The Presence of a Great Emperor

Breeze Mountain, the ruins of the Breeze Sect.

Many days had passed since the Breeze Sect was destroyed.

Even now, many figures were busy among the ruins.

They were rogue cultivators who had heard of the Breeze Sect's destruction.

They had come mainly to scavenge, to see whether the Ye Lineage had left behind anything good.

After all, the Breeze Sect had been a third-tier faction, a boundlessly vast colossus to them.

Even a single hair that fell from its body might change their fortunes.

At that moment, a streak of azure light crossed the horizon, then abruptly plunged down and stopped steadily above the ruins.

The newcomer wore azure robes, his features resolute and his imposing presence unmatched.

A mere trace of the presence he released left the scavenging rogue cultivators below unable to breathe.

They fled like mad.

"Who is that? What terrifying pressure!"

"Holy shit, I took one look at him and felt like I was going blind!"

"Things haven't been peaceful around the Clear Wind Kingdom lately. Better go looking for pickings somewhere else!"

"..."

The azure-robed man did not stop the rogue cultivators from scattering.

In fact, he had paid them no attention at all.

His attention had been entirely drawn to an exceedingly familiar lingering presence here.

It belonged to Elder Nan of the Myriad Origins Holy Land.

And he was Wan Kong, the Holy Lord of the Myriad Origins Holy Land.

The Myriad Origins Holy Land was far away. He had crossed several great provinces and spent over ten days flying here.

As for why he had not used another method, it was chiefly because he did not want to attract the attention of other factions.

After all, this concerned that family. There was no room for the slightest mishap.

After carefully examining the traces of Dao laws lingering in the air, he could roughly conclude that Elder Nan had indeed perished here.

He fell silent for a moment, then looked into the distance, turned into a streak of azure light, and swept away.

A while later, figures appeared among the ruins again.

They gazed thoughtfully in the direction the azure light had gone.

"Isn't that the direction of the Ye Lineage?"

"Now that you mention it, it really is!"

"When did the Ye Lineage provoke another powerful enemy like this?"

"The Ye Lineage is definitely finished this time. That man's strength is simply unfathomable!"

"Come on, let's take a look!"

"..."

Clearwater Town, the Ye Lineage.

By now, the Ye Lineage had become the foremost faction in Clearwater Town, and even in the Clear Wind Kingdom.

The lineage had countless cultivation resources, with every kind of pill and weapon available, from Yellow Rank and Mystic Rank to even the legendary Earth Rank.

Many Xiantian rogue cultivators, and even Origin Core Realm rogue cultivators, had flocked to their banner.

The strength of the Ye Lineage's members also grew rapidly. Supported by abundant resources, Ye Xuan and several lineage elders had all broken through to the Xiantian Realm.

Most of the other Ye Lineage disciples had also advanced to the Qi Sea Realm.

The entire Ye Lineage flourished, showing signs of a crouching tiger becoming a dragon.

On this day, an azure-robed man appeared in Clear Wind Town. It was none other than Wan Kong.

Yet as he walked through the town, not a single person could see him.

Just then, deep within the Ye Lineage, two pairs of bronze-bell-sized beast eyes opened in unison, gazing toward the town's streets with extreme solemnity.

Wan Kong also looked toward the Ye Lineage with interest.

"Interesting."

He smiled and murmured, "To think two powerful demonic beasts were lying low in the Ye Lineage!"

The moment his words fell, he appeared above the Ye Lineage and released a towering pressure belonging to the peak of the Great Saint Realm.

He wanted to see just what factions stood behind the Ye Lineage.

The pressure was so powerful that all of Clearwater Town, and even the Clear Wind Kingdom, became like a battered little boat tossing amid monstrous waves, liable to capsize at any moment.

The Ye Lineage, at the heart of the storm, suffered even more.

Many lineage members felt as though a mountain pressed down on them. They could not breathe, their faces deathly pale.

But this was already the result of him showing restraint.

After all, the situation remained unclear. He neither wanted nor dared to go too far.

Ye Xuan and the Ye Lineage's senior members came outside. Looking at the azure-robed man before them, they asked with grim expressions, "Senior, may we ask what you are..."

Wan Kong ignored him-or rather, did not even look at him-and addressed the depths of the Ye Lineage. "You two little fellows, aren't you coming out?"

The Ye Lineage's senior members exchanged looks.

Only Ye Xuan was greatly startled.

He alone knew that two demonic beasts guarded the Ye Lineage.

After Ye Chen had given him the two spirit beast bags, he had placed them in the Ye Lineage's forbidden grounds and duly enshrined them.

He had never expected this man to see through it at a glance.

But before he could think further, two immensely vast torrents of Yao Qi erupted.

In an instant, Sha Qi surged skyward, churning the scattered clouds, and heaven and earth abruptly lost their color.

Two demonic beasts suddenly appeared above the Ye Lineage.

Yet in contrast to their terrifying Yao Qi, both demonic beasts were incredibly tiny, like two little dolls.

One looked like a giant ape, except it had two horns on its head. It stared at Wan Kong with rounded eyes, occasionally pounding its chest with its tender pink hands and letting out a few eerie howls.

The other looked like a Qilin, pitch-black all over. She watched Wan Kong warily, her large eyes brimming with cunning.

"An ancient variant, a Primordial Demon Lightning Ape!"

Wan Kong murmured as he looked at the little ape doll, then exclaimed, "This... this is a Black Qilin!"

Qilin were auspicious beasts, and the one before him possessed a pure bloodline, something exceedingly rare across the entire Heavenly Profound Continent.

According to legend, the Qilin lineage all lived in the Southern Yao Court.

He had never imagined that a Qilin would be guarding the Ye Lineage, much less one whose strength had already reached Saint Grade.

No wonder he had seen an invisible power of fortune flowing continuously toward the Ye Lineage as soon as he approached its surroundings.

The two beasts before him looked tiny, but both harbored the might to destroy heaven and earth.

Most importantly, they seemed to be undergoing evolution!!!

"Who sent you here?"

He ignored the little ape outright and transmitted his voice to the Black Qilin through his divine sense.

The Demon Lightning Ape's eyes brimmed with the light of "wisdom." At a glance, its brain clearly had not fully developed.

"You're overthinking things. Who could order us around?"

The Black Qilin transmitted haughtily, occasionally glancing toward the demon ape.

The demon ape took the hint and began pounding his chest and howling again.

"Oh? Then why are you two here?"

Wan Kong could not understand it. There was nothing about the Ye Lineage that could attract them.

"Because... um... we share a fated connection with this place! Yes... a fated connection!"

As she spoke, she kept stealing a couple of guilty glances at the demon ape.

The demon ape pounded his chest and howled once more.

At her words, veins throbbed on Wan Kong's forehead.

Do you take me for a three-year-old?

A fated connection, you say!

Would you stay here without something to gain?

He did not want to argue with these two addlebrained demonic beasts. He struck directly, intending to capture them.

The two demonic beasts surely had extraordinary origins. If he captured them, whoever stood behind the Ye Lineage would surface.

Seeing this, the Black Qilin took to her heels, intending to flee.

She had spent so long in the Immortal Grade spirit beast bag that her bloodline was evolving toward an even more ancient level, and she was currently at a crucial stage.

That was why she had taken on this appearance.

Most importantly, less than a tenth of her strength remained. She was no match for this man.

So it was not that she lacked integrity. The main issue was that she could not beat him anyway, so she might as well preserve herself and settle the score another day.

The Ye Lineage's ancestor probably won't blame me, right?

As for the Demon Lightning Ape, his condition was much the same as the Black Qilin's.

Yet he flew into a rage and thrust a palm at Wan Kong.

Of course, in Wan Kong's eyes, that strike was no different from an infant waving its fist. He crushed it outright.

Seeing that the two divine beasts left by the ancestor were no match for this man, Ye Xuan's heart rose into his throat.

But at that very instant, he seemed to remember something.

"The ancestor also left a puppet!"

He immediately took out the puppet and poured a large quantity of supreme-grade spirit stones into its body.

An abrupt change occurred.

A presence capable of destroying heaven and earth, incomparably domineering, suddenly erupted and shot into the clouds.

At once, every living being in the Eastern Domain felt this horrifyingly powerful presence.

"This... this is the presence of a Great Emperor!"

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