The radicals of the Ancient Race had been warned by the Neutral Faction, making them realize their current predicament. They could not wage a large-scale war against the Human Race. Once war broke out, their clans would be exterminated.
Although they could not make any major moves, they had to eliminate Ye Fan of the Holy Body. This was especially true of the Blood Moon Race. Huo Tan's branch of their race had been toyed with to death by Ye Fan, and they could not swallow that humiliation.
The Golden Race also hated Ye Fan to the bone. He had even stripped their Golden Princess in public, a humiliation they could not stomach.
But now that their Ancient Emperor Weapon, the Golden Mace, had been downgraded, the Golden Race dared not act directly. They could only secretly provide Sacred Artifacts to the radicals, hoping they could kill Ye Fan this time and vent their pent-up resentment.
When the Neutral Faction of the Ancient Race saw those radicals furtively plotting to assassinate Ye Fan, the Human Race's Holy Body, they found it laughable. What a pack of lunatics who had no idea they were courting death.
Two months had passed, and Ye Fan emerged from secluded cultivation. The opening of the Strange Scholars' Mansion was not far off. He was still a hair short of the seventh heaven of Severing the Dao, with a tantalizing sense that a breakthrough was close yet out of reach. He left the Village of Heaven to wander around, relax, and seek inspiration.
For cultivators in the Severing the Dao Realm, every breakthrough was incredibly difficult. Reaching the Sage realm was harder still, let alone proving their Dao and becoming an emperor.
After leaving seclusion, Ye Fan also heard rumors that some members of the Ancient