"Ancestor Xingfu, you..."
White Dragon Elder was shocked.
The ancestors and Battle Body prodigies of the other families wore looks of disbelief.
At last, they understood.
The Star River Imperial Clan had sided with the Ghost Path Cultivators, allowing them to infiltrate the Immortal Path Great World. They had even given them the route through Dao-Suppressing Mountain's restrictions.
Ancestor Xingfu's face darkened, while the other Star River Imperial Clan ancestors looked stunned and bewildered.
"That's right. The Star River Imperial Clan has submitted to me!"
The Ghost Venerable Emperor Lord gave White Dragon Elder and the others a half-smile.
They were all about to be refined into Ghost Path Puppets anyway. Telling them would change nothing.
"How could the Star River Imperial Clan submit to you?"
Elder Bai asked in astonishment.
"It wasn't the Star River Imperial Clan that submitted to me. It was Wang Mie!"
The Ghost Venerable Emperor Lord spoke calmly.
Ancestor Xingfu's eyes turned bloodshot. "Ghost Venerable Emperor Lord! I gave you my wholehearted cooperation, and you're going to refine me into a Ghost Path Puppet?"
"If you must blame someone, blame Lu Ren for breaking the Four-Aspect Immortal-Sealing Formation!"
A cruel smile spread across the Ghost Venerable Emperor Lord's face.
With a sweep of his hand, the Mong Luo Emperor's Golden Hammer burst with brilliant golden light. Streaks of hammer radiance shot out, raining blows upon the Nine Supreme Families' experts.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
In the blink of an eye, many experts of the Nine Supreme Families suffered grievous injuries beneath the hammer's assault.
Apart from the Battle Bodies, the other ancestors—even late Seventh-Step Supreme Realm experts like White Dragon Elder and Gu Chunxiao—grew weak.
Strange qi kept seeping into their bodies from all sides, leaving them unable to fight.
"This is bad! The ancestors