Chapter 371: Lord of the Forbidden Zone

When the Seven Yu Elder appeared, he completely ignored everyone else present, and his scorching, sun‑like gaze instantly locked onto Ye Wuque!

He examined Ye Wuque from head to toe, carefully measuring him; the more he looked, the more admiration and satisfaction filled his eyes, and finally he couldn't help but clap his hands again and say:

"Good! Good! Good!"

"Qi and blood like a dragon, inner universe of heaven and earth, Dao Foundation perfect and flawless, with temporal‑spatial Great Power flowing… What a peerless Heavenly Pride! Truly a seed of our Ye Clan! Hahaha!"

After the praise, the Seven Yu Elder abruptly turned his head; the tiger‑like eyes that had been full of laughter instantly turned as cold as ten‑thousand‑year‑old black ice, and a terrifying, tangible killing aura and pressure, like a mountain collapse and sea tsunami, thundered toward the direction of Ye Zhenyue, Ye Jiuyuan, and Ye Qiankun.

"Just now you three useless, incompetent trash… were clamoring to strike at Wuque?"

The Seven Yu Elder's voice sounded as if from the Nine Nether icy prison, each word seeming to carry shards of ice:

"Who gave you… dog‑courage?!"

As the words fell, an invisible, formless yet unimaginably heavy terrifying pressure, like an unseen divine mountain, suddenly descended upon Ye Zhenyue and the other two!

Puff! Puff! Puff!

Already severely wounded and weak‑breathing, how could Ye Zhenyue and the others possibly withstand the Seven Yu Elder's raging pressure?

They didn't even have time to scream in agony before they all spewed blood wildly again, like three broken sacks struck by a giant hammer, flung violently outward, carving three tragic blood trails across the starry sky, shattering several floating meteors, then barely stopping, limp in the void, breath barely clinging, fingers immobile, intake far exceeding output, on the brink of death!

The Seven Yu Elder was truly enraged! And utterly ruthless! He cared nothing for elder titles or hidden backers; in his eyes, anyone attempting to crush the Ye Clan's millennia‑rare genius was the clan's greatest sinner! Must be killed!

Seeing this, the last sliver of hope in Ye Zhenyue and the others' hearts completely… extinguished.

Even the Fourth Ancestor remained silent, while the Seven Yu Elder directly struck them severely, his stance unmistakably supporting Ye Wuque… this could not be clearer!

In the eyes of these Ancestors, who truly decide the Ye Clan's fate after countless ages, the tribe's future and interests outweigh any personal grudges!

Ye Wuque's displayed talent, strength, potential, and his noble status as the Saint Son of Great Thousand Divine Universe, its value already far surpasses Ye Xuanji, Ye Langya, and Ye Miaoxin, even exceeding those three elders and the forces possibly linked behind them!

For the Ye Clan's future, for the tribe to continue its brilliance and even ascend further in this great age, the Ancestors will make the most rational, yet most ruthless choice… protect Ye Wuque, abandon them!

This is the cultivation world, especially within great families like the Ye Clan that pursue the supreme Dao and inherit millennia‑old legacy; the most brutal and real law… value decides everything!

When your value cannot offset the trouble you bring, even becoming a stumbling block to the tribe's progress, abandonment is the only outcome.

"No… no… how could this be… Ancestor… Fourth Ancestor… Seven Yu Elder… you…"

Ye Jiuyuan lay limp in the void, breath weak, eyes scattered, muttering unconsciously, full of resentment, venom, and utter despair.

They schemed and brought external aid, yet never expected such an end.

However, just as everyone thought the situation was settled, with Ye Wuque backed by the Seven Yu Elder and the Ye Clan Ancestors, standing invincible, and the Ye Zhenyue line completely fallen—

Boom—boom—boom—boom—!!!

An indescribable, sky‑splitting demonic aura, as if from the deepest universe, the end of Reincarnation, the Eternal Forbidden Zone, erupted without warning!

The strength, purity, and domineering nature of this demonic aura instantly surpassed the previous displays of Wu Qian Jue, Ziwei Dao Ancestor, and even the Seven Yu Elder's arrival!

The entire Boundless Heaven's starry sky seemed to tremble violently under this demonic aura!

Countless stars flickered uncertainly, the laws wailed, and the void birthed countless fine black cracks!

Within the Southern Realm, countless beings, regardless of cultivation level or location, all felt a primordial terror and oppression, as if a millennia‑sleeping world‑ending demon god had at this moment… opened its eyes!

"Hiss… this… this aura… what supreme being does it come from?!"

"What a terrifying demonic aura! I feel my Dark Heart is about to shatter!"

"The Boundless Heaven is shaking! Which Lord of the Forbidden Zone has descended?!"

All beings present, whether Ye Clan disciples or great powers like Wu Qian Jue and Ziwei Dao Ancestor, at this moment all turned pallid, as if facing a great enemy, their faces solemn as they looked toward the source of the demonic aura… the endless distant depths of the starry sky!

There, a towering, world‑shaking, peerless demonic shadow, as if trampling the entire starry sky beneath its feet, slowly coalesced and manifested!

The shadow's features were indistinct, its body enshrouded in endless black Reincarnation energy and Chaotic demonic light; its form seemed forged from the bones of countless stars and ancient gods' resentments, exuding an aura of Destruction, chaos, devouring, yet also bearing a supreme dignity that transcended Reincarnation and gazed upon all beings!

Its very existence caused surrounding space‑time to constantly warp, collapse, and rebirth, as if it were the embodiment of Reincarnation, the shared lord of ten thousand demons!

"This demonic aura… this aura… could it be…"

"Eternal Forbidden Zone… the one from the Reincarnation Demon Cave… the legendary Lord of the Forbidden Zone?!"

"My heavens! This notoriously fierce, extremely mysterious supreme being has long withdrawn from worldly affairs; it is said its true form has slumbered in the deepest part of the Reincarnation Demon Cave, contemplating the ultimate secret of Reincarnation… why does it manifest a demonic shadow and descend here today?!"

Some ancient monsters who have lived for extremely long ages and know many primeval secrets now trembled as they spoke, revealing the possible origin of this peerless demonic shadow!

"The Reincarnation Demon Cave's Lord of the Forbidden Zone!"

It is a name that makes countless great powers across the Zhutian Wanjie wary, even fearful!

Its age is so ancient it cannot be verified, its strength unfathomable, its ferocious might shaking millennia!

Such a ruler of the Forbidden Zone, who normally never meddles in external disputes, now manifests a demonic shadow and descends upon the Ye Clan—what, then, does it intend?

All young Ye Clan members had already been pressed by the invisible, lingering demonic aura into pallor, trembling, barely able to breathe!

Even the elders, as well as the Fourth Ancestor and Seven Yu Elder, now wore exceedingly solemn faces, their internal energy quietly rising to a peak, as if facing a great enemy!

The Seven Yu Elder's gaze also grew unprecedentedly solemn, whispering: "This one… how did they also arrive?"

Ye Jinghong seemed to instantly recall something, abruptly turning his head, his gaze as cold as ten‑thousand‑year ice, fixed on the distant limp void where the barely breathing Ye Jiuyuan lay; his bone‑chilling voice, like from the Nine Nether, said: "Ye Jiuyuan! Is that you?! You scoundrel!! How dare you…"

Obviously, Ye Jinghong guessed that this peerless demonic shadow from the Reincarnation Demon Cave was very likely reinforcements Ye Jiuyuan summoned through Ye Langya!

And the Ye Jiuyuan who had already sunk into utter despair, his heart like ash, when he sensed this terrifying, sky‑splitting demonic aura, his scattered gaze suddenly erupted with the last flash of terrifying brilliance, like a drowning man clutching the final straw!

He struggled, using his last strength to lift his head, gazing toward the peerless demonic shadow; a wordless ecstasy and excitement rose on his face, and from his mouth came a hoarse, wheezing laugh like a broken bellows, muttering intermittently:

"Coming… it's coming… hahaha… great existence… really… has descended! *cough cough*…"

He painfully rolled his eyes toward the still‑calm Ye Wuque in the distance, his gaze filled with venomous resentment, exhilaration, and madness:

"Ye Wuque… no matter how your astonishing talent shines… no matter you have the Great Thousand Divine Universe supporting you… what of it?!"

"In front of the great existence… everything… is futile!"

"You… ultimately… still have to… die! hahaha… uh…"

His laughter grew so frantic it aggravated his wounds, and another massive mouthful of blood mixed with organ fragments spewed out, his breath even weaker, yet his eyes remained fixed on Ye Wuque, filled with a final, venomous longing before death.

Wu Qian Jue and Ziwei Dao Ancestor, the two great powers who had originally been hesitant due to the Seven Yu Elder's appearance, now felt the peerless demonic shadow's sky‑splitting aura, and a spark of hope and chill re‑ignited in their eyes.

Wu Qian Jue's hoarse voice rose low, with a hint of relief: "Fortunately… the outcome will never change… With this being intervening, unless the Ye Clan's legendary progenitor returns, today no one can protect this little beast!"

Ziwei Dao Ancestor also slowly nodded, and their gaze turned sharp and cold again.