Chapter 29

Fuyao Dynasty!

Upon hearing this news, the clan chief and the great elders all fell into shock.

They had previously heard of this.

But they never imagined that their backing was actually the already fallen Fuyao Dynasty?

"Three thousand years ago, our Ye family was a force under the Fuyao Empress!"

"In the final battle, the Fuyao Dynasty suffered an attack from the Tian Luo Palace, plus internal traitors; that battle nearly overturned the Fuyao Dynasty! But the Empress, with her own power, resisted the three great emperors of the Tian Luo Palace, dividing her elite forces into three parts, allowing them to escape."

"Our Ye family is one of those parts! Afterwards, the Empress, using an ancient secret method, found a sliver of life, and now she has returned to resume cultivation!"

"Three thousand years have passed, our Ye family has lost several quasi-emperors and half-emperors, finally awaiting the Empress's return!"

"We three have already made contact with the Empress; she will descend upon our Ye family on the day of our family gathering!"

As the voice fell, it thundered across the ancestral land like lightning.

Everyone was shocked.

A flash of light passed through the clan chief's mind; he respectfully said, 'Ancestor, if the Empress descends, could she lend her aid to suppress the strange power within Chen'er's body?'

Upon hearing those words,

A gray-robed ancestor lightly shook his head, 'Impossible.'

The clan chief slightly startled, 'Why?'

The gray-robed elder sighed, 'It's not that I don't dare to ask the Empress for help from afar, but the Empress is currently in secluded cultivation, her cultivation not yet reaching the Saint level!'

She isn't even a Saint!

The clan chief's hope in his heart was shattered again!

At this moment, an elder furrowed his brows and asked, 'Ancestor, the Empress is no longer at her former peak; does she still have the qualifications to lead our Ye family?'

"Hehe."

The gray-robed ancestor gave a light smile and slowly spoke.

"First, we few have all sworn an oath: should the Empress summon, we shall certainly return!"

"Second, the Empress's primary force, the Imperial Dragon Guard, still exists; if our Ye family chooses to betray, our only path is annihilation!"

The voice fell!

Many Ye family elders' faces turned solemn.

Things have come to this; we can only follow the ancestor's arrangements.

In the venue, discussions arose.

"If the Fuyao Empress can let our Ye family rise again, even becoming her subordinates would be nothing shameful!"

"But our enemy will be the Tian Luo Palace! Over these thousand years, the Tian Luo Palace has grown ever stronger; many sect- and clan-annihilation tragedies in Nan Huang are its doing, yet no one can punish it!"

"Our Ye family is merely a quasi-emperor-level force, with little room for choice."

After a moment.

The three great ancestors flicked their sleeves, suppressing everyone's discussion.

"In the coming days, I will impart to you some of the Fuyao Dynasty's supreme secret arts!"

"Your combat power will surely increase! The Empress will surely be delighted to see it!"

Many saints of the Ye family felt somewhat excited.

Supreme secret arts!

At this moment, the great elder furrowed his brows and asked, 'Ancestor, in a few days will be the family gathering; the Nan Gong family may also descend—would that cause a conflict…'

The gray-robed elder gave a light smile, 'You want to ask about the heir's challenge and that broken engagement? Hehe. Those are just petty squabbles.'

"The position of heir is originally a competition among the younger generation; let them contend. As for the Nan Gong family's broken engagement, our Ye family will at that time once again align with the Empress; the Nan Gong family's defection is no great matter."

Upon hearing that, everyone understood.

Now, the most important thing for the Ye family is the descent of the Fuyao Empress.

As for the heir's challenge and Nan Gong Bai Xue's broken engagement, those are just trifles!

The ancestor didn't take it to heart!

Next.

The three great ancestors sat cross-legged, floating above the Void, brilliant quasi-emperor Dao patterns flowing across their bodies; they slowly spoke, revealing the secret arts of the Fuyao Dynasty sealed for a thousand years!

As the three great ancestors transmitted the Dao, like the grand Dao's chant, the 'Dao' and 'rhyme' intertwined in this heaven and earth, mysterious qi constantly flowing in the venue.

Many saints of the Ye family began to listen attentively.

All sat cross-legged, circulating their spiritual techniques.

For a time, resplendent divine radiance intertwined without cease in the Ye family's ancestral land, like a star field, like a long river.

……

Black Flame Mountain Range.

Ji Fuyao has already cultivated for more than ten days.

In the pavilion, Ji Fuyao wore a Huo Se Chang Qun, her curvaceous figure suffused with brilliant light, mysterious patterns appearing on her body like flawless jade ice, immaculate, as if a banished immortal descended to the mortal world.

She slowly opened her eyes.

She had already entered the late-stage great perfection of the Xuan Zong realm!

The Way of Spiritual Fire is only one step away from perfection!

Moreover, she used the Dao Scripture to continually cleanse her Dao foundation; now her Dao foundation has become extraordinarily crystalline, with faint Dao patterns appearing, gradually transforming toward a perfect Dao platform.

Thanks to the Dao Scripture exchanged by her master!

Lu Xuan's image involuntarily appeared before her.

"I wonder how Master is doing now?"

Ji Fuyao murmured, "Master, once I finish the Ye family's affairs, I will immediately return to Xuan Qing Feng."

A moment later.

She slowly rose, restrained her aura, and walked out of the pavilion.

Outside, Wang Man and Qing Yan and the others had already been on standby.

They wore looks of joy, having long known that Ji Fuyao's cultivation had surged, and they said with smiles, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, your cultivation is now one step closer to its former peak!"

Ji Fuyao tilted her snow-white neck slightly and asked.

"Are there any Profound Sect Realm Flaming Beasts in the Black Flame Mountain Range?"

Qing Yan immediately took out a map jade slip from her bosom, probed it with her divine sense, and after a moment she said with a smile, "Your Majesty the Empress, there happens to be a territory of the Flaming Beasts, but their leader's cultivation is at the Profound Venerable Realm!"

Ji Fuyao nodded, "Just the Profound Venerable Realm! Wait for me to return after hunting the Flaming Beasts, and then we will set out for the Ye family of Azure City."

Wang Man and Qing Yan respectfully replied, "As you command! We have already contacted the Ye family of Azure City. Coincidentally, in a few days it will be the Ye family's clan gathering; we can go and take a look."

Ji Fuyao said indifferently, "Fine."

Not long after.

Ji Fuyao stepped into the void and rose, a divine rainbow appearing beneath her feet as she flew straight to where the Flaming Beasts were.

Half a day later.

Ji Fuyao descended upon the Flaming Beasts' territory.

Here, the Flaming Beasts are numerous, their bodies burning with terrifying flames like a great sun.

Each Flaming Beast's form is enormously huge, like a small mountain, far surpassing the Gatekeeper Fire Beast of the first layer of the Fire Abyss Secret Realm in strength.

Ji Fuyao wore an expression of light wind and calm clouds, "This battle is perfect for me to complete my comprehension of the Way of Spiritual Fire!"

A faint divine radiance surged over her body, and a terrifying, peerless aura erupted explosively as she launched into slaughter!

Like wind sweeping away the remnants of clouds, like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves, wherever her terrifying attack struck, countless Flaming Beasts kept falling dead.

It was utterly an instant kill!

In just a few hundred breaths, all the Flaming Beasts were slaughtered!

Ji Fuyao sensed something, stood amid the spiritual fire storm, directly activated the Heaven-Burning Decision, and began to comprehend the Way of Spiritual Fire!

In an instant, her aura began to surge!

……

Azure City, Ye family.

Ye Chen was still cultivating!

Four days had already passed.

Ye Chen had now in one fell swoop entered the mid-stage of the Great Profound King Realm!

Breaking through to the Profound Emperor Realm is merely a matter of time!

Lu Xuan looked at Ye Chen's arduous cultivation and was very pleased.

Genius is genius!

Ye Chen's cultivation talent rivals Ji Fuyao's; both bear the aspect of a Great Emperor, and their cultivation speed is extraordinarily heaven-defying!

Now both disciples are diligently cultivating, and Lu Xuan's internal cultivation foundation is rising rapidly.

In these days, Lu Xuan directly stepped into the triple-layer Profound Venerable Realm!

Lu Xuan lay on Ye Chen's bed for several days.

Ye Chen, meanwhile, sat cross-legged on the ground, painstakingly cultivating; Elder Yao occasionally gave pointers, and sometimes asked for Lu Xuan's opinion.

Lu Xuan often replied with "En," "Good," or "Correct."

Such conduct falling into Elder Yan's eyes made him feel Lu Xuan was exceedingly mysterious.

Suddenly.

The system's voice sounded.

"Ding! Host's chief disciple Ji Fuyao is comprehending the power of Spiritual Fire! Beginning synchronization!"

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