! Bring Chu Chen Back at All Costs!

Ye Family Ancestor Ye Shanhe was a peak Saint King realm expert, only a single step away from the legendary Quasi-Emperor realm.

If he used a secret technique to forcibly activate the family's Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon, the Heaven-Reaching Mirror, Ye Shanhe could even fight on par with an ordinary Quasi-Emperor.

As the greatest strength of the immortal Ye Family, his authority and importance were self-evident.

If not for him, even though the Ye Family had been promoted to an immortal family, they would not be able to guard the Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon, the Heaven-Reaching Mirror, and the ninety-nine heavenly spirit veins.

In an instant, they would be devoured by other holy lands and immortal families.

Unfortunately, because Ye Shanhe was advanced in age and had very few years left to live, if he could not break through to the Quasi-Emperor realm within ten years, he would also be unable to escape death.

The Ye Family, thanks to Chu Chen's contributions, had been forcibly promoted to an immortal family and controlled the world's spirit veins.

But their foundation was ultimately far weaker than other immortal families. Before finding a suitable successor with potential, if Ye Shanhe died, the Ye Family would perish.

In other words, if Ye Shanhe successfully broke through to the Quasi-Emperor realm, his lifespan would skyrocket again, allowing him to protect the Ye Family for at least another thousand years.

Ye Shanhe's importance to the Ye Family went without saying, and this secluded cultivation session stirred the hearts of tens of thousands of Ye Family disciples.

"An... Ancestor, why have you come out of seclusion?"

Seeing that the visitor was Ancestor Ye Shanhe, Ye Ding was overjoyed and immediately went to greet him:

"Could it be... could it be that the Ancestor has successfully broken through to the Quasi-Emperor realm? Has our Ye Family finally gained a Quasi-Emperor? Haha! Haha!"

"What Ji Family, Wang Family, Jiang Family, what Divine Flame Imperial Palace, Qiankun Divine Hall... from now on, our Ye Family is no weaker than any..."

Bang!!

Before Ye Ding could finish his words, he was directly slapped flying into the boundless void by an impatient Ye Shanhe, disappearing from sight.

"You juniors of the Ye Family, the Ancestor asks you, this..."

As Ye Shanhe spoke, strands of strange black Qi emerged from his body. As soon as they appeared, they burrowed into Ye Shanhe's body like parasitic maggots, charging straight for his Sea of Consciousness.

Ye Shanhe snorted coldly, unleashing his peak Saint King realm cultivation to forcibly suppress this black Qi. But with his hair disheveled and his old eyes cloudy, a hint of dullness still appeared in his gaze.

"This Chaos Blood Pill, do you recognize it? Do you have any more?"

"If you do, hurry... hurry and bring it out for me!!"

Chaos Blood Pill???

Since the Ancestor was asking, Ye Han, Ye Qingqing, and the others naturally did not dare to be careless. They all crowded forward to carefully identify it.

Ye Lingyue's body instantly tensed up. Looking at the black currents continuously spilling out from the Ancestor's body, her pupils sharply contracted. Filled with terror, she took several steps back.

Others could not identify the origin of this black Qi, but Ye Lingyue, who had studied under the Divine Diviner and was skilled in divination and the Eight Trigrams, knew it all too well.

Calamity Qi!

Also known as the Qi of Calamity and Disaster!

It was the Calamity Qi bred from the filthiest, darkest, and most evil things in this world.

Calamity Qi was a force opposite to Providence. It was extremely mysterious, erratic, and difficult to grasp.

But it also, in the unseen, influenced everyone. Cultivators with flourishing Providence would have divine assistance in whatever they did. Even if they just went out for a stroll, they could pick up powerful Dharma Treasures, extremely profound techniques, or rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures...

Entering various secret realms and dangerous places was like walking through an empty land. No matter what danger they encountered, even if they were targeted by an ancient Great Emperor, they could always turn misfortune into good fortune and rise strongly from adversity.

The people and events they encountered were also extraordinary. Even a lowly maidservant, an old monk sweeping the floor, a servant tending horses...

Could always awaken some special ability or have an unknown background and secrets.

One person could influence an entire clan's Providence and protect a clan's prosperity.

Conversely, once Calamity Qi appeared, it meant that this person, and even the clan this person belonged to, had exhausted their Providence and would begin to decline from then on.

Cultivators entangled by Calamity Qi, if they could not promptly remove or suppress it, would not only fail to break through in cultivation but would be doomed to fail in everything they did, even facing mortal danger.

It was no exaggeration to say that even drinking cold water would get stuck in their teeth, and walking would easily cause them to trip and fall flat on their faces.

Without needing to ask, Ye Lingyue knew that the Ancestor's secluded cultivation to break through had definitely failed, and even...

Even suffered backlash, becoming delirious and suffering from Qi Deviation!

Ever since Chu Chen was expelled from the Ye Family and his name removed from the family tree, Ye Lingyue had noticed that the Ye Family's Providence had dissipated and Calamity Qi had sprung up everywhere.

Not only had the cultivation of tens of thousands of Ye Family disciples been hindered, but Ye Han, Ye Qingqing, Ye Ling'er, and others, whether it was alchemy, artifact forging, or setting up Formations...

Had all ended in failure!

Now it seemed...

Retribution had come!

Retribution had truly come!!

"Ancestor, this pill is reddish-brown and contains a faint hint of blood. This..."

After a brief identification, Ye Qingqing spoke with a surprised expression:

"Isn't this the trash pill that waste Chu Chen forced on us? Ancestor, how do you have it? Throw it away! Throw this dirty thing away, it's so disgusting..."

Rumble!!

Before Ye Qingqing could finish her words, a terrifying peak Saint King realm Pressure crashed down from the nine heavens like a landslide and tsunami. The entire Ye Family main hall was instantly sealed by spatial force, transforming into an unbreakable spatial prison, as if it had been stripped from the entire world, becoming its own realm.

Crack! Crack!

Terrifying fissures continuously appeared in the surrounding void. The sound of space exploding rang in everyone's ears. Waves of destructive aura grew higher and higher.

Within this independent space of the Ye Family main hall, suns and moons rose and fell, stars were born and extinguished.

It was as if the entire world would shatter in the next instant, to be ruthlessly and completely erased.

Bang!!

"How dare you! This is a Chaos Blood Pill, containing a trace of Chaos Qi within."

The Ye Family Ancestor extended a withered arm, piercing through the void, and grabbed Ye Qingqing's throat. His face was dark and terrifying as he spoke:

"You junior dare to lie to me, the Ancestor, calling it trash. I think you are courting death!!"

Sharp Killing Intent filled the entire Ye Family main hall. The usually kind-faced Ye Shanhe now seemed like a different person, his face full of evil and ferocity.

"Mmm... Ancestor, I was wrong... I was wrong, I shouldn't..."

With her throat grabbed, Ye Qingqing's face instantly turned bright red. She began to desperately beg and struggle.

But no matter what she did, the Ye Family Ancestor seemed not to hear. The arm gripping her throat slowly drained the life from her. Boundless darkness surged like a tide, until it engulfed her...

"Ancestor! I... I have this Chaos Blood Pill!"

Just as Ye Qingqing was about to have her neck twisted by the Ye Family Ancestor, just as the other Ye Family juniors were cowering on the ground, trembling in fear, the only one who reacted, Ye Lingyue, immediately spoke anxiously:

"Ancestor, wait. I will go fetch this pill for the Ancestor. I beg... I beg the Ancestor to spare Qingqing's life, she..."

Bang!!

The Ye Family Ancestor released his grip, and Ye Qingqing's body fell directly to the ground. She began to cry and gasp for air in large gulps.

The surrounding sealed space also returned to normal in an instant. The Ye Family Ancestor did not speak, but stared straight at Ye Lingyue. His calm, lake-like eyes made Ye Lingyue feel an unprecedented sense of unfamiliarity and fear.

She knew that if she could not bring the Chaos Blood Pill to the Ancestor, then death...

Would surely be hers, Ye Lingyue!!

Swoosh!

Ye Lingyue did not dare to delay. After manipulating a Saint Artifact to tear through the void, she directly returned to her own Dao Field.

When she reappeared, there was a small, emerald-green pill bottle in her palm. She presented it with both hands to Ancestor Ye Shanhe.

Ye Shanhe's body trembled with excitement. He snatched the pill bottle from Ye Lingyue's hand, then eagerly opened the stopper and looked inside.

When he saw that the pill bottle contained over twenty Chaos Blood Pills, he was so excited that tears streamed down his aged face. His face, like a dry rag, finally squeezed out a smile as he regained his sanity.

"Good! Good! Lingyue is truly a good child of my Ye Family! A good child!!"

Overjoyed, Ye Shanhe waved his hand. A powerful beam of spiritual energy directly entered Ye Lingyue's body, forcibly raising her cultivation from the ninth level of the Divine Fire Realm to the peak of the tenth level of the Divine Fire Realm in an instant.

She was now truly just one step away from the legendary Great Saint realm!!

"Thank you, Ancestor."

Ye Lingyue bowed, but there was no smile on her face, only deep worry.

"Ancestor, I also have this gar... this Chaos Blood Pill."

"Ancestor, Chu Chen also gave me quite a few of these divine pills."

"Ancestor, me too! Chu Chen gave them to me too!"

...

The Ye Family juniors who had reacted all took out the Chaos Blood Pills that Chu Chen had once given them from their Storage Rings and presented them to Ancestor Ye Shanhe.

Looking at the five or six pill bottles before him, containing over fifty Chaos Blood Pills, the Ye Family Ancestor was moved to tears.

With these Chaos Blood Pills, the Calamity Qi within his body could be...

"Swoosh!"

The Ye Family Ancestor tore through the void and left with over fifty Chaos Blood Pills. At the same time, Ye Family Patriarch Ye Ding was also freed from the exiled boundless void and returned to the Ye Family main hall.

The still-shaken Ye Ding had just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his children pale as sheets, all terrified and frightened. He asked in confusion:

"What is this..."

Rumble!!

The peak Saint King realm Pressure descended upon the Ye Family main hall once more, crossing infinite time and space, instantly suppressing the Ye Family members, including Ye Ding.

Ancestor Ye Shanhe's voice, filled with Killing Intent and extreme oppression, once again rang in everyone's ears:

"Before I, the Ancestor, come out of seclusion, you must bring Chu Chen back to the Ye Family!"

"Remember, exhaust everything my Ye Family has!"

"At all costs!!"

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