A Gentleman Like Jade, a Godson Without Equal

The only being capable of making two Jun Family Sequences look so grave could only be an even stronger Sequence.

The one who entered the hall was a young man clad in silver battle armor.

His face was square and stern, his bearing cold and domineering. Crisscrossing scars marked his cheeks, lending him an even more chilling aura.

The young man's eyes resembled twin lakes of lightning. Whenever they opened and closed, lightning flared forth, and the profound meaning of thunder manifested around him.

"It's actually him!"

"I never thought he would come too!"

At the sight of this young man, the prodigies from many great factions all turned solemn.

Even Ye Xingyun revealed a grave look as he said, "He came too—the Jun Family's Fifth Sequence, Jun Wanjie."

Jun Wanjie was undoubtedly a legendary prodigy.

Born into a collateral branch of the Jun Family, his status had been low, and he had suffered countless cold stares and hardships.

Once they came of age, members of these Jun Family collateral branches would generally be sent to the various Dao Provinces to manage the Jun Family's businesses.

Jun Wanjie had originally been one of them.

Until he unexpectedly obtained the inheritance of a Supreme Art, the Crossing Tribulation Heavenly Art.

Because of this, Jun Wanjie awakened a top-tier physique that even he himself had never known he possessed: the Tribulation Lightning Battle Physique!

Among the three thousand physiques, the Tribulation Lightning Battle Physique could rank within the top three hundred. It was one of the top-tier physiques, with extremely formidable combat power.

Jun Wanjie had thus forcefully become the Jun Family's Fifth Sequence.

Although the Jun Family's ten great Sequences were all outstanding heroes among men, there was still a certain gap in strength between them.

Being able to rank within the top five among the ten great Sequences was already enough to prove Jun Wanjie's formidable strength.

Yet his arrival made both Jun Zhangjian and Jun Xuehuang knit their brows tightly.

The reason was simple. Perhaps because he had been born into a collateral branch and endured cold stares since childhood,

his personality was exceedingly aloof and domineering, and his relationship with the other Sequences was not good.

"With his personality, it's truly strange that he would come to attend Cousin Xiaoyao's Tenth Birthday Banquet," Jun Zhangjian muttered. Clearly, he was not particularly fond of Jun Wanjie either.

"Perhaps he came to witness the Godson's strength. After all, the Godson will very likely enter the ranks of the ten great Sequences in the future," Jun Xuehuang guessed.

Even now, they did not know that Jun Xiaoyao had long since been designated the Zero Sequence.

After Jun Wanjie arrived, he directly chose a seat and sat down alone. No one else around him dared approach.

With the Jun Family's three Sequences having arrived, the atmosphere in the entire hall grew increasingly heated.

At that moment, waves of powerful auras descended. The people from the various factions and traditions all tensed, turning their gazes toward them.

A group of Jun Family elders arrived. Every one of them possessed a flourishing aura that inspired awe at first sight.

Jun Xiaoyao's mother, Jiang Rou, also arrived.

"Everyone, thank you for attending my grandson's Tenth Birthday Banquet. This old man offers you his thanks," said the gold-robed elder at the center. He was none other than Jun Zhantian.

"You're too courteous!"

"It is also our honor to catch a glimpse of the Godson's true appearance!" Everyone present smiled as they returned the salute with cupped hands.

An elder from one tradition hesitantly asked, "May I ask where the Godson is at present?"

The moment those words were spoken, many people pricked up their ears.

The banquet had already begun, yet its guest of honor had not appeared. That was somewhat improper.

Moreover, a large part of the reason these people had come was to see the true face of the Jun Family Godson.

"My apologies, everyone. My grandson has been in seclusion and has yet to emerge, but it should be soon..."

Just as Jun Zhantian's words fell,

a booming rumble suddenly came from the Heavenly Emperor Palace deep within the Jun Family.

Above the nine heavens, thunder churned, rosy radiance stretched for ten thousand zhang, and countless auspicious rays streamed forth.

"What kind of sight is that!"

"It seems someone is breaking through a realm. Could it be the Godson?"

"But isn't the aura of this breakthrough a little too terrifying?"

The powerful figures from the many factions inside the hall were all dumbfounded when they sensed that fluctuation of aura, drawing in deep breaths.

The Jun Family Godson was only ten years old, even counting every day of his life.

Boom!

From the distant Heavenly Emperor Palace, vast golden light burst forth.

Vaguely, the phantom of a Primordial Divine Elephant seemed to appear, suppressing the nine heavens and ten lands!

"What sort of cultivation art is that? It actually makes even my heart palpitate..."

Ye Xingyun's expression shifted slightly as he sensed the Primordial Divine Elephant's pressure.

He was considered quite proud himself. He possessed the Stellar King Physique and extraordinary talent, enough to suppress all directions.

Yet the Primordial Divine Elephant actually gave even Ye Xingyun a feeling of terror.

This made Ye Xingyun frown. He did not like this feeling.

Just as the guests were still astonished,

a gigantic hand appeared in the distant sky. It pressed down from the heavens, sealing off all the phenomena and preventing outsiders from peering within.

"That hand... could it be... a Supreme..."

Seeing that giant hand casually wipe away the phenomena, the powerful figures from all the factions present secretly swallowed, their hearts trembling with fear.

The person who had acted was undoubtedly a Supreme powerhouse.

"Could it be the Jun Family's Eighteenth Ancestor?" some people guessed inwardly.

Just as the many factions formed all manner of speculations because of those phenomena,

the doors of the Heavenly Emperor Palace finally opened.

Amid a burst of dazzling radiance, an incomparably peerless figure in white slowly emerged.

At that moment, countless gazes between heaven and earth converged upon the figure stepping out of the Heavenly Emperor Palace like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea.

He was a tall and slender youth, his body enveloped in hazy immortal radiance. His white robes were fairer than snow, like an exiled immortal who had never fallen into the mortal world.

Every strand of his hair glimmered crystal-bright. His body seemed to be forged from the finest immortal jade, containing divine radiance.

His features were veiled by seemingly existent yet nonexistent misty immortal light, though they could still vaguely be seen.

His features were divinely exquisite, naturally wrought, and so handsome that he gave off an unreal feeling.

At first sight, one could not help but wonder.

Was this truly a human?

Or an immortal who had accidentally fallen into the mortal world?

At this moment, heaven and earth fell silent.

Many women seemed to have stopped breathing altogether.

Even some Jun Family girls who had seen Jun Xiaoyao before felt as though they were suffocating at this moment.

After one year of seclusion, Jun Xiaoyao's temperament had undergone a sublimation, becoming even more profound.

"A gentleman by the road is like jade; the Godson is without equal in this world..."

A Jun Family girl, as if bewitched and dazed, murmured these words.

At that moment, Jun Xiaoyao looked at the sea of gazes and felt slightly surprised.

Has it already reached my Tenth Birthday Banquet?

Jun Xiaoyao had not expected that he would spend an entire year in seclusion in the blink of an eye.

Now, his strength had risen once again, reaching the peak of the True Spirit Ninth Heaven.

He had far exceeded the goal he had set when breaking through to the True Spirit Realm, completing his task beyond expectation.

It could be said that throughout the Desolate Heaven Immortal Domain, there had been only a handful throughout the ages who could reach the True Spirit Ninth Heaven at ten years old.

"Godson, the banquet has already begun."

Seeing Jun Xiaoyao emerge from seclusion, Jun Linglong, who had been waiting outside the palace all along, stepped forward and spoke.

As for Bai Yuer, she had already returned to the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom.

"Mm, let us go to the main hall first." Jun Xiaoyao nodded slightly and walked through the air, like an immortal treading the void.

Only after Jun Xiaoyao's figure had gone far away did those watching gazes come back to their senses.

"I do not know how strong the Jun Family Godson is, but in terms of appearance and bearing, he must be the number one in the Immortal Domain." A holy maiden from a great faction who had come to the banquet murmured dreamily.

At this moment, inside the main hall, many people had also learned that the Jun Family Godson had emerged from seclusion.

Before long, a calm and gentle voice came from the entrance of the hall.

"Thank you all for attending Jun's banquet."

As the words fell, an otherworldly figure, dressed in robes whiter than snow, leisurely walked into the hall.

All clamor ceased at that moment...