Chapter 175

Facing the Soul Clan's formidable strength outside the Soul Realm, even with their three clans joining forces, it appeared quite strenuous, let alone venturing deep into the perilous Soul Realm.

Clan Leader Gu Yuan gazed at the entrance to the Soul Realm, which seemed capable of devouring everything, and a sense of powerlessness could not help but surge in his heart; he knew deeply that continuing to fight head-on would only cause his own powerhouses to sacrifice themselves in vain, which would be of no benefit to the overall situation.

Gu Yuan sighed slowly and had no choice but to retreat.

The only plan now, the only plan now, was to preserve their strength so that they could find an opportunity to counterattack in the future.

The three Clan Leaders planned to go back and discuss how to stop the Soul Clan from opening the Tuoshe Gu Di Cave and prevent Hun Tiandi from obtaining the Gu Di inheritance.

Compared to Gu Yuan and the others, Hun Tiandi's mood could be described as excellent.

He had planned for a thousand years and had finally gathered all eight pieces of Ancient Jade.

As long as some time passed and he wiped out the three clans, no one would be able to stop him from breaking through to Dou Emperor.

His thousand-year grand plan, which he had orchestrated, was finally about to succeed!

Thinking of the thousand-year grand plan he was about to complete, a sense of unprecedented ambition could not help but surge in Hun Tiandi's heart.

Hun Tiandi returned to the Soul Clan territory full of joy and immediately summoned those few six-star Dou Sheng powerhouses, urgently demanding that they hand over the Ancient Jade.

His eyes flickered with endless longing and anticipation for the Ancient Jade; this was a longing for breaking through to Dou Emperor.

The three six-star Dou Sheng powerhouses knew the importance of their mission this time and understood the importance Hun Tiandi placed on this matter. They carefully held the Ancient Jade and presented it respectfully.

They could not help but be filled with a sense of achievement and pride for completing the mission.

They thought that since they had performed a great service this time, the Clan Leader's reward would certainly not be lacking.

They looked at each other, both guessing in their hearts what the upcoming reward would be.

Would Lord Xuwu use the Tunling Clan's ability to help us improve our strength?

The three six-star Dou Sheng powerhouses handed over the Ancient Jade, looking forward to Hun Tiandi's reward.

But when Hun Tiandi looked at the three pieces of Ancient Jade they had handed over, he was instantly stunned! Hun Tiandi's expression turned incomparably gloomy in an instant.

"What is going on? Why are there only three?" Hun Tiandi's voice was low and majestic, carrying an unquestionable interrogation.

His gaze, like a blade, swept toward the three six-star Dou Sheng powerhouses.

The few six-star Dou Sheng powerhouses looked at each other, their faces revealing expressions of astonishment and confusion.

They had originally thought that they had performed a great service and could receive a generous reward because of it, but they had not expected such a turn of events.

"Clan Leader, we... we indeed only obtained these three pieces of Ancient Jade." One of the six-star Dou Sheng powerhouses replied with a trembling voice, his words filled with panic and unease.

"Only obtained three?" Hun Tiandi's brows were tightly locked, his tone filled with anger and dissatisfaction.

In his view, there should have been four pieces handed over by them.

One each from the Yan and Lei clans, and two from the Ancient Clan.

A few years ago, Hun Tiandi had concluded that the Xiao family's Ancient Jade was definitely in the Ancient Clan.

He had thought that in this operation, his subordinates would have stolen all the Ancient Jade back.

He had not expected that they would only steal one piece of Ancient Jade from the Ancient Clan side! Hun Tiandi's mood was like riding a roller coaster, plunging from the highest point to the lowest point.

Hun Tiandi interrogated the two six-star Dou Sheng Elders who had gone to the Ancient Realm as to why they had only brought back one piece of Ancient Jade.

The atmosphere in the entire great hall suddenly became oppressive and heavy; the two six-star Dou Sheng powerhouses felt unprecedented fear and despair.

Feeling the biting chill from the Clan Leader, these two Elders felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, and they plopped down and knelt directly.

"Clan Leader, Gu Yang only gave us one piece of Ancient Jade..."

"Where is Gu Yang?"

The Xiao family's Ancient Jade was already in Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing's hands, so Hun Tiandi naturally could not ask anything.

Without obtaining all the Ancient Jade, Hun Tiandi was angry, but he could not blame the people below. It was clearly not that the people below did not put in the effort; it was that an accident had occurred.

This accident was naturally that Gu Yuan had always carried the Ancient Jade on his person.

Hun Tiandi would never have dreamed that an accident like Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing would appear.

He would never have thought that after Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing took the Ancient Jade away, he had also shifted the blame onto the Ancient Clan.

Even now, he firmly believed that the Ancient Jade was in the Ancient Clan.

"Gu Yuan... he is actually so cautious!" Hun Tiandi whispered through gritted teeth, his eyes flashing with unwillingness and anger.

Killing intent shot out from Hun Tiandi's eyes.

It seemed that if he wanted to gather all eight pieces of Ancient Jade, he would have to kill Gu Yuan!

Although Hun Tiandi was angry at the moment, he had not yet lost his sanity.

Hun Tiandi quickly adjusted his mindset, displaying the calmness and decisiveness of a Clan Leader.

Subsequently, Hun Tiandi ordered Hun Yuantian and the others to begin preparing the Gate of Dead Silence.

As long as they could trap the powerhouses of the three clans within this Gate of Dead Silence, the Soul Clan would be able to achieve a complete victory.

Therefore, he demanded that Hun Yuantian and the others must go all out to ensure that the Gate of Dead Silence would be foolproof.

At the same time, Hun Tiandi did not forget to utilize the resource of the Yao Clan descendants he had just acquired.

He also had Xuwu Tun Yan use the millions of Yao Clan descendants he had just acquired to help the Soul Clan powerhouses improve their strength.

On the other side, after the powerhouses of the three clans returned, they immediately moved the Ancient Realm, Yanjie, and Leijie together.

After the Yao Clan incident, the powerhouses of the three clans deeply understood the Soul Clan's heart-palpitating strength and ambition.

In order to avoid repeating the Yao Clan's mistakes, they reacted quickly, migrating their respective territories—the Ancient Realm, Yanjie, and Leijie—and connecting them closely together.

After finishing this, the powerhouses of the three clans were finally able to sit down and discuss together how to deal with the threat of the Soul Clan.

During the meeting, the atmosphere was heavy and tense.

Just like Hun Tiandi, Gu Yuan was firmly convinced that the Xiao family's Ancient Jade was in the Soul Clan.

As for the reason, it was naturally Xiao Yan's body, which was being preserved by Gu Xun'er.

A few years ago, after seeing her Brother Xiao Yan die, Gu Xun'er had been immersed in grief for a long time.

Ignoring Gu Yuan's opposition, she had sealed Xiao Yan's body in ice using a special method and placed it in her room, staring at it blankly every day.

As a father, seeing Gu Xun'er like this, he naturally felt heartache.

However, no matter how he tried to persuade her, it was of no avail.

In the end, the high-level members of the Ancient Clan even held a special meeting about this matter.

It was not because of Gu Xun'er's status as the Clan Leader's daughter, but because of her God-Grade Bloodline.

In a thousand years, the Ancient Clan had only produced this one God-Grade Bloodline, so they naturally could not just watch Gu Xun'er waste away like this.

In the end, they did indeed discuss a solution.

Xiao Yan's soul had already been destroyed by Character: Character: Character: Jiang Xing; no matter how powerful the Ancient Clan was, it was impossible to resurrect him.

Their solution was to tell Gu Xun'er that after breaking through to Dou Emperor, it would be possible to re-condense Xiao Yan's soul.

In order to make Gu Xun'er believe it, the high-level members of the Ancient Clan even took out an ancient book they had produced, which recorded events of Dou Emperor powerhouses resurrecting the dead.

(End of chapter)