At this critical moment,
a figure instantly appeared beside Chu Yan and tightly embraced him.
"Who dares interfere with the execution?"
The giant axe abruptly halted mid-air.
"Mother?"
Chu Yan looked up to see his mother Ye Zhixin holding him.
"I couldn't be with you in life, but now we'll stay together forever!"
Ye Zhixin smiled while holding her son.
She had seized the moment when her senior brother was distracted
to rush onto the execution grounds."Junior Sister, come back now!"
Wu Luan urgently shouted.
He knew full well what this execution represented—
no one could stop it,
and his junior sister would only meet death if she persisted!
"Master, please intervene and bring her back!"
Wu Luan pleaded with their master Song Tai.
"This is the path she chose. Let her be."
Song Tai closed his eyes and sighed.
This matter was beyond his control now.
On the execution platform,
tears streamed down Chu Yan's face.
Perhaps he never should have entered this place—
trapping him like quicksand.
Who dared immobilize him before everyone's eyes?
"What?"
Wang Zuo and other high-ranking elders were shocked.
Someone had acted right under their noses undetected?
Chu Yan also looked up in confusion at the paralyzed executioner.
"Mother, did your master secretly intervene?"
"Impossible. Even as a Grand Elder, he wouldn't dare obstruct this execution."
After over a decade in the forbidden land,
she understood its unbreakable rules—
some matters allowed leniency,
but anything involving the Demon Race permitted no exceptions!
Then who?
All eyes scanned the surroundings but found no suspicious figures.
Song Tai even entertained a blasphemous thought—
could the Ancient Ancestors be secretly interfering?
Within Lingxu Grotto-Heaven,
who else could act undetected under their watch?
He quickly shook his head,
dispelling this sacrilegious notion.
"Since you've come to Lingxu Grotto-Heaven, why hide?"
Suddenly,
three ancient figures materialized on the execution grounds.
They emitted no overwhelming aura,
yet when they appeared,
Wang Zuo and all high-ranking elders immediately knelt,
proclaiming in unison: "We greet the Ancient Ancestors!"
These were Lingxu Grotto-Heaven's most formidable Ancient Ancestors—
far more terrifying than those who captured Chu Yan earlier.
Yet now they solemnly stared at the void beside the platform.
"An enemy invasion?"
"Who is it?"
"What could make multiple Ancient Ancestors appear simultaneously?"
Speculation ran rampant.
"Could it be the Beast God?"
"But surely even he isn't powerful enough to warrant their appearance?"
Chu Yan murmured.
"Who is the Beast God?" Ye Zhixin asked.
"A mysterious, immensely powerful being—our Chu family's guardian deity," Chu Yan explained.
Following the Ancient Ancestors' gaze,
the void rippled like disturbed water.
Under everyone's watchful eyes,
two figures emerged from the spatial distortion.
The foremost was a handsome young man
in white robes with an imposing demeanor,
two majestic black dragon horns at his temples and a short white curved horn on his forehead.
Though smiling,
he exuded an indescribable noble aura.
"Beast God?"
Chu Yan gasped upon seeing him.
Though the horns differed slightly, his appearance matched the being who contested for the Green Lotus Core Flame.
Most importantly—
his aura perfectly matched the shattered jade talisman's resonance!
This was undoubtedly the Beast God!
"Medicine Elder?"
Ye Zhixin noticed the elderly man beside him, tears welling up—
it was none other than the elder who raised her!
"Young Mistress!"
"Young Mistress, you're alive?"
The Medicine Elder rushed toward the platform upon seeing Ye Zhixin.
The Ancient Ancestors didn't stop him—
a mere Martial Saint posed no threat.
Their focus remained locked on the young man radiating overwhelming pressure.
"Who are you? Why intrude upon Lingxu Grotto-Heaven?" Ancestor Xu Lang demanded.
"My clansman accidentally entered your territory. I've come to retrieve him," Long Yuan stated calmly.
"Hmph! Our laws decree this human dies today. None can stop it!" another Ancestor snapped.
"Then we have nothing more to discuss."
Long Yuan's expression turned icy.
When words failed,
action spoke louder.
Only by defeating these fossils
could reasoning become possible.
Without hesitation, the three Ancestors attacked simultaneously.
Infinite radiance erupted from them—
they transformed into three primordial universes,
exuding power capable of suppressing all realms!
These were three perfected Infinite Realm supremes!
What defined the Infinite Realm?
The extremes of time and space,
boundless and endless!
At full power,
they could truly suppress all creation!
ROAR!
Long Yuan revealed his True Dragon form without holding back—
a ten-thousand-zhang-long body coiled majestically,
yin-yang energies swirling,
each scale inscribed with profound Dao patterns embodying cosmic truths,
radiating indestructible might.
Instantly, the four clashed.
Fists met claws,
divine light explosions illuminated all realms,
metallic clangs echoed like divine weapons colliding,
generating ear-splitting shockwaves.
"Nine Suns Seven Killers Palm!"
Ancestor Xu Lang unleashed his ultimate technique,
summoning nine blazing suns and seven lethal stars
that combined into universe-shattering annihilation
bearing down on Long Yuan.
"Cosmic Manifestation!"
"Myriad Swords Convergence!"
The other two Ancestors released their full power—
one's body expanded to cosmic proportions,
galaxies swirling like ribbons around his colossal form:
the supreme technique "Cosmic Manifestation!"
Meanwhile, countless sword beams condensed
into a heaven-piercing blade
radiating energy capable of cleaving universes apart:
"Myriad Swords Convergence!"
"Death to all who trespass upon Lingxu Grotto-Heaven!"
As Ancestor Xu Lang's declaration rang out,
the trio launched their combined assault.
United,
none in the Infinite Realm could withstand them!