Ancient Ink Sea is an inland sea within the Yasha Clan’s ancestral realm. Here it is perpetually dark, not a blade of grass grows, and the air is extremely cold. Mortals cannot survive in this place.
The boundless seawater is pitch black like ink and even somewhat viscous, giving off a bloody, fishy smell.
The Boundary Venerable of the Yasha Clan’s ancestral realm is an ancient existence at the Taiyi realm. His body stands over five zhang tall. Green flames rise from the top of his head. One eye grows on his forehead, the other on his chin. His aged face is shaped like a half-moon, with one nostril pointing upward and the other downward.
He is extraordinarily ugly and fiercely terrifying.
Yet this immensely powerful and horrifying-looking being is now earnestly persuading a cat-headed man. He says, “You truly cannot barge in here. This is the forbidden sea where the clan’s old ancestors are in secluded healing. Before entering seclusion, the old ancestors issued a command. Any cultivator who trespasses will be killed without mercy.”
“Does he dare? What kind of existence is this Emperor? If he dares touch this Emperor, the day the Yasha Clan perishes will not be far off!”
Little Black’s momentum is aggressive. His cat eyes bulge round like two glass balls as he charges straight toward the ancient black sea.
In recent days the ancestral realm Boundary Venerable has been holding back a belly full of anger. He has endured to the limit and is now on the verge of exploding.
This Slaughter Heaven Kill Earth Sovereign is truly detestable. He has only just entered the upper god realm, yet he is more arrogant than a Taixu great god. At the slightest disagreement he scolds this Boundary Venerable of an entire realm like a grandson.
When has the ancestral realm Boundary Venerable ever suffered such humiliation?
Just as Little Black reaches the edge of the sea, thousands upon thousands of chains suddenly appear between heaven and earth. The chains shine brilliantly and burn with green divine flames. These green divine flames are no ordinary thing. Even with Little Black’s cultivation, when he crashes into them his divine body sizzles and burns, sending up black smoke.
Bang!
A powerful repulsive force erupts from the chains and sends Little Black flying more than ten li away. A large stretch of land by the seaside shatters from the impact.
Little Black screams miserably and roars in fury, “You dare injure this Emperor? You are dead! Your Yasha Clan is dead!”
The ancestral realm Boundary Venerable flies over and hovers in mid-air. No longer polite, he says, “This Boundary Venerable has already advised Young Master Tu Tian. It was Young Master himself who refused to listen. Even if this matter reaches Lord Ice Emperor, I believe Lord Ice Emperor would agree that this old man was saving Young Master. Young Master lacks too much reverence in his heart. Some places simply cannot be trespassed.”
Undying divine fire emerges on Little Black’s body. The places scorched by the chains heal instantly. A pair of wide phoenix wings unfolds. He says, “Old fellow, you have thoroughly enraged this Emperor! Fight then! Today this Emperor will burn every last drop of divine blood if necessary to barge into Ancient Ink Sea. Who dares stop me?”
The surrounding land is all ignited by undying divine fire and turns into a crimson sea of flames.
The ancestral realm Boundary Venerable feels an extreme headache. He truly fears that the Slaughter Heaven Kill Earth Sovereign might burn his divine blood and fight him to the death.
Of course he is not afraid of his combat power. No matter how wildly an upper god jumps around, in front of a Taiyi great god he is no different from a child. It would merely take a bit longer to suppress him.
What he fears is that Little Black burns all his divine blood and dies in the Yasha Clan’s ancestral realm.
That would be the real massive trouble!
Judging by how dim-witted this Slaughter Heaven Kill Earth Sovereign seems, he might actually do something so reckless and terrifying.
Just as the ancestral realm Boundary Venerable decides to risk offending Ice King Star and suppress and seal the Slaughter Heaven Kill Earth Sovereign, two divine lights fly in from the horizon. They land on the ground and condense into Zhang Ruochen and Ailian Jun.
Zhang Ruochen rushes over quickly. He says, “Young Master Tu Tian, do not act impulsively. For the Undying Blood Clan the most important thing is the divine blood in the body. If you lose a large amount of divine blood you will suffer severe damage to your vitality.”
Little Black roars, “Zhang Ruochen, mind your own business! I am the dignified son of the Ice Emperor. To be humiliated by such an old thing and not fight him to the death, how could I ever raise my head in front of the gods of the world again? Great gods are indeed powerful. This Emperor is no match!”
“This Emperor will burn divine blood!”
“This Emperor will burn lifespan! At worst we perish together by self-detonating the divine source.”
The ancestral realm Boundary Venerable’s nerves twitch violently. He hurriedly says, “Boundary Venerable Ruochen, please quickly persuade Young Master Tu Tian! Earlier when Young Master Tu Tian tried to barge into Ancient Ink Sea, this Boundary Venerable acted in urgency and had no choice but to stop him.”
Zhang Ruochen shoots the ancestral realm Boundary Venerable a “rest assured, leave it to me” look. He immediately grabs Little Black by the shoulders and arms. He says, “Have you gone mad? Self-detonating the divine source? Do you not want to live?”
“No face left to live!”
A powerful divine force erupts from Little Black’s body as he tries to break free from Zhang Ruochen’s spiritual power suppression. Filled with righteous indignation he says, “Earlier this Emperor was beaten, beaten to internal injuries. The divine soul is wounded and the divine source is cracked. Zhang Ruochen, if you help this Emperor take revenge and wipe out half the Yasha Clan, this Emperor will still regard you as a brother. If you try to persuade this Emperor to stop again, do not blame this Emperor for severing all ties with you.”
Zhang Ruochen’s expression changes. He looks toward the ancestral realm Boundary Venerable and says, “Boundary Venerable, how could you strike so heavily?”
Ailian Jun’s expression becomes much graver. If even the divine source is cracked, that is damaging the foundation!
The ancestral realm Boundary Venerable has never seen such a shameless god. Earlier when he condensed divine chains and released divine flames it was purely defensive. At most it only scorched a layer of skin.
Wounded divine soul and cracked divine source.
If this matter spreads, who knows what kind of storm it will cause.
How did the Yasha Clan provoke such a plague god?
…
The Rain Master stands on a rocky planet at the edge of the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain, gazing toward the Yasha Clan’s ancestral realm.
With her seventy-eighth-rank spiritual power, even from billions of li away she can see what is happening on that land. Powerful divine soul and spiritual power grant her vision that can pierce through the void.
Great God Li Xiao, who is only at the early Taiyi realm, clearly lags far behind the Rain Master. He can only sense Zhang Ruochen’s aura appearing in the Yasha Clan’s ancestral realm but cannot see what is happening there.
“What a good show!” The Rain Master lets out a light laugh.
Great God Li Xiao says, “If Zhang Ruochen and the Yasha Clan join forces they will become extremely difficult to deal with.”
“Do you think the Yasha Clan dares to oppose the Dark Divine Hall?” The Rain Master’s tone is full of disdain.
A mere son of the Ice Emperor can turn the Yasha Clan upside down and they do not dare offend him. With such timidity how could they possibly stand against the Dark Divine Hall?
Great God Li Xiao does not think the same. He says, “Once inside the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain all heavenly secrets disappear. At that point everything depends on strength. Who cares if you are a god of the Dark Divine Hall?”
“Even if it is purely strength the ancestral realm Boundary Venerable of the Yasha Clan plus Zhang Ruochen still falls far short of me.”
The Rain Master naturally has such confidence. A seventy-eighth-rank spiritual power god can contend with a Taibai realm great god to some extent. Against a seventy-sixth-rank early-stage Zhang Ruochen and a mid-Taiyi realm great god she can completely crush them.
Great God Li Xiao gazes at the vast starry sky and mutters to himself, “I have an ominous premonition. I always feel an invisible danger approaching. I do not know what happened to Frost City Demon. Dealing with a few gods from the Brightness Divine Hall has taken so long and he still has not returned.”
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Little Black’s attitude is extremely tough and his killing intent soars. He says, “Today’s matter, this Emperor will absolutely not let it go.”
Then he adds, “Unless the Yasha Clan hands over a stalk of divine medicine to heal this Emperor’s injuries.”
Finally his true face is revealed.
It turns out he felt he had not gained enough lately and wanted to use this opportunity to extort divine medicine.
How could the ancestral realm Boundary Venerable agree?
He is just about to expose that Little Black’s injuries are fake…
Zhang Ruochen secretly transmits to the ancestral realm Boundary Venerable, “Old senior, please agree to him first. If we let him continue causing trouble like this it might delay our major plans.”
The ancestral realm Boundary Venerable says, “But the Yasha Clan has no divine medicine. How can we give it to him?”
The ancestral realm Boundary Venerable is no fool. Even if they had it he would only tell Zhang Ruochen they did not.
Zhang Ruochen continues transmitting, “He is faking injury so the Boundary Venerable can also fake agreement. Anyway the Yasha Clan has no divine medicine and will continue to have none. What difference does agreeing or not agreeing make?”
The ancestral realm Boundary Venerable understands Zhang Ruochen’s meaning. As long as the Yasha Clan never has divine medicine there is no need to give him any.
As for whether there is divine medicine or not is it not up to the Yasha Clan to decide?
Zhang Ruochen continues, “Boundary Venerable can secretly go to Ice King Star and report everything here truthfully to Lord Ice Emperor. Lord Ice Emperor is a reasonable person. He will judge who is right and who is wrong himself.”
“Thank you for the guidance, Boundary Venerable Ruochen.”
“The key is not to let such a reckless fool ruin the major plans.”
The secret exchange ends. The ancestral realm Boundary Venerable has no other choice. He only hates that the Yasha Clan is so unlucky. If they do not pacify this lawless Slaughter Heaven Kill Earth Sovereign first and he really starts a killing spree in the Yasha Clan the later matters will become even more troublesome!
The ancestral realm Boundary Venerable says, “If Young Master Tu Tian insists that this Boundary Venerable beat him into serious injury this Boundary Venerable will accept the responsibility. But divine medicine is an extremely rare item. How can it be produced on demand? How about this. Consider this stalk of divine medicine as something this Boundary Venerable owes you. In the future if one is found it will be sent to Ice King Star at once and delivered to Young Master Tu Tian.”
Little Black’s emotions gradually calm. He glances at Zhang Ruochen and says, “Fine. Since you old fellow are so sensible today this Emperor will look past it for Zhang Ruochen’s sake and spare the Yasha Clan. Your Yasha Clan is truly fortunate to have made acquaintance with a great figure like the Heavenly Matriarch’s divine envoy. Hmph!”
The ancestral realm Boundary Venerable laughs inwardly. The Ice Emperor was a hero his whole life yet he gave birth to such a foolish son. He actually believed such an obvious bluff!
Ailian Jun stands to the side watching Zhang Ruochen and Little Black. Instinctively she feels something is off.
But since the Boundary Venerable has already agreed to give a stalk of divine medicine it is too late for her to speak up now! Moreover doing so would offend that insatiable Slaughter Heaven Kill Earth Sovereign and invite trouble upon herself.
As a mid-level god she has no need to do such a foolish thing.
Right there on the shore of Ancient Ink Sea Zhang Ruochen converses with the ancestral realm Boundary Venerable to learn more about the “Shattered Star Bowl” trap.
“The clan leader is personally guarding there. Boundary Venerable Ruochen can rest assured,” the ancestral realm Boundary Venerable says.
The clan leader is naturally the clan leader of the entire Yasha Clan who governs thirty-eight major worlds.
