Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Hey, did you hear? The Xiao Family has been annihilated, even the Clan Leader Xiao Zhenting was killed!”

”No way, Xiao Zhenting was a Heavenly Rank Expert at the late-stage Floating Life Realm. Could it be one of the four top forces that did it?”

”It wasn’t those top forces, but a sixteen- or seventeen-year-old girl who single-handedly destroyed the Xiao headquarters!”

”I heard that too. That girl seems to be named Hu Ying’er, the former eldest daughter of the Hu Family in Ancient Moon City!”

”Heh, during that battle at the Xiao headquarters, I witnessed it with my own eyes. Let me tell you in detail...”

”...”

The news of the Xiao Family’s annihilation spread like a whirlwind throughout the Southern Domain of the Tenglong Continent, even reaching far beyond with unimaginable speed.

After all, the Xiao Family was one of the Thirteen Major Forces, the leader among the Xiao, Chu, and Zhao families. And now, annihilated by a sixteen- or seventeen-year-old girl single-handedly—it’s simply too shocking.

When some inside information was revealed, many people clapped their hands in approval. The Xiao Family’s reputation in the Southern Domain of the Tenglong Continent wasn’t great to begin with; many are willing to do this kind of thing when a wall falls.

However, the Xiao Family was strong before, and no one dared to resist easily. Now Xiao Qihang provoked someone he shouldn’t have, leading to the Xiao Family’s destruction. Indeed, those who do evil often meet their doom.

With the Xiao Family gone, naturally, other families will fill the void. But which family will stand out and join the ranks of the three major families remains to be seen. It will certainly be a period of bloody turmoil.

While the Southern Domain of the Tenglong Continent is turbulent due to the Xiao Family’s annihilation, events changing the continent’s structure are unfolding in the Eastern Domain, though no one knows about them yet.

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Tenglong Continent’s Eastern Domain!

Eastward from Xuanyin Hall and the Meridian Refining Master Association’s territory lies not only a vast plain but also an endless ocean.

In this ocean is one of the Thirteen Major Forces of the Tenglong Continent, named Impermanence Island, a dominant force in the Outer Eastern Domain.

South of Impermanence Island was the Xiao Family’s territory, now destroyed by Hu Ying’er; to the extreme north is where the Zhao Family, one of the three major families, is located.

The central area between, however, is entirely under Impermanence Island’s control. Even the ambitious Xiao and Zhao families dare not easily provoke conflict, leaving Impermanence Island unchallenged.

The ocean houses countless islands, and Impermanence Island is naturally the largest. Its area is larger than dozens of inland cities combined, resembling a small kingdom.

The headquarters of Impermanence Island is located centrally on the island. As one of the twin islands, its overall strength rivals Thunder Sound Mountain and Demons Mountain, and being isolated overseas, it tends towards water attributes in combat.

Impermanence Island’s headquarters is a massive castle, surrounded by four large rivers joining within the castle. From above, it can be seen as positioned at the intersection of the four rivers, the central point of a cross.

Impermanence Island has stayed comfortably offshore for years, avoiding inland forces, and naturally, no one dares to provoke this colossal entity, resulting in no major battles for countless years.

Whoa!

Yet today, from the western river, a massive water column suddenly ascended.

This water column, like the tentacle of a colossal beast, fiercely lashed against the west city wall of the Impermanence Island headquarters castle, directly creating a huge breach.

”Enemy attack! Enemy attack!”

With the breach in the city wall, the sentry on the distant tower immediately blew the horn, and silhouettes filled the castle, many reaching the Earth Bending Realm.

”What’s going on?”

One of Impermanence Island’s elders looked at the distant shattered west city wall, frowning slightly, as the destructive force was undeniably immense, far beyond the reach of ordinary Earth Bending Realm experts.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

Just as the elder’s voice fell, from the southeast and north sides of the castle, a thunderous sound echoed, making him turn to look with his face turning ashen.

Three massive tentacle-like water columns shot into the sky from those directions, fiercely striking the city walls. The sturdy walls crumbled like paper, debris flying, and many low-rank cultivators perished amidst the chaos.

”Notify the two Island Masters, Impermanence Island faces a formidable enemy, we must...”

Bang!

The elder from Impermanence Island’s expression changed drastically. Just as he uttered a sentence, the water column tentacle that had been several miles away suddenly attacked, lashing against him fiercely. Like a baseball bat, it sent him flying into the air, eventually dropping him into the outer river with no sign of life.

”Which vermin dares to invade my Impermanence Island?”

As the four enormous water columns rampaged, a fierce shout erupted from the center of the castle. Immediately, two figures shot skyward, reassuring the terrified elders of Impermanence Island as if they had found their backbone.

”It’s the two island masters!”

An elder in the Middle Stage of Earth Bending Realm displayed a fervent expression on his face. If Yun Xiao were here, perhaps he would recognize this as Gu Hua, an elder of Impermanence Island whom he had met at the Hidden Dragon Conference among the countries.

Once only at the Peak of Seeking Origin Realm during the Hidden Dragon Conference, Gu Hua had now broken through to the Middle Stage of Earth Bending Realm. However, this level of strength seemed overwhelmingly inadequate against those terrifying water column tentacles.

The two domineering figures that shot up were none other than the main and vice island masters of Impermanence Island. Notably, these two island masters were strikingly similar in appearance, clearly twins like the Chang brothers of White and Black Impermanence.

The elder brother, Meng Qianxing, is the strongest on Impermanence Island, with cultivation reaching the mid-stage Heavenly Rank Cloud Realm. His ranking on the Heavenly List of Shenxiao Sect is eighth, just below the Mountain Master of Demon Mountain, Hou Tianlie.

As for the vice island master Meng Baishang, despite being ranked fifteenth on the Heavenly List, he is a genuine early-stage Cloud Realm expert. Together, they advance and attack with perfect coordination, reportedly able to challenge late-stage Cloud Realm experts.

However, at the moment, the faces of the Meng brothers were not looking good. Meng Qianxing’s gaze fixated on the enormous water column tentacles rampaging from all directions, feeling as though he had encountered a lifelong adversary.

The one who had shouted was the vice island master, Meng Baishang. Despite being twins, their personalities differed; compared to his elder brother, he was undoubtedly more impatient.

”What ghostly thing is this, let me see it!”

Appearing in the sky, Meng Baishang finally realized it might not be a human expert. He shouted mightily and rushed towards the nearest water column from the west, moving at a jaw-dropping speed.

The strength of a Cloud Realm expert exploded, indeed dispersing the water column, causing water droplets to scatter across the sky. It seemed as if a torrential rain had fallen upon the castle, drenching many cultivators.

”Long live the Vice Island Master!”

Upon seeing the giant water column tentacle blasted apart, many fortress cultivators cheered, disregarding their wet clothing, feeling that the ghostly thing was merely ineffective noise, entirely lacking in strength.

”Watch out, brother!”

Yet at this moment, the voice of island master Meng Qianxing suddenly rang out. Then, everyone saw, from the western river of the castle, three enormous water column tentacles soared, their power seemingly more immense than the previous one.

”What are those things?”

Some sharp-eyed Impermanence Island cultivators noticed some unusual things beneath the enormous water column, their expressions changing, many exclaiming in shock.

”Strange spirits! They’re strange spirits! Many strange spirits!”

Meanwhile, from the other three directions, cries of alarm resounded. Everyone now saw peculiar entities pouring in from the breaches in the city’s walls.

Those entities, seemingly composed of flowing water, kept transforming their forms, yet lacked facial features like eyes, ears, mouth, or nose, clearly not normal humans but the human adversary, strange spirits.

”All of Impermanence Island, prepare for battle!”

Since it was confirmed to be strange spirits, the stances of both sides could only be life and death. On this continent, regardless of the deeply rooted enmity between human forces, when strange spirits appeared, they would set aside internal grievances, joining forces to eradicate the strange spirit enemy.

Moreover, the current Impermanence Island has no human adversaries. These strange spirits daring to attack leaves them with no choice but to fight to the death. Impermanence Island is solitary overseas; even if they wished to escape, there’s nowhere to go.

A chaotic battle erupted instantly. Fortunately, those initial invading water attribute strange spirits weren’t excessively powerful, allowing many Impermanence Island cultivators to hold on.

However, as time passed, the strength of the strange spirits pouring in from the breaches grew stronger, even including some reaching the ninth rank level, which only human experts in the Earth Bending Realm could match.

In the sky, watching the chaotic battle below, the faces of the Meng brothers darkened significantly.

They were not worried about the low-level strange spirits but about this moment, as they seemed to have guessed the origin and level of those massive water column tentacles?

It’s been about a year since the incident at Xuanyin Cave, and as one of the Thirteen Major Forces, the Meng brothers had visited Xuanyin Hall long ago.

Considering that possibility, their hearts even rose a faint despair.