Chapter 26: A Man Upon the Path Is Like Jade; the Divine Son Is Peerless in the World!

The only beings who could make these two Jun family sequents look so grave were surely even stronger sequents.

The one who entered the hall was a young man clad in silver battle armor.

His face was square and stern, his aura cold, proud, and overwhelming, with intersecting scars on his cheeks adding to his chilling demeanor.

This young man’s eyes resembled two lakes of thunder, and with every blink, lightning flashed forth, while the very air around him manifested the mysteries of thunder.

“It’s him!”

“I didn’t expect him to come too!”

Upon seeing this young man, many prodigies from major factions fixed their gazes with solemnity.

Even Ye Xingyun’s eyes darkened with gravity: “He came too? Jun Wanjie, the fifth sequence of the Jun family.”

Jun Wanjie was unquestionably a legendary prodigy.

He was born into a collateral branch of the Jun family, with low status and enduring endless cold glances and hardship.

Those from the collateral branches of the Jun family were typically dispatched to various Dao States after coming of age to manage the family’s enterprises.

Jun Wanjie was originally one of them.

Until he accidentally obtained the transmission of a Supreme Law: the Tribulation Crossing Scripture.

Jun Wanjie thus awakened a top-tier physique he himself had never suspected: the Thunder Tribulation Battle Body!

The Thunder Tribulation Battle Body ranked among the top three hundred of the three thousand physiques, even among the elite, with immense combat power.

Jun Wanjie thus forcefully rose to become the fifth sequence of the Jun family.

Though the ten sequences of the Jun family were all human elites, there were still clear gaps in strength among them.

To rank within the top five of the ten sequences was ample proof of Jun Wanjie’s formidable strength.

Yet his arrival made Jun Zhangjian and Jun Xuehuang both frown tightly.

The reason was simple: perhaps because Jun Wanjie, born into a collateral branch, had endured cold glances since childhood.

His personality was cold, proud, and domineering, and he had poor relations with the other sequences.

“With his temperament, it’s strange he came to attend Xiaoyao’s tenth birthday banquet,” Jun Zhangjian muttered, clearly not fond of Jun Wanjie.

“Perhaps he came to witness the Divine Son’s strength, since the Divine Son may well join the top ten sequences in the future,” Jun Xuehuang speculated.

They still did not know that Jun Xiaoyao had long been the designated Zero Sequence.

After arriving, Jun Wanjie directly chose a seat and sat alone; no one else dared approach.

With the arrival of the three Jun family sequences, the atmosphere in the grand hall grew increasingly heated.

At this moment, powerful auras arrived, and representatives of many factions tensed, turning their gazes toward them.

A group of Jun family elders arrived, each radiating overwhelming might, instilling awe and fear.

Jiang Rou, Jun Xiaoyao’s mother, also arrived.

“Thank you all for attending my grandson’s tenth birthday banquet. I, old man, extend my deepest gratitude,” said the golden-robed elder in the center—Jun Zhantian—as he bowed.

“You’re too kind!”

“To glimpse the Divine Son’s true face is our honor!” All present smiled and returned the bow.

An elder from one sect hesitated and asked: “Where might the Divine Son be?”

At these words, many ears perked up.

The banquet had already begun, yet the main guest had not appeared—this was improper.

Moreover, many had come largely to see the true face of the Jun family’s Divine Son.

“My apologies, everyone. My grandson has been in seclusion and has not yet emerged, but he should arrive soon…”

Just as Jun Zhantian finished speaking,

a thunderous roar erupted from deep within the Jun family’s Tiangong.

Above the nine heavens, lightning surged, radiant light blazed ten thousand feet, and auspicious colors stretched a thousandfold.

“What kind of scene is this!”

“It seems someone is breaking through a realm—is it the Divine Son?”

“But this breakthrough aura… isn’t it terrifyingly strong?”

The powerful figures in the hall, sensing the aura’s fluctuation, stared in stunned silence, drawing deep breaths.

The Jun family’s Divine Son was barely ten years old.

BOOM!

Far away, in the Tiangong, brilliant golden light blazed ten thousand feet.

Faintly, a colossal ancient divine elephant’s shadow appeared, crushing the nine heavens and ten directions!

“What kind of technique is this? Even I feel a pang of unease…”

Ye Xingyun, sensing the pressure of the ancient divine elephant, his expression subtly changed.

He was among the most arrogant, bearing the Star King Physique, with extraordinary talent sufficient to dominate all directions.

Yet the ancient divine elephant made Ye Xingyun feel a chill of dread.

This made Ye Xingyun frown—he disliked this feeling.

Amid the guests’ astonishment,

a giant hand appeared in the distant sky, descending from the heavens to sever all phenomena, blocking outsiders from peering in.

“That hand… could it be… a Supreme Being…”

Seeing the giant hand casually erase the phenomena, all the powerful figures present swallowed hard, hearts pounding.

The one who had acted was unquestionably a Supreme Being.

“Could it be the Eighteenth Ancestor of the Jun family?” some speculated.

While the many factions were lost in speculation over the phenomena,

the gates of the Tiangong finally opened.

Amid a brilliant glow, a supremely ethereal white-robed figure slowly emerged.

At this moment, countless eyes across heaven and earth converged like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea upon the figure stepping out of the Tiangong.

He was a tall, slender youth, shrouded in misty celestial radiance, clad in a white robe whiter than snow, like a celestial immortal fallen from the heavens.

His hair gleamed with crystalline light, his body like the finest celestial jade, imbued with divine radiance.

His face was veiled by faint, elusive celestial mist, yet his features remained faintly visible.

His features were naturally exquisite, strikingly handsome to the point of seeming unreal.

One glance filled the heart with doubt.

Is this a human?

Or a celestial immortal accidentally fallen to the mortal realm?

At this moment, heaven and earth fell silent.

Many women even seemed to stop breathing.

Even some Jun family girls who had seen Jun Xiaoyao before now felt a suffocating awe.

After a year of seclusion, Jun Xiaoyao’s aura had deepened further.

“A man upon the path is like jade; the Divine Son is peerless in the world…”

One Jun family girl, as if entranced, whispered these words.

At this moment, Jun Xiaoyao, sensing the countless gazes upon him, felt a flicker of surprise.

“Has my tenth birthday banquet already begun?”

Jun Xiaoyao had not expected that a year had passed so swiftly.

His strength had once again ascended, reaching the peak of True Spirit Ninth Layer.

Far surpassing his original goal of breaking into True Spirit, he had exceeded his target.

In the entire Huang Tian Immortal Realm, few in history had reached True Spirit Ninth Layer by age ten.

“Divine Son, the banquet has already begun,” said Jun Linglong, who had been waiting outside the palace.

As for Bai Yuer, she had returned to the Zhuque Ancient Nation.

“Hmm, let’s go to the grand hall,” Jun Xiaoyao nodded slightly and walked through the air like a celestial immortal gliding above.

Only after Jun Xiaoyao’s figure vanished did the watching gazes return to their senses.

“I don’t know the Divine Son’s strength, but in appearance and aura, he is first in the Immortal Realm,” murmured a holy maiden from a major faction who had come to the banquet.

Inside the main hall, many had already learned that the Jun family’s Divine Son had emerged from seclusion.

Moments later, a calm, gentle voice came from the hall’s entrance.

“Thank you all for attending my banquet.”

As the words faded, a refined, otherworldly figure in snow-white robes strolled calmly into the hall.

All noise ceased at once…

All noise ceased at this moment…