"Ancestor, we don't believe it!"

"Ancestor, tell us, that guy was lying, wasn't he? How could you possibly perish, Ancestor!"

"Ancestor, don't scare us! We're faint of heart!"

The Chen clanspeople wailed bitterly.

"I... I don't believe it either..." Chen Susu wiped the tears from her eyes, choking out the words.

WHOOSH!

Chen Zheng's gaze shifted, turning to the north.

Eh? What is that...?

His gaze pierced through layers of the void, where he saw a blood cloud. Within the cloud, a mist of blood seemed to intertwine, forming a colossal, blood-red face.

"What is this ghastly thing!" Little Bone sensed something amiss and stared at the blood mist, its voice grim. Its sight penetrated the mist, but it found nothing!

"The reincarnated body of the Chen Ancestor? You fools, your so-called Ancestor was just a random vessel I seized! You keep calling him your Ancestor, but haven't you noticed that his physical body has no cultivation fluctuations whatsoever?" a mocking voice echoed from the blood mist. It was followed by a sinister laugh. "Haha! You stupid ants! I've failed to possess a body today, so I've changed my mind! Since I can't kill this reincarnated body of yours, I'll just try a different approach. Once I merge with it and place your divine consciousness inside my own body, I will effectively possess this vessel! Tsk tsk! This reincarnated body is far, far more powerful than your original one, which barely reached the Quasi-Saint Level! As I perceive it, this reincarnated body is at least a third-order Quasi-Saint! In fact, I have a vague sense that it may have already touched the threshold of the Saint level!"

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

An extremely violent surge of sanguinary power erupted, and a ferocious head emerged from within the roiling blood mist. As it appeared, it frantically absorbed the strange forces wandering between heaven and earth. In just a few breaths, these forces coalesced into a cloud of bloodlust.

"Haha! This is the Ancestor's blood cloud, the Ancestor's power! Although this reincarnated blood cloud body is no longer the Ancestor, it is the source of his power! Ancestor, are you furious? Do you hate yourself for failing to slay that great demon from the Blood Prison? Hahaha! But no matter how angry you are, you are powerless! You are no match for me! KEKEKE! KEKEKEKE! Chen Zheng, you're finished! You're done for! You're about to be reduced to ashes! I will revive! I will return to my peak!"

Within the blood cloud, the Blood Demon cackled wildly.

SWOOSH!

The cloud of condensed bloodlust abruptly lunged toward Chen Zheng!

"Hm? It's not this kid! Girl, call out your grandfather. Perhaps I'll consider sparing you!" The bloodlust took form, revealing a fierce face.

WHOOSH!

Just then, Chen Zheng's indifferent voice sounded out.

CRACK!

With a crisp sound, a stone door in the ancestral hall's underground palace swung open.

In an instant, the blood cloud trembled.

The Chen clanspeople were astounded.

"This... Ancestor!" Chen Mushan stared blankly for a few seconds before roaring and rushing toward the stone door. The other clanspeople quickly followed.

WHOOSH!

The stone door stood wide open.

Chen Zheng stepped out.

"Ancestor... Chen?" Chen Changsheng's eyes widened. He recognized Chen Zheng, but he had never imagined that he was still alive.

Chen Zheng slowly raised his right hand and pressed it toward the blood cloud, shattering it with a single palm strike. The next moment, he lifted his hand again and seized something from the air.

HISS!

A blood-red shadow was captured in an instant.

"Ah! No!" a sharp, agonizing scream echoed.

BANG!

The blood-red shadow exploded, dissolving into a sky full of blood mist.

"Ancestor..." Chen Changsheng started to speak, but he had only uttered a single word when a profound light emerged from between Chen Zheng's brows. The light swept over the underground palace, and in the blink of an eye, all the residual strange forces vanished without a trace.

"You... You seem to be Ancestor Chen!"

"Ancestor Chen!"

"The Chen Ancestor isn't dead!"

"Sob... The Ancestor isn't dead! The Ancestor isn't dead!" The Chen clanspeople snapped back to their senses. Seeing Chen Zheng's face clearly, they were all ecstatic.

"Hmph!" Chen Susu exclaimed coldly.

She believed Chen Zheng had possessed the body of the Chen Ancestor. In her eyes, the Ancestor was no longer himself, so she couldn't help but let out a sharp cry. But in the next moment, her face turned pale with fear at what she saw.

At that moment, the bloodstain on Chen Zheng's forehead began to slowly heal.

The sight was uncannily similar to the scar on the ferocious face within the blood cloud.

"Damn it! Damn it! This is impossible! This is absolutely impossible!" the Blood Demon inside the cloud shrieked.

"Ancestor... what power is this!"

"What an overwhelming aura! It seems even stronger than the one the Ancestor used to emit!"

"Could this aura... be the might of a Saint?"

The Chen clanspeople were dumbfounded.

"I am the creator. How dare a lowly Blood Demon like you act so insolently!"

Then, in the next moment, the Chen Ancestor opened his eyes. When Chen Susu heard his words, her face drained of all color and, with a THUD, she collapsed to her knees.

"Creator!"

Chen Zheng chuckled lightly. With a beckon of his right hand, he drew over the strand of blood cloud. Threads of law chains emerged, instantly binding it. Then, Chen Zheng closed his eyes, and a vast, pure soul force was released, blanketing the entire Southern Border in an instant.

HUMMM!

A ripple spread out, causing strange phenomena among the various factions of the Southern Border.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

Streaks of light flashed through the air, landing outside the Chen family's ancestral home. Everyone stared at the residence in bewilderment. When they saw an unfamiliar man standing beside the young man inside the ancestral home, they all frowned, their eyes filled with caution.

Who is that? Why is he inside the Chen ancestral home? And he seems to be quite close with everyone in there!

"Ancestor Chen? Is... is he really the Chen Ancestor?" someone muttered.

"The Chen Ancestor... Didn't he die? Wasn't he devoured by the great demon from the Blood Prison and gone forever?" someone else whispered, their voice trembling.

The Chen Ancestor wasn't dead—he was still alive! Not only was he alive, but he was even more radiant and peerless than before!

"Ancestor Chen, Ancestor Chen..." Chen Changsheng was also stunned. It took him several long breaths to recover. He called out in a low voice, his excitement tinged with worry.

"Ancestor Chen? Heh heh! I'd like to see just how strong you, a newly crowned Immortal Martial Emperor, really are. No need for tests, just let me break the seal directly! I'll give you a chance right now. I'm going to devour you, devour this so-called Immortal Martial Emperor!"

Within the blood cloud, the Blood Demon roared ferociously as a giant, blood-colored claw reached for Chen Zheng.

"Ancestor Chen! Be careful!"

"Watch out, Ancestor Chen!"

"Quick, dodge!"

The Chen clanspeople screamed in alarm. Some of the more faint-hearted women fainted on the spot.

"Scram!"

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