Chapter 362: Today's Reckoning!

Ye Jinghong suddenly rose from the throne, a flash of startled doubt crossing his imposing face, but more than that was an instinctive anticipation and… a strange premonition.

He gazed deep, his eyes instantly piercing the Great Hall's dome, looking toward the Void beyond the Star Domain.

Beyond the Ye Clan's defensive barrier at the edge of the Star Domain, in the endless starry sky, two figures hovered silently.

One of them, clad in a black martial robe, tall and upright, black hair draped over his shoulders, a handsome face, his calm eyes surveying the brilliant, boundless Ye Clan Star Domain below, neither joyous nor sorrowful.

The other, dressed in snow‑white robes, slender as a sword, a clear‑cut handsome face, eyes clear and sharp, also stood silently beside him.

The two merely stood there, not deliberately exuding aura, yet naturally possessed a supreme bearing like deep valleys and towering peaks overlooking all beings, as if they alone ruled this starry sky, and the massive Ye Clan Star Domain below was merely a scenery beneath their feet.

It was none other than Ye Wuque and Feng Caichen!

They did not forcefully breach the Ye Clan's defense array, yet their descending bearing, and the thunderous roar that just shook the Star Domain, rang like the loudest war drum, announcing their arrival!

"Is… is it them?!"

"Ye Wuque! And that Heavenly Sword Feng Caichen!"

"It is said that Ye Wuque eliminated Ye Xuanji and the others during the Great Thousand Divine Universe trial!"

"They actually dared to come straight to our Ye Clan?!"

"What nerve!"

Countless Ye Clan youths, guards, even some reclusive elders were alarmed; Divine Sense intertwined, eyes of shock, anger, bewilderment, curiosity converging like a tide toward the two figures beyond the Star Domain.

"Audacious rogue! How dare you trespass our Ye Clan's sacred ground! Seeking death!"

At the edge of the Ye Clan Star Domain, a squad of elite guards tasked with patrol and vigilance was the first to react.

The leading Commander, whose cultivation reached the Fourth Calamity of the Immortal Tribulation, radiated overwhelming might that swept heaven and earth; seeing this, he was both startled and enraged, bellowed, and a blaze of Divine Light erupted around him, directly channeling the patrol array's power into a massive golden spear that tore the starry sky, bearing fierce murderous intent, and hurled it at Ye Wuque and Feng Caichen!

Yet, faced with this fierce strike, Ye Wuque did not even turn his head to look.

He simply lifted his right hand casually and gave a light swing toward the thunderously incoming golden spear.

The motion was understated, as if brushing away a speck of dust before his eyes.

"Buzz—!"

A colossal Golden Great Hand imprint materialized out of thin air!

This imprint was not an energy illusion; rather, it seemed forged from the purest, most condensed golden divine dawn, its palm lines clear as Tiandao's ravines, exuding a supreme, epoch‑suppressing terror!

The moment it appeared, the surrounding starry sky seemed to freeze, light warped, and the laws wailed!

The Golden Great Hand imprint arrived before the spear, not striking it, but gently pressing the Void area where the guard squad stood.

"Puff—!"

The fierce golden spear, upon contacting the invisible field emitted by the Golden Great Hand, melted and dissolved silently as ice meets boiling oil.

The commanding guard who acted, along with his entire elite squad behind him, hadn't even managed a hum before the invisible suppressing force engulfed them, as if struck by the Ancient Divine Mountain itself, all spouting blood, their protective Divine Light shattering instantly, falling from the starry sky like dumplings, collapsing into unconsciousness, their fate unknown.

With a casual swing, he suppressed an elite guard squad!

This scene made every young Heavenly Pride of the Ye Clan who witnessed it through Divine Sense gasp, their scalp tingling.

"Hiss… what… what power is that?!"

"Casually suppressing a Four‑Calamity near‑Immortal existence?!"

"Ye Wuque… he's even more terrifying than the legends!"

Inside the Great Hall, the atmosphere was equally stagnant.

Ye Xuanji, Ye Langya, and Ye Miaoxin, the three parties involved, upon realizing the newcomer was Ye Wuque, instantly wore extremely grim expressions, their eyes involuntarily flashing a bone‑deep terror and venomous resentment!

The shadows of being casually crushed and miserably eliminated in the Great Thousand Divine Universe trial still haunt them like nightmares to this day.

The clan leader Ye Jinghong sprang to his feet; his imposing face first showed astonishment, then was swiftly replaced by an indescribable complex emotion, his deep eyes flickering with excitement, relief, worry, and resolve intertwined.

He murmured softly, his tone tinged with incredulous delight: "This aura… could it truly be… Wuque has returned?"

【9】 "Go! Go out and see!" Ye Jinghong waved his large hand, no longer hesitating, first turning into a violet streak of light that surged out of Jinghong Hall.

Standing in the front of the Elders' seats, the Seventh Elder Ye Huanyu could not help but clap his hands and laugh, his voice shaking the Great Hall, his face full of unabashed excitement and exhilaration:

"Haha! That's right! Clan leader! It's Wuque! Wuque has returned! Haha, I knew it, this kid would never stay unnoticed! This is… a glorious return!"

Ye Huanyu's disciple Ye Qingtian was also beaming with excitement, clenching his fists.

The other elders wore varied expressions—some surprised, some frowning, others expressionless, silently calculating.

"Go! Go out and see!" Ye Jinghong waved his large hand, no longer hesitating, first turning into a violet streak of light that surged out of Jinghong Hall.

The remaining elders and young heroes, seeing this, also hurriedly followed behind.

In an instant, hundreds of powerful auras rose from various points of the Ye Clan's home star, like constellations encircling the moon, clustering around Clan Leader Ye Jinghong and soaring toward the Star Domain's edge where Ye Wuque and Feng Caichen stood.

Soon, the two sides faced each other across the Void beyond the Star Domain.

On the Ye Clan side, led by Ye Jinghong, dozens of elders and hundreds of young heroes stood behind them, a black mass, their auras merging into one, their might overwhelming.

Opposite, Ye Wuque and Feng Caichen, only two, yet like two insurmountable Divine Mountains, calmly faced the Ye Clan's myriad troops, their aura not a iota weaker.

Ye Wuque's gaze calmly swept over familiar and unfamiliar faces such as Ye Jinghong, Ye Huanyu, Ye Qingtian, and finally settled on the three front‑line figures—Ye Xuanji, Ye Langya, and Ye Miaoxin—whose expressions were extremely grim, his eyes indifferent.

And the Ye Clan members all examined Ye Wuque and Feng Caichen.

They could clearly sense the unfathomable aura surrounding Ye Wuque, and Feng Caichen's pure sword intent, which even when restrained still pierced the soul, were far from mere legend!

Much stronger than they had imagined!

Ye Huanyu stepped forward, first looking at Ye Wuque with a mix of relief and excitement, then turned and shouted sternly at the Ye Clan guards who, stirred by their comrades' suppression and eager to act, "All of you, cease! No disrespect!"

When the elder spoke, the guard commander was instantly suppressed again; the remaining guards, though resentful and angry, could only restrain their urge to strike, watching Ye Wuque and Feng Caichen in the Void with caution and awe.

However, at this moment of tense standoff, a delicate balance was temporarily maintained.

"Accursed one! How dare you wound our clan guards, forcefully breach our lands! Utterly lawless! Today you shall not be spared!"

Three terrifying shouts, brimming with raging fury and murderous intent, cracked like thunder!

Immediately thereafter, three torrents of extreme rage, each bearing overwhelming fire and lethal will, erupted from deep within the Ye Clan Star Domain, like three crimson war‑smokes tearing the heavens, soaring skyward!

In the next instant, three figures materialized in the Void as if teleporting, forming a shape like the Chinese character "pin", subtly encircling Ye Wuque and Feng Caichen!

It was Ye Zhenyue, Ye Jiuyuan, and Ye Qiankun, the three senior elders with real authority!