Published: January 8, 2025
“Unfortunately, your scheme has long been seen through by this ancestor!” Ji Tianguang sneered.
“No, it’s impossible! Then why did you fall for it?” Ji Tianyao exclaimed in anger and disbelief.
“If this ancestor didn’t fall into your trap, would you continue to provide me with endless blood essence and life?” Ji Tianguang chuckled coldly. “Your plan is nothing more than to use the countless offerings from the ten thousand clans and the Ji Clan to set a trap. Naturally, this ancestor would not be deceived, otherwise, where would your blood essence come from?”
“Now, you are using the formation to restrict this ancestor, drawing upon the blood essence and life marks absorbed by this ancestor in the past to devour this ancestor's power. But you’ve forgotten, there are still members of the Ji Clan in the Yin-Yang Great Hall. These people possess Ji Clan blood but have not been marked by you. As long as this ancestor absorbs their blood essence and life, I can still revive. At that time, with supreme power, I will be able to break your scheme.”
Boom! Ji Tianguang's aura surged, and Ji Tianqi, Ji Xinyi, and others visibly began to wither as their vitality, life force, and primordial power rapidly drained away.
“No… Ancestor, spare us…” Ji Tianqi and the others shouted in horror, desperately resisting.
Ji Xinyi had the lowest cultivation, merely at peak human venerable, and was utterly unable to stop Ji Tianguang's devouring. Her body aged rapidly, transforming from a youthful girl into a frail old woman, extremely weak and barely alive.
This scene completely stunned everyone.
Oh my!
The old foxes, each one more cunning than the last.
Everyone gasped, nearly going crazy.
Today has truly been a rollercoaster.
One trap after another, causing everyone to gasp in disbelief.
The Ji Clan is too ruthless, and also too twisted.
Ji Tianguang had already known of Ji Tianyao's scheme, but he remained unfazed, even willing to have the mark planted within him by Ji Tianyao, all for the sake of devouring the lives of the beings from the ten thousand clans and the Ji Clan, in order to revive.
And he had laid down his strategies here, not aimed at Ji Tianyao but directed at others from the Ji Clan.
“Ancestor, save us quickly.”
At this moment, even Ji Tianqi and the others, despite being late-stage heavenly venerables, could not withstand Ji Tianguang's devouring. Their bodies began to age slowly, hair changing to a grayish white, wrinkles forming.
Ji Tianyao's expression changed.
He could already sense that along with Ji Tianguang absorbing the powers of Ji Tianqi and the others, his control over the mark within Ji Tianguang was becoming weaker.
Once Ji Tianguang completely devoured Ji Tianqi and the others, as he said, he would completely lose control over his hidden hand, and Ji Tianguang would directly revive, becoming a supreme warrior. At that time, he could not escape death.
“Damn it.”
A ruthless glint suddenly flashed in Ji Tianyao's eyes.
Whoosh! He shifted his form and suddenly appeared before Ji Tianqi and the others.
Ji Tianqi and the others were overjoyed, desperately pleading, “Ancestor, save us quickly.”
Before he finished speaking.
Bang! Ji Tianyao struck fiercely with his palm, crashing down onto Ji Tianqi's head. In an instant, Ji Tianqi's body exploded like a watermelon, blood spraying everywhere, primordial essence shattering.
“Father.”
“Head of the family!!”
Ji Xinyi's eyes bulged wide open, and beside her, Ji Tiandao, Ji Nan'an, and several other heavenly venerables from the Ji Clan were also horrified.
From the primordial essence and blood, a thread of soul power rose, morphing into a figure.
It was Ji Tianqi's soul.
“Ancestor, you…” Ji Tianqi looked at Ji Tianyao in disbelief, his eyes filled with despair, anger, regret, and incredulity.
He could not understand why the ancestor would kill him instead of saving him.
“Tianqi, don’t blame this ancestor. Only by your death can Ji Tianguang’s devouring be stopped. Don’t worry, your power will be inherited by this ancestor. You sacrificed for my Ji Clan, and my Ji Clan will always remember you. Though you may not see the glory of the Ji Clan, this ancestor will carry it on for you.”