Xiao Xuan Awakens!

"Just call me Yao Lao. And you, little fellow, if you want to learn, hurry up and take me as your master! That so-called Pill King of your Jia Ma Empire isn't fit to be mentioned in the same breath as me..."

Yao Chen looked composed before Xiao Yan. Back then, he had stood at the pinnacle of the continent. Even if he had fallen so far that only a soul body remained, he still had to keep up appearances.

Yet even he had no idea when a figure had mysteriously appeared beside him.

There was some resemblance, and yet... the sight also stirred an urge to fall to one's knees in worship.

"All right, little fellow, enough blowing your own trumpet in front of me."

A thoroughly casual voice sounded from somewhere around Yao Chen. Even though he was only a soul body, he could not help shivering.

"Who's there?"

Though the sudden turn of events caught him off guard, Yao Chen remained unruffled. No matter how dangerous or pressing the situation was, it was hardly the first time he had faced such a thing. Yet the way he secretly stirred his Bone Spirit Cold Flame thoroughly betrayed the turmoil in his heart.

"Still not coming out? Are you trying to play the ghost and frighten me?"

Yao Chen thought he was frightening himself. The Northwest Continent was nothing more than a remote corner of the continent. What kind of respectable expert could it possibly have?

"I'm not hiding. You simply didn't notice me."

The voice sounded again, and only then did Xiao Xuan's figure fully reveal itself.

A thousand years!

After Xiao Xuan had just awakened and learned a little about the situation from the current patriarch of the Xiao Clan, Yao Chen and an interesting little fellow from the clan had caught his attention.

The little fellow surnamed Yao could only be called ordinary, but the little fellow from the clan really did have something to him.

Earlier, while Xiao Xuan was still slumbering within the Tou She Ancient God Jade, the little fellow's presence had already drawn his attention.

Sigh... I was a little reckless back then.

A trace of sadness appeared in Xiao Xuan's eyes, but it vanished in an instant. His breakthrough back then had failed, but it had ultimately resolved many of his own problems.

"Who are you?"

Yao Chen suppressed the shock in his heart and asked in a deep voice.

He refused to believe that someone had timed things so precisely as to come looking for him just as he woke from his slumber.

"Little fellow from the Yao Clan, since when did you become so rude? You come into someone else's home and still think they've offended you?"

With that question, Xiao Xuan stepped forward slowly, showing himself to Yao Chen and Xiao Yan.

Some movement also came from nearby. It was Xiao Zhan, who had set out as instructed after the ancestor left. But his strength was limited, and he only hurried over after Xiao Xuan had been there for quite a while.

"Ancestor!"

Xiao Zhan cupped his hands with the utmost respect. He certainly did not know whether this ancestor was genuine, but since he had emerged from the patriarch's token passed down through the clan,

then he surely had a connection to their forebears.

Besides, one look was enough to tell that his strength was beyond Xiao Zhan's imagination.

Even an honest man knew how to hug a powerful thigh.

"Father!"

Xiao Yan cried out. Too much had happened today, far beyond the young boy's imagination, even though he had matured considerably during his three years at rock bottom.

In the end, his limited horizons still held him back.

"Yan'er, this is our ancestor. You can trust him unconditionally."

Xiao Zhan hurriedly pulled Xiao Yan to his side and gave him the explanation gently.

Although Xiao Zhan still had some doubts, how could he voice such details in front of the ancestor? He could simply tell Yan'er in secret later.

Xiao Zhan's abacus was clacking away.

Besides, one look at the unknown being beside Yan'er told him that he was clearly less reliable than their own ancestor.

"I never expected the little Xiao Clan to have someone like you!"

Yao Chen's voice was somewhat hoarse as he spoke in surprise. By his own reckoning, he had spent quite a few years in the Northwest. He could not perceive much while he was asleep,

but getting a rough understanding of the situation was easy enough.

Even so, someone like Xiao Xuan was still beyond his understanding.

If his senses were right, this man should also be a soul body like him. Yet his bearing was undoubtedly far beyond Yao Chen's.

At his peak back then, he must have reached the legendary Dou Sheng realm.

The bitterness faded. Yao Chen had nothing to lose, so he respectfully bowed at once.

"Senior, this junior was presumptuous. Please punish me as you see fit."

He humbled himself. When it came to years of cultivation, he certainly could not compare, so Yao Chen kept a calm attitude.

"Mm, at least you've learned some manners. Stay put for now! I'll make arrangements for you later."

Xiao Xuan nodded gently. He was no vicious man, and with a casual wave, he slapped Yao Chen's soul body back into the ring in Xiao Yan's hand.

"Mm, returned to its rightful owner."

With that, Xiao Xuan looked at Xiao Yan with a faint smile.

This little fellow was the one who had truly caught his interest.

He had not expected to find someone like this among his own descendants.

Although that presence on him was already extremely faint, if Xiao Xuan had not long since entered the Soul Emperor Realm, he feared even he would have been unable to detect such a change.

In a few more years, or if the little fellow's strength advanced a little further, even he would be unable to detect anything.

"This is your son? Good, very good."

Xiao Xuan suddenly spoke, settling the matter in a way. In any case, with him keeping watch over the Xiao Clan, no storm was worth fearing.

"Yes, Ancestor. This is my son."

Xiao Zhan looked very reserved. Naturally so: he was facing a supreme existence who needed only exert a little strength to wipe the present-day Xiao Clan off the map.

Although their blood ties were there for all to see, he could never be too respectful.

"Ancestor, there are still some things I don't understand about what you said earlier. Could you explain them again?"

Xiao Zhan was still in a daze. He had been angry about the Nalan Family coming to break off the engagement today, but he had never imagined

that an ancestor would emerge from the token only the patriarch could hold.

A living man appearing out of nowhere?

It had scared him half to death at the time. Even though Xiao Xuan had offered a few words of explanation and a small demonstration, Xiao Zhan was already barely thinking straight.

What was more, Xiao Xuan had rushed out after only a few words, saying that there was a different kind of presence in the clan and telling Xiao Zhan to follow him.

Now that things had settled down somewhat, surely he had to ask properly.

"You're the patriarch of this generation of the Xiao Clan, aren't you?"

Without answering directly, Xiao Xuan said slowly, "I was the patriarch of the Xiao Clan a thousand years ago."

Time had passed far too quickly!

He had underestimated the Dou Di realm, and he had also underestimated the Tou She Ancient God, the last Dou Di to appear under heaven.

It was laughable that he had once looked down on him, thinking that if their positions had been reversed, the Dou Qi Continent would certainly not look as it did now.

It seemed he had been too arrogant, too full of himself!

But those feelings passed as quickly as they came. One way or another, he still had what he needed to rise again.

Dou Qi Continent.

I'm back!

A sharp gleam flashed through Xiao Xuan's eyes.