Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

Yongxiu City, Emperor Palace!

Yongxiu City is a major city in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud's Western Region. In such a large city, the Emperor Canglong Palace would establish an Emperor Palace to govern the surrounding family sects.

Just like on the Tenglong Continent, the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud is also full of family sects. However, from some point in time, no matter where these family sects were, no matter how they dominated one side in the past, they now had to rely on the Emperor Palace's favor.

The Emperor Palace is spread throughout the whole human territory of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud. Of course, the levels vary, and going upwards step by step, the Supreme Sovereign is naturally the Emperor Canglong Palace at the center of the continent.

In this way, even some arrogant and domineering family sects, whose strength might surpass that of the Emperor Palace in this region, would find their rebellious intention dissipate quietly when they thought of those two supreme sovereigns.

Over time, the actions of the Emperor Palace have become increasingly unscrupulous, and this is evident from Yu Guang's murderous theft trip to the Wang Family.

Generally speaking, each Emperor Palace would appoint a Director to oversee the overall situation, and under the Director, nine Great Elders would be appointed. Yu Guang, who went to the Wang Family, was the Third Elder under the Yongxiu City Emperor Palace's Director, and his status was certainly not low.

Every Director of an Emperor Palace must be at least a strong practitioner who has broken through to the Heavenly Realm. For example, Fei Qingchen, the Director of Yongxiu City's Emperor Palace, is a practitioner who has reached the Heavenly Realm Middle Stage.

Today, Fei Qingchen was studying a powerful Meridian Technique in his residence hall, but just as he reached a critical point, the hall's door was knocked from outside.

"Lord Supervisor, we have something important to report!"

A familiar voice rang outside the hall, causing Fei Qingchen, who was about to get angry, to slightly change his expression. He forcibly suppressed his anger, flicked his robe sleeve, and the hall door automatically opened.

"Great Elder, what important matter requires reporting at this moment?"

Being disturbed at a critical moment, even if the one who just entered was the Great Elder of the Emperor Palace, Fei Qingchen's tone was somewhat unfriendly, thinking that if it wasn't a real urgent matter, he would make them regret it.

The Great Elder of the Emperor Palace held a slightly curled letter paper in his hand, but there was a look of astonishment and a trace of gloom on his face. Seeing him like this, instead, made Fei Qingchen somewhat doubtful and uncertain.

"Lord Supervisor, Elder Yu Guang... has fallen!"

This Great Elder knew that Lord Supervisor might be in a bad mood, so without any hesitation or delay, he spoke directly. The first sentence caused a flash of light in Fei Qingchen's eyes.

"Who has such audacity to dare kill an Elder of our Emperor Palace?"

This time, Fei Qingchen was truly angry. After all, for many years, not even the stewards and guards of the Emperor Palace dared to easily provoke anyone, and now even the Third Elder had been killed. Was this a rebellion?

"I learned of Elder Yu Guang's death through the breaking of the soul token, but there is another matter that might be more important than the Third Elder's death!"

As the Great Elder of the Emperor Palace spoke, he handed the letter he was holding to Fei Qingchen. Taking a deep breath, he continued, "The Empress Statue in Yulong City... has been destroyed!"

"What?!"

The Great Elder spoke lightly, but to Fei Qingchen, it was like a bolt from the blue, almost causing him to collapse to the ground.

Because the nature of these two events is completely different, Fei Qingchen, as the Director of Yongxiu City's Emperor Palace, knew the seriousness of such an event. It was an open provocation to the authority of the Emperor Canglong Palace.

If it was previously thought that Elder Yu Guang's death might have been due to his personal grudges or because he offended some unbeatable power and was killed, the Empress Statue in Yulong City being destroyed was likely an intentional act.

As the Director of the Yongxiu City Emperor Palace, and knowing that Yulong City was under his jurisdiction, Fei Qingchen clearly understood that if this incident got back to the Emperor Canglong Palace, he might even be implicated.

"Investigate! Investigate thoroughly! Even if we have to turn over every place in Yulong City... no, in Yongxiu City, find that audacious scoundrel and tear him to pieces!"

Fear flashed across his heart, quickly transforming into Fei Qingchen's fury. He knew that if he couldn't find the one who destroyed the statue, he might not be able to keep his position as the Director of Yongxiu City.

"Yes, Lord Supervisor!"

Seeing the Supervisor's anger, the Great Elder dared not utter a single more word of nonsense. He bowed and exited the hall, leaving only a slightly trembling figure behind.

"Who is it? Who could it be?"

If one could get close enough, they would find that Fei Qingchen's slightly moving lips were constantly forming these four words, indicating that he had no clue about the one who dared destroy the Empress Statue.

After all, for so many years, no one dared boldly destroy the Empress Statue. Even if someone had such an idea, it would be an act of treason, and if known to others, their life would be ruined.

This seemed to be a subtle signal, an unintentional signal of someone challenging the Emperor Canglong Empress's dominant position. As the saying goes, a single spark can start a prairie fire, and Fei Qingchen resolved to extinguish this fire before it spread.

The grand hall of the Emperor Palace fell into silence!

......

Whoosh!

Located several thousand miles to the northwest of Yongxiu City, a sound of wind breaking suddenly came from the sky, followed closely by a thin, gray figure emerging—it was Yun Xiao coming from Yulong City.

It had been over a month since Yun Xiao had fought fiercely in Yulong City and ultimately destroyed the statue of Emperor Canglong.

It's worth mentioning that Yun Xiao's Meridian Qi Cultivation was still at the middle stage of the Heavenly Realm, but the glimmer in his eyes and the intangible aura around him indicated that his Power of Soul had reached a breakthrough point.

"Along the way, I've gathered enough Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures; it seems like it's time to find a place to refine some Heavenly Void Soul Liquid!"

Yun Xiao patted his Waist Storage with satisfaction, then his gaze swept slightly, and his figure suddenly descended, landing deep within a mountain forest.

"Roar!"

Just as Yun Xiao landed, a beastly roar suddenly reached his ears, followed by an enormous creature leaping at him in rage—it was a formidable Vein Demon.

Bam!

But how could this intermediate Golden Grade Sky Demon possibly be a match for Yun Xiao? With a casual slap, the intermediate Silver Grade Sky Demon was sent flying, tumbling several times on the ground before it could crawl back up.

"Human, this is my territory; if you're wise, you'd better leave quickly!"

The intermediate Golden Grade Heavenly Spirit appeared to have the body of a lion and the head of a tiger, with considerable Physical Strength. Despite Yun Xiao's casual slap, it wasn't harmed and, after getting up, it spat out human words, threatening furiously.

"Since I'm here, I'm not leaving just yet. I need to refine something, and I happen to need a protector—you're it!"

Yun Xiao didn't take the threat from the intermediate Golden Grade Sky Demon seriously. After surveying the surroundings satisfactorily, he nodded with satisfaction, his words clearly enraging the lion-bodied, tiger-headed Sky Demon.

"I'll tear you to pieces!"

Oblivious to the disparity in strength, the Golden Grade Sky Demon roared in anger and leapt again, intending to use its sharp teeth and claws to make good on its boast.

"Hmph, quite bold!"

Seeing this, Yun Xiao's smile finally faded, and with his words, a special aura suddenly erupted from him, like a waking Giant Dragon, instantly enveloping the area.

"Brat, making me do the heavy lifting again!"

An almost resentful voice emanated from within Yun Xiao, but there wasn't much discontent in it. It seemed that the special power that burst forth from Yun Xiao at this moment belonged to the Dragon Power of Golden Snake Worm Xiao Wu.

The Nine Heavens Divine Dragon is the sovereign of all Vein Demons on the Continent, or rather, the nemesis of all Vein Demons. When this Dragon Power erupted, the Golden Grade Heavenly Spirit's body suddenly froze, and in its enormous eyes appeared a flash of utter bewilderment.

"This... this aura?"

A startled and uncertain murmur came from the Golden Grade Heavenly Spirit's mouth. It seemed to sense a hint of submission rising from the depths of its own bloodline.

At this moment, in the eyes of the Golden Grade Heavenly Spirit, the young human boy seemed like the sovereign of the entire Vein Demon Clan, leaving it not even a shred of resistance.

But the Golden Grade Heavenly Spirit couldn't understand why a human boy emitted this aura that made it involuntarily submit—it was so perplexing.

"So, will you still refuse to be my protector?"

While the Golden Grade Heavenly Spirit was baffled, the human boy casually spoke, and the aura belonging to the sovereign instantly vanished.

Even though the Golden Grade Heavenly Spirit was confused, the submission in its bloodline still existing prevented it from saying anything more. It glanced seriously at Yun Xiao before laying down to the side.

"Little Five, your Dragon Power is really effective!"

Seeing this, Yun Xiao couldn't help but be overjoyed and praised without hesitation. At his words, Little Five merely curled his lips without responding, his pride only accentuating the majesty of the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon.

Only Little Five himself knew that his Dragon Power, with the improvement of his strength, would have less and less effect on the Vein Demons.

For instance, against some Holy Rank Experts whose Demon Meridian Qi far surpassed his own, the released Dragon Power would certainly have an influence but could never directly compel a Vein Demon to submit like now.

On this Continent, strength is ultimately of utmost importance!