"No! Grandfather! Don't! I was wrong! I know I was wrong! I..."

Pu Xian's face changed dramatically, crying out in panic as he heard the murderous words from the Grand Ancestor Emperor.

Beside him, Zai Lun's brows furrowed tightly, and he turned to give Li Jiang a deep look, his eyes revealing a trace of shock and doubt.

Suddenly, Zai Lun's pupils shrank, his gaze fixed on Li Jiang's eyes.

He too saw the abnormality in Li Jiang's eyes.

Li Jiang glanced at Zai Lun, smiled faintly, and gave a slight bow in his direction.

"The Li family was annihilated?!"

"The Dragon Descendant really has a great favor towards our clan? What exactly happened back then?"

"Does Ancestor Pu Xian know?"

"But just now Ancestor Pu Xian said..."

Members of the Huangluo Clan cried out in shock, all turning to look at Pu Xian, kneeling beneath the Grand Ancestor Emperor's feet.

Bang!

A muffled sound ensued, and amid the astonished stares of everyone, the Grand Ancestor Emperor slammed his palm onto the top of Pu Xian's head.

Boom!

With a loud blast, Pu Xian's body burst open, turning directly into a mist of blood that sprinkled onto the ground!

"Ah!"

"This..."

The crowd cried out in shock.

And those clan members who had just thought of charging at Jiang Chen and the Supreme Long Huang felt a chill surge through their bodies. They knew the murderous nature of the Grand Ancestor Emperor all too well. During his reign, he was known to kill without batting an eye.

In an instant, each of them felt trepidation within their hearts, fearing that they might be the next Pu Xian!

"Mr. Jiang, stop using the Bone Soul Revival Liquid. Hand Mr. Jiang over to me, and I will ensure he is healed!" said the Grand Ancestor Emperor, turning to Yan Hu and speaking softly.

Yan Hu looked up at the Grand Ancestor Emperor, then turned to look at the Supreme Long Huang.

The Supreme Long Huang was taken aback for a moment but then smiled gently, "The Grand Ancestor Emperor is certainly trustworthy!"

"Okay, but I will accompany him!" Yan Hu responded to the Grand Ancestor Emperor with a nod, speaking solemnly.

"Good! Mr. Jiang, come with me!" The Grand Ancestor Emperor gave a faint smile, looked at Li Jiang once more, leaped up, and flew toward the rear hall.

Yan Hu, holding Jiang Chen, followed.

Li Jiang smiled faintly, aware of why the Grand Ancestor Emperor looked at him—because he shared the same feeling as the Grand Ancestor Emperor. In Yan Hu, they both saw the shadow of a young Li Jiang!

"Commander Li, tell everyone about it! Zai Lun, Long Huang, Pu Liang, after Commander Li has finished, come over with him!" the Grand Ancestor Emperor's voice came from the air.

"Yes!" Several people bowed in response.

Glancing at where the Grand Ancestor Emperor had disappeared, Li Jiang swept his gaze over the crowd and calmly said, "I know many of you still have some doubts. I've kept this secret for a hundred years. If it weren't for what Pu Xian did today, drawing everyone's attention, perhaps, I would have kept this secret until my death!"

The expressions of the crowd changed, their demeanor growing solemn as they stared intently at Li Jiang, their breathing much lighter.

"A hundred years ago..."

Li Jiang took a deep breath and began recounting in a soft voice, "Before that great battle, the Grand Ancestor Emperor and I..."

Li Jiang recounted the events of the past once again.

"I know some of you have always blamed Senior Jiang. Now you should understand, right? Back then, Senior Jiang protected the bloodline of the Huangluo Clan under great pressure. He was the one who vetted us out one by one, and only after convincing the major forces of the Martial Dao World did he manage to protect us!"

Li Jiang became more and more impassioned as he spoke, his voice suddenly amplified:

"With the status and position of Senior Jiang, when has he ever had to do something so close to begging others? Tell me, today Pu Xian and the rest laid hands on Mr. Jiang, Senior Jiang's successor, do they deserve death or not? Is Mr. Jiang not worthy of our respect?"

As his words fell, the surroundings fell into complete silence.

Everyone was shocked by these past events.

But then, suddenly, someone shouted out:

"They deserve death!"

After that, the crowd was shocked awake and began to shout one after another.

"Yes, they deserve death!"

"We have wronged Senior Jiang!"

"Ancestor Li! We have wronged you as well!"

"Yes! We have wronged you, and we have resented you for a hundred years!"

Members of the Royal Realm Jueluo Clan all felt a scorching shame on their faces, one after another crying out in regret, and some of the older generation, who had resented Li Jiang for decades, now shed tears of remorse!

Thud!

A muffled sound, and Zai Lun fell to his knee directly before Li Jiang, full of regret, saying, "Commander Li, I'm sorry! I, I always wanted to wait until I took that step, to kill, to kill you!"

"Prince, please don't do this, this should not be done!"

Li Jiang hurriedly helped Zai Lun to his feet, and calmly smiled, "I know the Prince has been wanting to kill me, if it wasn't for the need to help the former emperor suppress his injuries, I would have sought death at the hands of the Prince already! No matter your strength, you are the master, and if the master orders his servant to die, the servant dare not live!"

"Commander Li!"

Zai Lun's expression changed, and his heart filled with fear. Back then, he had indeed thought about using his status to grant death to Li Jiang, but he worried that Li Jiang was too powerful to obey the order. If he had really granted death to Li Jiang when he emerged from the back hall fifty years ago, then...

His body trembling, Zai Lun dared not continue the thought!

"Now that everyone is clear about the situation, I want to remind you all of one thing!"

Li Jiang nodded towards Zai Lun, then turned his head to sweep a glance over everyone, and solemnly began to speak, "Regarding the former emperor still being alive, and Mr. Jiang's identity, everyone must keep it a secret!"

"Mr. Jiang still needs to go out and continue his training. If his identity is exposed, it will definitely attract the pursuit of those with malicious intent. Moreover, if the news about the former emperor gets out, should the Eight-Headed Serpent send another Saint Realm avatar, it will certainly ignite the Soul Devour seed within the former emperor's body!"

Li Jiang's face became even more solemn, "Once the Soul Devour seed is ignited again, the result will only be one thing, and that is the death of the former emperor! We all know that he absolutely will not become the servant of the Soul Devouring Group. Therefore, everyone must keep these two secrets!"

"Yes!"

The crowd answered vocally in unison.

"Imperial Guard Army!" With the crowd's response, Li Jiang called out loudly.

"Present!" A chorus of Imperial Guards responded vocally.

Li Jiang, with a stern expression, shouted loudly, "Seal off the mountain!"

"Yes!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The Imperial Guards answered loudly and turned to leap down the mountain.

"Prince, after the matter with the former emperor is concluded, I will need the Prince to take the lead in thoroughly investigating the Martial Soul Stripping Technique!" Li Jiang turned his head towards Zai Lun.

"Agreed! Anyone who dares to cultivate such sorcery will be executed without mercy!" Zai Lun nodded and said coldly.

Li Jiang nodded, and glanced at Pu Liang and the Supreme Long Huang, "Let's go over there!"

"Okay!" The Supreme Long Huang, along with the others, nodded.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Li Jiang and the four leaped into the air, heading towards the back hall!

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