Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 487 - 471 Yuan Family (1/3)

Chapter 487: Chapter 471 Yuan Family (1/3)

The first question this man asked caught Zhou Heng, Moon Shadow Saintess, and Blazing Flame Demon Venerate off guard.

They had crossed through the Star Gate immediately after obtaining the Star Core, so how could there have possibly been a leak?

"Who are you?" Zhou Heng asked.

"Jerk, I’m the one asking the questions here! What right do you have to question me?" The man glared at Zhou Heng, poised to backhand him across the face.

Zhou Heng and the others couldn’t help but smile and shake their heads. Who were they? They were the Three Great Heavenly Venerates, including a Peerless Heavenly Maiden who could annihilate Immortals at will! Yet, because they had encountered a great disaster while crossing the Star Gate and everyone, except for Huo Tian, had sustained severe injuries, their energies had greatly diminished, leaving them to be scorned by a mere Spirit Sea Realm expert!

In fact, the energy they presently exhibited was indeed only at the Land Cleaving Realm level, and Huo Tian was too mysterious, her immense power undetectable by those of lower realms!

In the realm of Martial Artists, strength is paramount. Isn’t a Spirit Sea Realm Expert unqualified to brag before a Minor Warrior of the Land Cleaving Realm?

Zhou Heng sighed, stretching out his right hand towards the man’s wrist.

"Ah—" The man screamed in agony, feeling as though his hand was caught in a vise, nearly snapping off. "Let go! Let go!" he shouted repeatedly.

"What right do you have to order me around?" Zhou Heng chuckled, throwing the man’s earlier question back at him.

The man’s face turned pale, not to mention, just being able to subdue him in one move clearly showed that Zhou Heng’s strength far surpassed his own!

"Sir, we are from the Yuan Family of Lingnan, and you cannot afford to provoke us!" Four others said angrily—subduing a Spirit Sea realm doesn’t mean much, as those in the Nascent Soul Realm, Divine Infant Realm, and Divinity Transformation Realm could do the same.

The Yuan Family, with a Heavenly Venerate presiding, is one of the top families of the era, fearing no one.

Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap!

With a wave of his hand, Zhou Heng gave each of the four a slap, then smiled slightly, saying, "From now on, you only answer when I ask; otherwise, next time, it won’t be a slap but necks being snapped. Understand?"

"Sir, our Yuan Family also has a Heavenly Venerate who sits—"

Crack!

As one attempted to use his family’s name to intimidate Zhou Heng, his head dropped at an unbelievable angle before he could finish.

Dead, with no trace of life energy!

The other four from the Yuan Family turned ghostly pale, astonished by Zhou Heng’s ruthlessness; he killed without hesitation.

Even if the Yuan Family had a Heavenly Venerate, could he come to their rescue now?

"How did you learn about the Star Core?" Zhou Heng asked, scanning the four, then pointed at one, "You, answer!"

"Yes, yes, yes, yes!" The man nodded frantically, fearing a delay in his response might result in him getting smacked to death by Zhou Heng.

This is what happened: Earlier, when warriors from Xuanqian Star passed one after another through the Star Gate, entering the nearby area, the influx of so many unfamiliar faces naturally caught the attention of the local powers.

Dragon River Continent had no nations; the entire area was divided and controlled by various sects and families, with the strongest occupying the largest territories.

The Yuan Family dominated a vast area of land, larger than Bright Moon Country but smaller than Heavenly Dragon Empire, as the continent had as many as twenty Heavenly Venerates!

Among these twenty Heavenly Venerates, there were three Two Tribulations Quasi-Immortals, seven One Tribulation Quasi-Immortals, and ten Divinity Transformation Realms. The Old Ancestor of the Yuan Family was a Divinity Transformation Realm expert, said to be of the Third Layer Heaven in cultivation, but far from breaking through to become a One Tribulation Quasi-Immortal.

Although Dragon River Continent had as many as twenty Heavenly Venerates, relative to such a vast continent, twenty Heavenly Venerates were simply not enough. The Yuan Family, holding large swathes of land and controlling hundreds of millions of people, was undeniably the dominant force.

When a large number of strangers, especially some high-tier warriors from Xuanqian Star, wielding the cultivation of a Half-Step Immortal stirred trouble, it eventually drew the attention of the Yuan Family, even alarming the Old Ancestor.

The existence of the Star Core on Xuanqian Star was no secret, and under severe torture, naturally, someone gave in, revealing the current situation of Xuanqian Star—naturally, limited to what they knew.

The Yuan Family immediately took interest!

The Star Core, what a precious treasure!

Forget about a planet like Xuanqian Star, where spiritual energy was depleted; even on Dragon River Continent, it could only allow top experts to ascend to Two Tribulations Quasi-Immortal, absolutely incapable of reaching the level of a Three Tribulations Quasi-Immortal—ascending was easy, but without enough spiritual energy to nourish the deities, it meant certain death!

Of course, the universe always contained rare treasures that allowed a very few lucky ones to transcend and become immortals, like the Star Core, which was the most precious and most reliable of them all!

The Yuan Family Old Ancestor was immediately tempted, wishing he could kill his way to Xuanqian Star to join the contest for the Star Core, but the Star Gate was one-way, and his great strength was of no use here.

Now, with this Star Gate providing star coordinates, it wouldn’t be impossible to create a gate to Xuanqian Star, but the time it would take... at least a thousand years!

There wasn’t that much time to spare!

Yet how could the Yuan Family Old Ancestor give up so easily? He ordered the family to monitor every movement of the Star Gate, capturing anyone who came through to understand the exact path of the Star Core. It was very likely that those who had seized the Star Core would also come to Dragon River Continent!

With the hope of becoming an Immortal, even if remotely slim, the Yuan Family Old Ancestor was ready to gamble!

Becoming an Immortal!

That was roughly the situation.

Zhou Heng furrowed his brows slightly and said, "The people who came from the Xuanqian Continent... were they all captured by you?"

"We captured some, but many escaped!" The four from the Yuan Family, all shivering, said, "Some of the people were very strong, having reached the Divine Infant Realm, and could only be suppressed by the Old Ancestor. However, the Old Ancestor is not always suppressing here, so we only managed to capture some from the Nascent Soul and Spirit Sea Realms!"

"Where are those you captured now being held?" Moon Shadow Saintess inquired.

She was worried that people from the East Spirit Immortal Pond had been captured by the Yuan Family. Although there were Divine Infant Realm experts leading the group from East Spirit Immortal Pond, the Yuan Family had a Heavenly Venerate in the seat, and facing them would definitely be disastrous!

Before making contact with the people from East Spirit Immortal Pond, she must first confirm their location.

As for the power of the Yuan Family... did she need to worry about that?

"In Wind Spirit City!" the four exclaimed with trembling voices.

"Lead the way!"

They boarded the Yuan Family’s flying artifact and soon ascended into the sky, heading toward the west.

Along the way, Zhou Heng, with nothing better to do, asked, "Have you ever heard of the Great Eternal Emperor?"

"The Great Eternal Emperor?" The four from the Yuan Family looked at each other in confusion, revealing a look of oblivion. However, after a while, one of them suddenly slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "I know!"

"Speak!" Zhou Heng nodded.

"About seventy thousand to a hundred thousand years ago, no one knows the exact time anymore, a tremendously powerful person appeared out of nowhere and swept across the whole Dragon River Continent. However, he disappeared not long after that!"

"Ah, now that you mention it, I also recall such an unparalleled expert. He appeared in the world for only a hundred years, or even just fifty years, like a meteor streaking across the sky, leaving behind only a legend!"

"Exactly, exactly! That strong person’s name was indeed the Great Eternal Emperor. At first, people mocked him for having such a presumptuous name. But soon all forces were subdued under his feet!"

"If that great figure hadn’t suddenly disappeared, maybe he could have unified the entire continent and created a legendary era!"

The four from the Yuan Family seemed to have opened a floodgate of words, suddenly becoming very excited.

Zhou Heng, Moon Shadow Saintess, and Blazing Flame Demon Venerate exchanged glances, all showing an expression that befit such a legend. Only Huo Tian seemed indifferent, her true identity unknown, but definitely from the Immortal Realm and at least now not a match for the Great Eternal Emperor!

It seemed that the Great Eternal Emperor had become an immortal not long after arriving at the Dragon River Continent, as early as seventy to a hundred thousand years ago!

The flying artifact was fast, and before long they arrived at a large city. The four from the Yuan Family maneuvered the artifact into the courtyard of a large mansion.

"Five masters—eh!" Immediately, someone came to greet them, but they paused upon seeing the unexpected number of guests.

The person initially thought Zhou Heng and the others were captives, but seeing the fearful expression on his family members, who did not look like they were escorting captives but rather appeared as if they were the masters!

"Stop the nonsense and move aside!" one of the Yuan Family said, while winking extensively, conveying some kind of message.

Fortunately, the other man was not dull, and even if he could not guess the specific meaning for a moment, seeing one less person on their side and them appearing as if they had lost a loved one, he should realize they had encountered a setback!

They needed to seek help from a higher power!

"This way, four lords!" In an attempt to win time to send a warning, the four members of the Yuan Family all obeyed with lowered eyes.

Zhou Heng smiled. With his current strength, he no longer needed to worry about any schemes or tricks. I can simply blow them away with one punch, obliterate with a single sword!

The four ahead led the way, and they soon arrived at a square, but now it was temporarily filled with numerous cages, inside which many people were locked, all stripped of their cultivation levels, which otherwise ordinary cages could not contain.

All were martial artists from the Xuanqian Continent, a sizable number, about one-tenth of them.

Zhou Heng quickly scanned and confirmed that he recognized none of them.

Moon Shadow Saintess and Blazing Flame Demon Venerate also breathed a sigh of relief; they did not find any sect members or family members among these prisoners either.

"Lord Zhou Heng!"

"Lady Moon Shadow!"

"Lord Demon Venerable!"

As Zhou Heng and his companions appeared, those in the cages quickly recognized them, calling out eagerly, their eyes brimming with tears.

Although their strength on Xuanqian Star was not considered top-notch, they had never been stripped of their cultivation levels and imprisoned like dogs! Had they not held onto a glimmer of hope to witness the destruction of the Yuan Family, they would have already killed themselves!

These days, they had suffered extreme humiliation!

Being deprived of cultivation was a fatal blow to martial artists, as no one accustomed to a dominant life could revert to being an ordinary person!

Their hatred for the Yuan Family was profound!

Zhou Heng’s gaze grew cold. While he could understand greed for the Star Core, ruthlessly stripping so many martial artists of their cultivation levels and imprisoning them like dogs exceeded his tolerance.

Since the Yuan Family was so ruthless, why should he be polite?

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