Chapter 166: The Trivial Jun Family

In the starry sky, the pervasive killing intent and the lingering energy ripples slowly subsided.

Only the faint lament of the laws remained, echoing from where the three great War Generals were annihilated.

And the countless onlookers' hearts still roiled with uncalmed, terrifying waves.

The War Prince came to Ye Wuque's side.

Even though his will was steadfast, his breathing was still somewhat heavy, and fine cold sweat seeped from the corners of his forehead.

The two successive terrifying killing intents that had just locked on, though not aimed directly at him, still gave him a soul‑shaking sense of extreme danger, as if he had walked before the Ghost Gate.

It was a power far beyond his current level; even its aftershocks made him feel as if his body were about to shatter.

"Lord…"

The War Prince looked at Ye Wuque, his eyes bearing lingering fear and a question.

Ye Wuque gently shook his head at him, indicating he was unimpeded.

His gaze, however, still stared deeply toward the Void where the Seventh Elder's figure had vanished, lingering for a long time.

He recognized that person.

It was his Seventh Uncle, the Seventh Elder of the Ye Clan, a person of high rank and great authority!

He was also one of the few senior clan elders who, during the three‑year tribulation that altered his Fate, voiced outrage for his bloodline and advocated severe punishment of the murderer!

"Seventh Uncle…"

Ye Wuque silently recited in his heart, a complex current of warmth interwoven with icy hatred surged through him.

The warmth came from the fact that, amid the pervasive killing intent, blood‑related kin were secretly protecting him.

The coldness stemmed from the thought that, had the Seventh Uncle not appeared in time, today's situation would have been a nine‑deaths‑to‑one‑life scenario!

The first terrifying entity that struck from afar possessed a power tier that absolutely surpassed ordinary Immortals; had the Seventh Uncle not intervened, even if he used a Dimensional Escape Seal to flee the Living Heaven, the War Prince would surely have been crushed by that terrifying aftershock, which he absolutely did not wish to see.

And when the Seventh Uncle departed, his voice, filled with anger, shouted "Jun family! Seeking death!", directly identifying the mastermind behind the second assassination!

"The first was probably sent by some members within the Ye Clan... the second, however, is the Jun family!"

Ye Wuque's eyes were icy cold, like ten‑thousand‑year‑old black ice.

"What a Ye Clan, what a Jun family... to kill me, they truly spare no effort!"

A slight curve lifted the corner of his mouth, but the smile was so cold it held no warmth, only a towering killing intent brewing in his eyes.

He has recorded these two accounts!

……

Meanwhile, in the southern region of Boundless Heaven.

In that transcendent, world‑outside Red Dust Valley, which seemed to exist apart from the Zhutian Wanjie.

There still lay the tranquil small lake, its water clear to the bottom, reflecting the sky's light and cloud shadows.

Cang Bo, dressed in a simple hemp robe, sat on a small stool by the lake, holding a green bamboo fishing rod, his demeanor leisurely, as if all worldly turmoil mattered not to him.

The fishing line dropped into the lake, causing a slight ripple.

Suddenly, the seemingly ordinary hook twitched, and a nine‑colored Chaos Dragon Carp, its whole body shimmering with Immortal runes and exuding an aura comparable to the Immortal King, was hauled up, struggling fiercely in the air and stirring ripples of Dao Rule.

Yet at that leisurely moment of fishing, Cang Bo's usually serene expression suddenly shifted slightly!

His hand gripping the rod even trembled imperceptibly.

Deep within his seemingly murky yet eternally piercing eyes, a chilling killing intent capable of freezing the stars of Zhutian flashed suddenly!

Buzz!

The rod quivered lightly, and the nine‑colored Chaos Dragon Carp, worth a fortune and coveted even by the Immortal King beyond the world, seized the chance to break free from the hook, plopping back into the lake with a splash and vanishing instantly.

But Cang Bo seemed oblivious, his gaze as if already piercing the barriers of Red Dust Valley, crossing the endless distant starry cosmos, landing precisely upon the majestic Jun family Ancestral Land situated in the central region of Boundless Heaven!

"Hehe…"

Cang Bo let out a light laugh of ambiguous meaning, yet within it lay a chill colder than the harshest winter.

"Truly, it lives up to the master's words: once the water turns murky, even clueless stinky fish and rotten shrimp dare to leap out and stir up trouble..."

"A mere Jun family... only ruling a small pond in the central region of Boundless Heaven, yet daring such arrogance... repeatedly sending ants, committing those despicable sneak attacks—do you truly think no one can discipline you?"

He slowly rose, his seemingly stooped frame straightening at that moment, an indescribable, towering aura that seemed capable of supporting the entire Zhutian starry sky flashing across his body.

"Very well…"

Cang Bo brushed away nonexistent dust from his hemp robe, his gaze indifferent.

"The silence has lasted too long; it seems many have forgotten what reverence is."

"It's time to go out... stretch the limbs."

The moment his words fell, his figure merged like ink dissolving in water, silently fading and disappearing from the lakeside.

Only the gently rippling lake water testified that he had once fished there.

……

Boundless Heaven, central region, Jun family Ancestral Land.

As the long‑hereditary Immortal Imperial lineage, the Jun family Ancestral Land boasts myriad phenomena, vast and boundless.

One divine mountain after another floated in the air, surrounded by Chaos Qi, waterfalls cascading like a silver river, surging with fragments of Dao Rule.

Palace clusters rose and fell, forged from divine gold and celestial jade, radiating Immortal brilliance.

Countless powerful auras manifested throughout the Ancestral Land, like dormant giant dragons, showcasing its unfathomable depth.

At this moment, within the Council Hall at the core of the Ancestral Land, the atmosphere was one of grim lethality and oppression.

The Great Hall was as magnificent as a divine king's palace, stars rotating above the dome, its walls depicting the Jun family ancestors' epic campaigns across Zhutian, exuding an ancient and massive pressure.

Seated upon the highest throne was the Jun family's eighteenth ancestor, his visage as somber as water, his eyes blazing with fierce fury.

Below him, the contemporary Jun family head Jun Lin Hai and a host of overwhelmingly powerful, terrifying Core Elders were arrayed.

"Shadow Killing Sovereign... has fallen!"

An Elder responsible for intelligence reported in a hoarse voice, his face bearing an expression of disbelief.

"Soul Lamp... completely extinguished!"

"What?! Even the Shadow Killing Sovereign missed? That little brat... how could he?!"

A hot‑tempered Elder suddenly slapped the seat armrest, and the hard ten‑thousand‑year divine wood armrest instantly turned to dust!

"This child... this child must not be kept! His growth speed is terrifying! Already he can cause such variables; if allowed to continue growing, he will become a great trouble for our lord's family!"

Another Elder with a grim, fierce face spoke coldly.

The family head, Lord Over the Sea, looked solemn and said in a deep voice:

"According to the vague information finally transmitted, the Shadow Killing Sovereign did not die at Ye Wuque's hand, but was... intercepted by a mysterious strongman and instantly killed!"

"Mysterious strongman?" The Eighteenth Patriarch's eyes flashed coldly, "Who is it? Dare to meddle in our lord's affairs?!"

"No matter who it is! Whoever dares to kill someone from our lord's family is an enemy of our lord's family!"

"I suggest... we can no longer engage in such petty skirmishes! We must launch an Immortal War with the force of Lei Dian!"

An Elder of extremely high seniority, his beard and hair standing on end, spoke with a resonant voice, exuding an iron‑blooded, murderous aura.

"Mobilize the family forces, issue a Zhutian Pursuit Order! Pursue Ye Wuque with all might! Spare no cost!"

"Exactly! Truly angered our lord's family; even if we overturn the Nine Heavens Ten Earths, what difficulty would that be?!"

"We must let the world know the fate of those who provoke the majesty of the Immortal Imperial Clan!"

Another Elder echoed, his tone domineering beyond bounds, full of the Immortal Imperial Clan's arrogance and confidence.

The crowd's fury surged, murderous intent filled the heavens!