Chapter 1832: Ancestral Power Awakening

As expected, the bronze-green long pestle was likely the Blood Tribe's ancestral artifact, a relic left behind by the Blood Progenitor. This would explain how the Blood Tribe's Sun-Glimmers could use it to control the Blood Extinction Realm's essence, thereby keeping the Southern Mount Fangcun in check.

However, no matter how Lu Ye looked at it, he couldn't discern anything special about the pestle. It was merely a few dozen feet long. Given the Blood Progenitor's immense size, with a single strand of her hair being tens of millions of times longer than this object, Lu Ye questioned why she would need such a thing.

He couldn't help but speculate that the object was not as simple as it appeared. Many treasures in this world possess the ability to change size, so perhaps this long pestle could transform to a size matching the Blood Progenitor's stature when in her hands.

Lu Ye also finally understood why the Blood Tribe was throwing vast quantities of blood sacrifices into the blood pool: the vital energy released after their deaths significantly reduced the consumption of the realm's foundation.

If circumstances had allowed, Lu Ye suspected the Blood Extinction Realm would have drawn a massive number of blood sacrifices from other realms. However, the current situation clearly made that impossible.

With everything understood, Lu Ye immediately prepared to act.

Every moment of delay now meant a greater drain on the Southern Mount Fangcun's foundation; naturally, the sooner this ended, the better.

However, Lu Ye had no certainty that things would proceed as he expected; he could only give it a try!

Retracting his wandering consciousness, Lu Ye attempted to mobilize the Blood Extinction Realm.

In an instant, just as had happened in the Blood Refining Realm, the entire realm began to vibrate. Mountains collapsed, rivers flowed backward, and the winds and clouds changed color.

Within the realm, some people lost their footing and fell to the ground. Even Blood Tribe members flying in the air lost control and plummeted.

The hundred-zhang altar in the valley became increasingly unstable. The six Blood Tribe Sun-Glimmers gathered around it all changed their expressions simultaneously, and one exclaimed, "What's happening?"

No one could provide an answer. The other Sun-Glimmers all had grim expressions, their divine senses surging as they utilized their Blood Tribe lineage and formidable power to continuously strengthen their connection with the ancestral artifact.

Each Sun-Glimmer clearly felt an extremely powerful resistive force inexplicably emerging within the realm. This force seemed to hinder their efforts to mobilize the realm's foundation, and for a moment, caught off guard, they nearly saw all their previous efforts fail.

Fortunately, as their own power surged and their connection with the ancestral artifact deepened, this resistive force was gradually overcome.

Lu Ye, on his side, felt the pressure...

Mobilizing an entire realm by himself was already a formidable task. Without other factors, he could most likely mobilize the Blood Extinction Realm, though how long he could sustain it was uncertain — perhaps a few breaths, or a dozen, but certainly not for long, as the Blood Extinction Realm, like "heavy armor," exerted immense pressure on him.

However, the situation in the Blood Extinction Realm was entirely different from that in the Blood Refining Realm. Here, six Sun-Glimmers were activating the ancestral artifact's power. This scenario was akin to both sides turning the entire realm into a battlefield for a contest of strength; whoever exerted more fierce power would gain a slight degree of control over the realm.

As Lu Ye continued to exert force, the realm's instability grew more intense. The six Blood Tribe Sun-Glimmers dared not show any carelessness and also continued their efforts.

Suddenly, a Blood Tribe Sun-Glimmer exclaimed in surprise, "The ancestral power is recovering!"

He clearly thought the opposing force came from the Blood Progenitor...

It was no wonder he misunderstood; anyone in such a situation would make a similar deduction.

Furthermore, his deduction was not fundamentally incorrect, because the power Lu Ye used to mobilize the realm indeed stemmed from the Blood Progenitor—an ability gained only after refining the Blood Tribe's precious blood.

Ordinarily, this would undoubtedly be news for the entire Blood Tribe to celebrate, as the recovery of ancestral power would undeniably bring greater benefits to the entire tribe. But now was not the time. They were in the process of mobilizing the realm's foundation, intending to seize Mount Fangcun. At such a moment, the sudden recovery of ancestral power, competing with them for control of the Blood Extinction Realm, inexplicably gave them the unsettling feeling that their own ancestor had leaped out of their coffin and stabbed them, their descendants, in the back.

So, after their initial joy, the Sun-Glimmers were all frustrated. At this moment, they had only two choices: either relinquish control of the realm and allow the ancestral power to continue its recovery, which might lead to wondrous changes throughout the realm, but would certainly allow Mount Fangcun to escape.

The other option was to resist the recovering ancestral power and secure Mount Fangcun first.

After only a brief hesitation, the Sun-Glimmers reached a consensus: secure Mount Fangcun first!

If this opportunity was missed, it would not come again. Relatively speaking, since there were signs of ancestral power recovering, it would not be a one-time event, and there would be future opportunities.

Consequently, Lu Ye felt increasing pressure. The most obvious sign was that the realm's instability gradually subsided.

Upon realizing this, Lu Ye simply gave up on mobilizing the realm.

This wouldn't work. He was alone, only at the Moon Splendor mid-stage cultivation, and facing six Sun-Glimmers who could draw power from the ancestral artifact; he was clearly no match.

But for this kind of matter, he couldn't find any help; he could only rely on himself to solve it.

Lu Ye found himself in a difficult predicament.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him...

Earlier, in the Blood Refining Realm, he had considered whether he could mobilize the realm if he had enough precious blood avatars, reasoning that exerting force from multiple points simultaneously was different from a single point. However, despite having this idea at the time, he didn't pursue it, as even if he had succeeded, there wouldn't have been any practical significance.

Perhaps... now was the time to test if his idea was correct.

With this thought, Lu Ye immediately condensed his precious blood avatars.

In the blink of an eye, seven precious blood avatars appeared around him. They quickly dispersed, following the underground blood river towards potential node locations.

Before refining the Blood Progenitor's precious blood, Lu Ye's storage limit for precious blood was five drops; after that, no matter how he refined it, he couldn't generate any more.

But after refining the Blood Progenitor's precious blood, this limit increased to nine drops. Lu Ye didn't know why this change occurred, only feeling it might be related to the transformation of his sacred nature.

Two drops of precious blood had been consumed previously from the nine-drop capacity, leaving only seven.

However, simultaneously managing seven avatars, in addition to his main body and the Talent Tree avatar, placed a significant mental burden on Lu Ye. Unlike before, when he could perfectly form a formation with his five precious blood avatars, forming one with nine would not be as coordinated, as each avatar required a divided consciousness to control.

Lu Ye couldn't change this situation for now; he feared it would only improve once he advanced to Sun-Glimmer.

While simultaneously controlling so many precious blood avatars, he couldn't achieve perfect control. However, as he wasn't engaging in combat but merely searching for suitable locations, it wasn't a significant problem.

Time passed. One by one, the precious blood avatars gradually found suitable positions and settled into place.

It took several full days for all seven precious blood avatars to be properly positioned.

In the main hall of the Southern Mount Fangcun, eight Sun-Glimmers were gathered, with Lu Ye's Talent Tree avatar seated beside Su Yuqing.

The hall was quiet; all the Sun-Glimmers were waiting.

After Lu Ye's main body had left earlier, Su Yuqing had brought his Talent Tree avatar and summoned many Sun-Glimmers to inform them of Lu Ye's plan. Thus, all the Sun-Glimmers knew that Mount Fangcun's escape depended entirely on the smooth progress of Lu Ye's efforts.

What slightly worried the Sun-Glimmers was that, starting a few days ago, the avatar Lu Ye had left behind had suddenly become somewhat sluggish and less agile than before.

At this moment, it seemed lost in thought.

Su Yuqing couldn't help but feel a little worried, softly asking, "Are you alright?"

After a full three breaths, the Talent Tree avatar finally responded, "I'm fine. Too many avatars have led to too much divided consciousness, making it hard to manage everything."

Su Yuqing didn't understand how many avatars Lu Ye had, or how such an unusual situation had arisen.

The avatar regained its previous agility, looked towards the Sun-Glimmers, and said, "Fellow senior brothers, I am ready and about to make my move. The exact outcome cannot be predicted, but whether we can escape depends on this single action. Please make your preparations early!"

Yuqing Lou nodded, saying, "Junior brother, you may act freely. We will fully cooperate!"

As soon as he finished speaking, eight figures darted out of the hall and flew beyond the realm. This "cooperation" simply meant that when Lu Ye acted, the eight Sun-Glimmers would charge into the Blood Extinction Realm.

This way, whether Lu Ye could seize control of the Blood Extinction Realm or not, the eight Sun-Glimmers could still create utter chaos. Even if it meant some losses, they would ensure the Southern Mount Fangcun escaped.

Inside the hall, the Talent Tree avatar closed its eyes.

In the Blood Extinction Realm, within the underground blood river, Lu Ye, along with his seven precious blood avatars, simultaneously exerted force at this very moment. In an instant, the world was turned upside down!

At the altar, the six Blood Tribe Sun-Glimmers' expressions changed drastically again. One exclaimed, "The ancestral power is recovering again! Quickly suppress it!"

Such an incident had occurred a few days prior. At that time, they were completely unprepared and caught off guard. Fortunately, with their combined suppression, that recovering power had been subdued.

They hadn't expected that after just a few days, the ancestral power would show signs of recovery again.

The six Blood Tribe Sun-Glimmers, though startled, remained calm. Having had one experience, they were more adept this time.

However, what they never expected was that the extent of the ancestral power's recovery this time was countless times more violent than before!

After only a few breaths of struggling and resisting, the Sun-Glimmers realized one thing: even with the power of the ancestral artifact, they could not suppress that mighty recovering force.

"How can this be?" the Sun-Glimmer who had spoken earlier exclaimed, an incredulous expression on his face.

As his voice trailed off, the Blood Extinction Realm's turmoil intensified further.

A nearby Sun-Glimmer cried out in alarm, "Six-Finger Mountain has collapsed!"

The gazes of the other Sun-Glimmers followed the sound. At a glance, they saw an unforgettable sight: Six-Finger Peak, which had stood in this realm for untold tens of thousands of years, was rapidly collapsing, with large sections of rock tumbling down.