The Matter Was Settled

"Could the Luo Family's ancestor really be that man from the Tianxuan Holy Land six thousand years ago?"

An elder who knew part of the truth muttered to himself.

"Didn't the Luo Family's ancestor first emerge four thousand eight hundred years ago? How could he have anything to do with the Tianxuan Holy Land six thousand years ago?" another elder asked in bewilderment. He had cultivated for far less time than the first elder and had never heard many of these secrets.

"There is an extremely obscure rumor circulating in the world. I happened to hear it once while drinking with Ancestor Fang Jin. According to him, the man who single-handedly changed the history of the Tianxuan Holy Land supposedly did not belong to that era. He came from another age."

"That's impossible! Even an Ancient Great Emperor couldn't reverse the future and return to the past. However peerless the Luo Family's ancestor's talent might be, he could never compare to a Great Emperor! If even a Great Emperor couldn't do it, how could he?"

"That is why the rumor was later dismissed. After all, throughout history, no one has ever accomplished such a heaven-defying feat as returning to the past and reversing the future. But do you know where that rumor came from?"

The less experienced elder instinctively asked, "Where?"

Could this rumor have some extraordinary origin?

The elder paused and glanced around before transmitting his voice. "They say it came from the Desolate Forbidden Zone! Of course, no one has ever confirmed that it truly originated there."

The less experienced elder was deeply shocked, but then heard the other continue, "After today, though, I fear another person will be drawn out."

"Another person? Who?"

The holy land elder who knew so many secrets solemnly uttered a name. "The Tianxuan Saintess from six thousand years ago!"

"Hiss!"

Even the elder from the Yaoguang Holy Land was somewhat shaken. She was the most dazzling woman in six thousand years, once the greatest beauty of the Eastern Wasteland. A hundred years ago, she had emerged from divine source, fought her way across the world without an equal, and ventured deep into the Starry Sky Ancient Road before returning.

It was said that this woman, with her peerless figure and immaculate body, had scarcely found a worthy opponent on the Human Race Ancient Road. She was all but invincible! She was hailed as second only to Ruthless in brilliance.

Some elders who knew the old stories could not help sighing. "Six thousand years ago, this man was close to the Tianxuan Saintess. They often entered and left the holy land together, leaving countless proud talents of the Eastern Wasteland heartbroken, beating their chests and stamping their feet.

"If there was anyone in this world who could stir mortal affection in the heart of the Eastern Wasteland's greatest beauty from six thousand years ago, it was him! Sadly, the Tianxuan Holy Land was ultimately destroyed in its entirety. Some power erased every trace of his existence, while the Tianxuan Saintess was sealed inside divine source.

"From then on, this man, who was believed to be the Tianxuan Saintess's intimate confidant, vanished without a trace! All he left behind were rumors of uncertain truth. If the Tianxuan Saintess hadn't suddenly emerged a hundred years ago and searched like a madwoman for someone's whereabouts, the passage of time would have led us to believe that this man had never existed six thousand years ago!"

Every word reached Luo Yan's ears. He had never expected that the saintess had already emerged and amassed such a glorious battle record.

Of course, Luo Yan had no time to concern himself with the Tianxuan Saintess now. He still had something very important to do. By his calculations, Ye Fan would soon be born.

This was the true second-generation imperial heir of Shrouding the Heavens, a genuine candidate for the imperial throne who was certain to attain the Dao and become a Great Emperor someday.

He was a flower resembling the empress's elder brother, the person for whom she had waited bitterly in the mortal world. She had left him countless opportunities, even finding the Dao Integration Flower, one of the world's three wondrous flowers, and placing it inside the Nine Dragons Coffin for Ye Fan.

Just how precious was the Dao Integration Flower?

Legend had it that this flower had appeared only once throughout all history. Once it appeared, anyone standing before it at the instant of its first bloom could integrate with the Dao and become an emperor.

One could imagine how miraculous such a flower was. If Luo Yan could find one, he could become an emperor on the spot. Calling it the world's greatest treasure would hardly be an exaggeration. Unfortunately, it was far too rare. It had appeared only once in the Mythological Era, and now the second bloom was in the empress's hands.

If Ye Fan knew how powerful his backing was, he would probably be unable to resist writing an essay titled "My Empress Little Sister." It would surely win first prize for composition in the Big Dipper.

Next, Luo Yan wondered whether, since he could return to six thousand years ago, he could also return to ten thousand years ago.

Who had lived ten thousand years ago?

A Single Lotus Through the Eternal Blue Heavens, who had broken the curse after Desolate Antiquity and become an emperor in the age of declining Dharma, hailed as the greatest figure since Desolate Antiquity!

Moreover, the Azure Emperor had an extraordinary origin. His former incarnation was the legendary Chaos Green Lotus! He even had deep ties to the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, who had stood alone in judgment over the ages. One could even say that without the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, there would have been no Azure Emperor.

He had originally been an undying Chaos Green Lotus seed. He took root and sprouted upon Emperor Zun's Green Cauldron in Kunlun, underwent rebirth through nirvana, forgot his past, and severed his characteristics as an Immortal Medicine to become a cultivator.

"Speaking of the Tianxuan Holy Land, I heard that a peerless demonic creature escaped from its former grounds three hundred years ago. Who knows where it has buried itself to recover now, or whether it will threaten the human race someday?" Another elder revealed a secret.

"You mean the demonic creature sealed inside that coffin? I saw it with my own eyes. It absolutely cannot escape within five hundred years. The coffin is reinforced by a peerless formation. It can't get out!"

"Who could have imagined that such a demonic creature lay beneath the Tianxuan Holy Land? Originally, it could never have escaped. It would have remained suppressed underground for all eternity, never seeing the light of day. We can only blame the various powers for being too greedy after the Tianxuan Holy Land's destruction. When they plundered it, they practically dug three feet into the ground, damaging the underground terrain and giving it a chance to escape!

"Six thousand years ago, ancestors of holy lands and great families predicted that the creature would break free. It wasn't as though they never tried to surround and kill it. They even brought Extreme Dao Emperor Weapons, yet they failed to harm so much as a hair on it and lost quite a few powerful experts in the process." An elder revealed the truth behind the creature's escape.

"Two hundred years will pass in the blink of an eye!" another elder fretted.

Luo Yan was startled again. That fellow had actually escaped. This really was bad news. The divine remnant had possessed an Emperor Corpse. If Luo Yan faced it now, the odds were that disaster would outweigh any chance of survival. That fellow was incredibly troublesome!

Fortunately, he still had two hundred years. If he could locate it during that time, he could seal it again.

Alternatively, he could attain the Dao and become a Great Emperor within two hundred years, eliminating this future threat once and for all.

"Senior, here are ten thousand jin of variant source." The Yaoguang Holy Lord respectfully placed a heap of variant source before Luo Yan. It was comparable to a small mountain and brought his thoughts back to the matter at hand.

The Yaoguang Holy Lord's heart was bleeding. Because of a single Chaos Origin Divine Body, they had provoked a Quasi-Emperor with little lifespan remaining. Not only had he trampled the Yaoguang Holy Land's dignity into the dirt, but he had also split the holy land in two. They had lost a Saint, and several elders had died.

At that moment, he resolved that he had to give the Ruthless One Lineage a stern warning! They had grown increasingly brazen in recent years!

If they kept making enemies like this, sooner or later the Yaoguang Holy Land would be destroyed at their hands!

Luo Feng also released Luo Yixian and told her what had just happened. Curiosity shone in her eyes as she secretly studied the ancestor, who appeared to be about her own age. He looked exactly like the portrait in the Ancestral Hall, as though he had stepped out of the painting, strikingly handsome.

"The matter here is settled. Let's return!"

"Yes, Ancestor!"

The Luo Family disciples straightened their backs, pride written on every face.

This was their Luo Family's ancestor. Alone, he could press an entire holy land down until it could not lift its head!

After today, word that the Luo Family's ancestor had clashed head-on with an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon and forced the Yaoguang Holy Land to bow its head, admit fault, offer compensation, and apologize would surely spread swiftly throughout the Eastern Wasteland, and even the entire Big Dipper.