But the Academy Elder had never imagined it.
That "young hero" who had once burned with passion, his heart set on strengthening the lineage.
Had long since forgotten his original resolve, forgotten his solemn promises, forgotten the oath he had sworn in the ancestral hall!
For his own selfish interests, he had disregarded the lineage's safety and brought down a calamity that blotted out the heavens!
None suffered a greater blow than the Academy Elder. Endless remorse flooded her heart, and once she accepted the truth, her vitality seemed to ebb away in an instant, leaving her visibly older.
Looks of disappointment, hostility, and anger fell upon Huang Yicheng. Several elders of the Huang Household frowned at him as well. Had a powerful enemy not been at their gates, they might have joined forces to overthrow his rule on the spot!
Some of the Huang Household's Qi Refining Period clansmen also seemed to grasp what had happened, and all were bitterly disappointed in Huang Yicheng. His lingering authority still cowed them, however, so they dared not curse him aloud and merely looked at him with disgust.
Faced with the varied, "unusual" gazes of his clansmen, Huang Yicheng remained expressionless, but endless regret had already filled his heart.
He had reached Foundation Establishment at thirty-eight. With the lineage's resources, he had cultivated to Foundation Establishment Peak at a hundred and seventy. This year, he was nearing two hundred, yet his cultivation had not advanced for more than a decade.
After two hundred, his chances of forming a golden core would grow ever slimmer. If he failed, death would not be far away. Thus, Huang Yicheng had been consumed by anxiety.
He was like a man standing with his back to an abyss, facing the threat of death at every moment. One