“I advise you to listen to me,” Lu Ye’s voice was calm.
“When you’re young, you should learn that if you don’t listen, you get beaten.”
“Isn’t that right, Fellow Daoist Wang?” Lu Ye fixed his gaze on a cultivator shrouded in black mist.
Wang Shuihan’s expression changed dramatically.
How did he know who he was?
Damn it!
“I’ll attack!”
Wang Shuihan didn’t waste time. His Unity Realm power erupted in full force as he slammed a fist into the barrier.
The other Unity Realm experts exchanged glances.
Just one sentence — Fellow Daoist Wang — had made their imaginations run wild.
They might not know who this “Fellow Daoist ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) Wang” was, but it was likely someone associated with the Wang Clan.
If even the Wang Clan was compromising, what did that mean for the rest of them?
Then they would attack too!
Now, the number of Unity Realm experts had increased to twelve.
The Jiang Clan’s powerhouses were all dead. Just thinking about the resources left behind made their mouths water.
But now there was a massive pit in front of them.
A single Destiny Realm cultivator...
Forcing a group of Unity Realm experts to attack the shield protecting an Ancestor Weapon.
If this story spread, no one would believe it. But it was happening right here, right now.
“Such audacity! Such audacity!”
“My Jiang Clan has stood for countless ages, our name echoing through the ancient past — when have we ever suffered such humiliation?”
“In the Third Heaven, every single one of these people will pay. The Jiang Clan will not forgive them!”
The artifact spirit, in the form of a child, glared furiously.
This was no longer a place they could stay. Even though it was once a Primal Origin Treasure, it had been severely damaged.
Spirit Treasures, Supreme Treasures, Dao Treasures, Grand Dao Treasures, Primal Origin Treasures, Primordial Treasures, Chaos Treasures, Chaos Supreme Treasures...
These were the common classifications for treasures.
The first three categories were further divided into innate and acquired. The higher levels were no longer distinguished in such a way because the Daos engraved upon them, whether naturally formed or artificially embedded, had become nearly indistinguishable in power.
Of course, there were still subtle differences.
But the difference was no longer significant enough to warrant an additional classification.
Void Pendant.
Naturally, it was not just limited to defensive capabilities.
In fact, its strongest function was to flee into the void. However, if it had to carry so many people into the void, it would exhaust the Origin Power it had so painstakingly replenished, plunging it back into severe depletion.
If it weren’t absolutely necessary, it didn’t want to use that ability.
But now — at this point of desperation — it had to take the last remaining bloodline of the Jiang Clan in the Third Heaven and escape.
They would avenge this!
They would absolutely avenge this!
“Void — Escape!”
The artifact spirit child roared.
The Void Pendant instantly released a blinding light. Space began to ripple.
Huh?
The artifact spirit’s expression changed.
Why hadn’t they escaped into the void?
“Escape!”
The Void Pendant’s radiance grew even more intense.
Finally, the space began to shift — but as it did, chains upon chains of runes emerged within the void, intertwining like a massive web, sealing the entire space completely.
The moment Lu Ye saw that the Ancestor Weapon was the Void Pendant, he immediately knew it would likely try to escape into the void.
So, he specifically set up a grand formation around the area.
Lock the space. Lock it down. Lock it down again.
Fortunately, this was the Jiang Clan — a place with many void-related treasures. Otherwise, it might not have been possible to seal the space so completely.
Lu Ye had truly gone all out.
All for the sake of ensuring that the Jiang Clan could have a family reunion.
Because at this moment, Lu Ye was already leaving the area.
As the booming sounds echoed, Jiang Die was the first to regain full awareness.
First, she was dazed.
Then, her expression changed drastically.
When she saw that she was protected by the Ancestor Weapon, Jiang Die let out a breath of relief.
“Senior, can we leave?” Jiang Die urgently asked.
With the Ancestor Weapon here, leaving shouldn’t be a problem, right?
The artifact spirit child immediately began cursing.
“Leave my ass! The space is sealed by a grand formation! No, wait — the Thousand-Chain Void Lock Formation? How is someone in the Third Heaven capable of setting this up? Even in the Fifth Heaven, only a handful of people can arrange such a formation!”
Jiang Die’s face turned ashen.
Who could have set it up?
Obviously, it was Lu Ye.
Forget the Thousand-Chain Void Lock Formation — Lu Ye could set up even the Ten-Thousand Star Heaven Suppression Formation if he wanted to!
Damn it!
This was the crushing pressure of being an enemy of Lu Ye?
Jiang Die’s scalp tingled.
She had already experienced this once in the Second Heaven — but back then, she was strong and confident.
Now, weakened and no longer confident, facing Lu Ye again revealed just how terrifying he truly was.
A mere Destiny Realm cultivator, pressing down upon the entire Third Heaven so hard that they couldn’t even breathe.
And above the Destiny Realm, there were still the Cause-and-Effect Realm, Three-Lives Realm, and Unity Realm!
How was he doing this?
Now, she finally understood why in her past life, whenever the otherworldly demons and demonic cultivators heard the name “Lu Ye,” they felt an instinctive fear — even of the very character “命” (life) in his name.
This kind of pressure.
This merciless, relentless terror.
This sense of being cornered, unable to escape, utterly doomed.
Nine-Life Heavenly Lord — did it have another meaning?
Like, no matter if you had nine lives, if you crossed paths with the Nine-Life Heavenly Lord, he would make sure to wipe you out completely?
Honestly... it wasn’t impossible.
“Forget them. Just take me and go,” Jiang Die said. “That way, you can use all your power to escape. Maybe you can break free from the formation’s lock.”
The artifact spirit child glanced at her.
“If I just take myself, wouldn’t the chances of success be even higher?”
“I’m telling you the truth. In my past life, I was a Dao Emperor. I have the memories of a Dao Emperor. If I survive this, and you follow me, I can make you into an Imperial Weapon!” Jiang Die said urgently.
Void Pendant: ???
“You?”
“A Dao Emperor?”
“A Dao Emperor reincarnated, and you got chased into this kind of state?”
The Void Pendant only felt that this woman was completely insane.
Right now, it wasn’t a question of whether to take one or many — the problem was that even if it went all out, it still couldn’t escape.
The Void Pendant kept trying!
Trying, trying, and trying again!
The golden barrier grew thinner and thinner, weaker and weaker.
The rest of the young Jiang Clan members also woke up. At that moment, they were utterly desperate.
Some, under the crushing pressure of imminent death, clutched their heads and burst into tears.
“What the hell happened? How did such a powerful Jiang Clan just — disappear — like that?”
That question struck a nerve in everyone present.
Why had the Jiang Clan fallen?
It was obviously because of Lu Ye.
And why had the Jiang Clan become enemies with Lu Ye?
Because of Jiang Die!
And they’d all heard how Jiang Die, back when Lu Ye was in the First Heaven, had forced the Eternal Teachings Sect to try to kill him.
When she didn’t even know him!
“It’s all because of you! All because of you!”
“If not for you provoking Lu Ye, how would the Jiang Clan have fallen to this state?”
“You’re the Jiang Clan’s sinner! A sinner! Before the Jiang Clan perishes, you should die first!”
“Kill her! Even if I die, I’ll kill her first!”
At that moment, the Jiang Clan’s rage erupted, all of it directed at Jiang Die.
