Chapter 667: Star Fragments Stained with the Emperor's Blood

Chapter 671: Star Fragment Stained with Imperial Blood

Inside the ancient hall of the Ji family, personally built by the Void Great Emperor, countless stars twinkled. This was an eternal void, seemingly not belonging to this world.

A fleeting glance revealed eons passing, star fields shifting, and the universe in its nascent stages. It was incredibly mysterious, an ancient hall filled with chaotic mist, where one could lose all sense of time.

Only esteemed guests of the Ji family were allowed entry; outsiders rarely entered even once every few years. This place held the secret of achieving the Dao of Void, with a wisp of the Great Emperor's might flowing within.

Legend had it that after the Void Great Emperor returned from the astonishing battle at the Undying Mountain, he passed away in this very ancient hall in his later years.

"What kind of battle did a Human Emperor of his generation face that made him enter seclusion upon his return? What did he encounter?" "Did he die in battle, or did his lifespan simply end?" These were the questions that arose for everyone who entered the Void Ancient Hall, along with an immense sense of reverence. Had the Void Great Emperor not, with a resolute determination to die, ventured alone deep into the Undying Mountain back then, an untold number of humans on earth would have perished.

Inside the Void Ancient Hall, countless stars twinkled as if one were gazing at the ancient starry sky. It was here that the Ji family's Great Emperor had buried himself in the boundless, unknown void, vanishing from the mortal world.

To find the Void Great Emperor's ancient tomb, one had to enter from this place; otherwise, there would never be a chance to find any clue.

"Is the Void Great Emperor truly dead?" Wang Teng asked. He was fortunate enough to enter the Void Ancient Hall, drinking tea there as an honored guest with his great-ancestor and father.

"Even the ancient emperors of primeval times, the supreme Great Emperors of the human race, no matter how remarkably talented or powerful they were, could not resist the passage of time. They all had a day when they would pass away," sighed a living fossil of the Ji family.

Suddenly, a fiery red bird flew in. Like the legendary Vermillion Bird, it looked down upon everyone present, fearless of any Saint Lord-level figure.

A divine thought shot from its glabella, entering the mind of a Ji family living fossil, causing his expression to change repeatedly, leaving him speechless for a long time.

The people from the Wang family clearly sensed the abnormality. Wang Teng's father asked, "What happened?"

"Something has happened in the Northern Region," the Ji family living fossil replied.

Not long after, a jade tablet flew into the Void Ancient Hall from outside, projecting a scene that accurately depicted everything happening in the Divine City.

"Snap!" Wang Teng crushed the teacup in his hand and stood up abruptly, his hair bristling with uncontrollable rage. The Sacred Body had uprooted the stone workshop, shaking the Eastern Wasteland and bringing great shame to the Wang family.

"I will surely slay the Sacred Body to honor the valiant spirits of my Wang family!" The Northern Emperor swore a solemn oath. With him currently being a guest of the Ji family, Ye Fan's actions were a severe provocation. Coupled with their long-standing animosity, a battle to the death was inevitable.

"Wang Teng, I await you in the Northern Region. Prepare your head, for I shall cut it off!" On this day, Ye Fan issued the same declaration in the Divine City, shaking the entire city. This statement quickly spread, causing the whole Eastern Wasteland to boil with excitement.

One was rumored to be the reincarnation of an Ancient Emperor, no weaker than a Great Emperor in his youth, while the other was a Sacred Body, capable of contending with a Great Emperor upon reaching full mastery. Was this a pre-enactment of their future clash?

The battle between these two would undoubtedly draw the attention of the entire Eastern Wasteland, and even the five great regions would focus their gaze upon it. This was a battle concerning the future.

Everyone was anticipating it. Ye Fan had already made his challenge in the Divine City, waiting for the Northern Emperor to arrive for battle. Given the Northern Emperor's temperament, he would certainly cross the land to meet him.

Above the Void Ancient Hall of the Ji family, which was incredibly profound, stars twinkled as if connected to the depths of the universe. At that moment, a soft sound echoed, and a palm-sized meteorite fell.

"What is this?!" Everyone stood up. Even the usually composed living fossils knocked over tables and chairs, rushing forward impatiently, for they had sensed a wisp of imperial might.

"Is it a secret treasure left by our ancestor?" Several elders of the Ji family trembled. They felt an aura similar to that of the Void Ancient Mirror, and a terrifying divine energy flowed, utterly frightening them. They almost collapsed to the ground.

"Clang!" A metallic tremor resounded as the blue star fragment fell into Wang Teng's hand, shimmering with an eerie light and emanating an inexplicable Dao rhythm.

At that moment, everyone from the Ji family's expression changed. Why had this happened? How could the Ji family's legacy choose to fall into the hands of an outsider? This was not a good omen.

However, they were not worried. Inside this Void Ancient Hall, no one could act recklessly, not even Wang Teng, who was hailed as the reincarnation of an Ancient Emperor. He would have to hand it over.

"A wisp of blood, this is like..." Everyone was greatly astonished. On the palm-sized blue star fragment, there was a streak of fresh blood, as if it had just flowed, incredibly vivid and striking.

"How can there be bloodstains, as if they've just splattered onto it!" Several supreme figures were shocked. The feeling this blood gave them was too familiar, identical to the aura of the Void Ancient Mirror. Moreover, a divine energy flowed from the vibrant blood, making people instinctively want to kneel.

"Thud!" Behind them, a mighty figure who attempted to investigate with his divine sense was suppressed and fell to the ground, unable to bear the abyss-like pressure.

"Could this be a wisp of our ancestor's blood?!" The Ji family members trembled, even the living fossils shivered uncontrollably, immensely excited.

They did not know what had happened or why this blue star fragment had fallen from the boundless void, especially with a wisp of the Void Great Emperor's blood on it.

"Our ancestor buried himself in the endless void; no one knows where his ancient tomb lies. So how can a star fragment now be stained with his fresh blood?"

A Ji family living fossil reached out, intending to take the fragment from the Northern Emperor's hand, but found it unmovable. He was even sent flying tens of meters away, smashing many jade tables and chairs.

"How dare you act so presumptuously in my Ji family!" An elder's face darkened, and he was about to move against Wang Teng.

"Please calm your anger, esteemed ones. It's not my son being disrespectful; look, it's the power of the blue star fragment. My son is in an unconscious state," Wang Teng's father quickly stepped forward.

Simultaneously, an old ancestor of the Wang family stepped out and said, "While Teng'er's power is indeed enough to look down upon the world, he absolutely cannot repel a living fossil like this."

"This is like..." Everyone in the Void Ancient Hall was startled. Wang Teng stood motionless as runes flowed one after another from the blue star fragment, appearing in his eyes.

The boundless starry sky and shooting stars streaking across it appeared and vanished in his eyes. Various characters flickered, exceptionally bizarre; these were Dao traces rising and falling.

"Hmph!" The Ji family members snorted coldly. This star fragment, stained with the Void Great Emperor's blood, rightfully belonged to them, yet it had been obtained by an outsider.

"Esteemed elders, please calm your anger. This object belongs to the Ji family; we certainly won't take it with us," a mighty figure from the Wang family broke out in a cold sweat.

Wang Teng's father, however, smiled and said, "This proves that my son has a deep connection with the Ji family; even the Void Great Emperor has manifested. I believe this marriage is heaven-made."

"Later, have Teng'er recite the entire legacy he has received, word for word," the Wang family's great-ancestor said.

The Ji family's expressions kept changing, especially those of the elders, all lost in thought. What kind of legacy would the reappearance of the Void Great Emperor's secret treasure entail?

"How incredibly fortunate is this Wang Teng? A sacred artifact descended from the Void Ancient Hall, yet it landed in his hands." The Ji family elders had to seriously consider this, thinking that the Northern Emperor might truly be unstoppable and destined to rise.

On that very day, news spread to the outside world that Wang Teng had obtained the Void Great Emperor's legacy and gained the approval of a faction within the Ji family, making a marriage alliance with the Ji family highly probable.

"What?! The Void Great Emperor left another legacy before he passed away?!" "And it actually chose Wang Teng, allowing him to obtain it? Is this true?" In the Eastern Wasteland, various major powers received reports and were all shocked. This was an extremely impactful event; the Great Emperor's dying insights must be incredibly important!

"How can Wang Teng have such immense luck? Is he destined to achieve the Dao and become an Emperor?!" Everyone was stunned. To gain the Void Great Emperor's recognition—what kind of invincible potential would that signify?

"It seems the Ji family is truly going to form a marriage alliance with the Wang family! Ji Ziyue, the Ji family's Little Moon, will marry into the Northern Plains!" People were astonished to discover that these two major powers might break tradition and unite.

There had long been rumors that a faction within the Ji family opposed this marriage, wishing to reconsider it in the future, while another faction strongly supported it.

Now that such a significant event had occurred, it was likely that the number of opponents would sharply decrease, and the marriage alliance would probably face no further resistance, causing considerable ripples as a result.

Within a few days, further news spread: several Ji family elders successively agreed to the marriage. It was said that the legacy Wang Teng handed over was extraordinarily astonishing—a supreme ancient scripture.

"I won't marry!" This was Ji Ziyue's protest, but the voice of the Ji family's Little Moon alone seemed unlikely to change anything.

However, within a few days, the Northern Emperor made terrifying progress cultivating the scripture from the blue star fragment. Above a cave dwelling of the Ji family, various terrifying phenomena manifested.

True Dragons, Divine Phoenixes, and other mythical beings all prostrated at the feet of the central Great Emperor, whose imperial figure was none other than Wang Teng himself. His golden body was majestic, and as various sacrificial sounds echoed, many deities were seen worshipping him.

Even the older generation of the Ji family was shaken. While they also cultivated this scripture, they were far from as rapid as the Northern Emperor, who achieved enlightenment and reached a profound realm of cultivation within days.

The Northern Emperor's prestige greatly increased. The Ji family elders, who had previously harbored doubts, now looked at him with new respect. Such talent was almost unparalleled.

"He will surely achieve the Dao in the future!" Many were deeply shaken and completely changed their attitudes towards him, no longer hesitant as before.

No one deliberately concealed the news. As it spread to the outside world, the entire Eastern Wasteland fell silent. This powerful figure from the Northern Plains was suffocating the younger generation with his might.

Many older generation figures sighed, worrying for their children and grandchildren. After their deaths, who could contend with such a Northern Emperor? Even now, they themselves felt powerless.

The Divine Ruins, a vast and ancient region, had many places where not a blade of grass grew, with red earth like blood. Yet, there were also numerous vibrant areas where tens of thousands of years old ancient medicines grew, exuding a fragrant aroma.

A large black dog, carrying a delicate, doll-like little girl, roamed this area like a thief, muttering incessantly.

"Damn it, there really is... the Southern Heavenly Gate! Is there truly an ancient Heavenly Court in the deepest part?!" It gazed into the distance, seeing an ancient gateway in the Divine Ruins, incredibly magnificent, almost towering to the sky.

"Doggy, when are we going to find Big Brother?" The little girl, Nannan, was like a delicate porcelain doll, obedient and graceful, inspiring pity and affection.

"In a while. Speaking of which, he's really in big trouble. Even the Ji family has likely sown the seeds of disaster. How could that blue star fragment possibly be the Void Great Emperor's legacy? It's stained with his imperial blood, just thinking about it makes one's scalp tingle!" The big black dog muttered in a barely audible voice.

"Oh, Doggy, what are you saying?" Little Nannan blinked her large eyes and gently patted him.

"I remember the Wushi Great Emperor said that the supreme being deep within the Undying Mountain forged its weapon from the eternal blue gold of the starry sky. Just thinking about it sends shivers down my spine. Most likely, it's a fragment of that weapon, driven into the Void Great Emperor's body, that has now fallen out. Though it's stained with his blood, it carries the legacy of the Undying Mountain!"

In the Northern Region, Ye Fan also received news about Wang Teng from the past few days. He fell silent; the other party's fortune truly surpassed his imagination.

Nevertheless, he was fearless and issued his strongest challenge, which was rapidly spread across the Eastern Wasteland by numerous cultivators.

"When the Osmanthus blossoms waft their fragrance, on the night of the full moon, we shall fight to the death atop Purple Mountain!" On the night of the full moon, the Sacred Body would battle the Northern Emperor at the peak of Ancient Emperor Mountain, shaking everyone. Even the ancient creatures learned of it, for it was a sacred pilgrimage site in primeval times.