The Ninth Ancestor Burns His Life Essence Blood? Emperor's Might!

"That's... the Jiang Family's Ninth Ancestor?!"

When Jiang Ruochen stepped out, all the major factions were startled.

Jiang Ruochen had roamed the Azure Firmament Realm thousands of years ago and was an immensely ancient powerhouse.

"So what if he's the Jiang Family's Ninth Ancestor? By my reckoning, he has already reached the end of his life. Yet he still dares to come out and strut about? He's simply courting death!"

The Ancestral Dragon's Nest's patriarch stepped forward, his terrifying blood energy shooting straight into the Nine Heavens as he roared.

"Exactly! What have we to fear from a man on the verge of death?!"

The Wang Family patriarch roared as well. Dazzling golden light bloomed from his body, and he raised his aura to its utmost limit.

Seeing the Jiang Family's Ninth Ancestor step forward, the ancestor-level figures of the major factions also emerged, glaring furiously at Jiang Ruochen.

Terrifying killing intent filled heaven and earth.

Even the ordinary powerhouses of the various factions could not help holding their breath.

This was a contest between ancestors, a clash at the supreme level, utterly beyond their reach.

"Kill!!!"

The ancestors of the major factions roared.

In their youth, they too had heard Jiang Ruochen's renowned name.

Back then, they would certainly not have dared to challenge Jiang Ruochen.

But now, everyone was old. How much stronger could any of them truly be than the others?

Thus, they did not fear Jiang Ruochen. After roaring, they struck at the same instant.

Boom!!!

Powerful auras surged through the Nine Heavens, as though everything were about to be reduced to ashes.

When ancestor-level powerhouses from the major factions struck together, even a trace of their aura could destroy an entire dynasty!

"When this old man was young, I roamed the Azure Firmament without suffering a single defeat! What are you lot? How dare you raise a hand against me?!"

Jiang Ruochen glanced back at Jiang Xuan, and a brilliant light abruptly burst from his slightly clouded eyes.

He released every shred of his aura and struck with all his strength, sending out a palm.

Even when facing the combined might of the major factions' ancestors, he felt no fear whatsoever.

He only hated that he could not return to his youth and unleash the combat strength of his prime.

Rumble rumble rumble!!!

The force created by this clash was truly enough to destroy heaven and earth, stirring the Nine Heavens.

The world seemed to collapse, and the Great Dao itself was annihilated.

The aftershocks of power shook the entire Northern Region and had even reached the more distant Eastern Wilderness and Western Desert!

At this moment, every cultivator present held their breath, staring unblinkingly at the scene in the void, afraid of missing even the slightest instant of this battle.

Ninth Ancestor, nothing must happen to you... Why hasn't the Heavenly Evolution Divine Lord arrived yet?

Jiang Xuan stared fixedly at the scene in the void, his face filled with worry. He could no longer maintain his usual calm as he muttered under his breath.

Brother Jiang Xuan, I'm sorry. At a time like this, I can't help you...

Leng Lingshuang watched Jiang Xuan and felt an especially sharp pain in her heart.

The outcome of the battle soon became apparent.

Jiang Ruochen was forced back, his white hair hanging loose.

Many wrinkles had appeared on his face, and his back had bent, as though he had aged in an instant.

Although the ancestors of the major factions had also been driven back, their auras were far more vigorous than Jiang Ruochen's.

"Hahahaha! Jiang Ruochen, this is no longer your era! So what if you were peerless in your youth? Now that you're old, you're still just like us—not much stronger at all!"

"Jiang Ruochen, stop making futile struggles! Today will be the day your Jiang Family is utterly destroyed! Your Jiang Family's glory has endured for thousands of years; now, it is time for it to end!"

The ancestors of the major factions looked toward Jiang Ruochen from afar, speaking with mocking expressions.

Thinking back, Jiang Ruochen had once disdained them completely, yet now he had been defeated by their hands.

To them, this was undoubtedly a matter of immense satisfaction.

"Time is merciless. If the spring breeze had pity for flowers, would it grant me youth once more?"

Jiang Ruochen looked at those ugly faces and sighed softly before suddenly shouting:

"If time were turned back a thousand years—no, a mere hundred years—I could slaughter you all until not a scrap of armor remained!"

"Heh, even you know that is only an if. You are now a flickering candle in the wind, feeble with age, yet you still think you're the all-powerful Jiang Ruochen of old?"

"Jiang Ruochen, I advise you to give up resisting. We can at least let you die with some dignity!"

The ancestors of the major factions shouted coldly.

"Hahaha!"

Jiang Ruochen suddenly laughed, looking coldly at the people before him.

"Since things have come to this, this old man no longer fears death! Since you insist on this, then this old man might as well drag every last one of you down with me!!"

As his words fell, an ancient mark condensed above Jiang Ruochen's head on its own, blooming with divine light and releasing an incomparably dangerous aura.

In an instant, his face became as pale as paper.

Yet his aura surged upward, preparing to restore the peak combat strength of his youth!

"Jiang Ruochen! Have you gone mad?! You're going to burn your life essence blood and return to your peak strength?!"

"Are you not afraid of death?!!"

For a moment, the ancestors of the major factions all underwent a drastic change in expression, utterly frightened by Jiang Ruochen's mad action.

Burning one's life essence blood could indeed restore one's peak state.

But that state could only be maintained for an extremely short time.

Once that time passed, death would come directly.

The only difference between it and self-destruction was that one died quickly, while the other died a little more slowly.

"Ninth Ancestor, don't!!"

The Jiang Family cultivators all roared, tears instantly spilling from their eyes.

"Ninth Ancestor, don't be hasty!!"

Jiang Xuan was stunned as well, his eyes reddening as he roared loudly.

Of course, he knew that Jiang Ruochen and the Jiang Family members were doing this for his sake.

But precisely because of that,

if Jiang Ruochen truly died before his eyes, he would likely live the rest of his life in remorse, unable to escape the pain of this day!

"Run! Run quickly!! Jiang Ruochen has gone mad!!"

The powerhouses of the major factions shouted, hastily unleashing divine abilities as they tried to flee from this place.

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But at that very moment, an infinitely terrifying aura abruptly descended, instantly forming an incomparably massive prison of heaven and earth that trapped everyone within.

As that aura descended, Jiang Ruochen's secret technique was interrupted by a force.

He stopped burning his life essence blood. In his slightly clouded eyes, an incomparably intense light erupted as he stared straight ahead, his lips trembling and his face full of shock:

"Emperor's Might?!!"