The more this ancestor thought, the colder his heart grew.
The old servant attending him trembled as he said, "Ancestor, I once searched through the Ancient Scrolls... if the Chen Family possessed such terrifying strength a million years ago, never mind a Divine Dynasty Alliance-even the Destiny Emperor of that age would probably have met his bitter end on the spot, wouldn't he?"
"Then that raises a question."
"If the Chen Family was already so powerful a million years ago, why did they seal their mountain and withdraw from the world, hiding for an entire million years?"
Deathly silence filled the great hall.
A long time passed.
Only then did that ancient being slowly exhale, his voice dry:
"This can only mean one thing..."
"The transformation of the Chen Family must have taken place during those million years of seclusion!"
"A million years ago, the Chen Family was already a peerless Longevity Imperial Clan. A million years of silence, a million years of accumulation... what kind of opportunity did they obtain to grow to such heights?"
"And what we see now is thirty-eight Quasi-Emperors, two hundred and ninety-seven Saint Emperors, and an invincible Divine Son who destroyed a Quasi-Emperor with one palm strike..."
"But is that necessarily the full extent of the Chen Family's reserves?"
"I dare not imagine it... I truly dare not imagine it!!"
That night.
Similar words echoed through countless ancient lands deep in the mountains and hidden Secret Realms.
The Chen Family's might had completely overturned everything the experts of every faction thought they knew!
Fear spread like wildfire.
But something spread even faster than fear.
The rush to choose a side!
"Quick! Prepare gifts! Prepare them at once!!"
"Bring out that ten-thousand-year-old Purple Jade Divine Ginseng from the treasury!"
**"Divine Source! Seal up all