"Ancestor Fentian, I have never forgotten the humiliation of that broken engagement."
Xiao Yan looked at the withered old man opposite him, a flicker of reminiscence crossing his eyes as he recalled the people and events of those years.
Back then, his aptitude had been extraordinary!
Houtian at four, Xiantian at ten, and Grandmaster at fifteen-he had become the youngest Grandmaster in his clan in a hundred years.
Yet because of the old man in his ring, his cultivation had completely dissipated when he was sixteen. His strength had plummeted from the peak of Grandmaster to early Houtian, and he had since become a scorned good-for-nothing, inferior even to children.
At seventeen, Liu Ruyan, who had been betrothed to him before birth, had publicly broken off their engagement and made the Five-Year Agreement.
Later, under the tutelage of Yao Chen, the very culprit responsible, Xiao Yan had recovered his former strength and ventured across the world with perseverance and conviction.
He had fought evil demons and held back beast tides.
He had led the Xiao Clan toward the pinnacle of martial arts!
Now, Xiao Yan was thirty, his cultivation having reached Nine-Star Martial Saint. The Xiao Clan had also become the foremost clan in the Celestial Empire, second only to its Imperial Family.
At that moment, Ancestor Fentian's hoarse voice pulled Xiao Yan from his thoughts. "Young Master Xiao Yan, will you truly refuse to leave my Fentian Sect a way to survive?"
"There's nothing to discuss," Xiao Yan said calmly.
"Fine, fine, fine. In five hundred years of cultivation, this is the first time I've met a youngster like you. Let me test this youngster's strength!"
His words fell.
Terrifying blood vitality abruptly erupted from Ancestor Fentian's seemingly aged body. Blazing flames gushed from within him as the spiritual