Bloodline Awakening

"After a dream of a hundred thousand years, has the Lu Clan ultimately fallen to such a state?"

The old man spoke slowly, an ancient presence washing over them as his words revealed boundless sorrow.

The Lu Clan members gazed at the old man before them, each overcome with shame and unable to shake it off.

Lu Qingshan, the Lu Clan patriarch, was about to speak when an arrogant shout suddenly rang out from beyond the ancestral shrine, drawing closer and closer.

"Hahaha, did you think you would be safe if you hid here?"

"Today is the day your Lu Clan dies!"

Four figures were the fastest, charging into the Lu Clan's ancestral shrine ahead of the rest.

Four Spirit Master Realm experts!

Sure enough, the City Lord's Manor had more than one Spirit Master Realm expert.

But the Lu Clan members showed no fear at all. Instead, they looked at the four as though they were fools.

The city lord of White Cloud City sensed that something was amiss. As he looked toward Lu Qingshan, he suddenly noticed an unfamiliar white-haired old man.

Had the Lu Clan called in a helper?

That was his first guess.

He couldn't see through the old man's cultivation, even though he himself was at the Peak Spirit Master Realm.

To be safe, the city lord of White Cloud City cupped his hands toward the old man and said with a measure of respect, "Senior, I am Bai Hao, the city lord of White Cloud City. Please do not choose the wrong side."

He believed that if the other party truly had strength, he would surely understand what he meant.

The old man could look down on White Cloud City, but he could not ignore the behemoth standing behind it.

Beside him, the Azure Dragon Gang's leader and the Balance Sect's leader frowned deeply.

Where had the Lu Clan found such a helper? He certainly looked the part.

At that moment, the Lu Clan's ancestor slowly opened his cloudy eyes. His gaze was full of the vicissitudes of time, as though he had seen through life and death and experienced the cycle of reincarnation.

When the Lu Clan's ancestor fixed his gaze on Bai Hao and the other three, an incomparable terror shot from the soles of their feet straight to the crowns of their heads.

Run!

The moment the thought arose, Bai Hao prepared to turn and flee.

But only then did he discover in horror that he could no longer move!

"Senior, spare my life!"

The old man paid no heed to Bai Hao's plea for mercy and merely said indifferently, "Those who trespass in my Lu Clan's ancestral shrine shall die."

As soon as the words fell, the four Spirit Master Realm experts, all renowned in White Cloud City, suddenly bled from all seven orifices. Their faces twisted, and they dropped dead on the spot.

Outside the ancestral shrine, the remaining members of the three major factions saw this and were so frightened that their souls nearly flew from their bodies. They turned and ran.

The Lu Clan's ancestor showed them no mercy.

He merely gave a gentle wave of his hand.

A soft breeze swept past, and every member of the three factions was reduced to ashes.

What kind of strength was this?!

The Lu clansmen gazed at their unruffled ancestor, stars shining in their eyes. Was this the strength of their Lu Clan's ancestor?

It was simply terrifying beyond belief.

At that moment, cold sweat streamed down Lu Fan's face. He kept his head bowed low, terrified that the ancestor would notice him.

"Mighty ancestor! From now on, our Lu Clan will be the only power in White Cloud City!"

The third elder, Lu Chen, shouted excitedly.

But upon hearing this, Lu Qingshan shook his head slightly. "Don't forget, behind the City Lord's Manor stands the behemoth that is the Azure Feather Dynasty."

In Qingzhou, the Azure Feather Dynasty was the undisputed overlord. No power could match it.

Bai Hao's position as city lord had been granted by the Azure Feather Dynasty.

Now that the Lu Clan had killed Bai Hao, it had made an enemy of the Azure Feather Dynasty.

Still, Lu Qingshan wasn't worried in the slightest. If our ancestor isn't worried, why the hell should I be?

Then Lu Qingshan looked at their ancestor and asked, "Ancestor, what should we do next?"

The Lu Clan's ancestor replied softly, "You are the patriarch now. You can decide for yourself."

With that, the Lu Clan's ancestor waved his hand. "You may all leave. Come see me again in one day."

"Yes, ancestor."

With all the experts of White Cloud City's three former major factions wiped out, the Lu Clan became the city's strongest power without question.

Under Patriarch Lu Qingshan's leadership, the Lu Clan forcefully seized nearly all of White Cloud City's resources and brought the entire city under its control.

The remnants of the other three factions fell apart under the Lu Clan's third elder's suppression and posed no threat whatsoever.

Soon, a day had passed.

In the meeting hall, Patriarch Lu Qingshan listened to the three elders' reports one by one and nodded in satisfaction.

"You've all done well. From here on, as long as we have enough time, our Lu Clan is bound to grow stronger and stronger."

"Now, come with me to see the ancestor."

No sooner had Lu Qingshan finished speaking than a tremor suddenly came from the direction of the Lu Clan's ancestral shrine.

Immediately afterward, Lu Qingshan suddenly felt his body growing hotter and hotter, as though it were about to explode.

"Wh-what's happening?"

"Ah, I feel awful! So hot, so hot!"

"Patriarch, what's happening?!"

The four old men were red in the face and drenched in sweat, with no idea what was happening.

They didn't know that every member of the Lu Clan was experiencing the same thing.

In the Lu Clan's training ground.

Lu Fan sensed the changes in his bloodline and was immediately shocked.

"This is bloodline power! An expert in the Lu Clan is forcibly awakening it. It's that ancestor!"

The chances of this happening were very low, as the conditions were far too stringent.

Only a lineage that had once produced an extremely powerful expert, then gradually declined, could have its dormant bloodline forcibly awakened when another extremely powerful expert appeared among its members.

The Lu Clan really did have an extremely glorious past.

Perhaps this Lu Clan is the one I once learned about. If it really is, that would be far too terrifying.

Nobody knew how much time had passed before the Lu Clan members gradually recovered, one by one.

Then the clansmen were suddenly struck with shock.

"M-my cultivation has increased!"

"I feel refreshed and full of vigor, with more strength than I can ever use."

"Wife, wife, where are you?!"

In the meeting hall, Patriarch Lu Qingshan was the first to notice the state of his body. He exclaimed in delight, "I... I've actually reached the Spirit Concentration Realm! Divine sense has already formed in my sea of consciousness!"

In an instant, Lu Qingshan was able to use his divine sense to survey the entire Lu Clan, and even the whole of White Cloud City.

The three elders beside him were just as astonished.

The first elder said excitedly, "Hahaha, I'm a Spirit Master Realm expert too!"

The second elder stroked his beard and smiled. "I never expected to reach the Spirit Master Realm in my lifetime."

When the third elder heard that they had both reached the Spirit Master Realm, he wasn't quite so excited anymore. "We're all at the Spirit Master Realm, but Patriarch, what realm is this Spirit Concentration Realm of yours?"

At that, the three elders all looked toward Lu Qingshan.

They had lived in White Cloud City for many years, and the highest realm they knew of was the Void Shattering Realm, which stood above the Spirit Master Realm. Experts who reached it were said to be able to fly through the air.

Faced with the three elders' questions, Lu Qingshan laughed heartily. "The Spirit Concentration Realm is above the Void Shattering Realm. Now, even in all of Qingzhou, I count as an expert in my own right."

"All of this must be the ancestor's doing."

"Come on, let's hurry and see the ancestor."

With that, the four hurried toward the ancestral shrine.

Meanwhile, deep within the Azure Feather Dynasty.

A decrepit old man suddenly awoke with a start and cried out in shock, "Th-this is the presence of a Sage King Realm expert! H-how is this possible?"

"Has someone broken through to the Sage King Realm? Who could it be?"

As far as he knew, no Sage King Realm expert had appeared on the entire Cangxuan Continent for tens of thousands of years.

And now, a Sage King Realm expert unknown to him had suddenly appeared right under his nose.

"This is a matter of great importance. It seems I must pay a visit in person."

The decrepit old man's expression was grave. He immediately set off, soaring through the air in the direction he had sensed.

After the old man departed, a piece of news also reached the Azure Feather Dynasty.

"Hmm? Someone actually dared to kill a city lord appointed by my Azure Feather Dynasty? What audacity!"

"Father Emperor, I will immediately lead the Azure Feather Guard to wipe out the criminal responsible."

The ninth prince of the Azure Feather Dynasty spoke solemnly to the Feather Emperor.

Hearing this, the Feather Emperor merely waved a hand casually.

"Go."

He didn't care about the death of a city lord from some remote region, but the killer still had to be dealt with. After all, the dynasty's face had to be preserved.

By rights, such a minor matter could have been left to any subordinate. But the Azure Feather Dynasty's ninth prince was playful by nature; putting down the trouble was only a pretext for this trip, while seeking pleasure was his real aim.

The Feather Emperor simply turned a blind eye to it.

Inside the Lu Clan's ancestral shrine.

The Lu Clan's upper ranks, led by Patriarch Lu Qingshan, hurried over to pay their respects to the ancestor.

Upon entering the ancestral shrine, they saw the Lu Clan's ancestor sitting cross-legged on the ground, his eyes half closed.

Only when the four had carefully approached him did the Lu Clan's ancestor slowly open his eyes.

"Ancestor."

The four bowed respectfully.

The Lu Clan's ancestor nodded slightly and looked at the four. "I imagine you have many questions."

"Today, I will answer them one by one."