Chapter 236: The Origin of the Jiang Clan: Bloodburning Scripture and the Heavenly Demon Token!

Not long after.

Jiang Chen flew across the sky and arrived smoothly above Cangwu Mountain.

He lowered his head, pinpointing the location.

Shh—

His Yuan force surged around him, his speed suddenly skyrocketing, and in an instant, he landed before the ancestral hall!

The airwave from his landing drew the attention of the several Primordial Realm clan members guarding the hall's entrance.

They instinctively startled, but upon recognizing his face, they immediately relaxed.

Jiang Chen was the leader of the younger generation.

Almost no one in the Jiang clan did not know him.

Thus, they offered no resistance and immediately let him pass.

Jiang Chen hurried into the hall.

He walked forward more than ten steps.

He raised his head, gazing at the white silhouette ahead, about to speak—when he was interrupted.

A voice suddenly echoed from all around, its origin impossible to discern.

"You left Cangwu Mountain less than half a day ago—why return so urgently? Did something happen?"

Jiang Chen faced Jiang Daoxuan, bowed with clasped hands, and said: "Elder Chief, your insight is as sharp as a mirror—you cannot be deceived. Indeed, there is a strange matter requiring your resolution."

"Oh? Tell me."

Jiang Daoxuan rose from his mat, turned to look, and a flicker of curiosity appeared in his eyes.

Jiang Chen quickly stepped closer.

Then he took a deep breath, retrieved the iron box from his Purple Mansion space, extended both hands, and offered it forward.

"This object was discovered within the ancestral shrine—it is likely a relic left behind by our ancestor Jiang Xuan..."

As Jiang Chen recounted in detail the events he encountered at the ancestral residence.

Jiang Daoxuan felt a slight surprise.

He was well aware of Jiang Chen's current strength.

Possessing the Primal Ancient Holy Body, primarily cultivating the Pure Yang Ultimate Art, and secondarily the Great Sun Body Refinement Art.

His physical strength far surpassed that of a Yuan Sea cultivator.

Yet even so, he could not open this iron box—this was intriguing.

Thinking of this, Jiang Daoxuan immediately shifted his intent.

A wave of invisible Yuan force surged forth, instantly forming a phantom giant palm that enveloped the iron box and drew it to his side.

Jiang Daoxuan slowly raised his right arm.

Beneath his wide sleeve, a flawless white palm was revealed.

His five fingers closed around the iron box.

Simultaneously, the Yuan force palm shattered violently, dissolving into nothingness.

Jiang Daoxuan held the iron box before his eyes, examining it closely.

From its surface, no anomaly could be detected—it was merely an ordinary iron box.

But when he activated his Chaos Dao Eye and employed his Insight Gaze, he noticed something unusual.

On the pitch-black surface of the iron box, dozens of faintly glowing blue glyphs suddenly appeared.

"Interesting—this is... a Spirit Seal?"

Jiang Daoxuan's gaze sharpened.

In this world, beyond cultivators, there existed many side professions similar to alchemists, artifact crafters, array masters, and spirit beast handlers.

Spirit Seal Masters were among them.

They could harness the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, condensing it into spiritual runes.

Different combinations of runes produced different effects and functions.

Moreover, Spirit Seals could be imprinted and integrated into arrays, magic treasures, or ordinary objects to enhance their power.

Jiang Chen's inability to open this iron box was directly tied to these Spirit Seals.

Driven by curiosity, Jiang Daoxuan clenched his fingers tightly.

Boom!

Terrifying physical strength erupted, instantly cracking the iron box, causing the Spirit Seals to dim into darkness.

Soon, the iron box shattered into pieces on the ground.

In Jiang Daoxuan's palm lay two objects.

A beast hide inscribed with vast amounts of text.

A completely black plaque, embedded with nine red gems and carved with intricate patterns.

Jiang Daoxuan first picked up the beast hide.

As he read its contents, his expression grew increasingly strange.

This was clearly a relic left behind by the ancestor who founded the Jiang family of Wudan City—Jiang Zheren.

It contained secrets known only to each successive clan chief.

Namely, everything the ancestor experienced before arriving in Wudan City!

According to the content on the beast hide:

The present Jiang family originally descended from one of the top demonic sects of the Great Qin Empire—the Heavenly Demon Cult!

The Heavenly Demon Cult's leader, Jiang Mingsheng, possessed boundless cultivation base—he was a Ten Thousand Manifestations True Lord!

And Jiang Zheren was the ninth son of the other party.

One day, a sacred cave and blessed land emerged, drawing fierce competition among numerous factions.

The Lord of the Tianmo Sect led the Elders there, but was ambushed by several orthodox factions, resulting in total annihilation.

To eradicate the Tianmo Sect's lineage, numerous orthodox cultivators descended upon the Tianmo Sect's stronghold and slaughtered everyone.

The Tianmo Sect's thousands of years of accumulated heritage was destroyed in an instant.

Among Jiang Mingsheng's offspring,

only the youngest and most favored, Jiang Zheren, escaped using a teleportation talisman.

All others perished in that catastrophe!

Eventually, Jiang Zheren fled to Wudan City.

Due to his cultivation base of Ninth Layer of the Primordial Realm, he quickly rose to prominence within the city.

And over the following decades, he founded the Jiang Clan as it exists today.

However, haunted by psychological trauma and fearing his cultivation techniques would be exposed, triggering an attack from orthodox factions,

he left behind only one emergency technique—Ranxue Jue—and no other Tianmo Sect techniques.

This minimized the risk and ensured the Jiang Clan's bloodline would never be extinguished.

At the end of the ferocious beast hide, the origin of the iron plaque is mentioned.

Its name: Tianmo Ling, the identity token of successive Lords of the Tianmo Sect.