Four Great Hidden Families

"You know of the White Tiger Clan?"

Lu Ren asked urgently.

"I only happened to read about it in an ancient text."

Elder Bai Mo said indifferently, "It is said that after the Calamity Transformation, our Xuanhuang Continent originally had five powerful lineages. These five great lineages were the Azure Dragon Clan, White Tiger Clan, Vermilion Bird Clan, Black Tortoise Clan, and Kirin Clan!"

"Later, for reasons unknown, the Kirin Clan was destroyed. Their bloodline became diluted, and they turned into what is now the Demon Race. The other four lineages then completely withdrew from the world. Only occasionally has it been heard that disciples in trial grounds saw descendants of the Four Great Hidden Families make their moves. Every one of them was monstrously powerful, even capable of battling Martial Emperors at the Origin Venerate Realm!"

Hearing Elder Bai Mo's words, Lu Ren wore an incredulous expression. "How is that possible? Someone at the Origin Venerate Realm can battle a Martial Emperor?"

His ability to defeat Jade Rakshasa, a first-tier Martial Emperor, had relied entirely on the fifty thousand tombs. If he had not absorbed enough Heavenly Demon Evil Qi, it would have been utterly impossible for him to challenge a Martial Emperor across realms.

Moreover, Lu Ren considered his own foundation deep enough. Not only had he awakened nine attribute sword momentums, but he had also fused Calamity Sword Momentum and cultivated the Nine Kill Asura Saint Body.

Yet even so, relying on the Five Elements Chaos Art, he still did not possess the qualifications to battle a first-tier Martial Emperor.

His Five Elements Chaos Art had already reached the level of a High-grade Saint Tier Cultivation Method.

Could it be that the descendants of those hidden families possessed foundations even deeper than his?

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