Carrying out the sentence

"Thank you for your help, Elder Light." Xiao Yan nodded lightly. "I, Xiao Yan, will remember this favor."

"Hehe, I merely carried out Your Highness's instructions. How could I presume to ask for a favor?" Though the Light Punishment Saint declined in words, his usually cold, haughty old face blossomed into a chrysanthemum of smiles.

Someone like him, seated high above the clouds, did not really care whether a few Descendants lived or died. The longer people lived, the colder their hearts tended to become.

But if those few Descendants could earn him a favor from Xiao Yan, that would be a tremendous windfall.

"Elder Light, now that the evidence is conclusive, someone of your standing should be able to enforce the law, correct?" Xiao Yan asked.

"Of course. Your Highness, we can head to the Xiao Lu Lineage and enforce the law right now." The Light Punishment Saint smiled faintly and gestured for Xiao Yan to lead the way.

"Then I'm sorry to trouble you to intervene once more, Elder Light." A cold smile appeared on Xiao Yan's face. His Dou Qi Wings beat behind him, and he flew toward the Xiao Lu Lineage's mountain.

The Xiao Lu Lineage neighbored the Xiao Lin Lineage, with only White Jade Mountain between them, though their clan grounds were somewhat farther apart.

Fortunately, everyone in the party possessed considerable strength. A dozen or so minutes later, Xiao Yan arrived at the Xiao Lu Lineage's mountain.

"Xiao Jiande! Get the hell out here!" Xiao Yan roared, his voice amplified by Dou Qi until it resounded across the entire mountain.

"What happened?" Many members of the Xiao Lu Lineage looked up.

Although Xiao Jiande had a poor reputation within their lineage, he was still the grandson of a clan elder and enjoyed considerable status.

"That voice... it's that damned Xiao Yan!" Inside a room, Xiao Jiande froze upon hearing the voice, then a hint of delight appeared on his face.

I never thought this brat would be so impatient that he'd come straight here to batter down our door. With that thought, he flew outside.

Calling for him to get the hell out in front of everyone, right on their lineage's grounds, was no longer a simple personal grievance. It was a slap to the Xiao Lu Lineage's face.

That single shout alone had offended everyone in the Xiao Lu Lineage.

"Xiao Yan! What are you doing here?" Seeing Xiao Yan's dark expression up in the sky made Xiao Jiande even happier.

"Were you the one who sent people to Seven Spirit Village?" Xiao Yan regarded Xiao Jiande calmly, inexplicably stirring a trace of unease within him, though he quickly regained his composure.

"What Seven Spirit Village? You mean the village those two beasts of burden came from?" Xiao Jiande deliberately feigned ignorance, yet wore a provocative smile.

"Heh." Looking at that provocative smile, Xiao Yan sneered, took out a Recording Stone, and poured Dou Qi into it.

The projected images clearly displayed the persecution of Seven Spirit Village before Xiao Jiande.

"You should recognize these two people in the images." Xiao Yan pointed at the two Dou Emperors who wielded dark-attribute Dou Qi.

By now, quite a few clansmen had flown into the air behind Xiao Jiande to watch the commotion.

Seeing everything that happened in the images, Xiao Jiande's expression first changed drastically, then turned mocking.

"Both of them have their faces covered. How would I recognize them? Young Master Xiao Yan, although we don't get along, surely you needn't resort to such tricks to frame and threaten me."

"Frame you?" Xiao Yan glanced at Xiao Jiande. "I think we'll have to arrest you and send you to the Punishment Hall for a thorough interrogation to prove whether I'm framing you."

With that, his figure flickered like a phantom once again, appearing before Xiao Jiande in a few flashes.

"You-you dare attack me on my own clan grounds!" Xiao Jiande's expression changed drastically. He beat his Dou Qi Wings and tried to flee.

Just then, a palm appeared beside Xiao Jiande like a phantom and collided with Xiao Yan's hand.

Bam! Two mighty forces clashed. Xiao Yan retreated more than ten steps, while the other figure retreated more than twenty, staring at Xiao Yan in shock.

A Dou Emperor had actually gained a slight upper hand in a direct clash with him, a Three-Star Dou Zong.

"Xiao Yan, you may be an unparalleled genius from the Xiao Lin Lineage, but isn't it a little too arrogant to come swaggering onto our Xiao Lu Lineage's turf like this?"

The young man snorted coldly. Perhaps he was one of Xiao Jiande's older clan cousins.

"This is none of your business. Get lost!" Xiao Yan said coldly.

"You arrogant brat!" Choked with anger at Xiao Yan's attitude, the young man was about to lash out when an aged voice sounded in everyone's ears. "Stop..."

An old man in purple robes had appeared before the crowd without anyone noticing.

"Grandfather!" Xiao Jiande's eyes lit up, and his gaze toward Xiao Yan grew even more provocative. "Grandfather, this brat came to our lineage to cause trouble over a petty personal grudge. Is he trying to slap my face? He's trying to slap yours!"

"Useless fool, always stirring up trouble." The purple-robed elder glared at Xiao Jiande, then turned toward Xiao Yan.

"Little brat, whatever my grandson did to offend you, coming to our lineage's clan grounds to cause trouble is a slap to our face.

"If you don't give us an explanation today, you'll be taught a lesson even if your grandfather is a Dou Sheng!"

"An explanation?" Xiao Yan sneered, and the Recording Stone in his hand projected the images again.

"You old bastard, that fine grandson you raised certainly has a knack for this. Unable to take revenge on me, he went after a bunch of helpless Descendants instead.

"I came here today precisely to cause trouble, and I'm going to cripple this bastard right before your entire Xiao Lu Lineage!"

"How dare you!" The many young members of the Xiao Lu Lineage erupted in fury, while the purple-robed elder's expression darkened further.

"An ill-bred junior. Whatever your status or talent, today I shall teach you how to respect your elders." As his words fell, his figure appeared eerily before Xiao Yan, and his withered, eagle-claw-like hand reached out to seize him.

To his surprise, however, there was not a trace of panic on Xiao Yan's face. There was even a hint of mockery deep in his eyes.

The next instant, a glowing palm reached out from beside Xiao Yan.

The two palms met lightly. The purple-robed elder's face instantly flushed crimson, and he was driven back a full hundred zhang before spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"Since when did a mere Dou Zun dare disrespect our clan's Emperor's Son?"

The icy voice rang through the sky. Dressed in black, the Light Punishment Saint stepped out of the space beside Xiao Yan. Staring at the mountains below, he said coolly, "Xiao Lu, the Emperor's Son has arrived. Are you not coming out to welcome him?"

"The Emperor's Son? Xiao Yan?" Most of the Xiao Lu Lineage's young members looked utterly bewildered, and even Xiao Jiande's expression shifted.

Only his grandfather, the purple-robed elder, underwent a drastic change of expression.

As the Light Punishment Saint's voice spread, another old man swiftly flew out from the mountain beneath their feet.

"Xiao Lu... pays his respects to Your Highness." Looking at Xiao Yan's startlingly youthful face, the old man spoke with a mixture of complicated feelings and respect.

"Your Highness..." Once those words left their own lineage head's mouth, every member of the Xiao Lu Lineage looked shocked.

Over the past few days, vague rumors had circulated through the clan that the clan ancestor had appointed a new Emperor's Son. None had expected it to be a Dou Emperor who still smelled of mother's milk.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jiande's face turned deathly pale.

"Lineage Head Xiao Lu, I intend to deal with a few degenerates within the clan. Do you have any objections?" Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Lu with a smile.

"With Your Highness personally dealing with the clan's degenerates, I naturally have no objections." Xiao Lu's face twitched slightly, but he dared say nothing more.

That was only because Xiao Yan was still a Dou Emperor. Had either of the other two Emperors' Sons come demanding an accounting, he would probably already be on his knees.

After all, those two had reached Nine-Star Dou Sheng long ago and stood at the very pinnacle of the Xiao Clan and even the Dou Qi Continent.

"In that case, Elder Light, I'm sorry to trouble you to carry out the sentence." Xiao Yan smiled faintly, but in Xiao Jiande's eyes, he looked like a demon.