158: Divine Power Fragment

Chapter 158: divine power fragment

"He..." Wu Xian was puzzled, "What happened?"

"He died after being trapped during the Family's campaign in the Dimensional Rift years ago," Xue Qingyang explained. "But Third Master Xue just said he seemed to have seen Second Uncle in the Dimensional Rift."

Wu Xian fell silent. Resurrection from the dead was clearly unlikely; he feared Xue Zhenying had become a Puppet of an evil force.

"The Bug Clan Dimensional Rift, right?"

"Exactly," Third Master Xue nodded solemnly. "Throughout Yaoyang City, only your gold scroll can delve deep into it."

Wu Xian understood. He would definitely help.

However, he still had many questions.

Soon after, they arrived at the Xue Family.

After Third Master Xue explained the situation, everyone in the Xue Family was moved, and even the Family Head, Xue Zhengheng, couldn't help but get teary-eyed. "Third Uncle, are you sure you weren't mistaken? Was it really Zhenying?"

"There's no mistake," Third Master Xue said with certainty. "I could never mistake that child, Zhenying."

Xue Zhengheng took a deep breath and immediately began arranging Family affairs, preparing to go with Third Master Xue.

At the same time, Xue Lingling, having heard the news, also rushed out, shouting.

"Second Brother... Second Brother is still alive?"

Xue Lingling's emotions were more agitated than ever before; it was the first time Wu Xian had seen her so out of control.

"Little Sister, what are you doing?" Xue Zhengheng scolded anxiously, "Stay home and focus on comprehending your ancestral Legacy. Why are you joining the commotion? Go, go, go, we're enough for this matter."

"No! I must go—!" Xue Lingling's gaze was resolute, her voice trembling. "I want to bring Second Brother home!"

Seeing this, Xue Zhengheng could only sigh helplessly and rub his forehead.

"At least we've confirmed he's still there; there's still a chance!" Third Master Xue took a deep breath, clearly not holding out too much hope. "Our Xue Family sons, after all, must return to their roots."

As he spoke, more than a dozen Xue Family elites had already assembled.

The group set off on their journey to the Bug Clan Dimension in a grand procession, each face showing determination and resolve.

"Third Master Xue, why did you bring my good disciple along?" Xue Lingling, having calmed down slightly, asked in confusion. "This is our Xue Family's business; there's no need to involve him."

Third Master Xue sighed helplessly, "The location where Zhenying is trapped is too deep. Wu Xian will be of great use."

Upon hearing this, the Xue Family members looked at each other in confusion.

"Wu Xian's gold scroll is a Bug-type special attack scroll, which will be of great help to our journey. You'll understand when the time comes," Third Master Xue said calmly.

"A Bug-type special attack scroll?" Xue Zhengheng and the others were inevitably curious.

Even Xue Lingling's eyes showed a hint of confusion, as she had never seen Wu Xian's Lord of the Sun Star before.

They only knew that the Town-House Chicken King was remarkably effective against Bug-type monsters, but the Town-House Chicken King currently only reached the silver scroll level at most, right?

In fact, they had prepared several silver scroll Town-House Chicken King for this trip.

"Has the Town-House Chicken King ascended to a gold scroll?" Xue Lingling asked in surprise.

"Not exactly," Wu Xian mused, explaining, "I recently created another gold scroll, which can be considered an advanced version of the Town-House Chicken King."

"An advanced scroll of the Town-House Chicken King?" The Xue Family members were secretly astonished.

Xue Lingling's beautiful eyes sparkled with wonder. Only now did she understand why Third Master Xue insisted on bringing Wu Xian.

One must know that the Town-House Chicken King's special attack ability against bugs was already very strong, and an advanced scroll of the Town-House Chicken King would only be more effective.

Wu Xian silently looked around at the Xue Family members, clearly sensing that everyone in the Xue Family cared deeply about Xue Zhenying.

The purpose of this trip was simply to bring Xue Zhenying, who had died in a foreign land, back home.

"Shifu-jie, why was your Second Brother trapped and killed in the Bug Clan Dimensional Rift back then?" Wu Xian couldn't help but ask curiously.

"For the Family's continuation," Xue Lingling said with sorrow and bitterness.

"Huh?" Wu Xian was puzzled.

Facing Wu Xian's confusion, the Xue Family members remained silent.

Finally, Third Master Xue spoke softly, "As a founding Family of a Dojo, how easy do you think it is to survive until now?"

"What do you mean?" Wu Xian still didn't understand.

Third Master Xue paused, gazing wistfully at the sky, "Throughout generations, countless Xue Family descendants have sacrificed themselves to ensure the unbroken Legacy of our ancestors."

Wu Xian took a deep breath, suddenly realizing a serious issue.

Based on the lineage, it seemed the Xue Family was "missing" quite a few people.

In other words, the Xue Family's survival until now was entirely bought with lives and sacrifices.

"Because of what?" Wu Xian pressed earnestly, "Targeting by other Undead Dojo Families?"

"Targeting by other Families is secondary," Xue Zhengheng shook his head and sighed softly. "The main reason is the maintenance of that Divine Realm authority within the Founding Core. This is also the most important mission of every generation of my Xue Family descendants."

Wu Xian became more and more confused, "Divine Realm authority still needs to be maintained?"

"Of course," Xue Zhengheng said without hesitation, "Once a Divine Realm is constructed and solidified, it's like a wheel that can never stop, requiring massive resources to sustain. And the authority imprinted in our Family's Legacy is naturally the same."

"Once a Divine Realm is constructed, it can no longer be stopped?" Wu Xian was stunned and surprised.

Xue Lingling shook her head, "It's not that it can't be stopped, but once it stops, everything has to start from scratch."

Wu Xian secretly clicked his tongue.

"And the maintenance and development of a Divine Realm are inseparable from something called a divine power fragment found in other dimensions," Xue Lingling continued to explain. "Our Xue Family's Divine Realm authority is essentially a string of underlying code imprinted in the Undead Divine Domain back then. Other founding Families wouldn't care about this string of code, so we can only rely on ourselves."

Upon hearing this, Wu Xian finally understood.

In short, every generation of the Xue Family for a thousand years had been diligently working to maintain the continuation of this "authority."

All for the sake of an outstanding descendant to emerge and lead the Xue Family back to the Undead Divine Domain.

"What is a divine power fragment?" Wu Xian asked, puzzled. "Is it a Divinity Factor?"

"A Divinity Factor can only be considered a divine power fragment that has been scattered and weakened into countless branches, and when a Divinity Factor is further scattered and weakened, it becomes what is known as spiritual substance," Xue Lingling explained. "And a divine power fragment, this kind of thing, exists only within true extradimensional organisms."

Wu Xian nodded thoughtfully, realizing the implications.

As mentioned before, the so-called three major dimensional control zones in Yaoyang City were essentially human territories eroded and assimilated by extradimensional forces, not true extradimensional worlds.

And successive generations of Xue Family descendants ventured into Dimensional Rifts, one after another, precisely to obtain Shards of Divine Power and maintain that Divine Realm authority.

During subsequent inquiries, he learned that among Third Master Xue's generation of direct siblings, there were six in total, but only the eldest and the third survived. Other collateral and branch Family members also suffered heavy casualties.

The eldest was the father of the current Family Head, Xue Zhengheng, who also passed away early due to old injuries.

And the third, was the current Third Master Xue.

Xue Lingling, as the youngest daughter of the previous Family Head, was raised by her older brothers and sisters from a young age and had deep affection for them.

Yes, there were also four direct descendants in Xue Lingling's generation.

Besides Xue Zhengheng and Xue Zhenying, there was also a third sister, who died five years ago in the Mysterious Abyss Dimensional Rift while the Family was acquiring Shards of Divine Power.

Speaking of these past events, the Xue Family members' eyes were all red, filled with immense sorrow.

As an outsider, Wu Xian also felt a strange heaviness in his heart.

While he could understand the sacrifices of generations of the Xue Family, he couldn't help but feel puzzled by their persistence.

Was it really worth it, for that so-called Divine Realm authority?

At least, the Xue Family members believed it was worth it.

Perhaps this was also the fundamental reason why the Xue Family had continued to survive until now?