Chapter 467 - 321: Extraterritorial Demons! (Part 2)
These lawless outsiders, in the hearts of the three ancestors of the Great Xia imperial clan, are merely temporarily successful.
As Xia Wushi said, once Empress Xia Mingyue emerges from her retreat, the Great Xia dynasty will surely regroup.
By then, these clowns will pay a painful price for their arrogance.
Everything the Great Xia imperial clan has lost will be reclaimed with interest.
Rumble.....
In the quiet palace, an abrupt roar suddenly shattered the stillness.
From the direction of the eastern city of the capital, a tremor as if the ground was shaking and the mountains were moving was felt.
The power of it was so strong that even the Dragon’s Saliva Fragrance burner in the palace couldn’t help but slightly shudder.
Xia Wushi, who had just slowly closed his eyes, abruptly opened them wide.
On his aged and weathered face, a flicker of undisguised displeasure flashed by.
On the other hand, the reaction of the Shangguan ancestor was even more intense, as his eyes suddenly narrowed.
In an instant, his entire body’s aura seemed to be arrested by some invisible force, making the atmosphere in the space oppressive.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please excuse me."
As these words gently echoed within the hall, the figure of the Shangguan ancestor disappeared like a wisp of smoke, transforming into several beams of light, vanishing in the vast hall in the blink of an eye.
The other five seemed to have long been accustomed to this scene, remaining calm as if everything was within their expectations—
After all, the clear and palpable tremor evidently came from the eastern city of the capital.
And that was precisely where the Shangguan family had been rooted for generations.
"Heh..."
The Li family ancestor unhurriedly extended his hand, gently stroking his long beard.
After a while, he leisurely spoke, "It seems some young junior who doesn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth,
has been taken advantage of by the external demons hiding in the shadows during his breakthrough and intruded.".
The Mo family ancestor, upon hearing this, couldn’t help but shake his head slightly and sighed softly: "Ever since the sealing of this world was lifted,
this invasion by the external demons has become increasingly frequent, truly worrisome."
At this moment, Xia Wushi abruptly spoke.
"Since the matter with the Mingxian Sect has been settled, everyone, please feel free to leave."
The Li family ancestor and Mo family ancestor exchanged glances, understanding each other’s thoughts, and simultaneously stood up, bowing to the three imperial ancestors: "Farewell."
As their figures gradually faded in the hall, the once lively room was now left with only the three imperial ancestors.
The black and red-robed ancestor suddenly lowered his voice, sounding like muffled thunder from the depths of the earth: "Again with these external demons....."
His withered fingers unconsciously rubbed the dragon pattern on the armrest, a hint of recollection flashing in his eyes: "Thinking back, the effort the Sacred Ancestor put into establishing the Heaven and Earth Seal back then was indeed well-intentioned."
After the sealing of the Great Xia imperial dynasty was lifted, whenever a Martial Artist broke through the Divine Mansion Realm, or the boundary between the Divine Mansion Realm and the Void Realm,
the external demons roaming in the Celestial Martial Realm would flock over, doing everything in their power to entice the Martial Artist.
Another imperial ancestor sighed and responded: "Although the Heaven and Earth Seal makes the spiritual qi in Great Xia only a fraction of that outside...
But at least it protected the souls of us cultivators from being bewitched by the so-called external demons."
The black and red-robed ancestor on the side suddenly remembered the stories told by those foreign powers.
The external demons of the Celestial Martial Realm were formless, intangible, untouchable, existing only in indescribable void gaps.
Once eroded by the external demons, a Martial Artist’s divine thought is completely destroyed, turning them into a monster that only knows slaughter.
This condition is incurable, and they can only wait for their power to run out and perish, their soul utterly extinguished, body and path vanished!
At the mention of this topic, the three imperial ancestors fell into silence simultaneously.
They knew that only the peerless experts who had reached the Earth Venerate Realm could summon their inner small world and pull those external demons out from the void.
Within the domain of the small world, the Earth Venerate realm master is the supreme dominator of the world; no existence can escape his perception.
However!
Such beings as the Earth Venerate realm masters, comparable to terrestrial True Immortals, are extremely rare throughout the Celestial Martial Realm.
As terrestrial True Immortals, the Earth Venerate mighty figures generally remain hidden from the world, pursuing the elusive realm of...
Celestial Essence Dao Immortal!
Therefore, most Martial Artists eroded by external demons can only rely on their willpower to maintain their original heart and not be swayed, to break through their bottleneck.
"Ah—"
Suddenly, an extremely frenzied howl came from deep within the palace, like seeping from the Nine Nether Hell, causing the three imperial ancestors’ expressions to change simultaneously.
Their bodies trembled in unison, immediately sensing where the sound originated from.
It was the palace sanctuary!
Two of the ancestors almost simultaneously turned their gaze to Xia Wushi, their eyes full of suspicion.
Those two voices were all too familiar to them.
Were they not the two young brats from the Lu Family who were eroded by external demons?
The newly appointed two deputy directors of the Profound Bird Guard, Liang Cheng and Lu Yunqing.
Back then, when these two Lu Family brats caused chaos in the capital, they were personally apprehended by Wushi laozu.
"Wushi laozu, weren’t those two Lu Family boys suppressed by the Profound Bird Celestial Seal?"
"This voice....." one of the ancestors spoke gravely.
"Good heavens!" the other black and red-robed ancestor couldn’t help but grumble.
Upon hearing this, a rare trace of confusion appeared on Xia Wushi’s aged face, his brows furrowing tightly.
Because he didn’t know how to answer this question either.
Logically speaking, with the mere cultivation of Divine Mansion Minor Success by Lu Yunqing and Liang Cheng, it should be impossible for them to shake the seal he personally set.
If those two Lu Family boys couldn’t possibly break the confines he had imposed, then there must be external assistance at play.
"Let’s go!"
With that thought, Xia Wushi uttered just one word before his figure vanished into the void.
The other two ancestors exchanged a glance and saw the same shock in each other’s eyes—
They too guessed the answer.
For the seal of the Profound Bird Celestial Seal to loosen, there must be external force involved!
Moreover, this force was likely..... above Wushi laozu’s power!
The three ancestors’ figures successively disappeared from the hall, leaving only a few ripples in space yet to calm.
Deep within the palace sanctuary, ten thousand meters underground, stood a pitch-black palace in silence.
This building, only one percent the size of the palace, was entirely cast in black profound iron, its surface flowing with ancient heaven and earth patterns.
It was the most secret treasury and cultivation sanctuary of the Great Xia imperial clan.
In the side hall, thirty-six Luminous Pearls were embedded in the walls of the profound iron, illuminating the entire space as if it were daytime.
In mid-air, two figures were tightly bound by several pitch-black chains, emitting non-human-like howls.
They were enveloped by a dense black aura, their eyes completely taken over by blackness, devoid of any whites, akin to demons crawling out of the Nine Nether.
In the void before them was a slender figure.
It was Lu Xuan!
Lu Xuan was dressed in a black brocade robe, his robe fluttering without wind.
Just standing there, he caused the space in the side hall to ripple like water.
And it was precisely Lu Xuan’s arrival that led to the black seal suspended above to tremble violently, the Mystic Bird Totem carved on its body flickering intermittently.
With each tremor, the chains binding the two frenzied figures became more illusory, causing their demonic bodies to struggle even more fiercely.
"Roar—"
The two demonized figures, trapped in stillness, suddenly howled to the sky with newfound strength.
The visible black aura on them surged like a tide, attempting to break free from the chains binding them.
Lu Xuan’s eyes narrowed slightly, his gaze sweeping over the trembling Profound Bird Celestial Seal in mid-air.
He gently raised his right hand, his slender forefinger pointing lightly!
"Crack!"
A crisp shattering sound echoed through the underground palace.
The black chains, strong enough to suppress a Void Realm powerhouse, shattered thunderously under this light point!