"Damn you, you damned old bastard! You actually dared to scheme against my parents. The Shi Clan has no reason to exist anymore."
Shi Hao's face twisted savagely.
Countless Shi Clan ancestors were buried in the clan's ancestral grounds. They had not been opened for over a thousand years, and no one knew what dangers lay within.
He could figure it out: this old bastard had deliberately told his father and the others the news, intending to leave them all in the ancestral grounds.
"My good disciple, don't worry. They might be fine."
Ye Changge smiled faintly.
"Damned system, where's my reward? Have you slept yourself stupid?"
"Host, could you act like a decent human? I'm a great system, yet you dare insult me!"
The man and the system began trading verbal barbs.
Aotian, meanwhile, simply gathered everyone in the Shi Clan together and took all their cultivation resources, not even sparing the ancestors in their coffins.
"Well, Ancestor? Don't worry. I won't let Master kill you."
Shi Hao chuckled, suddenly discovering how exhilarating it felt to rob people and then strip them bare.
"Shi Hao, you're part of the Shi Clan's main bloodline, at least! Can you face our ancestors after doing this?"
"Shi Hao, you ungrateful wolf! What did the First Elder do wrong? Wasn't everything he did for the growth of our lineage? But you went and took all our Shi Clan's cultivation resources! How are we supposed to survive?"
Shi Hao chuckled without answering.
Under everyone's furious gazes, Ye Changge led the others toward the Shi Clan's ancestral grounds.
Since he had accepted Shi Hao, he had to sever all his ties to the outside world so he could cultivate in peace.
"Master, what physique does our youngest junior brother have? I can feel even my Supreme Bone stirring."
"I feel it too."
His eldest disciple, Lei Qianshan, looked utterly unshocked.
His second disciple, Wang Yuyan, likewise looked solemnly at Shi Hao.
"The battle saint physique, though it hasn't awakened yet."
"What? The physique ranked fifth among the ten great physiques of ancient times?"
"Master, that doesn't make sense. Even the battle saint physique couldn't possibly make the Supreme Bone stir, could it?"
Lei Qianshan looked utterly puzzled.
This was far too bizarre. The Supreme Bone was, after all, a powerful existence that would ultimately lead to becoming a Supreme, no worse than any of these saint physiques.
"When a Supreme emerges, who can contend?" Those were no idle words.
"A battle saint physique formed by merging two battle saint physiques naturally surpasses the ten great physiques."
"What..."
Everyone was shocked, their faces filled with disbelief. This was far too heaven-defying.
Upon entering the ancestral grounds, they found not the slightest rustle around them, filling them with a sense of oppression.
With Aotian and Xiongba clearing the way, they soon reached the depths.
At that moment, Shi Zilin and his wife were battling a Saint Realm spirit beast.
The powerful tremors shook heaven and earth.
Countless gravestones stood before them, with endless death Qi drifting around them.
"Heaven Imprisoning Hand, crushing with ten thousand tons!"
Shi Zilin unleashed terrifying saintly might. A gigantic hand pressed down, radiating boundless, terrifying power.
Whatever spirit beast it was, it shattered outright at that moment.
In an instant, heaven and earth lost their color, and saintly might spread everywhere.
"To think your father is actually a Saint."
Ye Changge was somewhat surprised.
"Young Master, someone is fighting up ahead."
"It's fine. Let's watch first."
Ye Changge spoke calmly. Hearing this, the two stood in front to guard against any approaching danger.
Then the spirit beast's roar shook the heavens. A peerless wolf phantom emerged and bore down on them in an instant.
Seeing this, the couple dared not be careless and unleashed terrifying saintly might.
But the woman seemed to be pregnant and could not move at that moment.
Shi Zilin roared. A long spear appeared in his hand, glittering with golden light as a terrifying power spread outward.
"Kill!"
Even with the aid of a Great Saint weapon, he was still slapped away by the spirit beast's phantom. He spat out a mouthful of blood, clearly gravely wounded.
"Zilin, leave me! Run! This is a Heavenly Wolf Beast. It has a trace of the Moon-Swallowing Wolf's bloodline. It's incredibly powerful!"
"Yue'er, even if I die today, I won't let it hurt you!"
As he spoke, a dragon's roar thundered out, and a blood-colored dragon phantom appeared behind him.
Its terrifying pressure seemed to come from hell, horrifying to the extreme.
A dragon phantom coiled around the Great Saint weapon in his hand, radiating supreme pressure.
"Dragon Roars Across the Nine Heavens!"
With a roar, the golden spear erupted with supreme pressure, as though a Great Saint had returned to life. It pierced through the heavenly wolf phantom and sent the Heavenly Wolf Beast flying as well.
It was precisely this that awakened the Heavenly Wolf Beast's ferocity.
Its cultivation, originally at the middle stage of the Saint Realm, instantly erupted with late-stage pressure.
"Damn beast! It actually broke through at a time like this."
Shi Zilin's expression was extremely grave.
At the same time, terrifying fluctuations also erupted at the Shi Clan estate. Shi Hao's grandfather was enveloped in golden light as he battled the Shi Clan ancestor.
Because Ye Changge and the others had taken all the divine weapons, the ancestor could only use ranged attacks or clash with his physical body, and he soon fell into a disadvantage.
"Hand over my grandson, or I'll make rivers of blood flow through the Shi Clan today!"
Shi Yuanshan roared, the golden light around him blazing even brighter.
"Shi Yuanshan, your grandson just entered the ancestral grounds. If you want to find him, go look for him there yourself."
"Hmph! I just came out of the ancestral grounds, and you're telling me he went in? Are you making a fool of me?"
As he spoke, his spear swept out, its terrifying attack bearing down with saintly might.
"Shi Yuanshan, you're only a middle-stage Great Saint. How can you contend with a half-step Supreme like me? Don't push your luck!"
"Hmph! A half-step Supreme? Would I, Shi Yuanshan, be afraid of you?"
The two supreme experts clashed again. Facing Shi Yuanshan, who wielded a Supreme weapon, the ancestor without a divine weapon was constantly suppressed.
This left him utterly frustrated.
Then a spear strike sent him flying, inflicting considerable injuries.
Just as Shi Yuanshan was about to attack again, a terrifying pressure bore down from above the Shi Clan.
"This is bad! A Supreme has arrived!"
The Shi Clan members looked bewildered, with terror and fear in their eyes as well.
What was a Supreme doing appearing at a time like this?
Had he come to wipe out their Shi Clan?
"Shi Zhongtian, what happened to your Shi Clan?"
The newcomer sounded somewhat surprised.
"Rain Emperor, what are you here for?"
The newcomer was none other than the Rain Emperor, the Rain Clan's Supreme.
"What am I here for? You're a half-step Supreme, an old bastard without even a Supreme weapon. What do you think I'm here for?"
As he spoke, terrifying pressure instantly crushed down.
At the same time, a crescent-bladed halberd appeared in the Rain Emperor's hand-the Rain Clan's Supreme weapon. Naturally, he had come this time after receiving news that the Shi Clan's Supreme weapon had been stolen, specifically to destroy the Shi Clan.
The Shi Clan was, after all, a lineage guarded by a Supreme weapon. Its formidable strength was beyond question.
Now that it had lost its Supreme weapon, the Rain Emperor naturally feared nothing.
The Rain Emperor was arrogant to the extreme. Seeing him produce a Supreme weapon, Shi Zhongtian's expression also turned grave.
A Supreme wielding a Supreme weapon possessed strength that was naturally far more than a simple matter of one plus one equaling two.
"Rain Emperor, do you really think trash like you can bully our Shi Clan?"
As he spoke, the golden spear flew out, bearing down on the Rain Emperor.
At that very moment, powerful presences of half-step Supremes and Great Saints approached from afar.
Clearly, the Rain Clan's experts had arrived.
"First Elder, I'll hold off Shi Zhongtian and Shi Yuanshan. Kill the rest as you please."
As the Rain Emperor spoke, the Rain Clan experts began attacking madly, like moths plunging into a flame.
The great battle erupted at the slightest spark, terrifying presences shaking all eight directions and the six reaches of the world.