81: The Bloodline of the Human Emperor Appears! The Ancient Dragon Clan Tears Apart the Federation's Conspiracy [Gift + 5 Updates]
"Get lost!"
Lei Xiaotian shoved away the soldier who came forward to help him, his voice hoarse and violent.
"Immediately connect me to the emergency channel of the Federation Supreme Council! I have urgent military intelligence that can overturn the entire Federation to report!"
His eyes were filled with insane hatred and fear... Ten minutes later.
Federation Supreme Council, emergency meeting room.
This was a pure white room built in a sub-space, completely empty except for a dozen blurry figures sitting around a round table.
Each figure represented the most powerful individuals in the Lanxia Universe Federation.
They were senators, heads of influential families, and magnates who controlled the lives and deaths of billions.
Suddenly, in the center of the room, a holographic projection lit up.
Lei Xiaotian's distorted face appeared before everyone.
"Marshal Lei?"
An aged voice spoke, clearly surprised.
"Aren't you dealing with the rebellion in the K-7 Star System? Why are you in such a sorry state?"
"Rebellion?" Lei Xiaotian let out a tragic, shrill laugh.
"Council members, we were all wrong, terribly wrong!"
"That was no rebellion at all!"
"That was a trap! A trap capable of dragging all of us into the abyss!"
His voice instantly made the atmosphere in the meeting room heavy.
"Explain clearly." Another authoritative voice spoke, belonging to the Li Family Head.
Lei Xiaotian took a deep breath and recounted his experiences on K-7 Planet in full detail.
From Su Jue piloting a 300-meter-tall Demonic God Mecha, easily annihilating the Seventh Fleet.
To his Saint Realm true body descending, only to be easily suppressed by the opponent.
When they heard that the Seventh Fleet, a regular army of the Federation, was completely wiped out by an "Infant" in less than half an hour, gasps of cold air filled the meeting room.
"An Infant? Piloting a 300-meter-tall mecha?"
"Marshal Lei, are you sure you're not dreaming?"
The Chen Family Head raised a question.
"I swear on my dignity as a Saint Realm Expert, every word is true!" Lei Xiaotian roared.
"But that's not the point!"
"The point is the identity of that Infant!"
"He is a Remnant of the Su Family! The Su Family Infant who should have died in the space-time wormhole twenty years ago!"
"Moreover, he has awakened the legendary... which only exists in archaic myths..."
Lei Xiaotian's voice trembled with excitement as he spoke.
"Primeval Human Emperor Source Blood!"
"What?!"
"Human Emperor Bloodline?!"
"This is impossible!"
These words, like a heavy bomb, exploded in the calm meeting room!
The dozen blurry figures swayed violently for the first time!
Human Emperor!
That was the supreme being who ruled this universe in the more ancient "Mythical Era" before the establishment of the Lanxia Federation!
The supreme monarch who led humanity to glory, even capable of rivaling the legendary Ancestor Dragons!
Although with the mysterious decline of that civilization, the Human Emperor Bloodline had long been severed, and the method of Heart Power cultivation was completely lost.
Yet, legends about the Human Emperor continued to circulate in the highest circles of the Federation.
Now, Lei Xiaotian actually claimed that a Remnant of the Su Family had awakened the Human Emperor Bloodline?
This was simply a fantasy!
"Silence!"
Just as the meeting room descended into chaos, a calm yet supremely authoritative voice suddenly rang out.
Just two words brought all the council members to silence.
They all turned their gazes to the largest figure at the head of the round table.
The supreme ruler of the Lanxia Universe Federation, who called himself the "Human Emperor," a Saint King Realm Expert of unfathomable strength—the Blue Emperor!
"Lei Xiaotian."
The Blue Emperor's voice showed no emotional fluctuations.
"Continue."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Lei Xiaotian respectfully lowered his head, then dropped another even more explosive piece of news.
"Just as I was about to capture that Human Emperor Bloodline descendant, an even more terrifying existence appeared!"
"One... who claimed to be his older brother..."
"An Archaic Dragon Clan member!"
???!!!
If "Human Emperor Bloodline" merely shocked everyone.
Then the four words "Archaic Dragon Clan" were enough to make all the Saint Realm magnates present collectively lose their composure!
"Dragon... Dragon Clan?!"
"What kind of joke is this! Aren't the Dragon Clan creatures that only exist in forbidden starfields?!"
"How could they appear in the Federation's heartland?!"
"Marshal Lei, do you know what a grave crime it is to falsely report such military intelligence!"
The Li Family Head and Chen Family Head were even more terrified out of their wits!
They had participated in the annihilation of the Su Family back then precisely to seize the source crystal ore vein.
Now, not only had the Remnant of the Su Family returned, but he had also awakened the Human Emperor Bloodline, and behind him stood the legendary Archaic Dragon Clan?!
If they were to be retaliated against, their two families combined wouldn't be enough to fill the opponent's teeth!
"I saw it with my own eyes!" Lei Xiaotian roared, "It was a dark golden giant dragon over ten thousand meters long! Its strength was at least Peak Saint Realm, or even... possibly a Great Saint!"
"He broke my Saint Domain with just one move! And crippled my right arm with one claw!"
"He said that the Remnant of the Su Family was his younger brother!"
"…"
The meeting room was silent.
Everyone's minds were blank, stunned by this news.
The Archaic Dragon Clan... this terrifying race that only existed in the most ancient records, once rivaling the Human Emperor for universal supremacy, actually existed!
Moreover, they were connected to the descendant of the Human Emperor Bloodline?!
This was no longer a simple matter of revenge.
This was a cosmic storm capable of overturning the entire governing structure of the Lanxia Universe Federation!
After a long while.
The Blue Emperor's calm voice, once again, rang out.
He only asked two questions.
"Did that dragon try to kill you?"
"...No." Lei Xiaotian hesitated, but answered truthfully.
"Are you sure that Remnant of the Su Family is a pure-blooded human?"
"Absolutely! I can feel the most primitive, purest human origin imprint on him!"
"Very good."
The Blue Emperor's voice seemed to carry a hint of... amusement?
He slowly stood up, his blurry silhouette almost filling the entire sub-space.
An invisible pressure made all the Saint Realm council members feel a tremor from their very souls.
"Transmit my command."
"First, this matter is classified as the Federation's highest secret; no information shall be leaked! Violators will have their eighteen clans executed!"
"Second, Lei Xiaotian."
"Your subject is here!"
"Although your Seventh Fleet is gone, your crime is not punishable by death. I will give you another chance to atone for your mistakes."
"Immediately form a special operations team, led by you personally."
"Your mission is not to seek revenge, nor to attack."
"But to..."
"At all costs, capture that Human Emperor Bloodline descendant named 'Su Jue' alive."
The Blue Emperor's voice echoed in the meeting room, carrying an inexplicable fanaticism.
"A living Human Emperor, who has awakened the ancestral bloodline..."
"He is a key."
"A key capable of unlocking that forgotten great era and unraveling humanity's ultimate mystery!"