Revenge

"Who gave you the courage to attack my Lu Clan?"

The deep voice rang throughout heaven and earth.

A towering figure stepped through the air, advancing toward the man in black one step at a time.

With every step he took, heaven and earth trembled.

Sensing the unparalleled pressure bearing down on him, the man in black narrowed his eyes and could not help retreating slowly.

He had never imagined that the Lu Clan had such a powerful figure.

But then a look of madness appeared on his face. "I was right! Your Lu Clan really does have a way to extend its lifespan!"

He made no effort to conceal his words.

At that moment, almost everyone in Central Province heard him.

A way to extend one's lifespan!

Who knew how many experts, past and present, had been stumped by the problem of lifespan?

Yet now, the Lu Clan seemed to have made considerable progress in that regard.

Those few words stirred desire in the hearts of countless experts. Until now, the world had only been guessing, and the Lu Clan's strength had kept everyone from acting rashly. Some had even taken the initiative to curry favor with them.

But now the matter had been brought into the open.

Who could resist the desire for eternal life?

"Heh, you want to extend your lifespan? Then take a punch from me first!"

Just then, Ancestor Dali suddenly made his move.

He threw a punch.

Boom!

That simple punch carried a terrifying force. In an instant, heaven and earth split apart, and all the space in its path collapsed into nothingness.

It was a display of pure strength.

Sensing that despair-inducing power blasting toward him, the man in black froze on the spot.

Resist?

That seemed pointless.

He had never imagined that the Quasi-Emperor expert who had suddenly appeared in the Lu Clan would be so terrifyingly strong. Even if his true body had been there, he probably would have been powerless to resist.

Then, with a bang,

The man in black was instantly blasted to pieces by that power, leaving only a remnant soul drifting in the air.

"Collect!"

Within the Lu Clan, Ancestor Tianyan swiftly made his move and collected the remnant soul as it tried to escape.

At the same time, all of Central Province fell silent.

Extend their lifespan?

They would have to stay alive first.

Judging by the strength Ancestor Dali had displayed alone, the vast majority of factions and experts in Central Province dared not harbor the slightest trace of greed.

Meanwhile, within the Murong Clan, Ancestor Murong, who had just returned to his clan, found the outcome of the battle entirely within his expectations.

He was, after all, a Peak Saint King, and he had personally watched the other man undergo his tribulation in the Lu Clan. He therefore knew full well just how terrifyingly powerful this Quasi-Emperor of the Lu Clan was.

A mere One-Tribulation Quasi-Emperor trying to shake the Lu Clan was like lighting a lamp in a latrine-looking for shit.

Luckily, I had the foresight to look ahead. With Murong Yu's relationship with the Lu Clan patriarch to rely on, as long as my Murong Clan stays out of trouble, we can sleep soundly without a care, and perhaps even rise straight into the blue clouds.

Meanwhile, on a familiar wasteland,

The enormous cave was slowly fading from sight, as though someone were deliberately concealing it.

"Just what is the background of this Lu Clan? How can it have such a powerful figure? And he seems to have just passed his heavenly tribulation, with no restrictions at all."

Normally, if he provoked a Quasi-Emperor, he only had to keep a low profile, and the other party would not waste time on him.

After all, the other party would not want to expose himself either, lest the Heavenly Dao sense him and make him undergo his heavenly tribulation early.

But this time was different.

He really had provoked someone he could not afford to offend.

Not only was the man's strength far above his own, but he had also just passed his heavenly tribulation.

That meant that if the man found him, he was finished.

The only thing he could do now was pray that he had hidden himself deeply enough that the man could not find him.

Inside the Lu Clan's ancestral shrine,

"Did you find anything?"

Ancestor Dali asked.

With the man in black's remnant soul in hand, Ancestor Tianyan had immediately begun searching it.

But now, Ancestor Tianyan shook his head slightly.

"Someone deliberately erased part of this fellow's memories. The information I obtained is very limited, but I can say for certain that the Quasi-Emperor presence from before did not belong to him."

"I suspect it belonged to the person pulling the strings behind the scenes."

Hearing this, Ancestor Dali frowned. "Can you find out where he is or not? I can hardly wait."

He wanted nothing more than to go and beat the man to pieces.

"Don't be impatient, Senior Dali. Although the information is limited, it's enough for me. Give me some time, and I'll definitely be able to deduce his location."

Ancestor Tianyan then sat cross-legged on the ground, runes circulating around him, and quickly settled into the task.

Seeing this, Ancestor Dali said no more. He turned and left the ancestral shrine, heading toward the patriarch's residence.

"Pass the word down. The Lu Clan will receive no visitors in the coming days."

Inside the patriarch's residence, Lu Qingshan gave his orders.

With Ancestor Dali's display of power, the Lu Clan had become the strongest faction in Central Province as far as anyone could see. Its strength was unfathomable, and no one knew whether an even more terrifying figure might emerge from the Lu Clan.

As a result, the factions seeking to attach themselves to the clan were now too numerous to count.

And the Lu Clan was even less inclined to give a damn about them now.

Even if they came offering themselves up for nothing, the clan would not spare them a second glance.

Just then, Ancestor Dali pushed open the door and entered.

Seeing him, Lu Qingshan hurried forward. "Ancestor Dali, why did you come here yourself? You only had to send word, and I would have gone to the ancestral shrine to see you."

Ancestor Dali smiled. "You're the patriarch of a clan, with countless affairs to attend to every day. I have nothing to do at the moment, so I came over."

"How did the task I gave you go?"

Hearing this, Lu Qingshan respectfully presented a jade tablet with both hands. "Ancestor, this contains the list I compiled of the factions that have attacked our Lu Clan over the past million years. I removed those that have already been destroyed."

"Then the rest are my targets," Ancestor Dali added.

He then patted Lu Qingshan on the shoulder. "Well done. It's time they paid those debts."

Was this not what he had awakened to do?

He was a body cultivator, and the only thing he excelled at was fighting. Given the clan's current situation, he would use his fists to open a way forward!

Black Jade Valley, Central Province.

A superpower known as the Void Cloud Sect was based here.

But now, as the Lu Clan's name grew ever more prominent, the atmosphere in the valley had become increasingly oppressive.

"Sect Master, more than six hundred thousand years ago, our Void Cloud Sect was powerful. We suppressed the Lu Clan of that time and seized considerable resources and territory from them. Now that the Lu Clan is so powerful, will they take revenge for what happened back then?"

An expert of the sect spoke with a face full of worry.

The stronger the Lu Clan grew, the more anxious they became.

The Void Cloud Sect Master heard this, and his expression darkened somewhat, but he still forced himself to remain calm. "As you said, that was hundreds of thousands of years ago. Perhaps they've long since forgotten."

Forgotten?

His subordinate gave a bitter smile.

The Void Cloud Sect had fallen on hard times before, and it had kept a record of the bullying it suffered for hundreds of thousands of years.

Would the Lu Clan really have forgotten?

The answer was obvious.

"Void Cloud Sect, today is the day you all die!"

Just then, a powerful voice rang out through Black Jade Valley.

Immediately afterward, countless cultivators of the Void Cloud Sect saw a burly man standing proudly in the air, his presence terrifying beyond measure.

It was none other than Ancestor Dali, who had come to take revenge for the Lu Clan.