The Ancestor Who Awakened Early

At the sight of the illusory figure, the three ancestors in the ancestral shrine could not help feeling a little nervous. Though they had all lived for tens of thousands of years, each now looked like a child waiting to be scolded by a parent.

Meanwhile, the figure grew increasingly solid, until he looked like a living person.

His long hair fell over his shoulders, and his handsome features made him look like a dashing youth. Yet his eyes held endless vicissitudes, as though he had lived through countless cycles of reincarnation.

"So the Lineage really has declined this far?"

He spoke softly, but the presence around him poured forth unchecked, piercing the heavens!

In an instant, countless old monsters across Central Province were jolted awake, drenched in sweat.

He was merely a manifestation of a will.

But even a single will was enough to destroy the world!

"We, your descendants of later generations, pay our respects, Ancestor."

Ancestor Tianyan and the other two hurriedly saluted the man with respect, kneeling and kowtowing.

He was a senior of their Lu Clan.

Looking at Ancestor Tianyan and the other two before him, the man remained calm, but his heart was filled with boundless sorrow.

Once upon a time, the Lu Clan had stood high above all, looking down upon all living beings. But now, the entire Lineage had only three Saint Kings to protect it.

"Alas."

He sighed softly, then said, "My true body still cannot awaken, but fortunately, I left a will in the Ancestral Land back then."

"Although the power of this will is limited, it can still help the Lineage somewhat."

Limited power?

Ancestor Tianyan and the other two exchanged glances, all marveling at the ancestor's strength.

They did not doubt for a moment that even ten Saint Kings would be slapped to death in an instant before this ancestor's will.

"Ancestor, how will you help the Lineage?"

Ancestor Tianyan asked respectfully.

"This will of mine came from the Ancestral Land, so I am fully aware of its circumstances. The Lineage's revival is now close at hand, and it depends on the ancestors who continue to awaken within the Ancestral Land. I will use the power of this will to hasten the awakening of some of the ancestors there, allowing them to awaken early."

"In this way, our clan can quickly gather enough strength to go to the upper realm."

After hearing the ancestor's words, Ancestor Tianyan and the other two were utterly astounded.

He could make some of the ancestors awaken early!

He could actually do such a thing.

And the upper realm?

Ancestor Tianyan and Ancestor Xuanzhen first looked at Ancestor Danyang. He was the eldest of the three in seniority and might know something.

But Ancestor Danyang shook his head slightly.

Even more than eight hundred thousand years ago, the Lu Clan of that era had known nothing of the upper realm.

At that moment, the awakened ancestor explained, "The Cangxuan World is merely a small world. The Lineage must have been left with no choice but to move here back then."

Hearing this, the three understood at once.

These matters had not been mentioned in the Lineage's few surviving historical records, and they did not know whether they had been lost by accident or deliberately destroyed.

As a result, even people of their era had no way of knowing about them.

"When I was alive, the Lineage was in the Yuan Realm. Compared to the Cangxuan Continent where it now resides, the two are truly as different as heaven and earth."

"If you reach the Yuan Realm one day, you will surely have a chance to advance further."

Advance further!

Ancestor Tianyan and the other two were immediately stirred.

Back then, they had entered the Ancestral Land when their lifespans were nearly exhausted and they were on the verge of death.

The Ancestral Land's special nature had allowed them to awaken again and each surpass himself. Yet they all knew that this was most likely their final breakthrough. Their potential had long since been exhausted, and each was in the twilight of his life, with no longer enough strength to advance further.

So all they wanted was to devote everything to the Lineage during the time they had left.

To bend their backs to the task and give their all until death.

But now, this ancestor's words had given them hope.

They were not entirely without a future after all.

"All right, I do not have much time left. I will now disperse and use all my power to make some of the ancestors in the Ancestral Land awaken early. If you have any more questions, go ahead and ask."

Hearing this, Ancestor Xuanzhen was the first to speak. "Senior Ancestor, have you met the First Ancestor?"

"No. Compared to you, I merely come from a somewhat earlier era. There were still many ancestors before me."

Ancestor Tianyan had wanted to ask why the Ancestral Land had been contaminated, but upon hearing this answer, he knew there was no need to ask.

This ancestor was not one of the earliest ancestors.

But on second thought, that made sense. If he truly were one of the earliest ancestors, even a mere will of his could not have awakened at this time.

"Senior Ancestor, did you leave any other contingencies or anything else?"

Hearing this, the ancestor pondered briefly, then said, "I am only a will, and I do not possess all of my true body's memories. But knowing how my true body thinks, I expect he would have left something behind."

"Perhaps when you reach the Yuan Realm in the future, you will discover something."

Inside the ancestral shrine, the three ancestors respectfully saluted him once more.

The ancestor formed from the will smiled faintly. "The great responsibility of reviving the Lineage rests with you."

With that, he began to slowly dissipate.

Elsewhere in the Lu Clan, at that moment.

Ancestor Murong let out a long breath and looked toward the ancestral shrine. "That presence has disappeared. What on earth happened? Could one of the Lu Clan's old monsters be about to emerge?"

He could not forget that presence, which had surpassed the Saint King realm.

Now, he had no doubt that the Lu Clan had beings above the Saint King realm. They were extremely terrifying.

Meanwhile, Lu Qingshan had also realized that something major seemed to have happened at the ancestral shrine. He was now on his way there.

Inside the ancestral shrine, before the three ancestors could catch their breath, another disturbance came from the incense burner on the table.

Thud, thud, thud!

A muffled sound came from within the incense burner.

The sight startled all three of them. This was the first time they had seen the Ancestral Land make such a commotion.

"It seems to be that senior ancestor's doing."

"Could it be that an ancestor is about to awaken early already?"

But as soon as the words left his mouth, the incense burner shook with a thud. Then thick blue smoke gathered into a mass, and a towering figure suddenly burst out of it.

Boom!

With a tremendous crash, a large hole was smashed straight through the ancestral shrine.

The ancestral shrine had been specially built; even a Saint King could not have struck it into such a state with a single blow.

"Who was it? Which fool tired of living dared disturb this old man's sweet dream!?"

As the figure staggered to his feet, the three ancestors' pupils contracted. The man was bare-chested, his muscles bulging and his frame massive and powerful. A savage presence filled his entire body, making him look like a monster in human form.

More importantly, his cultivation was actually above the Saint King realm!

"S-senior Ancestor."

Looking at him, Ancestor Xuanzhen steeled himself and stepped forward to greet him.

Hearing him, the man whirled around and spotted the three. "Aha! So you were the ones who disturbed me."

As he spoke, he rubbed his fists and strode toward them with a fierce look on his face.

More terrifying still, every time he knocked his fists together, all of heaven and earth seemed to tremble along with them.

"This senior ancestor is a body cultivator!"

Ancestor Tianyan was startled.

"Senior Ancestor, we're on the same side!"

Seeing how menacingly he approached, Ancestor Xuanzhen hurriedly explained.

"On the same side?"

The body-cultivating ancestor frowned slightly, but then he sensed the connection deep within the bloodlines he shared with the three of them.

They were indeed members of the same clan.

"I... How did I end up here?"

Once he realized this, he became somewhat bewildered.