The Immemorial Immortal Road!
Somewhere in the Eastern Domain.
Ye Chen held Tantai Yao's hand as they strolled through a city. Both of them had made good progress in their cultivation. They had explored several ruins and obtained some resources, and spent most of their time cultivating.
Now, Ye Chen's cultivation has broken through to the Golden Body Realm Sixth Layer, Tantai Yao has broken through to the Fourth Layer of the Golden Body Realm; both are quite strong.
Suddenly.
Tantai Yao received a message, and her expression immediately changed.
"Ye Chen, my Lineage is looking for me!" Tantai Yao said.
"Lineage."
Ye Chen knew that Tantai Yao came from a distinguished Lineage, but he had never inquired about the specifics.
"Does your family want you to go back?" Ye Chen asked.
"Yes, the Lineage wants me to go back." Tantai Yao didn't know why the Lineage wanted her to go back, but it must be something important. After all, she had been away for several years and the Lineage had never cared about her. Moreover, she was not a direct descendant of the Lineage and did not receive Lineage full support.
Do you want me to go back with you?
Ye Chen doesn't want to be separated from Tantai Yao right now. If possible, he wants to go back with Tantai Yao and meet Tantai Yao parents.
However, Tantai Yao shook her head. "No, my Lineage has some special rules and doesn't allow outsiders to enter. If I take you back, it might cause some trouble."
"Oh well!"
Ye Chen had no choice but to agree to Tantai Yao go back alone.
"Let me know immediately if anything happens."
"Good!"
Tantai Yao nodded slightly.
The following day, Tantai Yao returned to the Tantai Household in the Eastern Domain alone.
Before long, they arrived at the Tantai Household.
The Tantai Household is located in a secluded cave, where they live in a hidden world. Normally, when the cave is sealed off, no one can find them, and the Tantai Household family members do not go out. However, in recent decades, Tantai Lineage have gradually gone out, but the number is not large.
Soon, Tantai Yao returned to the Tantai Household and met her parents.
Her father's name was Tantai Zhe and her mother's name was Tantai Yu. They were both members of the Tantai Household. In order to keep their bloodline pure, the Tantai Household mostly did not marry outsiders. Occasionally, they would capture some women from outside the family to marry into the family.
Of course, even if it was intermarriage within the same clan, it involved more than five generations of clan members.
Knowing the rules of the Tantai Household, Tantai Yao dared not tell her parents or clansmen about Ye Chen. At worst, she could simply not come back, or wait until her cultivation broke through to the Great Saint Realm, at which point the entire Tantai Household would be unable to restrain her.
The Tantai Household only has a few Great Saint; surely they wouldn't make things difficult for her?
"Father, Mother."
Tantai Yao greeted her parents.
"Not bad, they've both broken through to the Fourth Layer the Golden Body Realm!" Tantai Zhe looked at his daughter with great satisfaction. He himself was only at the Third Layer of the King Conferment Realm, and his potential was not high. He had no hope of breaking through to the Saint Realm in this lifetime. His wife was about the same, still only at the King Conferment Realm.
And his daughter is so young, yet she has already broken through to the Golden Body Realm; she has the potential of Great Saint!
"Father, why has the Lineage summoned me back?"
"I asked," Tantai Yao inquired.
At this moment, Tantai Zhe's expression turned serious. "The Lineage is preparing to emerge!"
"Lineage about to be born?"
Tantai Yao was shocked. Her birth represented risks, and if not handled properly, it could lead to the destruction of the Tantai Household.
If the Tantai Household had remained hidden from the world, outside forces would have been too lazy to deal with them. However, emerging into the Tantai Household means confrontation and conflict with other forces. No one could predict what the final consequences would be.
"Why is that?" Tantai Yao asked, puzzled.
"I don't know either, but the elders and several ancestors looked very grave. It seems that this great era is not simple. According to them, if they continue to live in seclusion, they will not be able to protect their Lineage. They must come out of seclusion to compete for the throne, or cultivate a quasi -Quasi-Emperor, in order to have any hope of surviving in the next great era," said Tantai Zhe.
"Then why did you call me back?"
Tantai Yao was puzzled. So what if she was born? There was no need to call her back. Did her birth mean a Lineage gathering with everyone required to attend?
"I don't know. The ancestors didn't say. They only notified all clansmen to return, even those who had been away for many years. They said they would inform everyone about the matter after everyone returned."
Tantai Zhe Road.
"So secretive?"
Tantai Yao frowned slightly, feeling that something serious must have happened to the Tantai Household. Otherwise, given her father's current status in the clan, even if it wasn't very high, he would at least be in the middle to upper ranks. He wouldn't have kept it from her parents.
The Tantai Clan.
Within the ancestral lands of the clan.
Six figures sat together, including three Great Saint Realm and three peak Saint Realm. They were the six highest-ranking members of the Tantai Lineage.
Are you sure you want to do this?
"We have no choice but to do this. This is not the time for mercy. Over the long years, many Quasi-Emperor Lineage have declined, disappeared, or been wiped out. The Eight Hundred Side Sects have dwindled to almost nothing, and some of the Seventy-Two Sects have also declined. However, the Seventy-Two Sects have a strong foundation, producing many Quasi-Emperor generation after generation. Every era has seen the birth of Quasi-Emperor. But our Tantai Clan, from ancient times to the present, has only produced six Quasi-Emperor. We are Quasi-Emperor Aristocratic Clan! And now, the Quasi-Emperor Bloodline of our Tantai Clan is weak. Even we can only break through to the Fourth Layer the Great Saint Realm, unable to even break through to the late stage of the Great Saint Realm. What kind of Quasi-Emperor Lineage is this!"
"If it were merely a matter of Lineage decline, that would be one thing. But according to reliable sources, the Immemorial Immortal Road is about to open, ushering in a dark age. Numerous Taboo Being, even Taboo Sovereign, will emerge, along with many alien races and special existences. At that time, the Profound Heaven Realm will become the target of everyone's attacks, with countless forbidden beings reaping the benefits of all living beings. Countless beings in the entire Profound Heaven Realm will be reduced to bones. The Seventy-Two Sects might be able to protect themselves, but we cannot. If we cannot cultivate an invincible Great Saint in a short period of time, the Tantai Lineage could very well be easily annihilated."
"To extract the blood of one's clansmen and perform forbidden techniques—this is far too cruel to the clansmen!"
"What's so cruel about that? Those collateral relatives have weak bloodlines and limited potential. If we nurture the direct descendant, Tantai You, and allow the bloodlines of many clans to merge into him, we could even revert his bloodline to its ancestral form and forge Innate Saint Physique. In that case, Tantai You would at least be a peak Great Saint, and might even have a chance to break through to the Quasi-Emperor realm. At that time, our Tantai Household would at least rise to prominence. As for the clansmen, we can just regenerate and nurture them. Besides, we're only extracting their bloodlines, not killing them. The Lineage will support them."
"Then it's decided. Don't reveal this news yet, otherwise the impact will be too great, and it might cause many tribesmen to flee."
"Don't worry, we're not stupid, we won't tell anyone."
Afterward, the six people concluded the meeting and went to arrange their own affairs.