Old Clan Leader.

Chen Nianzhi followed the Old Clan Leader to Spirit Lake Isle. Two years ago, the quality of the Spirit Peach was upgraded by one grade, and the Spirit Vein of Spirit Lake Isle reached the Tier 2 upper level, with much more abundant Spiritual Qi than in previous years.

When the Old Clan Leader went to Spirit Spring for seclusion, Chen Nianzhi personally took charge of Spirit Lake Isle to protect him.

After Chen Changxuan consumed the Mysterious Origin Pill, his True Essence increased by 30%, and he began his attempt to break through to the Purple Mansion Realm. It wasn't until three months later that he emerged from his Seclusion Chamber, somewhat dejected.

The Old Clan Leader looked somewhat dejected and said with resentment, "Alas, in the end, it's because my Law Power wasn't refined enough that I couldn't break through the threshold of the Purple Mansion Realm."

"Uncle, don't be discouraged." Chen Nianzhi had expected this and comforted him with a smile, "Except for true prodigies, very few people in the world can break through to the Purple Mansion Realm in one go."

"That's true."

After composing himself, Chen Changxuan smiled and said, "Although I didn't break through to the Purple Mansion this time, I did manage to open up 50% of my Purple Mansion Dao Meridian."

"Now that my True Essence has increased by another 50%, I should have a 30-40% chance of breaking through to the Purple Mansion Realm next time, even without the help of external aids."

Hearing him say that, Chen Nianzhi smiled slightly.

The Old Clan Leader had taken the Spirit-Concentrating Pill and the Dark Jade Pill, and now he had broken through 50% of the Purple Mansion Dao Meridian. The True Essence in his body was probably more than 80% stronger than that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer Level cultivator.

Based solely on the sheer volume of his True Essence, the Old Clan Leader was already equivalent to most of a cultivator at the first level of the Purple Mansion First Layer, his strength having more than doubled.

Thinking of this, Chen Nianzhi exclaimed, "With my Old Granduncle's current cultivation level, he probably qualifies as Half-Step Purple Mansion realm cultivator."

"You still have sixty years of lifespan left, and two more opportunities to break through to the Purple Mansion. Even without external aids, you'll likely have a 60% chance of reaching the Purple Mansion realm in the future."

As they talked, their mood improved considerably.

After the Old Clan Leader had consolidated his cultivation, Chen Nianzhi took out seven Demon Core of the Golden Python Monkey and handed them over.

"This time we killed seven Foundation Establishment Demon Beast. These seven Demon Core all share the same origin, and I think they should be able to be refined into a set of Array Instrument, so I specially exchanged them back."

"This thing..."

The Old Clan Leader took the seven Demon Core cores, examined them carefully for a moment, and then exclaimed with delight, "I observe that these seven Demon Core all contain incomplete Divine Ability array patterns."

"If we were to combine them into a single Array Instrument, we might be able to fuse that Divine Ability."

"I want to integrate them into the Blazing Fire Soul-Burning Formation Flags to increase the power of the Soul-Burning Separation Fire Formation."

The Old Clan Leader observed with great delight for a long time before finally telling Chen Nianzhi that these seven inner cores could be combined with the Blazing Fire Soul-Burning Formation Flags to form a completely new array flag.