Chapter 317: The Heavenly Tomb Reopens

Deep within the Ancient Realm, at the entrance to the Heavenly Tomb.

The time for the Heavenly Tomb to open had arrived, and many Ancient Clan Elders and experts from other Ancient Races gathered together, craning their necks in anticipation as they waited for their respective juniors to emerge.

According to past custom, every genius from an Ancient Race who entered the Heavenly Tomb would greatly benefit, and many people secretly speculated as to who would have the greatest harvest in the Heavenly Tomb this time.

Under the expectant gazes of the crowd, a long, narrow, pitch-black crack suddenly appeared in mid-air, the profound darkness seemingly about to swallow all the light in the surroundings.

"Look, someone is coming out!"

A shout suddenly rang out from the crowd, and, drawn by that cry, their gazes gathered in unison upon the crack in the sky.

They saw two youths with lightning patterns on their foreheads cross the crack and appear in everyone's field of vision.

"It's people from the Lei Clan!"

Mang Tianchi, the guardian Elder waiting on the side, could not help but heave a sigh of relief upon seeing the two emerge unscathed.

Although the Heavenly Tomb was not highly dangerous for these geniuses, every few sessions there would always be one or two unlucky ones who met with misfortune.

Even though the ones who came this time were not the very top figures of the Lei Clan, they were still among the best, all possessing the potential to advance to Dou Saint; if they had bad luck and perished here, he feared it would be difficult for him to answer for it upon returning!

"How was the harvest in the Heavenly Tomb this time?" Mang Tianchi asked hurriedly once the two arrived before him.

The Lei Clan youths looked at each other in silence, a hint of satisfaction appearing in their eyes, and one of them smiled: "A small harvest!"

As he spoke, he revealed some of his aura, and after Mang Tianchi felt it, his expression also relaxed, "Not bad, from Six-star Late Dou Zun to Seven-star peak; upon returning to the clan, you can already begin to prepare to break through to Eight-star."

Just as Mang Tianchi was talking with them, one figure after another also appeared from the crack, and many Elders who had welcomed the geniuses of their own clans breathed a sigh of relief; as long as no one was buried in the Heavenly Tomb, that was good news, for as long as one stayed inside for the full three years, the harvest would not be bad.

After a long while, some Elders of the Ancient Clan could not help but frown; not a single one of the four people from their Ancient Clan had come out, and not only that, the same was true for the people from the Xiao Clan and the Soul Clan.

Seeing that the Heavenly Tomb was about to close in half an hour, they could not help but become anxious.

And others, seeing this abnormal phenomenon, spontaneously began to watch the spectacle; in any case, their own people had mostly come out, and since the Ancient Soul Tribe were already powerful, the fall of one or two geniuses was not a bad thing for them.

The Soul Clan was one thing, but the Ancient Clan had sent all the most outstanding members of this generation into the Heavenly Tomb, and among them was even one with a Divine Grade Bloodline; this loss was much greater.

Some people also remembered the two from the Xiao Clan, Xiao Yan and the other, and some who had previously been on good terms with the Xiao Clan sighed secretly; the Xiao Clan had truly fallen this time, it seemed.

However, after some Elders inquired about the detailed situation from their respective geniuses, they were left puzzled.

Mang Tianchi looked at a youth at this moment and asked in a deep voice: "Lei Luo, are you sure you didn't see wrong?"

"Elder, I'm not the only one who knows this; that person from the Xiao Clan called Xiao Ding is indeed a Nine-Star Dou Zun!"

The youth named Lei Luo said with a look of certainty.

After Lei Luo finished speaking, the other Lei Clan companion also nodded in agreement.

"Then this shouldn't be!" Mang Tianchi pondered in silence.

According to what Lei Luo said, except for that unlucky fellow named Hun Li, they had all entered the third level of the Heavenly Tomb safe and sound; as long as they were careful, they would certainly be able to stay safely until the Heavenly Tomb opened.

How could it be that not a single person came out like this? Could it be that they had bad luck, encountered a powerful Energy Body, and were wiped out in one go?

If that were the case...

Mang Tianchi shook his head and sighed with regret; that Xiao Yan was the most promising genius to come out of his Jia Nan Academy, yet he had actually fallen in the Heavenly Tomb, which was truly heart-wrenching.

Just at this moment, everyone heard an excited voice again, "They're out, they're out!"

They looked urgently toward the exit, only to see several figures with powerful auras appear before their eyes all at once.

One, two, three...

Neither more nor less, exactly six people.

"The Ancient Xiao Clan were actually together?!" someone said in surprise, but then, upon second thought, the two clans had not had a bad relationship in the past, and to speak of recent events, there was the favor of the jade gift from the Xiao Clan; it was not incomprehensible for the two families to be together.

But if that were the case...

Playful gazes gathered on the two cold-faced Elders of the Soul Clan; with the Ancient Xiao Clan together, six experts in total, it would not seem difficult to crush two members of the Soul Clan within the Heavenly Tomb!

Especially since not one of these six had a cultivation lower than Eight-Star Dou Zun, and there were even several Nine-Star existences...

Hmm?!

Nine-Star Dou Zun?

A collective gaze turned toward the black-robed young man among the six who wore a gentle smile.

"Nine-Star Dou Zun! That Xiao Yan has actually reached Nine-Star Dou Zun?"

Just as there was an uproar below, the few people in mid-air were also whispering to each other.

"Third brother, you've really stolen the limelight this time!" Xiao Ding teased.

"Big brother, I have merely received the gift of our ancestors; it is nothing worth mentioning." Xiao Yan knew his own level well and did not get carried away at all.

In the Heavenly Tomb, to go from Six-star to Nine-star all at once—this kind of speed was hard to achieve through normal cultivation.

"Eh, that is all your own good fortune!" Xiao Ding waved his hand.

Others also immediately chimed in, "That's right, Brother Xiao Yan's good fortune is also a part of his strength!"

When the few of them landed, a group of Ancient Clan Elders and experts watching the spectacle gathered around, and Elder Tong Xuan had a look of relief on his face.

"You came out so late, you nearly scared this old man to death."

If Xun'er and the others had been trapped in the Heavenly Tomb, the entire Ancient Clan would likely have gone mad, especially the Clan Leader Gu Yuan, who was Xun'er's father; he would likely have forcibly torn open the Heavenly Tomb crack to enter and search for the whereabouts of the juniors.

Not to mention the chain reactions that would have been caused by the fall of the new generation of experts.

Just then, a cold wind blew, and many people could not help but shiver.

What was unexpected was that after the Ancient Xiao Clan came out, the two young geniuses of the Soul Clan never appeared, until the Heavenly Tomb closed.

The two Elders of the Soul Clan just waited and waited, but even after straining their eyes, they did not see the figures of Hun Ya and the other.

"It seems the people from the Soul Clan were unlucky this time and didn't come out!" It was unknown who said this with a chuckle, making the already somewhat terrifying faces of the two Soul Clan Elders even more sinister.

"Let's go, it's time for us to return." Learning that the people from the Soul Clan had been planted in the Heavenly Tomb, Elder Tong Xuan was in a noticeably good mood, and his speech was gentle and slow.

"The two guests from the Xiao Clan should also stay for now; presumably, the Medicine Saint and the Clan Leader Xiao had already made arrangements before they left."

"Many thanks, Elder." Xiao Yan and the other thanked him.

Just as everyone was about to turn and leave,

"Wait!"