I Swear by the Ji River

Deep within Yaochi, a man approached. He was so plain he seemed utterly ordinary, with nothing remarkable about him. Even his face left no impression once you looked away.

Yet both the Ji Family elder accompanying him and the venerable elder from Yaochi who had come to receive him treated this young man with immense respect, even greeting him with formal bows.

"Has someone like this truly emerged?"

Jiang Yifei, usually so composed, could not remain calm.

Brilliant and extraordinary, with the bearing of a god, he stepped forward to greet the man. He bowed and said with utmost solemnity, "Greetings, senior."

"There's no need for ceremony."

The man was neither tall nor imposing, just plain and ordinary. He raised a hand to help Jiang Yifei up and said slowly, "If we don't count the years I spent sealed in Divine Origin, we're of the same generation. There isn't much difference in our ages."

The revelation was staggering. An ancient prodigy sealed in Divine Origin had truly broken free. He looked entirely ordinary, but his origins were anything but.

Jiang Yifei said solemnly, "This bow is the Human Race's tribute to the Void Great Emperor. I must pay my respects!"

The newcomer was no descendant like Yan Ruyu, whose bloodline had been purified, nor someone like Jiang Yifei, whose pure blood had awakened through an unexpected reversion to his ancestors. He was a true son of a Human Race emperor.

Born in an age of chaos and sealed in Divine Origin, he had now returned to the world—a peerless talent capable of contending with a young Great Emperor!

Once an emperor's son appeared, who could rival him? His bloodline alone all but guaranteed he could reach Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven.

Moreover, among the children of Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors, those