A Life Given to Raise Them Up!

at the same time.

The ancestral home of the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan is located on Fang Yi of the Dao Realm.

That plain, spanning tens of millions of miles, gleamed with a dull, earthy yellow luster; within its veins, the essence of the Treasured Earth Dao, like the blood of a dying beast, was slowly draining away.

The once glorious array of restrictions, which had stood for millennia, was now mostly dim, with only a few scattered sections still barely functioning.

At the heart of the ancestral temple lies a magnificent Shan Yue, entirely of earthen yellow.

More than ten Nascent Spirit Transformation cultivators lingered in various places, silent as stones.

Nestled among the mountains, a colossal beast of unimaginable size lies silently; its body stretches for nearly a thousand miles, its four legs transformed into giant rocks, now connected to the mountain range.

The skin and flesh were shriveled and sunken, like a Decay mountain of flesh, with blood, flesh and internal organs turned into Treasured Earth and fine stones. Only a faint undulation remained between the chest and abdomen.

Dao Venerable Liyuan, this ancient being who has held the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit for nearly 100,000 years, is now like a Shan Yue that is being weathered.

The aura of the Treasured Earth Dao around him appeared and disappeared intermittently, each flash dimmer than the last; the once vast and boundless source of the Great Dao had been exhausted to the extreme.

On the mountain peak, no one spoke.

The dozen or so Nascent Spirit Transformation were all the last direct descendants of the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan.

With all outer territories lost, vassals scattered, and more than half of the direct lineage of Nascent Spirit Transformation perished, only thirteen remain standing in this great hall.

Three of them possessed a particularly profound aura.

The leader was a colossal rock beast, entirely black like a giant rhinoceros, with five Immortal Foundation principles intertwined and circulating within its body, Spirit Transformation Extreme Stage.

His body was surrounded by a solid, mountain-like Treasured Earth, calm and profound.

The second one is an ancient giant elephant with a gray-brown body, also at the Five-Foundation Extreme Realm; it has cultivated the Ten-Thousand-Layered Edge, Vast and Broad Earth, High Ramparts and Peace, Earth Nurtures Spirit, and Fertile and Moist Governance.

He possesses the Five Treasured Earth Immortal Foundation, his Daoist aura is profound, and his five foundations are flawless.

The last one is actually the smallest.

Its aura, however, was the most restrained. It was a giant rock dragon with a golden-brown body, having reached the Six-Foundation Extreme Realm; it had fully comprehended the Six Paths of Treasured Earth Immortal Foundation, and was only one step away from attaining the Fruition Realm.

The three Extreme Realm Spirit Transformation were the last hope of the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan.

The silence lasted a long time.

Finally, the massive, prostrate body trembled slightly; Dao Venerable Liyuan slowly raised his head, his extremely turbid vertical pupils devoid of any divine light.

"Everyone's here."

His voice was low and hoarse, like a withered tree broken by the wind.

The thirteen Nascent Spirit Transformation all bowed their heads, not daring to utter a word.

Dao Venerable Liyuan's gaze slowly swept over every face in the hall.

"How many... have come from outside?"

The black rhinoceros said in a deep voice, "Reporting to the Ancestor, the three Venerable Emperors who have arrived are Barbarian Bone, Ultimate Force, and Earth Virtue, along with more than fifty Beast Realm Spirit Transformation."

Dao Venerable Liyuan's vertical pupils contracted slightly, then relaxed again.

"The people of Feng Yue."

"Yes."

Dao Venerable Liyuan seemed to give a bitter smile, and there was no need to ask anymore; what was meant to come would come eventually, Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan had coveted the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit for more than ten thousand years.

His gaze finally settled on the three Extreme Realm Spirit Transformation, lingering there for a long time.

"I... can't hold on much longer."

Upon hearing this, the giant beasts gasped for breath.

Those juniors in the Early Spirit Transformation had dimmed eyes, but no one spoke; they all knew that this day would come sooner or later, but when it actually arrived, it was still like falling into an ice cave.

Dao Venerable Liyuan's voice grew increasingly deep, each syllable seeming to be squeezed out from shattered rock strata.

"The Treasured Earth Dao Fruit... are the foundation of our clan."

"I have been practicing Tao for ten thousand years, and protecting you for ten thousand years. Now that my time has come, it is time... to hand over this burden."

He looked at the golden-brown rock dragon.

"Yan Zhen, you have now Six-Foundation Perfection and are the most promising person in the clan to attain enlightenment."

Dao Venerable Liyuan then looked at the black rhinoceros and the gray elephant.

"Yan Ji, Yan Zhu."

"Although you two only have five foundations, your chances of verification are slim, but I will give you a chance to verify it together."

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly froze.

Dao Venerable Liyuan sighed, and his enormous body trembled violently. Beneath his withered flesh, the remaining essence of the Treasured Earth began to stir.

"With my remaining essence, I will finally entrust the three of you to seek verification together."

"Whoever succeeds will continue our clan's legacy; as for the others who will inevitably perish, I have failed you, the younger generation."

"This is the only way; we'll have you risk your lives to fill this void."

These words only amplified the sorrow and desolation.

Using the remnants of the Dao Venerable's essence to elevate Spirit Transformation to the Dao is tantamount to self-destruction; using this to protect future generations and ensure the succession of positions.

Leave no room for maneuver, and leave no way out.

This is the last thing the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan can do; if successful, the Li Yuan Giant Beast Clan can continue for another 100,000 years.

If it fails, then even Li Yuan Giant Beast will perish.

The next instant, the sky exploded.

Three beams of dark yellow light shot into the sky from the ancestral hall almost simultaneously, piercing the heavens and influencing the great Dao of heaven and earth!

Each beam of light was vast and powerful, containing the supreme Daoist essence of the Treasured Earth Great Dao; where the three beams of light intersected, the Treasured Earth Qi in the world seemed to be ignited, suddenly surging dozens of times!

A phantom image of a vast, radiant land condensed in the void, obscuring the sky and the sun; within a radius of hundreds of millions of miles, all cultivators sensed that chilling Daoist aura.

The radiant light and illusory imagery encompass countless things; there is fertile land, towering mountains, and vast expanses of land, all bathed in the radiant light.

The opportunity to attain enlightenment triggers the manifestation of the Great Dao!

In the far distance, Shi Jian stood at the front of the army, his pupils suddenly contracting.

The Daoist aura contained within those three pillars of light was so vast it was awe-inspiring; especially the central one, whose aura of the perfected Six-Foundation Extreme Realm soared into the sky, resonating with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

Beneath the three beams of light, an even more ancient and decaying aura was rapidly dissipating.

The essence of Dao Venerable Liyuan is visibly fading away, like a dried-up river pouring its last reserves into three new rivers.

"It's begun, the final gamble."

While Shi Jian was still marveling at the sight, the Earth Virtue Dao Venerable had already made his move high in the sky, thousands of miles away.

The phantom of the colossal beast carrying mountains on its back materialized with a thunderous roar, its Dao Venerable might overwhelming and crushing everything in its path; the Earth Dao energy, like an inverted dome, swept towards the ancestral court.

"All troops, heed my command!"

The voice of the Earth Virtue Dao Venerable, like Shan Yue collapsing, clearly entered the ears of every Nascent Soul Spirit Transformation Nascent Soul.

"Exterminate the entire clan!"

His words shook heaven and earth.

More than fifty Nascent Spirit Transformation soared into the sky, followed closely by three thousand Nascent Soul, forming a vast, overwhelming torrent that poured towards the Li Yuan Ancestral Court.

Shi Jian, Shan Li, and Cang Wuji were enveloped in the Spirit Transformation, with purple-gold lightning arcs pulsating around them.

Shan Li transmitted his voice, saying, "Dao Venerable Liyuan used his origin to support three people to attain enlightenment simultaneously. If even one of them succeeds, the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit will not fall into the hands of Feng Yue."

"This battle must be won swiftly; we cannot allow them to smoothly seize power!"