Chapter 300: The Light Clan

Ye Hei: "Terrifying, terrifying. No wonder no one in later generations ever heard of the Jin Ling clan—they were all turned to ash by the Dao Jun."

Su Xiao: "You dared offend the Dao Jun and still thought you could run?!"

Lin Fengjiao: "Huh? Su Xiao says the Dao Jun has a petty heart!"

Xiao Mai: "I heard that too! 【Sneaky laugh】"

Han Paopao: "I can vouch for it. By the way, Dao Jun, I captured Jin Guang Shiren—aren't you researching spiritual roots? When can I bring him to you?"

Hu Yifei: "Can't you upload people to Shangcheng?"

Zhang Sanfeng: "Probably not? 【Afraid】"

Zhang Taixuan: "Indeed not—I tried it before."

Su Xiao: "【Terrified】 What mindset did you have when you tried that?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Just normal curiosity—joining a chat group, how could you not test its full functionality? @Han Paopao, wait a few days—I just need to loot this place first."

Han Paopao: "Fine. Jin Guang Shiren's weak anyway—let him sit for a few days, even his '360' won't run away!"

Su Xiao: "Now that Jin Guang Shiren, the treasure-bringing brat, has shown up, shouldn't you head to the Ascension Assembly and join an immortal sect?"

Hu Yifei: "It's too bullying to take a master now—he's stronger than the sect's ancestral elders!"

Xiao Mai: "That's called pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger."

Jia Bai Li: "The three-year term is up! Please, return, Long Wang!"

Su Xiao: "Quick, cover your mouth—he's about to change!"

Han Paopao: "【Facepalming】 Don't need to go through all that trouble—just cultivation techniques, right? With spiritual herbs, just buy a few. Why do such clichéd things?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Indeed, no need for that."

As the divine sense chatted with them, Zhang Taixuan had already begun looting the ancestral star of the Jin Ling clan.

The remains of three Great Saints, each tens of thousands of li long, their bodies long refined into sentient materials—truly rare.

One Great Saint achieved enlightenment from Sheepfat White Jade Divine Iron; one from Nine Heaven Divine Jade; one from Crimson Jade King.

All were extraordinary Saint materials.

"Good thing they weren't Immortal Metal—otherwise, the Jin Ling clan would've been wiped out by humans long ago."

Though Saint materials stirred desire, those who desired them couldn't defeat the Jin Ling clan.

Four Great Saints in one clan, plus deep ties to the Holy Spirit clan—this was undoubtedly a powerful race, not one any ordinary force dared provoke.

And those who could defeat the Jin Ling clan had no interest in them.

After all, such beings were likely at the Peerless Emperor level—or even Emperor level.

Why would he take so many Saint materials?

Zhang Taixuan calculated: if the three Great Saints' corpses were weighed in jin, the number would be astronomical.

In the end, he didn't bother with such a trivial task—merely used Void Art to store them in an alternate space.

After collecting the remains of the three Great Saints, Zhang Taixuan turned his gaze to the fallen members of the Jin Ling clan.

All of them had reverted to their original forms—most of their bodies were high-grade materials, leaving Zhang Taixuan richly rewarded.

In addition, the Jin Ling clan had amassed a great deal of Divine Source—ten hundred million jin in total.

This was likely their accumulated treasure since ancient times, spanning hundreds of thousands of years.

Now all of it had become Zhang Taixuan's cultivation resources!

"And this!"

After looting all the Jin Ling clan's materials, Zhang Taixuan suddenly reached toward the ancestral star of the Jin Ling Patriarch.

The entire sky's starlight transformed into a giant hand, shattering the planet, and pulled out a crimson-red stone over three meters tall.

"It's Phoenix Crimson Blood Gold!"

"This is an Emperor-grade material! Zhang Taixuan now has the material to forge a Dao Treasure—as if heaven itself is aiding him."

In the universe, the watching great clans' eyes turned red—what luck!

In the chat group, everyone gasped.

Ye Hei: "Wow, this luck is insane! Such a large piece of immortal gold is enough to forge an emperor-tier weapon."

Huang Rong: "This isn't just luck—even if a normal person knew such a huge piece of Immortal Metal was here, they couldn't take it."

Xiong Ba: "True enough—the Great Saint realm is beyond my reach. I can't even imagine it."

Zhang Sanfeng: "【Agreeing】 And there were three of them."

After retrieving the Phoenix Crimson Blood Gold, Zhang Taixuan swept his hand—the flow of time seemed to reverse, and the Jin Ling planet restored to its original state, as if no battle had ever occurred, making the myriad clans of the universe even more wary.

Such a technique was utterly absurd!

Having secured the Immortal Metal, he was about to leave.

Suddenly, light flared in the starlight—a portal appeared.

It was the glow of a teleportation array—someone had teleported from a distant place.

Zhang Taixuan's expression shifted—he didn't hurry to leave, standing in the void, watching intently.

Friend or foe?

Unless the Emperor himself came, or an ancient Supreme revived, why should he run?!

The next moment, a girl with radiant wings on her back, breathtakingly beautiful, silver hair cascading over her shoulders, stepped out of the void portal.

The newcomer was an Immortal Realm King.

Upon seeing Zhang Taixuan, she bowed respectfully: "Ling Xi of the Light Clan, bows before Saint Taixuan."

"Rise," Zhang Taixuan said calmly. "What brings you here?"

"I wish to follow Saint Taixuan, seeking your protection for the Light Clan," Ling Xi rose, her expression hopeful.

"The Light Clan?" Zhang Taixuan mused.

In the original novel, the Light Clan possessed an Emperor Weapon and was a great clan—how could they possibly need to seek refuge under him?

After calculating in his mind, he quickly arrived at a shocking fact—the Light Clan's Emperor had not yet been born!

And the girl before him, her fortune thick and purple qi surging into the heavens, was undoubtedly the future Emperor of the Light Clan.

In the chat group.

Ye Hei: "It's Lingxi of the Light Clan—she's the Light Clan's future Emperor! Dao Jun, take her in!"

Han Paopao: "Brother Ye might be mistaken about one thing! A single Emperor is nothing—Dao Jun allowing her to follow him is her honor, not the other way around! Dao Jun would be honored!"

Su Xiao: "Well, that's certainly true!"

Xiao Wu: "Indeed, a single Emperor isn't much. Once joined to this chat group, everyone's future achievements are limitless. Whether to take her or not is up to my husband's discretion."

Huang Rong: "Indeed."

As Zhang Taixuan watched the messages in the chat group, he made his decision.

Now, the Light Clan is not yet a great clan, but its power is decent—at least its intelligence network across the cosmos is more agile than that of the Divine Void Grotto. He could take it on as his subordinate.

As a top-tier elder, he couldn't possibly handle every task himself; cultivating a great power to run errands for him was the proper way.

Still, he remembered that in the original novel, the Divine Spirit Cauldron—the Light Cauldron—was weak and got shattered in just a few blows.

"I need to check this out on 4.8 Heart," Zhang Taixuan muttered to himself. "If Lingxi follows me but her Emperor Weapon gets smashed so easily, where will my face be?"

"Rise," Zhang Taixuan nodded, looking at Lingxi. "From now on, you will cultivate beside me. Others will surely grant me some respect and not harm the Light Clan."

"But you must cultivate diligently. Otherwise, a mere Sovereign walking about would reflect poorly on me."

Lingxi bowed respectfully: "Yes, Master!"