Chapter 1222: Imperial Clan Calamity
“Ancestral Saint… Ah wuwuwu…”
Before the ruined Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, loud wailing arose. They were terrified and panicked, unable to believe this reality—the Imperial Clan’s Great Sage had been destroyed!
Every person’s face was deathly pale. For them, this was a great calamity. It was as if the very sky had collapsed, their cries of grief shaking the earth.
“The Ancestral Saint is dead. The Ten Thousand Dragon Nest has been half-ruined. This Imperial Clan is about to fall from its divine pedestal!”
“After this battle, it’s uncertain whether this Imperial Clan will even continue to exist.”
At the horizon, many powerful experts arrived. Seeing this outcome, their hearts trembled with fear. A dignified Imperial Clan Great Sage had been beaten to death, shocking the mortal world.
On the ground, the Great Sage Qianlun was covered in blood. After a brutal and fierce battle, he had been shaken out of the Ten Thousand Dragon Bell by the Human Demon.
This was a powerful deterrent!
Qianlun had merged with the ten-thousand-zhang-long Extreme Dao Purple Dragon, yet he still could not escape disaster. If he had been shaken to ashes, that would have been one thing, but his physical body had been completely knocked out. It could only be said that the Human Demon was sufficiently powerful.
When a person dies, it is like a lamp going out. Qianlun’s primordial spirit was killed, his body cold, devoid of life force. Yet his massive flesh remained immortal, and the dragon head manifested, resembling a true dragon!
His cultivation was completely severed, his Dharma form broken, revealing a human-like torso. As for his head, it reverted to its ancestral form—domineering and ferocious. The aura of a Great Sage did not dissipate, striking fear into all hearts.
A Great Sage had died just like that. This was a bloody ending. A giant who had once shaken the Primeval Era and witnessed the glorious reign of the Battle Saint Emperor had thus faded into obscurity.
The Ten Thousand Dragon Nest had once stood high above, looking down on all clans like deities surveying the masses. Now, their ancestral land had been breached, facing the great calamity of extermination. Everyone was terrified beyond measure.
The battle was not over. The Human Demon transformed into a black-and-white Taiji Diagram, carrying the translucent green cauldron, and was searching for that purple true dragon, heading deep into the cosmos.
He was using the Heavenly Court divine artifact—the Green Cauldron—to seize the Ancient Emperor Weapon!
The world was shaken. A few who understood the truth were stunned into silence. That was an Ancient Emperor Weapon, revived to a certain degree, yet it could not kill the Human Demon.
“The Immortal Cauldron of the Ancient Heavenly Court… its divine might remains undiminished. Although it was shattered, the deity within it has not dissipated. Otherwise, how could it block the Ten Thousand Dragon Bell!?”
People understood that the Human Demon had also encountered a great trouble. When the Great Sage Qianlun died, he used blood to sacrifice the Imperial Weapon, reviving it to a special state.
The Ten Thousand Dragon Bell had concealed itself. Was it about to truly unleash the power of an Ancient Great Emperor? Most likely, it would strike to kill the Human Demon in one blow!
“Why bother? Hatred begets hatred; when will it end? Life is like a great dream. We cultivators all live for the sake of becoming immortals, all struggling to cross the bitter sea. Alas, one must know that in all matters, harmony is most precious.” The Great Sage Huntuo stood on the long sky, chanting incantations, scattering a handful of yellow earth for the dead.
“Ah wuwu…” The people of the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest wailed in grief, all weeping bitterly. The fall of an Imperial Clan Great Sage sealed their decline.
Their ancestral land had been breached. Even if they survived this calamity, who would still revere such an Ancient Imperial Clan?
Why had it come to this? People could not help but ask themselves, letting out sighs. Even the sun and moon have their time of falling, let alone a clan. There must be a desolate scene of decline.
Ye Fan watched all this coldly, without sympathy. In the Primeval Era, the human race was humble, reduced to blood food for powerful clans. Even the skulls of human saints were made into drinking cups by them. This was far more tragic.
“Junior, everything was brought on by you! You have caused boundless disaster for my clan. Today, I will eliminate you!” Within the Quasi-Emperor Formation, an old man roared, his eyes red, his body trembling, charging forward to kill Ye Fan.
“Those who kill must be prepared to be killed!” Ye Fan said coldly.
“Ah…” This Ancient King roared, shattering the leaden clouds, collapsing the sky, his killing intent rolling for ten thousand li as he pounced at Ye Fan.
Black and white light flickered. The power of Taiyin and Sun left by the Human Demon erupted, forming a Yin-Yang Diagram that rolled over like a millstone of the world. The man screamed, his body nearly turned into meat paste as he quickly retreated.
He abandoned half his physical body and fled back into the Quasi-Emperor Formation, his face bloodless, his body trembling.
Ye Fan’s voice rang out like thunder: “When you slaughtered mortals with blood, did you ever think of today? Before you annihilated other clans, did you foresee that you too would have your day of downfall?”
“Ao…”
Suddenly, a strange sound came from the depths of the sky, like a heavenly dragon emerging or a deity roaring. A beam of purple light poured down, landing deep within the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest.
“The deity! It’s a clash of deities!”
Everyone exclaimed, shaken from all sides.
The Ten Thousand Dragon Bell emitted a great bell sound as it submerged before the ancient nest. The deity it had nurtured actually appeared, having just struck a blow of unknown power outside the domain.
“Outside the domain, a patch of stars has been shattered, all turned to dust of calamity!”
An old clan leader with unfathomable magical power was horrified. Peering into the celestial domain through a heaven-reaching formation, he saw a star region extinguished, completely dimmed.
“Could it be that the Human Demon was destroyed by the autonomously attacking Ten Thousand Dragon Bell? After all, that cauldron was shattered; it most likely couldn’t block the revived Ancient Emperor Weapon!”
Many were excited, all waiting in anticipation. However, they were disappointed. Green mist surged, cauldron light illuminated the universe, propping open the void as if creating heaven and earth, evolving infinite vitality.
The Human Demon returned safely and unharmed!
“The artifact of the Heavenly Court can still campaign across the world, capable of decisive battle. It has just revived!” An old man of the Ancient Clan, who had been sleeping in divine source, was awakened and uttered these words.
“The Heavenly Court of the Primeval Era… truly unfathomable. How was that cauldron forged back then? Even though it was shattered, it still possesses world-shaking might.” An old clan leader of the Imperial Clan murmured.
On distant Mount Sumeru, the Battle Victory Buddha stood before the Great Thunderclap Monastery, his fiery golden eyes gazing into the void beyond the cosmos, lost in thought.
The Human Demon let out a long roar, flying in from beyond the heavens, landing before the ruins of the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest. He was not wounded, staring at the deepest part.
“Senior!” Ye Fan stepped forward.
This battle was not yet over. To make all clans tremble, they needed to take this nest with thunderous means. If successful, no one would dare act recklessly again.
At this moment, news spread across the world. The five domains were horrified. Those sent by the Hawk Faction were utterly dejected, then terrified, fleeing at the first opportunity, never daring to appear in the world again.
“What do you want?” Before the ruined Ten Thousand Dragon Nest, an elder roared sternly. They were in despair. This battle had been lost completely.
The Human Demon walked forward, pressing up to the formation, scanning those within, making them very uneasy.
“If my father were still alive, who in the world would dare set foot in the Dragon Nest half a step?” The Ancient Emperor’s Dragon Daughter murmured, purple mist covering her body. She clenched her fists.
“The path is walked by descendants themselves. In the past, they planted causes; today, they reap the fruits. Calamity is not determined by heaven but by human actions.” Ye Fan also stepped forward.
The Quasi-Emperor Formation swirled with light and mist, protecting the clan’s people. Countless Dao marks connected with their bloodline, shielding them from slaughter.
Even so, the people of the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest were terrified, fearing that the Human Demon would penetrate deeper and slaughter them all.
The Human Demon walked around less than half the circle, with Ye Fan following behind, causing the Ancient Imperial Clan’s faces to turn pale, all becoming unnatural.
“Activate the Quasi-Emperor Formation Diagram for defense!” Someone shouted.
The formation’s Dao marks interwove, turning into an immortal diagram, even more miraculous. Thousands of strands and threads, marks imprinted in immortal radiance, blooming with auspicious energy.
A vermilion ancient coffin!
Ye Fan’s heart stirred. He saw a huge coffin, lying in the ruined ancient land, coexisting with the Quasi-Emperor Formation Diagram.
Within the Chaos Dragon Nest, there were the most shocking ancient coffins, and outside in the caves, there were also several. He had seen three or four before, left behind by the Ruthless Great Emperor’s Heaven-Refining Art.
The Human Demon’s eyes immediately lit up, shooting out astonishing beams of light as he looked at the ancient coffin pressing down on the formation diagram. “A human emperor, truly surpassing ancient times and dominating the present. This ancient coffin is pressed at a critical point, causing the Quasi-Emperor Formation Diagram to have a flaw!”
Ye Fan’s heart shook. The crucial divine coffin was inside the black nest, but the outside also had its significance. It seemed the placement of the coffins was not random.
When the people of the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest heard the Human Demon’s words, they were in despair. A flaw in the Quasi-Emperor Formation Diagram meant the Human Demon could most likely enter!
The great calamity of clan extermination was right before their eyes. They had never imagined such a day would come. All were unable to restrain themselves; some couldn’t help but weep loudly.
Ye Fan was indifferent. Extermination was not necessarily required, but those few elders definitely had to be killed. The terrifying beams in their eyes and their sage-level cultivation—if not eradicated here, they would become a great disaster in the future.
The Human Demon stared for a long time, then followed the gap in the Quasi-Emperor Formation and stepped inside. With a rumble, his first step was correct. The formation shook, but no killing calamity erupted.
“Ah, no!” The people screamed in despair.
Several long rainbows pierced the void of the Northern Domain, descending like lightning. The old clan leaders of Fire Qilin Cave, Blood Phoenix Mountain, and Primordial Lake arrived, their expressions gloomy. They couldn’t help but feel sympathy for their own kind, staring at the scene.
“Ancestral Saints, you must uphold justice for my clan! Eliminate that Human Demon, or how else can we Ancient Imperial Clan establish our authority? How will we face the ten thousand clans?” Within the Quasi-Emperor Formation, an elder cried out, filled with grief and indignation.
These people had the aura of Ancient Emperors flowing around them, clearly carrying Extreme Imperial Weapons, all bursting with killing intent.
Their gazes were cold and merciless, fixed on Ye Fan, then on the Human Demon, without a word.
The Human Demon was unafraid, showing a mouthful of white teeth. “You cannot stop me. If you want to make a move, I will visit your caves one by one.”
Though he was straightforward, he was not the type to disregard consequences and try to kill everyone alone. This was an undisguised threat.
The several old clan leaders had to consider the severe consequences. If the Human Demon escaped and retaliated later, it could bring the calamity of clan extermination.
Taiyin and Sun, which is weak and which is strong? Yin and Yang united, one becomes emperor under heaven.
This legend pressed like a mountain on everyone’s hearts, impossible to ignore!
“We’re leaving!” Within the Quasi-Emperor Formation, the Dragon Daughter gave this order, turning to rush toward the deepest part of the ancestral land, leading her clan in retreat.
Because she saw the hesitation and concerns of the several old clan leaders, and also saw the Human Demon take five consecutive steps, possibly truly about to charge into the Quasi-Emperor Formation.
“Princess, where are we going?” The people of the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest asked the Ancient Emperor’s youngest biological daughter together.
“My father once said that if there is a great calamity of clan extermination and the clan is powerless to resist, they can jump into that black Chaos Dragon Nest,” the Dragon Daughter said.
The people of the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest carried overwhelming hatred, looking back once at Ye Fan and the Human Demon, then rushed with the Dragon Daughter toward the deepest part of the ancestral land, arriving before the mountain-like huge black ancient nest.
Tears streaming down my face, the monthly ticket count is too dismal. I haven’t been online for a day, and I was thinking the monthly tickets should be decent, even preparing to build up some emotion for an outburst and such. So dismal! Waving my tears, begging for monthly tickets, begging for passion, begging for motivation.
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. (To be continued)