chsdbacks Chapter 4: The Emperors' Testing Ground?!
Chapter 4: The Emperors' Testing Ground?!
The Ji River flows mightily and endlessly, resembling a rushing dragon soaring into the distance.
Beyond the Ji River lies magnificent ancient architecture and towering mountain gates. Inside, sacred mountains rise suspended in the air, and islands float on the water. Silver waterfalls cascade down from the sacred mountains high in the sky, creating an ethereal and mysterious atmosphere.
The Ji family at this point in time is a true ancient family and a lineage of emperors, far superior to the Ji family of tens of thousands of years ago, and can be said to have enjoyed the finest resources of heaven and earth.
"Who goes there?!" A soft shout broke the tranquility and peace as the gatekeeper of the Ji family saw the rosy light flying across the Ji River.
The glow of the sunset fell upon the gate, where Wang Xuan stood.
He will return to his loyal Ji family!
"Wang Xuan comes from an ancient, primordial star, and one of his bloodlines originates from the Void Emperor!"
Wang Xuan's self-introduction caused the Ji family gatekeepers to pause slightly in surprise.
But Wang Xuan didn't pay attention to his reaction. Instead, he raised his hand and cast several hand seals, activating his own bloodline.
hum!
A clear and bright radiance slowly emanated from his body, and the gatekeeper's body trembled slightly as he felt the resonance of his bloodline!
"Is he really a member of the Ji family?!" The gatekeeper's expression faltered slightly, and upon recalling Wang Xuan's earlier self-introduction, he became even more serious.
The Ji family is large and powerful, with many branches branching out, but if it really involves other ancient stars, then it must be a big deal.
This involves recognizing one's ancestors and, more importantly, the exchange between two ancient stars!
"Quickly inform the elders and report this matter!"
"Please wait a moment, my fellow clansman. The elder in charge will arrive shortly!"
Huh? This attitude is actually quite good. Wang Xuan nodded slightly. The Ji family is not beyond saving now.
The rosy light rising from the gates of the Ji family fell upon a fairy island, where the guards knelt before a palace.
"Inform the Eight Elders that a member of our clan, claiming to be from an ancient primordial star, has come to visit!"
The soldier's words echoed across the immortal island, but the one who answered him was not an elder in the palace, but several heroes of the Ji family sparring in the training ground nearby.
"Ancient star of the primordial era? People of the same clan? That's quite a strange thing!" A girl in purple with bright eyes suddenly lit up.
"Is this true?" The Ji family disciples who were sparring stopped, and one of them, a purple-clad man who looked like a god descending to earth, looked at the gatekeeper.
"Young masters and ladies, that brother from the same clan demonstrated an ancient method of bloodline resonance, which confirms that he is of the Ji family bloodline," the soldier replied.
"Then let's go and see him!" The palace gates opened with a bang, and an elder who ranked eighth among the elders stepped out and walked towards the Ji family gate. The other Ji family members followed curiously.
When they arrived at the gate, they saw Wang Xuan still making hand seals to adjust himself.
"What are you doing?" Ji Ziyue, the girl in purple, stepped forward and asked curiously.
As she drew closer, a resonance of bloodlines arose.
"It is indeed my Ji family bloodline, and the bloodline concentration is not bad." Ji family's eighth son carefully sensed it and couldn't help but nod.
"Are you really from another ancient star? Where in the starry sky is that ancient star? How did you cross the starry sky to get here?" Ji's eighth son asked several questions in a row.
"You wait here." Wang Xuan ignored the question from the eighth son of the Ji family and continued to fiddle with the hand seals on his hands.
"A method to activate bloodlines, a spatial technique?" At this moment, Ji Haoyue, who had been silent all along, realized something.
"These two techniques have been lost here?" Wang Xuan gave Ji Haoyue and the others a strange look.
"Lost?" Ji Haoyue's expression was calm. "A technique of this level doesn't even qualify for entry into the Scripture Pavilion."
Wang Xuan: ……
Ah, yes, yes, yes! It was my ancestors who were ignorant!
However, I will remember you, Four Great Emperors!
After both techniques were completed, Wang Xuan imprinted the marks belonging to "Ji Xuan" and "Ji Xukong" into them.
The eighth son of the Ji family had never been so ignored before, and he was now enraged. "How dare you! This is your attitude towards a branch family member returning to the main family?!"
As the main branch of the Ji family, they always had a sense of superiority and condescension towards the other branches.
After all, what else could a branch of the family ask for when they come here? Isn't it just to recognize their ancestors and return to their roots?
"What branch family?" Wang Xuan probably already knew who this person was, and chuckled, "This is my Ji family."
Ji Ziyue's eyes widened, Ji Haoyue couldn't hold back any longer, and the eighth son of the Ji family was furious, "You..."
But before the eighth son of the Ji family could even utter a single word of "insolence," the entire space where the Ji family was located suddenly froze.
hum!
Just then, in the void imperial palace, an ancient mirror slowly rose up. This ancient mirror was simple and grand, and it exuded a genuine chaotic aura.
The next instant, as if receiving some kind of information, the ancient mirror "woke up".
boom!
One chaotic waterfall after another cascaded down, and a terrifying aura permeated every corner of the void. Even members of the Ji family had to kneel before this imposing force, which resembled the resurrection of an emperor!
Thump thump!
Many members of the Ji family collapsed to their knees, their eyes glazed over as they looked up at the Void Mirror in the sky, which emanated a terrifying aura.
"The Emperor Mirror deity has awakened? Could it be that a great enemy is attacking?!"
The Imperial Weapon is a continuation of the Great Emperor, created to protect the family and the universe.
These divine beings spend most of their time in seclusion, deep in slumber, rarely waking up. But now that they have awakened, they will shock the world!
In that instant, the supreme imperial weapons in the Eastern Wilderness, Central State and other places all sensed it, bursting out rays of light, and were all on alert!
This commotion must have startled countless holy lands and divine dynasties!
But just as the lords of these holy lands and dynasties were about to investigate, the emperor's aura vanished, and its source could not be found!
At that very moment, at the gate of the Ji family, the eighth son of the Ji family was staring at Wang Xuan, his body stiff.
At this moment, a chaotic ancient mirror was quietly floating in front of Wang Xuan.
A blurry figure was faintly reflected in the mirror, bearing a seven or eight-tenths resemblance to Ji Xukong from his memory.
"Who are you?" The figure in the mirror looked at the person in front of him, and the voice entered Wang Xuan's ears.
"Wang Xuan," Wang Xuan pondered for a moment before saying, "As for your identity, it shouldn't be important to you. What's important is that I awakened you."
The Blood-Drawing Technique combined with the Four Directions Technique is precisely one way to awaken the Void Mirror. To prevent accidental activation, the personal marks of Ji Xukong and Ji Xuan were even added later.
Unfortunately, the Ji family no longer values the Blood Draw Technique and the Four Directions Technique.
"What did the person who set up this seal say back then?" Wang Xuan asked.
"Seeing the seal is like seeing him!" The Void Emperor Mirror trembled slightly and landed in Wang Xuan's hand.
Wang Xuan weighed the Void Mirror in his hand, nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Very good, the first step is complete."
"Gentlemen, we need to talk."
He looked up at the eighth son of the Ji family and the Ji family patriarch and others who had arrived behind him, and gave them a kind smile.
"...Okay, please come in."
The Holy Lord of the Ji family bypassed the eighth son of the Ji family and walked up to Wang Xuan, extending a polite invitation.
In fact, the moment the Void Emperor Realm's imperial might was released, the Ji Family Saint Master and other Ji Family Elders had already used all available methods to try to recall the Void Emperor Realm, but all of them failed.
The Void Realm rejected them, as if Wang Xuancai were the true successor of the Void Emperor.
The Ji family has a history of over 100,000 years and has witnessed darkness and turmoil more than once, but they have never seen anything like this before!
Did our ancestors abandon them?
The Void Imperial Palace is magnificent and ancient, exuding a sense of vicissitude. The higher one's cultivation level, the more awe one feels when sitting here.
The one sitting in the main seat now is not the Holy Lord of the Ji family, but Wang Xuan.
"Please, everyone, have a seat." A group of Ji family elders sat down with stiff expressions.
Some hot-tempered elders even wanted to shout out in anger, but when they looked at the Void Mirror in Wang Xuan's hand, their anger was extinguished by the chaotic waterfall.
A group of talented young members of the Ji family huddled in a corner watching this scene, wanting to laugh but daring not to.
"Haha!" A burst of laughter suddenly broke the silence of the Void Imperial Palace, drawing the deadly gaze of the Ji family elders.
"Cough cough! Brother, what are you laughing at? How can you laugh out loud at a time like this? Don't the elders have any dignity?" Ji Ziyue "sacrificed family for the greater good," and Ji Haoyue's face twisted slightly.
"Zi Yue, stop fooling around. Business is important." The Holy Master of the Ji family spoke up, looking at Wang Xuan. "Ji Xu of the Ji family, as the Holy Master of the Ji family, and these are all elders of my Ji family. May I ask where you come from?"
"I come from an ancient star in the primordial era, and one of my bloodline origins is the Void Emperor." Wang Xuan introduced himself in the same way.
"What does 'one of the bloodline sources' mean?" The Holy Lord of the Ji family noticed this strange statement.
"The ancient star of the Primordial Era was the experimental field for many Heavenly Venerables, Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors," Wang Xuan explained in detail.
"Around the beginning of the mythological era, there were the Moral Celestial Venerable, the Emperor Venerable, the Ancient Emperor of Light, the Great Emperor Fuxi, the Great Emperor Nuwa, the Great Emperor Amitabha... the Great Emperor Hengyu, and the Great Emperor of the Void!"
Each time the title of a great emperor was mentioned, the Holy Lord of the Ji family and the other elders of the Ji family became increasingly solemn.
When the topic turned to the Void Emperor, they finally couldn't hold back any longer, exclaiming, "Impossible!"
The eighth son of the Ji family was the first to refute, while the other Ji family elders all looked incredulous.
This is so absurd, beyond everyone's imagination.
"This... is truly unimaginable." Ji Xu glanced at the Void Mirror and made a decision. "This matter is of utmost importance; please invoke the Sage's power!"
"I already know." Just then, an old voice suddenly rang out in the Void Imperial Palace.
The awakening of the Void Mirror was so spectacular that how could the Ji family sage have been completely unaware?
However, the Ji family had not yet encountered any real danger at that time, so the sage was naturally reluctant to break out of the divine source.
Now is the time.
Wang Xuan's earlier words were not meant for the Ji family elders and the Ji family sage in front of him.
What we've been waiting for is the Ji family's rich heritage!
"Please continue, young friend." The Ji family sage's expression was solemn.
"Most of the above-mentioned Great Emperors, Ancient Sovereigns, and Celestial Venerables left behind their bloodline inheritances on ancient primordial stars."
"These descendants of ancient emperors and sovereigns intermarry and reproduce at a rate of one generation every twenty years..."
The younger generation of the Ji family seemed to understand, but the Ji family sage had already realized something, and his breathing became heavier.
"All of this has made me who I am."
Wang Xuan turned the Void Mirror towards himself.
hum!
A beam of light shot out from the Void Mirror, covering Wang Xuan's body.
Then, clear traces of bloodline appeared.
As dazzling as the Chaos Dao Diagram, as magnificent as the Three Thousand Great Daos!
Goo!
The elders of the Ji family were all stunned.
"One, two, three..." The Ji family sage suddenly stood up, staring intently at the connected bloodline marks.