Chapter 169: The Humbling of the Jun Imperial Clan

Despair's aura spread across the Jun family's Ancestral Land……

"It's over…… completely over……"

"Even the First Ancestor couldn't stop that terrifying Dark Being……"

"Who on earth is he?! Why does he treat my Jun family this way?!"

"Is the Jun family really doomed?"

The Eighteenth Ancestor, prostrated on the ground, had a face already gray and despairing to the extreme……

He coughed up blood while muttering resentfully:

"How hateful……"

"How hateful that the Jun family's true supreme strength is absent; otherwise, we could not allow this one to act recklessly here!"

Yet a final hope still lingered in his heart!

That is the Jun family's true Founder!

An unparalleled Ancient Entity who shaped creation and whose name resounded through the ages!

Unfortunately, its True Body has long vanished to unknown realms for cultivation…… it has not appeared for countless years……

And at that moment.

The Eighteenth Ancestor seemed to sense something, his expression suddenly changed dramatically, and he gazed toward the depths of the Ancestral Land, his spirit instantly roaring infinitely!

A look of ultimate delight blossomed on his face!

In the deepest part of the Jun family's Ancestral Land, the Founder's exclusive Dongfu—symbolizing the family's ultimate foundation, revered even by First Ancestor Jun Tai Xuan—suddenly erupted with an infinite, ancient, overwhelming, terrifying, world‑shaking aura!

The Void was torn.

An ancient, towering portal manifested within the Void.

A majestic figure, as if existing since Open Heaven and Split Earth, surrounded by Chaos Hongmeng aura, slowly coalesced!

When he appeared, the entire Boundless Heaven's space‑time seemed to freeze for a moment!

Jun family's Founder—Jun Tixian!

He truly founded the Jun family's Immortal legacy, an Ancient Entity who lived through unimaginably long ages!

The Eighteenth Ancestor's final hope finally descended!

His gaze, like two cold cosmic vortices, fell upon Cang Bo, his voice bearing the wear of ages and a hint of gravity:

"Companion…… who are you? Why do you persist against my Jun family without end?"

He seemed to sense Cang Bo's immense and unfathomable power, did not act immediately, but instead tried to discern the reason.

Cang Bo still stood with his hands behind his back; facing the Jun family's Founder, his expression finally showed a subtle shift, not of solemnity or fear, but of…… a overlooking.

He still said nothing.

Jun Tixian's eyes hardened, knowing he could not be lenient; as the imperial clan's Founder, he possessed his own dignity and pride!

He spoke no more, summoned the Primordial Power that had settled for ages, and unleashed his invincible ancient technique—Tixian Nine Steps!

One step taken, the Star River reversed!

Two steps taken, ten thousand paths wailed!

He seemed poised to become the being that towers above all immortals, trampling every foe beneath his feet!

Yet Cang Bo slowly raised his right hand, fingers slightly spread, and gently pressed downward on Jun Tixian, who bore the momentum to crush the heavens.

In an instant!

The Star River reversed!

Heaven and Earth exploded!

A colossal hand that shields the heavens, vast and towering, pressed down upon Nine Heavens Ten Earths, while bearing an invincible, all‑overseeing, epoch‑spanning Red Dust will!

Jun Tixian faced an absolute suppression comparable to the vast, towering cosmic Red Dust of the entire Boundless Heaven!

"Boom——!!!!!!!"

An indescribable collision occurred!

But rather than a collision, it was…… a crushing!

Jun Tixian's terrifying steps, capable of shattering Eternal Time and Space, under Cang Bo's seemingly casual press, saw all momentum, all Dao Rule, all power collapse instantly!

Moreover, the terrifying aftershock, like an uncontrolled Honghuang Titan, spread wildly in all directions!

"No!!"

"Run quickly!!"

"Ancestor, save me!!"

The remaining Jun family's core area, under this unimaginable battle aftershock, was as if thrown into a Chaos mill!

Countless formations, seals, palaces, divine islands…… even the Jun family's Core Elders who couldn't escape, and the two newly revived Ancestor‑level beings attempting to block the aftershock, were instantly pulverized into dust, Soul Annihilation!

The scent of blood was intensely overwhelming!

The Jun family's Ancestral Land was almost completely erased from the map, leaving only a shattered ruin and countless desperate wails!

Jun Tixian's body convulsed violently, stumbling backward, a strand of Chaos‑colored blood spilling from his mouth, his complexion turning starkly pale—he had already suffered an unimaginable grievous injury!

His gaze toward Cang Bo was filled with boundless astonishment and…… a sudden recognition mixed with terror!

"Red Dust myriad phenomena…… suppressing past and present…… you…… you…… could you be…… a person from Red Dust Valley?!"

Jun Tixian's voice trembled slightly as he uttered the name that countless Titans across the Zhutian Wanjie kept secret!

Cang Bo remained silent, but that silence was tantamount to acquiescence!

"Red Dust Valley?!!"

Below, the fortunate survivors of the aftershock—Eighteenth Ancestor Jun, Jun Linhai, and others—were struck by the three words as if by countless Lei Dian, instantly dumbfounded!

Their minds went completely blank!

Could it really be this infinitely terrifying Eternal Forbidden Zone?

Ye Wuque… that little imp they hate to the bone, swearing to pursue and kill at any cost…

Behind him, standing… was none other than Red Dust Valley, the legendary Eternal Forbidden Zone?!

In an instant, boundless remorse, fear and despair engulfed them!

They finally understood what a terrifying Dark Being they had provoked!

Compared with Red Dust Valley, the so‑called Imperial Clan glory of the Jun family was laughably like dust!

Jun Tashian's anger and murderous intent on his face had long vanished, replaced by deep dread and bitterness, as if he had instantly aged tens of millions of years!

He inhaled deeply, forced his internal injuries down, lowered his stance to Cang Bo, and bowed, saying:

"So it is the senior from Red Dust Valley arriving… a misunderstanding, everything is a misunderstanding!"

He did not hesitate and chose to submit!

"Our Jun family… is willing to immediately cease all pursuit of Ye Wuque, the young friend! All past grievances, erased! Our Jun family will never again hold Ye Wuque responsible for the killing of our clan member Jun Wentian! We are willing… to resolve the feud! We hope… senior, forgive us!"

Jun Tashian's voice rang across the four directions, bearing an unquestionable resolve.

The situation outweighed individuals; before the absolute power and the golden‑lettered reputation of Red Dust Valley, the so‑called Imperial Clan dignity was easily shattered.

Upon hearing, Cang Bo's indifferent gaze finally swept again over the trembling Jun family below, like quails, and for the first time, he spoke.

His voice was calm, yet carried an unparalleled authority that could shape law and set the heavens:

"Red Dust Valley does not interfere with worldly disputes."

"Junior disputes, peers contending, life or death, each relies on their own ability, whatever fate brings, Red Dust Valley cares not at all."

His words paused briefly, his voice suddenly turned cold, like Beiji's icy wind, sweeping over each Jun family member's soul:

"But…"

"If anyone disregards the rules, bullies the weak, commits filthy ambushes or abuses power…"

"Then, regardless of where they come from or what force they belong to…"

"Red Dust Valley will certainly… pursue to the end!"

"This is Red Dust Valley's stance."

The words fell like a final judgment, imprinting deep within the souls of all who heard them!

Having done all this, Cang Bo did not linger, as if he had merely completed a trivial task; his form gradually faded, like ink merging into the Void, and vanished completely.

Only a completely ruined Ancestral Land of the Jun family, littered with death and injury and suffused with despair and fear, remained, along with the Jun family progenitor Jun Tashian, struggling to steady himself under the starry sky, his complexion ashen, his Dark Heart nearly shattered.

After this battle, the Jun family's core forces suffered heavy losses, their reputation in tatters, and they fully recognized the reality.

From then on, at least publicly, no one dared to pursue any form of killing against Ye Wuque.

And that grand Immortal battle became a colossal joke.

Even though the Jun family deployed all their strength, desperately trying to seal off the news, how could such a world‑shaking event be completely hidden?

Soon, through various secret channels, the news that the Jun family had been single‑handedly suppressed by Cang Bo of Red Dust Valley, that the progenitor was forced to submit and promised to cease hunting Ye Wuque, spread like a prairie fire, quickly covering the entire Boundless Heaven, and at a staggering speed expanding toward the even more vast Upper Three Heavens and the Zhutian Wanjie!

Countless Ancient Entities, leaders of great powers, reclusive Titans, upon learning this news, first found it unbelievable, then fell into deep shock and contemplation!

"Red Dust Valley… that transcendent Eternal Forbidden Zone, feared even by the major Supreme Great Sect and Undying Aristocratic Family, actually intervened personally for a young junior Ye Wuque, using such fierce means to intimidate the Jun family?!"

"This… is simply unimaginable!"

"This means that behind Ye Wuque stands the will of Red Dust Valley!"

In an instant, the name Ye Wuque was thrust once again into the spotlight!

Accompanied by his reckless feat of slaying the three War Generals of the Southern Emperor Ye Xuanji, and rumors that a Shenzun might also be behind him, all signs indicate that this young man who burst onto the scene has an unstoppable rising momentum!

The intertwined Causality and forces behind it are so complex and profound they chill the heart!

Countless beings gasped and discussed it; Ye Wuque's reputation truly began to stir massive waves across the entire Upper Three Heavens!

And the most embarrassed, becoming the biggest laughingstock, was naturally none other than the Jun family.

Sending a King Realm‑level invincible assassin to assassinate a junior was already despised.

The result was that they struck the unchanging iron plate of Red Dust Valley, shattering their Ancestral Land and damaging its foundation.

In the end, the progenitor had to publicly submit and plead for peace…

This is the ultimate embodiment of absurdity and clownery!

For a long period, the Jun family became a joke that countless beings across Boundless Heaven and even broader regions chatted about over tea, their Imperial Clan dignity plummeting a Thousand Zhang.