Chapter 137: Trash……

Just as Ye Wuque and Xiao Jie finished digesting the gains from the primordial reincarnation origin and set out on the return journey to Red Dust Valley.

In that unreachable place, located at the zenith of the Zhutian Huanyu in the southern region of Boundless Heaven, a star domain so vast and splendid it defied description floated silently, exuding an ancient, mighty aura.

Trillions of stars guarded the central region like loyal sentinels, each star flowing with ancient, powerful law power, together forming an absolute domain that suppressed eternity.

Sacred, transcendent, majestic, inviolable!

This is the residence of the supreme undying aristocratic family—the Ye Clan—renowned throughout Zhutian Wanjie for countless epochs: the Supreme Heavenly Emperor Star Domain.

At the very heart of this boundless, ever-changing star domain hangs a colossal star, unimaginably huge, as if illuminating the Nine Heavens Ten Lands, its entire body suffused with chaotic qi, reigning supreme like an emperor.

This is the foundation and symbol of the Ye Clan, an absolute forbidden land—the Supreme Ancestor Star!

Around the Supreme Ancestor Star, more than a dozen equally radiant ancient companion stars orbit, each representing a powerful direct bloodline of the Ye Clan, like stars circling the moon.

One of these companion stars is named Xuanji Star.

Upon this star, palaces stretch continuously, magnificent and lofty, divine peaks pierce the clouds, mist swirls, ancient forests within are planted with all manner of rare flowers, exotic herbs, and precious medicines, while extraordinary birds and beasts roam, resembling a primordial paradise.

The spiritual energy is so dense it condenses into a liquid river, the scene vast and magnificent—this is the base of the Ye Clan's most dazzling, peerless heavenly pride, Ye Xuanji's lineage.

Deep within Xuanji Star lies an extravagantly luxurious, ancient cave dwelling that seems to have existed since time immemorial.

At the top of the cave dwelling, a miniature, slowly rotating brilliant starry sky scatters endless starlight.

The floor is paved with flawless divine jade inscribed with heavenly dao patterns, polished to a mirror sheen, laid down over millions of years.

In the center of the cave dwelling, upon a dao platform likewise carved from heavenly dao divine jade, a hazy yet brilliant light envelops a tall figure.

He is a man clad in a black robe, his visage blurred, as if veiled by an intangible dao rhythm, making his true features impossible to discern.

Merely sitting cross-legged there, natural heavenly dao runes flow and fade around him, emanating a profound, ancient, lofty aura.

This is the manifestation of an extremely deep comprehension of the heavenly dao!

An unfathomable aura of supreme dominance, as deep and mysterious as a slumbering primordial star domain, naturally spreads, causing the entire cave dwelling to feel like an extension of his own domain.

His eyes are tightly shut, as if comprehending the dao or merely resting his mind, untouched by worldly concerns.

At this moment, a steady yet slightly tense footstep echoes from outside the cave dwelling.

A burly man nine chi tall, clad in blood‑colored ferocious battle armor, exuding an iron‑blooded killing aura, lowers his head and cautiously enters the cave dwelling.

This man's aura is formidable; in the outside world he would absolutely be a terrifying heavenly pride capable of stirring up the eight directions.

Yet now, upon reaching ten zhang before the dao platform, he drops to one knee without hesitation, bows his head deeply, and speaks with reverence and a barely concealed tremor:

"Master!"

He even deliberately suppresses his breath, daring not to disturb in the slightest.

"The few trash sent by the Slay Heaven Pavilion to probe…… mission failed, all…… fell!"

After saying this, the burly armored man lowers his head even further, beads of cold sweat seeping onto his forehead, awaiting the response of the unfathomable existence on the dao platform.

He knows full well that although the master usually appears calm, once angered, his terror is unimaginable.

The cave dwelling falls into dead silence, only the hazy light slowly turning.

This silence is like an invisible mountain, pressing the armored man so hard he can barely breathe.

After an unknown span—perhaps an instant, perhaps ages—the blurred face of the robed man on the dao platform seems to twitch slightly, a calm voice without ripple, yet containing some strange magic, slowly sounds, only two words:

"Interesting…"

Though the voice reveals no joy or anger, it makes the kneeling armored man's heart contract sharply.

Then the voice sounds again, still flat: "You still have…… ten days."

Hearing this, the armored man trembles all over, immediately lifts his head, his face showing resolve, and grits his teeth, vowing:

"As you command! Master! Within ten days I will personally seize Ye Wuque and bring him to Xuanji Star, cripple his cultivation, drain his bloodline, and leave his fate to your disposal!"

Feeling it insufficient, he adds, voice ringing like struck metal: "If I cannot do it within ten days, I…… will bring my head to see you!"

"Go." The figure on the dao platform utters two words indifferently, then falls silent.

The armored man, as if pardoned, bows deeply again, then swiftly rises, retreats backward out of the cave dwelling, only daring to turn after putting considerable distance between them, transforming into a bloody streak of light, surging with killing intent as he departs.

The cave dwelling returns to absolute silence.

Within the dao platform's light, the robed man seems to shift slightly, a faint murmur like a mosquito's buzz, tinged with a hint of indifference and boredom as if looking at ants, softly echoes:

"Ye Wuque…… a piece of trash unworthy of even reaching my ears…"

"How much…… amusement could he possibly bring me?"

"Hehe…"

After a soft, contemptuous chuckle, the cave dwelling sinks into total stillness, only the heavenly dao light continues to flow, as if it has always been so.