"Me? I'm fine... just a little tired..."
The Suanni raised its eyelids and yawned.
The demon's overall mental state was visibly poor.
What he said surprised Ye Chenfeng slightly.
"How can a great demon at the peak of the Perfected Void Return be fatigued?"
"He's not an ordinary person..."
Ye Chenfeng had a feeling that something was off about the Suanni.
But I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong.
They had no choice but to give up.
One person and one beast, along with several other guards from the Combat Hall.
They quickly approached the patrol location.
This is what is known as the outer perimeter of the Heaven-Shrouding Palace.
Heaven-Shrouding Palace is the location of the Ji Household ancestral hall.
Located in the center of the Awakening of Insects Continent.
Although it's called a palace, it actually resembles a massive mountain range.
Even from tens of thousands of miles away, the magnificence of that palace is visible to the naked eye.
The Heaven-Shrouding Palace truly embodies the ambition to cover the heavens!
This place is also the core of the entire Ji Household.
In fact, this location doesn't need any guards or patrols at all.
The Ji Household mobilized thousands of guards, essentially to have Ye Chenfeng serve as a ceremonial escort.
Moreover, this ceremonial procession was meticulously selected.
People like Ye Chenfeng and Suanni could only stand on the outer perimeter of the Heaven-Shrouding Palace.
Inside were even more powerful Ji Household guards.
Ye Chenfeng, clad in silver armor, stood in mid-air alongside the Suanni and thousands of other guards.
Hundreds of thousands of cultivators formed tight square formations.
They are arranged on the left and right sides.
A wide road was cleared in the middle.
The tightly packed square formation of silver-armored soldiers resembled a silvery ocean.
It looks quite beautiful from a distance.
That's not all.
As an extremely important clan gathering of the Ji Household.
The scale of the event was naturally extremely grand.
Once all the guarding cultivators had formed their ranks...
A huge red silk carpet suddenly flew down from the sky.
The silk carpet was laid out precisely on the aerial path amidst the numerous silver-armored formations.
In addition, there were a thousand majestic dragons and a thousand mysterious divine birds.
Suspended array on both sides of the red carpet.
Dragons and divine birds accompany them.
The road was made of silver armor and silk carpet.
The sky was bathed in the glow of colorful clouds.
The entire area surrounding the Heaven-Shrouding Palace seemed to have transformed into the Immortal Realm realm.
Extremely magnificent.
" The Ji Household... is too powerful."
"Even these outer guards in silver armor are all extraordinary; any one of them would be a prodigy in the Eastern Wasteland."
"And these dragons... I feel like even Ao Qing, the former lord of the Demon Manor, wasn't all that great."
Looking at the magnificent scene before him, Ye Chenfeng was filled with emotion.
He had truly witnessed the power of the Ji Household.
I truly admire this celestial overlord.
The pride of their hometown is nothing more than a guard here.
Even the most powerful Demon Race overlord, upon arriving here, is nothing more than a sculpture flower girl.
The Suanni beside him seemed to have figured out what Ye Chenfeng was thinking.
It raised its eyelids and looked at the majestic dragons in the sky.
His lips moved slightly.
"You're overthinking it, he's not that powerful... I was talking about Ao Qing."
"Didn't you see that each of these dragons is at the Perfected Dao Integration level?"
"Logically speaking, these dragons should have been able to Tribulation Transcendence long ago. It seems that the Ji Household is preventing them from Tribulation Transcendence."
"This Ji Household!"
The magnificent sight in the sky further solidified Suanni's resolve.
This place is not safe to stay for long.
Such a magnificent and glorious place must be fraught with great danger.
Although our Ji Household, there are always people more capable than us, and mountains beyond mountains.
Who knows if there are even more powerful cultivators in the starry sky?
What if the Ji Household, and their enemies come knocking on their door?
It's estimated that with a mere wave of its hand, it could blot out the sky and cover the sun; at that point, it wouldn't even have a chance to run.
Suanni has decided that he will send the things out as soon as this short meeting is over.
Switch back to the star map and find the magic array!
The Suanni's telepathic message made Ye Chenfeng fall into deep thought.
The Ji Household is too powerful, so powerful that it inspires despair.
Fortunately, he has not yet made enemies with the Ji Household.
" Elder Jian, how can there be such a powerful force in this world?"
"This Ji Household... they don't even have immortals, do they?"
"An immortal?"
Ye Chenfeng's conjecture silenced Elder Jian.
He has seen some big events.
But none of the grandest events he had ever witnessed in his life were as magnificent as this meeting with the Ji Household.
No, not exactly.
There was one instance where the scene was larger than this.
"When the Great Jin fell, I only glimpsed a sliver of the power of the Great Dark Heaven from afar."
"Yet it was also incredibly shocking."
"However, if there's anyone in this world who can unleash the power of the Great Dark Heaven, I'm afraid..."
"Only a powerful family like the Ji Household could do that."
Elder Jian's mind raced, reminiscing about the past.
A strange new suspicion has inexplicably arisen.
She quickly suppressed it in her heart and silently responded to Ye Chenfeng.
"Young man, such a transcendent power must hold great opportunities."
"Haven't you noticed that your cultivation has progressed much faster since you came here?"
"If you were placed in the Eastern Wasteland, you would never be able to break through to the Void Return in less than a hundred years."
"Oh? Then, according to you, my coming here can be considered a fortuitous opportunity?"
"That's right, fortuitous opportunity are always something that come by chance."
"Look at the power of the Ji Household, it's simply terrifying, just like the ancient Heavenly Court I heard about in legends and myths! To be able to find such power is truly a great fortuitous opportunity."
Elder Jian's voice was somewhat excited.
He recalled some High Antiquity legends and myths he had heard in the past.
It is said that the heavens contain a vast universe, Great Thousand Immortal Realm contains Immortal Court.
The Immortal Court boasts thousands of silver-armored celestial soldiers, and dragons and phoenixes vie for supremacy.
The current power of the Ji Household is strikingly similar to the High Antiquity Great Thousand Heavenly Court of legend.
It is clear that Ye Chenfeng's fortuitous opportunity here by chance was indeed fortunate.
Hearing what Elder Jian said, Ye Chenfeng understood that there might be fortuitous opportunity here.
It can help him in his spiritual practice.
But deep down, he still missed Lu Li and Dao Court.
"I promised Junior Brother Lu that I would help him take care of the Dao Court."
"If we stay here forever..."
"No! Boy, think about it carefully. Looking at the entire Dao Court, when exactly did you cease to be a pillar of the Dao Court?"
Elder Jian's words silenced Ye Chenfeng completely.
Yes, if we're really talking about it...
He is no longer the core fighting force on the Dao Path.
Not to mention beings like Yinyang Qingfan, even Zou Moshan, who was subdued later, was a powerful Sea Race monster with a cultivation level above him.
In terms of combat strength, he was already in the second or even third tier of the Dao Court.
"Boy, you were right to promise the Dao Lord, but with your current cultivation level, you're no longer of much use to the Dao Court."
"Everyone says you are the head of the Dao Court Heaven Surveillance Division, in charge of matters related to the mischief of high-ranking cultivators."
"But what if Demon Venerable really commits a crime, or Mahayana cultivator causes chaos? Can you quell it?"
Elder Jian's direct question kept Ye Chenfeng silent.
It's obvious he doesn't have that ability.
To help Lu Li and to assist the Dao Court, he must improve himself quickly.
With this in mind, Ye Chenfeng understood.
He took a deep breath and solemnly responded to Elder Jian.
"I understand, Elder Jian. Don't worry, I will hone my skills here."
"No matter how powerful the Ji Household is, one day I will make Ji Household see me!"
Ye Chenfeng's mind was completely made up.
He looked at the dragons and divine birds in the sky, with thousands of guards.
He secretly vowed that he would never turn back until he became a supreme being!
Just as these thoughts were turning in his mind, a loud shout suddenly came from afar.
"Those who cultivate the four chambers and eight meridians, hurry and enter the palace!"
The sound was so powerful that it shook the entire continent.
It seemed as if even the sky itself trembled.
The moment they heard the sound, the thousands of silver-armored guards below trembled in unison.
Even Ye Chenfeng and Elder Jian trembled simultaneously.
" Supreme! It's the Supreme!"