Free Web NovelChapter 38: Chapter 38
Vorin thus felt that the Imperial Clan was merely putting on an empty show of strength nowadays, and perhaps they had long lost the divine might of the past.
"Third Brother, you all say how incredible the Imperial Clan is, but after the Second Heaven and Earth Upheaval, they completely closed their mystic realm. Traces of their clansmen are rarely seen across the entire Eastern Continent."
"The way I see it, they might have declined long ago. Otherwise, across several Heaven and Earth Upheavals, why did the Imperial Clan never come out to fight for those heaven-defying opportunities?"
"Third Brother, I have never understood just how powerful that Clan really is, or why you and the clan elders praise them so much."
The cyan-robed youth addressed as Third Brother smiled faintly. Looking at the arrogant youth before him, he thought of his own past self.
"Vorin, what do you think of me, your Third Brother?" He did not directly answer the question, but instead asked one in return.
"Third Brother, you are so young, yet your cultivation is already at the Great Grandmaster Realm. Let alone within our clan, even looking across the entire Eastern Continent, you absolutely deserve to be called a Heaven’s Chosen."
When mentioning the cyan-robed youth, no matter how arrogant Vorin was, his eyes were full of admiration.
"A Heaven’s Chosen!"
The cyan-robed youth sneered, mocking himself. "Vorin, three years ago, I became a Great Grandmaster at just twenty years of age."
"The clan elders all called me a Heaven’s Chosen rarely seen in our ancient clan in a thousand years. Among the younger generation across all the ancient clans, few could stand shoulder to shoulder with me."
"At that time, I was conceited enough to believe no one in the Eastern Continent could be my match. That is, until three years ago, when I left the mystic realm to venture into the Eastern Continent and encountered a disciple of that Imperial Clan."
A hint of pain flashed in the cyan-robed youth’s eyes, as though recalling a bad memory.
"That person was merely eighteen years old. But even though I used all my techniques, I only managed to last ten moves against him."
"That encounter nearly caused my Dao Heart to collapse. Later, I told the clan elders about it, and only then did they tell me about the Imperial Clan, stating that I had very likely met a disciple of theirs."
"Third Brother, so your Dao Heart shattered back then because of this! What happened next? What exactly did the clan elders tell you?"
Thinking of his Third Brother’s decadent state three years ago, Vorin suddenly realized the truth.
The cyan-robed youth pondered for a moment before speaking frankly. "The clan elders did not explain too much. But a Great Emperor... what kind of being with vast divine abilities are they?"
"The First Heaven and Earth Upheaval was when the spiritual energy in this world was at its absolute thickest. Many immortal herbs and treasures rarely seen in ten thousand years could be found everywhere."
"Rumor has it that the Great Emperor of that family looted an unknown, massive amount of resources from this world during that Upheaval."
"The opportunities you are so obsessed with seizing in the Sixth Heaven and Earth Upheaval are fundamentally not worth mentioning in front of the Imperial Clan."
He glanced at Vorin, paused, and continued. "You say the clan elders do not know the true depths of the Imperial Clan. Do you know that the disciple I met back then was merely from a branch family? Otherwise, why would he come to the Eastern Continent looking for opportunities?"
Vorin was struck as if by lightning. He had never imagined that his Third Brother, called a once-in-a-millennium genius of the family, could not even defeat a branch family disciple of the Imperial Clan.
Is the Imperial Clan truly this powerful? Vorin’s eyes were filled with profound shock.
Seeing Vorin’s expression change so drastically, a hint of satisfaction appeared on the cyan-robed youth’s face.
"I heard from the clan elders that the Imperial Clan has birthed a Dao Body Holy Fetus this time."
"If we can find this Innate Dao Body, as long as the Dao Body Holy Fetus devours it, that person from that Imperial Clan will very likely possess an Innate Dao Body Holy Fetus."
"Tell me, for such a massive contribution, how heavily would the Imperial Clan reward us?"
Hearing these words, a flash of fiery passion passed through Vorin’s eyes.
No wonder the clan elders were so desperate to find the remnant with the Innate Dao Body. It turned out the Imperial Clan wanted to create an Innate Dao Body Holy Fetus.
The Innate Dao Body Holy Fetus was a legendary supreme physique.
Rumor had it that during the First Heaven and Earth Upheaval, someone had achieved the Great Emperor realm relying on this physique.
In that ancient golden age, they roamed unhindered across heaven and earth, rarely meeting their match.
This was absolutely a supreme physique with the potential to reach the Emperor Realm, completely capable of allowing the Imperial Clan to produce another Emperor-level existence.
Its importance to them was self-evident.
If they could find this Innate Dao Body and offer it to the Imperial Clan, the rewards would be massive and immeasurable.
It could even allow the Ancient Ash Clan to leap forward and become the number one ancient clan in the Eastern Continent.
The Heaven and Earth Upheaval indeed brought great opportunities, but they were also accompanied by immense risks.
Which of those ancient mystic realms did not emerge alongside storms of blood and mountains of corpses?
The Ancient Ash Clan had risen during the Third Heaven and Earth Upheaval, even after going through several Upheavals, their overall strength merely ranked in the top ten among all the ancient clans of the Eastern Province. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓
It was not that they had failed to obtain great opportunities in past Upheavals, but rather that the competition over mystic realms truly nurturing ancient immortal treasures was simply too brutal.
Their strength was not truly top-tier in the Eastern Continent. When facing the genuine peak ancient clans, they were fundamentally no match.
A thousand years ago, when the Fifth Heaven and Earth Upheaval arrived, the Ancient Ash Clan welcomed a golden age, their younger generation produced several incredible, peerless prodigies.
