Eternal Immortal Clan: It All Started When I Married My Junior Sister!

154: A fleeting, ethereal destiny, to be a slave or servant!This action made the people behind the Immortal Gate absolutely furious! It also made those Cultivators outside the mountain turn white with anxiety!

”Head of the Chen Family! You cannot do this!”

”If you won’t think for yourself, at least think of Alliance Leader Chen! The Immortals have already spoken, please hurry and agree!”

”If the Chen Family doesn’t want the spots, give them to us! We are willing to share the burden for Alliance Leader Chen!”

Some Cultivators, blinded by greed, even began to attack the Chen Family’s mountain-protecting Formation.

Looking at those twisted and frantic faces outside the mountain, a look of disgust and sorrow flashed in Chen Daochu’s eyes.

This is human nature.

For that illusory ”Immortal Opportunity,” they could abandon everything—reason, dignity, and were even willing to become slaves and servants.

Little did they know, in the eyes of those Immortals from the Upper Realm, they didn’t even have the qualifications to be dogs.

Chen Daochu took a deep breath and spoke again, his voice cold as ice, spreading across the wilderness.

”The Immortal Gate is right there, but my Chen Family will not go.”

”Whoever among you wishes to go, feel free to do so. I, Chen Daochu, will absolutely not stop you!”

Having said that, he couldn’t even be bothered to look outside the mountain again. He turned to Chen Xuan beside him and gave a stern order.

”Pass on my order!”

”From this moment on, the Holy Land Formation is fully activated! All Chen Family members, whether direct or collateral, are not permitted to step even half a step outside the Holy Land!”

”Anyone who dares to approach that damn Immortal Gate...”

A flash of killing intent appeared in Chen Daochu’s eyes.

”Will have their cultivation crippled, be expelled from the Family, and never be employed again!”

”Yes! Big Brother!”

Chen Xuan felt a chill in his heart, nodded heavily, and immediately turned to convey the order.

Meanwhile, hundreds of millions of miles away. In the Beiming Wilderness, within the ruins of that ancient city buried by yellow sand.

After a night of rest, the tense nerves of the Chen Family members finally relaxed a little.

They did not know that because of their escape, a massive bounty targeting their Head of the Chen Family had been raised across the entire territory under the jurisdiction of the Tianyu Holy Land.

At this moment, everyone’s spirits had mostly recovered. Led by Chen Xu, Chen Daoxuan, Murong Zhuyun, and the others were exploring this massive ancient city.

”Father, look here!”

Chen Daoxuan stopped in front of a relatively intact broken wall, on which some blurry murals were carved.

The murals depicted a prosperous giant city, with myriad races standing tall, filled with clamor, and countless powerful Cultivators flying on Flying Swords, a scene of an Immortal golden age.

In the center of the city stood a massive statue of a towering figure holding a long spear and clad in battle armor.

But the latter half of the scene changed drastically. The sky was covered by endless black clouds, and on the ground, an endless tide of strange-looking Yao Beasts gathered, crazily attacking the city.

In the end, the city fell. The towering statue collapsed with a bang, countless living beings were reduced to food under the claws of the Yao Beasts, and the entire city was submerged in blood and fire.

”Tens of thousands of years ago, this was an ancient city named Zhenyao, a frontier stronghold established by Human Race Cultivators in the wilderness to resist the Yao Race.”

Murong Zhuyun looked at the mural, her voice filled with a trace of emotion, ”Unfortunately, it was eventually destroyed by an unprecedented beast tide.”

Hearing this, everyone felt a sense of sorrow. Even such a magnificent Immortal city had a day of collapse; the cruelty of the Spirit Realm far exceeded their imagination.

Just as everyone was sighing with emotion, Chen Xu walked alone to the former central square of this ancient city.

He slowly closed his eyes. Between his brows, the human emperor seal, which had already upgraded to an Innate Spirit Treasure, was emitting a scorching temperature.

In his Sea of Consciousness, the teleportation Formation Plate acting as a compass was also buzzing violently. The call of that homologous Imperial Dragon Qi was becoming stronger and stronger; the source... was right under his feet!

”Open!”

Chen Xu shouted inwardly, his massive Divine Sense at the Nascent Soul Stage Late Phase instantly penetrated the thick rock layers, probing crazily deep into the underground!

A hundred zhang! A thousand zhang! Ten thousand zhang! Finally, at a terrifying depth of nearly thirty thousand zhang underground, his Divine Sense touched a strange space.

The next moment, a shocking scene appeared in his ”vision”!

It was a Dragon! A giant energy Dragon, tens of thousands of miles long, formed by the gathering of Spiritual Qi!

It coiled deep underground, its body so massive that it almost pierced through the Spiritual Vein of the entire Gobi Desert.

This was a true Dragon vein! It was a Foundation strong enough to support an Imperial Dynasty and a Holy Land for eternity!

But at this moment, this Dragon vein, which should have been filled with Divine Might, was on the verge of death.

Its body was wrapped in a layer of black mist, that mist like maggots on bones, emitting a terrifying aura of tyranny, resentment, and blood.

It was precisely the Evil Qi and resentment of the hundreds of millions of Yao Beasts and Human Race Cultivators who died in that city-destroying battle!

Throughout the eons, these Demonic Evil Qi continued to erode the Origin of the Dragon vein.

Now, this Dragon vein had reached the brink of exhaustion; its body was covered in cracks, the golden Dragon Qi was constantly dissipating, and its flame of life could be extinguished at any moment.

Once it completely died, this land would turn into a dead zone of absolute Evil Qi where not a blade of grass could grow!

Just at the moment Chen Xu discovered this dying Dragon vein, the System’s notification sound exploded in his mind!

【Ding! Detected that the host has discovered a dying Dragon vein left behind by an ancient Imperial Dynasty!】

【This Dragon vein was formed at the beginning of the Beiming Heaven Domain, when Human Race Cultivators slew an Archaic Yao Dragon, using its Dragon soul and Dragon bones as a Foundation, fusing it with ten thousand miles of Spiritual Vein, containing a trace of ’Imperial Dao Origin’!】

【System task issued: Repair the Dragon vein, reshape the Imperial Dynasty Foundation!】

【Task description: Use the 【Top-Grade Spiritual Vein】 in the host’s possession as an energy source, use the Imperial Dragon Qi of the 【human emperor seal】 to purify the Demonic Evil Qi, and use your Formation attainments to organize the Spiritual Vein, which can restore its vitality!】

【Task reward: The host will receive the blessing of the Dragon vein’s Luck, and your cultivation Realm will be greatly improved! The Chen Family will obtain a solid, eternal Foundation!】

Looking at the series of information released by the System, Chen Xu suddenly opened his eyes! A brilliant light flashed in his pupils!

Just when he was sleepy, someone handed him a pillow!

He was just worrying about how to gain a foothold in this perilous Spirit Realm, and the System sent him such a huge Opportunity!

Repair the Dragon vein! This was simply a task tailor-made for him!

He had the Top-Grade Spiritual Vein rewarded by the System, with more than enough energy!

He had the Primordial Chaos Dao Body and fifth-order Formation attainments, with excellent technique!

He even had the human emperor seal, which had already been upgraded to an Innate Spirit Treasure!

That was an Imperial Dao treasure that could suppress eternity and rule the heavens. It was the best Sharp Weapon for purifying the Demonic Evil Qi of this Dragon vein!

As long as he could succeed, he would not only be able to make his own cultivation soar again, but he could also turn this dead city into a solid and impregnable Immortal Holy Land!

A true Foundation a hundred, a thousand times stronger than the Chen Family Holy Land in the Lower Realm!

By then, let alone the mere Tianyu Holy Land, even the entire Beiming Heaven Domain—he, Chen Xu, would dare to challenge it!

Thinking of this, all the confusion and anxiety in Chen Xu’s heart were swept away! In their place was soaring ambition and sky-high Battle Intent!

He turned around suddenly, looked at the clansmen behind him who were still feeling lost about the future, and spoke slowly: ”Listen up!”

”From today on, we are not leaving!”

The Chen Family members were stunned upon hearing this and all looked over.

They only heard Chen Xu pointing to the broken ruins at his feet, his voice passionate.

”This city will be our Chen Family’s first home in the Spirit Realm!”

”I want to reshape the Spiritual Vein here and recreate the universe!”

”I want to make this dead city stand tall on this wilderness again! Let it become a fortress more prosperous and stronger than the Holy Land in the Lower Realm!”

”Doesn’t the Tianyu Holy Land want to hunt us down?”

The corners of Chen Xu’s mouth lifted slightly: ”Very well! We will take root right here! We will conserve our strength and bide our time!”

”One day, I will personally lead you to kill our way out of this wilderness! I will take back everything they owe us, with interest!”

Chen Xu’s voice exploded in everyone’s heart. His words made everyone’s blood boil, as if their blood were about to ignite!

The oppression and fear were swept away! That’s right! They didn’t come to the Spirit Realm to be slaves! They came to conquer!

Chen Xu’s gaze slowly swept across Sect Master Ba Dao, Sect Master Wan Shou, and the complex-looking Liu Ruyan.

These people were all overlords in the Lower Realm, but now they had become stray dogs.

”Ba Dao, Liu Ruyan, Sect Master Wan Shou.”

”My Chen Family is establishing a foothold here today. Are you willing to truly merge into my Chen Family, and from now on share honor and disgrace, and depend on each other for life and death?”

This question was like a giant rock thrown into a lake.

Sect Master Ba Dao was the first to react; there was not the slightest hesitation on his rugged face.

With a ”thump,” this man of iron will actually knelt on one knee!

He thrust that door-sized giant blade in front of him, his voice as loud as a bell.

”I, Ba Dao, am willing! From now on, I will obey the Head of the Chen Family’s orders; even if it’s a mountain of blades or a sea of fire, I will not frown!”

Sect Master Wan Shou followed closely behind and also knelt on the ground.

”My entire sect, Sect Master Wan Shou’s sect, is willing to follow the Head of the Chen Family and will never betray you for all eternity!”

Only Liu Ruyan remained; she stared blankly at Chen Xu, her beautiful eyes filled with mist.

To think of how proud and arrogant she once was, yet now she had to live under someone else’s roof.

But... she thought of Chen Xu’s figure on the mining field, like a god or demon. She thought of his determination to fight against a Void Refining Cultivator for the sake of his Family!

Following such a man... was the only way out.

She slowly bent her knees and bowed gracefully, her voice soft but incredibly firm.

”I, Liu Ruyan, am willing to merge into the Chen Family and obey the orders of the Head of the Chen Family.”

”Good!” A flash of light shone in Chen Xu’s eyes. He stepped forward and personally helped the three of them up.

”From today on, you are no longer the Badao Sect or the Sect Master Wan Shou’s sect. You have only one identity, and that is as members of the Chen Family!”

”I, Chen Xu, swear here that as long as I, Chen Xu, do not die, I will protect my Chen Family, and it shall never fall for ten thousand generations!”

At this moment, everyone’s hearts were united as never before! The flame of hope burned fiercely in everyone’s eyes!

”Get moving!” Chen Xu ordered.

”Dao Xuan, you take people to clear the main roads in the city and repair the defensive fortifications!”

”Murong, you take the women and children to count the supplies and settle the wounded!”

”Ba Dao, you take people to patrol the city walls and set up guards!”

”Yes!” More than a hundred people shouted in unison, their voices shaking the wilderness!

The oppression that had been suppressed for several days turned into endless energy at this moment!

Everyone immediately took action, and the entire dead and silent ancient city instantly burst into life.

Sect Master Ba Dao carried a giant stone pillar that required several people to embrace, moving as fast as flying, and embedded it back into the gap in the collapsed city wall.

Chen Daoxuan held his Flying Sword, and with a flicker of sword light, he pulverized the giant rocks blocking the street into powder.

Bu Yifan, Qin Rouer, and the other women, led by Murong Zhuyun, carefully bandaged the wounds of the injured and brewed Medicinal Pills.

Not a single person complained, and not a single person cried out in exhaustion.

Watching this scene, Chen Xu nodded with satisfaction.

He gave a few instructions, then his figure flickered and sank into the earth beneath his feet.

Passing through the thick rock layers, the surroundings were pitch black.

Terrifying pressure squeezed in from all directions, enough to crush steel into powder.

But how formidable was Chen Xu’s Primordial Chaos Dao Body.

To him, this bit of pressure was nothing more than a gentle breeze brushing against his face.

He unleashed his Divine Sense fully and continued to descend!

A hundred zhang!

A thousand zhang!

Ten thousand zhang!

Finally, at a terrifying depth of nearly thirty thousand zhang underground, his Divine Sense suddenly opened up!

A scene of extreme shock appeared within his ”field of vision”!

It was a dragon!

A massive energy dragon, formed from the convergence of Spiritual Qi, stretching for ten thousand li!

It coiled in the depths of the earth, its massive body almost piercing through the Spiritual Vein of the entire Gobi Desert.

This was the Foundation that the Ancient Demon-Suppressing City once relied upon for survival—the Ancient Dragon Vein!

But at this moment, this Dragon Vein, which should have been awe-inspiring, was on the verge of death.

Its body was wrapped in layers of black mist, resembling maggots.

Exuding a terrifying aura of tyranny, resentment, and bloodthirst!

That was the manifestation of the Evil Qi and resentment of the countless Yao Beasts and human Cultivators who died in the ancient beast tide!

These Yao Beast Evil Qi had been continuously eroding the Origin of the Dragon Vein throughout the ages.

Now, the Dragon Vein’s body was covered in cracks, and its golden Dragon Qi was constantly dissipating.

The flame of its life could be extinguished at any moment.

”Hum...”

The moment Chen Xu discovered it, this dying Dragon Vein also sensed Chen Xu’s arrival.

Its now-cloudy dragon eyes slowly opened.

When it ”saw” the purple-gold jade Seal between Chen Xu’s brows, which radiated supreme Imperial Dragon Qi, its massive dragon body suddenly trembled!

A fear originating from the depths of its Bloodline made it subconsciously want to flee.

But immediately after, a longing for life made it stop its movement.

It could feel that the Imperial Dragon Qi was the only hope to purify the filth upon it!

Fear, yet longing!

This contradictory emotion caused the dying Dragon Vein to let out a sorrowful low moan.

Chen Xu looked at it, with no pity in his eyes, only burning intensity!

This would be the Foundation for his Chen Family to rise in the Spirit Realm!

”If you help me, I will save you!”

Chen Xu’s Divine Sense turned into a torrent and poured directly into the consciousness of the Dragon Vein.

”Acknowledge me as your master, and I will let you restore your ancient glory!”

The Dragon Vein let out a roar, but in the end, it slowly lowered its arrogant head.

”Very good!”

Chen Xu did not waste any more words.

He sat cross-legged, formed hand Seals, and his massive mana at the Nascent Soul Stage Late Phase erupted!

”Formation, rise!”

He used himself as the Formation eye, his Divine Sense as the carving knife, and his mana as the Formation patterns!

A great Formation instantly took shape in the underground space!

”Roar—!”

Nine divine dragons, condensed from purple-gold mana, roared out.

From nine different directions, they fiercely plunged into the Dragon Vein’s body, tightly locking in its dissipating Origin Dragon Qi!

—Nine Dragons Spirit-Locking Formation!

After doing all this, Chen Xu did not stop. He opened his mouth and spat out a transparent bead, the size of a dragon’s eye, which contained a sealed complete top-grade Spiritual Vein. It appeared out of thin air.

”Explode!”

A sharp light flashed in Chen Xu’s eyes, and he flicked his finger.

Crack! The bead shattered upon the sound!

Boom!!!

An indescribable torrent of Spiritual Qi instantly filled the entire underground space!

The pure energy even caused the surrounding rock walls to begin to jade-ify!

”Not enough!”

Chen Xu let out a low shout, and the purple-gold light between his brows burst forth!

”human emperor seal! Suppress! Purify!”

Hum—!

The purple-gold jade Seal, entwined with the nine divine dragons, flew out from between his brows, grew rapidly in the wind, turned into a ten-thousand-zhang divine mountain, and fiercely suppressed the top of the Dragon Vein’s head!

The purest and most yang Imperial Dragon Qi, like hundreds of millions of golden sharp swords, frantically pierced into the Dragon Vein’s body.

They engaged in a fierce battle with those pitch-black Evil Qi!

Sizzle! Sizzle!

The piercing sound of melting was endless.

The black Evil Qi, under the purification of the Imperial Dragon Qi, melted rapidly like snow meeting the sun, turning into wisps of blue smoke.

”Roar!”

The Dragon Vein let out a roar that was both painful and pleasurable!

Time passed slowly in the tedious purification.

One day... two days... three days...

Three days and three nights passed.

Under the supply of the massive amount of top-grade Spiritual Qi underground and the cost-no-object purification of the human emperor seal, ninety percent of the Evil Qi on the dying Dragon Vein had been purified!

Its dragon body, originally covered in cracks, was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye. The dissipating Dragon Qi reconverged, and the golden light illuminated this underground world once again!

And Chen Xu, in this purification, also received immense benefits.

The pure Origin Qi fed back by the Dragon Vein continuously washed through his limbs and bones, and his cultivation at the Nascent Soul Stage Late Phase was rapidly consolidating and improving!

Everything was developing in a good direction.

However, just at the final moment when the purification was about to be completed! A sudden change occurred!

”Awoo—!”

A shrill wolf howl came from the distant horizon without warning, piercing through the ten thousand zhang of rock layers and reaching Chen Xu’s ears!

Immediately after, a second, a third... as if it were a chain reaction!

Thousands of wolf howls rose and fell, converging from all directions!

The voices were filled with bloodthirsty greed and violent killing intent!

Rumble!

The entire Gobi Desert seemed to tremble violently under the stampede of ten thousand wolves!

Inside the Ancient City.

Chen Daoxuan and the others were keeping guard on the city walls and also heard this earth-shattering wolf howl.

”What is going on!”

Sect Master Ba Dao’s expression changed, and he immediately rushed to the highest point of the city wall, looking in the direction from which the sound came.

The next moment, his pupils shrank violently, and the color drained from his face instantly!

He saw that on the western horizon, a red ”tide” was rushing crazily toward the ancient city with an overwhelming momentum!

That was not a tide at all! It was terrifying Yao wolves, each the size of a giant elephant, with bodies burning with blood-colored Demonic Qi!

Thousands! No! At least ten thousand!

This army of Yao wolves each exuded a terrifying aura of at least the Nascent Soul Stage!

Among them, there were dozens of powerful Demonic Qi that were not inferior to the Early Stage of Soul Transformation!

”Enemy attack! It’s the Yao Race!”

Murong Zhuyun let out an exclamation, her expression instantly becoming extremely grave!

”Damn it! These beasts have come knocking!”

Chen Daoxuan was both shocked and angry.

Just as everyone’s minds were shaken, at the front of the wolf tide, a terrifying giant wolf, with a body like a small mountain and fur that was dark red, slowly stepped out.

It just stood there, and a terrifying pressure of the Middle Stage of Soul Transformation pressed down fiercely upon the ancient city!

Causing everyone on the city wall to feel their breathing hitch and their minds tremble!

Wolf King?!

The Wolf King raised its hideous head, its scarlet eyes sweeping over the figures on the city wall, which were incredibly tiny in its eyes. It opened its giant mouth and spoke in human language:

”Human Race...”

”It has been a long time since I tasted such fresh flesh and blood.”

”Little ones, for this King... tear them to pieces!”

”Awoo!”

Ten thousand Yao wolves roared in unison, turning into a red torrent of death, charging fiercely!

”Form up! Hold to the death!”

Chen Daoxuan’s eyes were bloodshot, and he roared immediately!

He could not retreat! His father was still in seclusion underground, and he had to buy time for his father!

Hum!

The remaining defensive Formation of the ancient city, driven by the combined efforts of everyone, opened instantly!

Rays of light rose, enveloping the entire ancient city!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The wolf tide slammed fiercely into the light screen!

The earth shook and the mountains swayed!

The seemingly indestructible light screen, under the suicide attacks of thousands of Yao wolves, lasted less than ten breaths before emitting a cracking sound!

Crack! The light screen shattered!

”Kill!”

Chen Daoxuan was the first to rush out. The Flying Sword in his hand turned into a streak of light, actively meeting the few Nascent Soul Stage Yao wolves charging at the very front!

”Fight them to the death!”

Sect Master Ba Dao also roared, wielding his giant blade, and fought frantically with a Yao wolf captain!

The battle instantly entered a white-hot state!

However, the gap in strength between the two sides was too vast!

The Chen Family members, counting everyone, only numbered one hundred! While the opponent was ten thousand fearless Yao wolves!

Pfft!

A Chen Family Guest Elder, in a moment of carelessness, was tackled to the ground by three Yao wolves. Before he could even let out a scream, he was instantly torn to pieces!

Chen Daoxuan fought three Yao wolves alone, was forced to retreat steadily, was soon wounded, and blood stained his robes!

Just at this critical moment!

A cold, indifferent voice echoed in everyone’s minds.

”Do not panic.”

A projection of Chen Xu, condensed from Divine Sense, appeared silently above the battlefield.

He glanced at the battle below, his brows slightly furrowed.

He was at the final moment of purifying the Dragon Vein and could not divide his attention, otherwise, all previous efforts would be wasted!

”Dao Xuan, Ba Dao, Murong!”

Chen Xu’s gaze finally fell upon the cold figure in white, as pure as snow.

”Take charge of the overall situation! Use this item!”

As his voice fell, that Fifth-Stage Teleportation Formation Plate flew out from the hands of Chen Xu’s projection and landed in Murong Zhuyun’s hands.

Murong Zhuyun took the Formation Plate, looked at the wolf tide below that was about to submerge everyone, and gritted her teeth fiercely!

Her brain was racing!

Fighting head-on was a dead end! The only chance of survival was... to divide the battlefield and break through point by point!

She took a deep breath, poured her mana frantically into the Formation Plate, and her cold voice rang out across the entire field!

”Listen to my command!”

”Sect Master Ba Dao, take thirty Body Cultivators, enter this Formation!”

Hum!

The Formation Plate flashed with light, and a spatial gate opened in front of Sect Master Ba Dao!