They all knew that the figure closely connected to the Xiang Family had no direct blood ties to them. The origin of his bloodline remained a mystery.
Though Xiang Li had brought him back and adopted him during one of his journeys abroad, treating him as his own nephew, and though the Xiang Family had regarded him as their pride and hope,
in the end... he had not left behind even the slightest trace of bloodline, whether within the Xiang Family or beyond it.
As he recalled the past, Xiang Yun sat in the seat of honor and remained silent for a long while before finally releasing a long sigh.
"Such are the times, such is fate. Perhaps our ancestors had their own considerations in this matter, and it is not for descendants like us to speculate upon.
"For now, we can only do our utmost to nurture the remaining clansmen and excavate the inheritance within the Ancestral Abyss, to see whether we can find a sliver of hope for the family."
At the mention of the "Ancestral Abyss," everyone perked up slightly.
That narrow, bottomless ancient cavern was the Xiang Family's most closely guarded secret. It was said to contain the oldest inheritance of the Indestructible Golden Body Lineage,
including the true intent stele of the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist, which had once been invincible throughout the world.
Yet the Ancestral Abyss was unfathomably mysterious, and powerful fields permeated its depths.
Those without pure bloodlines or profound cultivation found it difficult to venture deep inside. Moreover, only the family head and a very few core elders had ever known its precise details or possessed the authority to bring others in.
Among those who had migrated back from the Outer Domain, only a handful of survivors had ever entered