Violation of Ritual Propriety

After reading through the many gift lists, Fang Yun felt weary. Only at times like this did he realize just how enormous a great clan could be, and how heavy the burden on his shoulders was.

His Void Sage Family was merely at the level of a great clan, yet it had already received such lavish gifts. How profound, then, were the foundations of the Half-Sage Families, the Second Saint Family, and even the Sage Kong Aristocratic Clan?

Great clans still haggled over worldly land and properties, but the Sage Aristocratic Clans had long since cast their gaze beyond the Saint Origin Continent, toward the Ancient Lands.

The Demon Barbarians used every ounce of their strength to squeeze the Human Race's living space, while the Human Race, beneath that immense threat, used the Ancient Lands to temper themselves and seek hope of resisting the Demon Barbarians.

Just like Liu Hui, one of the numbered sages. Everyone believed he had neglected the Sacred Way and wasted his life, yet decades of effort proved that his path had been the right one.

The Human Race's exploration of the Ancient Lands and the sages' exploration of the starry sky were the same: both were ceaseless searches for a way to survive.

Any race that did not strive to advance or know how to break new ground would decline, until a stronger force smashed open its doors and turned it into slaves.

Fang Yun had read such lessons in the history of the Ancient Hua Kingdom. He understood better than most why the Human Race expanded into the Ancient Lands, and he knew even more clearly what they had gained in that expansion.

"Perhaps entering the Ten Cold Ancient Land and the Kong Family Ancient Land is the finest path for anyone below Half-Sage!"