Seeing the shy Xian Gu Yao, Ye Xuan laughed heartily. Noticing her about to get angry, he quickly stopped and said seriously, “Xiao Yao, go back and focus on your cultivation. I’ll handle the clan’s matters, don’t worry about me!”
Xian Gu Yao glanced at Ye Xuan and said softly, “You’re too honest. Dealing with them, how can I not worry?”
Ye Xuan: “…”
Xian Gu Yao continued, “In short, be cautious with people. Don’t be so ‘sincere and true’ with everyone. The most complicated thing in this world is the human heart. Never trust others easily, got it?”
Ye Xuan smiled faintly, “Understood!”
Xian Gu Yao looked at him, “Promise me, don’t be so naive in the future!”
Ye Xuan: “…”
Finally, Ye Xuan agreed, and Xian Gu Yao left satisfied.
After she departed, the Great Dao Pen’s voice suddenly rang out, “Are you honest?”
Ye Xuan said indifferently, “None of your business!”
The Great Dao Pen snapped, “Mind your manners, you…”
Ye Xuan frowned, “Hm?”
The Great Dao Pen fell silent for a moment, then said, “Do as you please!”
Ye Xuan shrugged and turned to leave.
…
Ye Xuan returned to his hall, while Qingqiu had already left for who knows where. He wasn’t worried about her; even he couldn’t be sure of defeating her now!
This girl was mysterious. Even he might not be able to handle her! Especially when she held the sword earlier, that feeling made even him, with his Eternal Invincible Sword Body, uneasy.
Could she have been a sword cultivator in her past life?
Ye Xuan shook his head, dismissing the thought, and continued cultivating Instant Invincibility!
This sword technique remained his strongest, and he had yet to use it. What’s a trump card? One that’s never been played!
This move had to be saved for a critical moment. The only thing that frustrated him was how costly it was! Though he had plenty of money now, each use still pained him!
What frustrated him more was that Qin Guan still hadn’t shown up!
If that rich woman were here, things would be much easier!
Though that clan was formidable, he was certain they couldn’t withstand Qin Guan’s ‘unscrupulous tactics’ or those starry godships…
Just thinking of her bizarre gadgets gave him a headache.
And that woman was ridiculously wealthy! The kind who could literally crush you with money.
Yet now, there was no word from her!
This left Ye Xuan speechless.
Sigh!
Ye Xuan sighed inwardly, refocused, and continued cultivating.
…
The incident of the beautiful woman and her group coming to trouble Ye Xuan quickly spread across the All Gods Universe, alerting many forces to the clan’s existence.
All forces felt the crisis!
This was a threat from an external cosmic power!
They decisively banded together and aligned with Ye Xuan, as he was currently the only one in the All Gods Universe capable of resisting that mysterious clan.
Of course, another reason was their dependence on Guanxuan Academy, which had grown too fast! To advance quickly, they had to stick with the academy.
Ye Xuan didn’t reject the alignment of these forces. He already considered the All Gods Universe as Guanxuan Academy’s temporary base, temporary because his true heart lay in the Guanxuan Universe!
The universe named after him and Qin Guan!
And Qingqiu had already sent people to develop it!
In his room.
Ye Xuan was reading an ancient book by Qin Guan about realms, obtained from Fu E.
The book detailed realms above the Upper Ancient God Realm.
The realm above it was the Ancestral God Realm!
He had thought the beautiful woman and her group were Ancestral Gods, but they weren’t. They were still Upper Ancient Gods, but their clan was so powerful that they had amassed immense Faith Power, making them far stronger than typical Upper Ancient Gods!
Reaching the Ancestral God Realm was incredibly difficult, not something achievable by mere days of comprehension!
It required vast amounts of Faith Power!
In Qin Guan’s words, the Ancestral God Realm needed the faith of at least ten medium-sized universes to condense a true Godhead, and even then, becoming an Ancestral God depended on one’s fortune.
The Ancestral God Realm was qualitatively different from the Upper Ancient God Realm.
This was why countless forces fought over universes to seize the Faith Power of all beings. Within great clans, the position of clan leader was highly coveted, as it granted the most Faith Power.
Faith Power!
Ye Xuan fell silent.
He was also pursuing this path, but his instincts told him that Faith Power gained through enslaving beings wasn’t genuine.
From Qin Guan’s book, he sensed her disdain for many so-called Ancestral Gods, whose Faith Power was impure. Between the Upper Ancient God and Ancestral God Realms, there was another: the Half-Step Ancestral God Realm. Qin Guan scorned this realm, seeing it as a joke. To her, you were either an Ancestral Samurai God or an Upper Ancient God; a Half-Step Ancestral God was nonsense.
As for Ancestral Gods, Qin Guan was dismissive, having rarely seen a true god!
True gods were essentially true saints, not hypocritical ones, but genuine saints, exceedingly rare in the world.
In fact, there was one, or perhaps half one!
Mu Niannian!
She had genuinely sacrificed for the Five-Dimensional Universe, earning heartfelt respect from its spirits!
And another, Little White.
The Spirit Ancestor!
The spirits’ faith in her was purer than gold!
This Spirit Ancestor was terrifyingly powerful!
Ye Xuan snapped back to reality, suddenly wary of himself. He must never treat the academy as a tool for enslaving beings. His original intent in founding it wasn’t for Faith Power but to truly change the universe. If he ever used it as a tool for enslavement, he’d betray his original purpose and heart!
With this thought, Ye Xuan shook his head and smiled.
Even doing good required constant self-reflection, or the benefits could lead to corruption, turning a good deed into a bad one.
Helping beings and enslaving them were entirely different!
Ye Xuan refocused and continued cultivating.
…
In an unknown universe, a powerful race thrived: the Clan.
Their current leader was at the peak of his power, with two Ancestral God-level experts emerging in the past ten thousand years, ruling one superior universe, sixteen medium ones, and over a hundred lesser ones.
The Clan was truly at its zenith.
Clan Hall.
This was where the clan leader held council, now filled with many of the clan’s experts.
At the head was the clan leader, Zong Shou, a peak Ancestral God.
Below him were the clan elders, all at least Upper Ancient Gods, many at the Half-Step Ancestral God Realm!
Zong Shou suddenly said, “Little Nine was killed. What are your thoughts?”
An elder below said coldly, “Exterminate his ten clans and raze his lesser universe!”
Others nodded in agreement.
Killing the ninth young master was an insult to the Clan!
Though there was a struggle for the heir within the clan, that was an internal matter. When outsiders attacked, the Clan would unite.
Zong Shou glanced at the crowd, then looked at a man resting with closed eyes, “Eldest, what’s your view?”
All eyes turned to the man, the clan’s eldest young master, Zong Zheng.
Zong Zheng paused, then said, “From what I know, when Ninth Brother went to that universe, he carried the Imperial God Fan and Chaos Black Fire, yet he was still killed. Moreover, Second Aunt took nine top experts there and returned empty-handed…”
He paused, adding, “This man isn’t so simple!”
The hall fell silent, many elders frowning.
Another man, the seventh young master Zong Yan, a contender for the heir, laughed, “Big Brother, are you scared?”
Zong Zheng glanced at him, “Just a rational analysis, that’s all.”
Zong Yan smirked, “Big Brother, Ninth Brother is dead! And they took out several of our experts. This isn’t just a slap in the face; they’re stomping on our Clan’s dignity! Can you tolerate that?”
Zong Zheng frowned, about to speak, when Zong Yan continued, “If we don’t avenge this, how will the world view our Clan? Moreover, this man is allied with the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, a force we aim to conquer!”
He smiled, “As the elder said, I suggest we not only wipe out his entire clan but slaughter his universe, sending a warning to the world that no stray dog can defy our Clan!”
His words echoed through the hall, met with fervent agreement.
The Clan was at its peak, yet someone dared to kill one of their own, a young master no less!
This was an assault on their dignity!
How could they tolerate it?
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