# Chapter 1118: Drawing the Sword
This was a stone forest, nestled within the mountain range, uneven and crisscrossing. It was merely an entrance. Ahead lay a vast expanse, with stone mountains and giant boulders standing tall, covering a wide area.
In the Northern Domain, barren lands were common, occupying over ninety-five percent of the region. This place was still somewhat lush, with no small amount of vegetation among the mountain rocks and stone forests.
Especially ahead, after entering from the stone forest entrance, large tracts of primeval old forests densely covered the area, the sound of pine waves echoing, surrounding many rocky areas into one special plot after another.
Moreover, there was an endless expanse of broad stone forest area, surrounded by emerald green primeval mountains, appearing somewhat out of place with the lush mountain forests.
This was a dangerous ground that ordinary people dared not tread, occupied by a major ancient royal clan. Even ordinary Dao Cutters dared not approach and would go far out of their way to avoid it.
Because they were notoriously fierce, one of the ten great ferocious clans. At the slightest disagreement, they would fight to the death. Since ancient times, they had destroyed who knows how many great clans.
"Awrooo..."
With a roar, a massive tiger-leopard type creature galloped through the stone mountains. It was ten zhang long, leaping several li in a single bound, its body agile, its breathing heavy and fearsome.
It glanced back, discovered Ye Fan and the others, its eyes blazing with fierce light. From one mountain peak, it leaped eight li to another stone mountain, looking down at them from above.
"The Stone Clan truly is extraordinary. Even a beast casually raised at their mountain gate has reached the Dao Cutting realm. Their foundation is indeed deep." Ye Fan was surprised.
They moved quickly. By the time the Extraordinary Scholars Mansion's news spread, they had already entered the Northern Domain, seeking out the most aggressive of the several royal clans, preparing to make their move.
Gai Jiuyou was going to demand an explanation from the ancient clans, drawing his sword in the Northern Domain, unleashing peerless sharpness. Ye Fan and the Extraordinary Scholars Mansion's old saint followed, fearing nothing.
"Awrooo..."
The greatest difference between this strange beast and ordinary fierce beasts was that its forehead bone was actually a stone wall, without flesh or hair, looking very abrupt.
This was the Stone Clan. Legend had it that their ancestors were powerful beings born from the union of a Sacred Spirit and an ancient clan, who then intermarried with various clans, developing into a royal clan. Many of their descendants had stone spots on their bodies.
"Swish"
This strange beast could not discern the depth of the three people. A divine radiance shot out from its stone forehead bone—this was a natural divine art passed down from their ancestors, capable of piercing mountains and rivers.
"Smack"
Ye Fan waved his hand, sending it flying. The strange beast let out a fierce roar, immediately alerting the ancient clan members at the entrance of this rocky area. A group of people rushed over.
"What kind of person dares to storm the Stone Clan's mountain gate?" This clan had a strange appearance—some were humanoid, some animal-shaped, but every one of them had large stone spots on their bodies, emitting a faint luster.
"It's me. The one you can't forget, the one you sent ancient saints to kill—Ye Fan."
Gai Jiuyou walked behind, the Extraordinary Scholars Mansion's old saint following. Ye Fan stood at the very front, his body tall and strong, his blood energy vigorous and masculine, his eyes filled with undisguised, aggressive killing intent.
"It's you... You really have guts. The ten great royal clans are all looking for you, wanting to grind you into mud, yet you deliver yourself to our doorstep!"
The Extraordinary Scholars Mansion's news had not yet reached here. They still did not know that seven ancient saints had fallen. Their eyes all flickered with cold light.
On ordinary days, who would dare to cause trouble here? Everyone would take a detour. Known as one of the ten great ferocious clans, their reputation spread throughout the ancient times, fearsome and renowned. Once you clashed with them, it would often lead to a blood calamity of clan extermination.
"Perfect timing. I heard you once slaughtered a saint. Today you want to come to our Stone Clan to establish your might? Then we'll grant your wish, haha..." Someone laughed loudly.
Now everyone in the world knew of Ye Fan's fearsomeness and extraordinariness. Below the saint realm, none could provoke him. But now he was actively seeking trouble, delivering himself to their doorstep—it was equivalent to seeking death.
The Stone Clan was notorious, so naturally they had ancient saints in residence. Otherwise, how could they be worthy of being called a royal clan? No matter how powerful he was, he couldn't stir up any waves.
"Human Sacred Body, your life is truly tough. You probably don't know yet—one of our clan's ancient saints went to the Central Province to intercept and kill you. Who would have thought you didn't board the Five-Colored Altar? Otherwise, you would have fallen long ago."
The Stone Clan commander guarding the mountain gate shook his head, sighing that his fate was good, revealing a hint of coldness, saying: "Pity, you insist on walking the path of death."
Ye Fan laughed loudly, then sneered coldly: "Your information is too outdated. Don't you know that earth-shattering changes occurred today? In a single day, seven ancient saints fell in the Central Province!"
"Talking nonsense. A dying man still spouting alarmist words." The commander shook his head.
However, a long roar came from the distance. A stone carving streaked across the sky, rapidly approaching, transmitting a panicked divine thought fluctuation.
"Bad news! Our clan's ancient saint has fallen in the Central Province! The great enemy is entering the Northern Domain, coming to kill at our doorstep!"
"Pfft"
Ye Fan extended a finger, pointing out a golden light, causing the stone carving to explode. Stones and blood scattered, and the divine thought ceased.
"Go, report to the ancestral king—the Human Sacred Body has come to die." The commander's face changed. Although he was a half-saint, he dared not fight Ye Fan.
In the current world, everyone knew that except for a few ancient imperial children like Huang Xudao and the Dragon Girl of the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, no one below the saint realm could contend with him.
"No need to report. We'll go in ourselves." Ye Fan said. With a great roar, golden blood energy filled the sky. He transformed into a streak of light, charging forward.
"Pfft," "Pfft..."
He began a great slaughter outside the Stone Clan's mountain gate. With one punch each, he blasted apart the Stone Clan's experts, unrestrained and unbridled. No one could stop him even for a single step.
"Has the chaotic era truly arrived? A mere Dao Cutter dares to come to our Stone Clan and cause trouble? An ant trying to bite an elephant to death?" A majestic voice came.
A hazy saintly radiance appeared in midair, slowly descending, shrouding the newcomer within. He was like a deity, transcending this mortal world.
The Stone Clan's saint appeared, reaching out to grab Ye Fan, saying: "You're just a lucky ant. If not for missing you, my clan brother would have crushed you to death in the Central Province."
"Is that so? Your Stone Clan has quite the airs. Coming to our Extraordinary Scholars Mansion to kill people, and even wanting to seize the Five-Colored Altar left by an ancient great emperor. Today, we demand an explanation." The old mansion master of the Extraordinary Scholars Mansion slapped upward, blocking him.
"A human ancient saint?!" The newcomer revealed his true form. He was a flesh-and-blood being with thick yellow hair, emanating heavenly might. His blood energy overflowed, pressing down until heaven and earth rumbled.
"Report to the clan master! The stone carving just transmitted a message saying that the seven ancient saints from the various royal clans who went to the Central Province have all been annihilated. I don't know if it's true or false." The commander guarding the mountain gate said.
"What?!" The Stone Clan's master was stunned on the spot.
"Great disaster! The saints have bathed in blood in the Central Province, all fallen!" From afar, terrified shouts came. Someone was flying toward them.
The entire Stone Clan was shocked. What a major event this was! They had to admit their information was somewhat delayed. Only at this moment did they sense that something was terribly wrong.
"You... who are you?" The Stone Clan master stared at Gai Jiuyou. The more he looked, the more alarmed he became. Every hair on his body stood on end.
"My name is Gai Jiuyou. I am someone who has come to reason with you." Gai Jiuyou stepped forward.
"What? The human... Gai Jiuyou?!" The Stone Clan master was terrified, nearly trembling. He never expected that this existence, which caused even the great saints of the ancient clans deep concern, had come knocking on their door. His body surface rapidly petrified, becoming a stone man, his defensive power reaching an astonishing level.
"Great disaster! Gai Jiuyou has entered the Northern Domain, wanting to kill the ten great royal clans to establish his might..." From afar, several figures appeared, rushing to deliver the news.
It wasn't that their information was too delayed, but that Ye Fan and the others had moved too quickly. Although they had spent considerable time searching for the ancient clans' dwelling places, they were still slightly faster than the news spreading.
"Human invincible supreme being, you cannot do this..." The Stone Clan master, who moments ago was majestic like a deity, saintly radiance enveloping his body, calmly descending from the sky, was now trembling.
Such a human supreme being had arrived. With a raise of his hand, he could annihilate their entire clan, wiping them clean from this world!
This was the gap in strength!
Although he was an ancient saint, able to look down upon the world, pluck the moon from the sky, refine stars from beyond the domain, nearly omnipotent, viewing all living beings as ants...
Yet facing this sickly old man, he had not a shred of fighting spirit. His courage was shattered, his body trembling.
It wasn't that he was too weak, but that Gai Jiuyou had released his divine might. Strands of aura emanated, locking onto him, causing the Stone Clan master a terror that originated from his very soul.
"No! Ah..." He let out a great cry. Within the domain field released by Gai Jiuyou, his petrified body rapidly cracked, then exploded with a boom, blood raining down.
All around was silent. The Stone Clan members were terrified, frightened to the extreme, all trembling with fear.
This was their clan master—able to ascend to the nine heavens above, descend to the underworld below, rampaging through the world for five thousand years, famous even among ancestral kings. To all living beings, he should have been a supreme, invincible existence.
But now, Gai Jiuyou had not even struck. He had only released a domain field, and it had shattered the Stone Clan master, whose defensive power was unparalleled in the world, killing him completely.
Ye Fan and the Extraordinary Scholars Mansion's old saint were also shaken. Such a realm could only be gazed up at from afar even by ancient saints. This was a supreme being who could rival those peerless heroes of ancient history.
Gai Jiuyou walked forward, not striking again. The Stone Clan experts all retreated. After a few steps, they directly collapsed to the ground, as if facing a true god.
From the distant sky came a faint fluctuation. An ancient saint had opened a domain gate, wanting to cross the void and flee.
"Boom"
Gai Jiuyou slapped out with one hand. That place was annihilated. An ancient saint screamed, turning into blood, then dust, then ash—body and spirit utterly destroyed.
The Stone Clan was terrified. Their clan had a total of three ancient saints. Now they were all annihilated. This was like the arrival of a clan-exterminating calamity!
"Since this old man has acted, none of the saints who bullied my human race will live." The aged words carried no emotional fluctuation, very calm, yet they silenced all directions.
The Stone Clan members trembled, all kneeling on the ground, pressed down by a supreme momentum, unable to move even a little. The newcomer was enough to destroy their clan dozens or hundreds of times over.
However, Gai Jiuyou did not attack them. This time, he was mainly targeting ancient saints, unwilling to indiscriminately kill the innocent.
"Found a treasure!" The old mansion master of the Extraordinary Scholars Mansion was like an old fox, even his eyebrows beaming with joy. In his hand were four broken stone fragments, each about the size of a palm, ancient and mysterious, with streaks of patterns imprinted on them.
"Sacred Spirit Divine Garment fragments?!" Gai Jiuyou was surprised, nodding.
Ye Fan was astonished. This was indeed a good thing! A Sacred Spirit was a supreme existence that dared to challenge ancient great emperors. The Stone Clan were descendants of a Sacred Spirit and an ancient clan. It made sense for them to have such peerless rare treasures. This was a defensive supreme treasure.
Gai Jiuyou did not move. The Extraordinary Scholars Mansion's old mansion master and Ye Fan plundered the Stone Clan extensively, searching for spoils of war, obtaining many precious materials.
"Let's go. On to the next stop." Gai Jiuyou spoke. His aged body was not imposing, but his back was very straight as he stepped forward, entering the domain gate.
Eight thousand years ago, he was unmatched in the world, majestic and towering. Now his body was no longer young, his blood energy withered, even his eyes were clouded. A generation's hero had completely aged. Ye Fan's heart trembled, feeling the hero's twilight.
One hour later, the Green Ghost Clan's saints were all annihilated!
Two hours later, the Purple Lightning Clan's ancient saints were all executed!
Three hours later, the Divine Wheel Clan's ancestral kings all fell, not a single one escaping!
The Eastern Wasteland was shaken. The ancient clans were terrified, trembling with fear. The entire world was in an uproar. The human supreme being had acted, drawing his sword against the ancient clans. His peerless brilliance illuminated the entire land!