87: Return to the Wu Clan

“There are always people beyond people, and Heavens beyond Heavens; the Dao has no end!”

Wu Ning sighed in his heart.

His somewhat arrogant and restless heart also calmed down.

Although he was already an Immortal King at a young age, capable of looking down on most people in the world, in a place like Taichu Ancient Realm, there were too many old monsters, and he was far from being a true powerhouse.

“I must develop first, no reckless actions!”

“Stealthy development is the way to go.”

“Let me lay low for three hundred years first, then we’ll see how many people in the world can still be my opponents!”

After an unknown amount of time, Wu Ning suddenly felt a dizzying sensation, then appeared in an ancient, simple great hall.

“Eh? Which lineage’s Disciple are you? Why do you look a bit unfamiliar?”

A man’s voice entered his ears.

Wu Ning swept his gaze around; he was currently standing on an ancient metal platform.

Next to him, a middle-aged man in blue robes was observing him.

Wu Ning’s eyes narrowed slightly; this middle-aged man’s cultivation was very strong, his Realm was something even he couldn't quite see through, and he subtly felt a sense of pressure from him, indicating he was an extremely powerful expert within the Immortal King Realm.

As expected of the Wu Clan, he saw a top Immortal King as soon as he arrived!

Wu Ning did not speak, instead taking out a purple jade token and showing it to the middle-aged man. This was his identity token.

“This is… a token from the main lineage’s direct descendant!”

The middle-aged man’s gaze sharpened, and his expression immediately became more respectful. “So it’s a Young Master from the main lineage. Welcome back to the clan.”

Wu Ning gave a faint hum.

At this moment, two figures had already entered his sight.

“Greetings, Young Lord, greetings, Young Master!”

The middle-aged man was startled and quickly stepped forward to bow.

“Ning’er!”

Wu Tianyun and Murong Yin ignored him and flew directly towards Wu Ning. The moment Wu Ning appeared in the Wu Clan, they immediately sensed it.

“Father, Mother.”

Wu Ning smiled and went to greet them.

“Haha, you rascal, you finally decided to come back!”

Wu Tianyun laughed loudly and slapped Wu Ning’s shoulder, which made his own hand ache.

Murong Yin glared at him, then reached out and hugged Wu Ning. “Ning’er, you’re finally back.”

“You left the Wu Clan when you were two years old. You were so small then, and Mother didn’t even have time to properly take care of you before you left my side…”

“…Ning’er, Mother has waited for over four hundred years, and finally, you’ve returned!”

Murong Yin’s eyes instantly reddened, filled with mist.

Her son had been separated from her when he was two years old. Although an Incarnation had accompanied him, an Incarnation was an Incarnation; it was not her personally being by her son’s side.

She couldn’t watch him grow up little by little, couldn’t celebrate every birthday with him, couldn’t participate in his growth…

Murong Yin’s eyes were red as tears fell, and she tightly hugged her son. After missing him for over four hundred years, her son and she were finally reunited!

“Mother…”

Wu Ning softly called out, his eyes also becoming a little moist.

Counting it, this was his first time seeing his mother in over four hundred years.

“Ning’er, come, follow Mother to Chaoyun Palace. Mother will make you something delicious!”

Murong Yin gently released him, wiped her eyes, and showed a beautiful smile, then took his hand and walked outside.

Wu Tianyun’s face was beaming with a happy smile as he quickly followed behind the mother and son.

Their family was finally reunited; it was not easy.

Behind them, the middle-aged man looked astonished.

“It’s actually the Young Lord of the main lineage!”

“Hmm… calculating the time, with the Young Lord’s talent, his trial should indeed be over.”

“However, the Young Lord is only over four hundred years old now, yet he gives me a profound and unfathomable feeling. How strange…”

The middle-aged man shook his head and returned to his post.

He was specifically responsible for guarding this ancient teleportation hall.

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Leaving the ancient teleportation hall, Murong Yin flew forward while holding Wu Ning’s hand, introducing him to some aspects of the Wu Clan.

The Wu Clan was located within a vast natural Universe Secret Realm, whose internal space was comparable to a Middle Thousand Worlds.

And this entire Universe Secret Realm belonged entirely to the Wu Clan!

The main lineage of the Wu Clan, and all major branch lineages, resided in the center of this Universe Secret Realm.

Here, there was an incomparably vast super continent, named Shenwu Continent.

Its diameter was a full nine hundred million light-years!

It was refined by a supreme expert of the Wu Clan using a great Artifact Refining Divine Ability, gathering countless stars from this Universe Secret Realm!

It was itself a supreme treasure.

The various lineages of the Wu Clan thrived and multiplied on this super continent.

In addition, suspended above this super continent were nine thousand incomparably vast ancient life stars.

The smallest one had a diameter of hundreds of billions of kilometers, and the largest one was even tens of light-years across!

Each ancient life star was a Star Immortal Palace.

Only those with extremely high status or who had made significant contributions to the clan were qualified to individually own a Star Immortal Palace.

As the Young Lord of the Wu Clan, Wu Tianyun naturally had this qualification.

But Wu Ning currently did not.

Moreover, these nine thousand Star Immortal Palaces were divided into nine layers.

Each layer had one thousand Star Immortal Palaces.

They were also referred to by the Wu Clan members as the Nine Heavens Palace.

The higher one’s strength and status, the higher one naturally resided.

The lowest was the first layer.

The highest was the ninth layer. This layer required at least Immortal Emperor Realm strength to be qualified to reside there, and it had never been fully occupied since the establishment of the Wu Clan.

Even with Wu Tianyun’s status, he could only reside in the Chaoyun Palace on the third layer.

It was not very high, but for the vast majority of clan members, it was already unattainable.

Wu Ning looked around, filled with nothing but shock!

A boundless, vast continent!

A full nine hundred million light-years in diameter, even larger than many large galaxies, a magnificent sight unimaginable to Mortals.

Those enormous ancient stars in the sky, each one was actually an Immortal Palace!

Such a scene could not be described merely as magnificent and grand.

This Wu Clan was truly more splendid and spectacular than the Immortal Realm he had imagined.

A moment later, Murong Yin led Wu Ning to one of the ancient stars.

The diameter of this ancient star exceeded one trillion kilometers, a thousand times larger than the largest super planet in the Lower Realm.

However, this was merely an Immortal Palace—Chaoyun Immortal Palace!

The Immortal Palace was situated on this ancient star, but at the same time, this ancient star was also part of the Immortal Palace.

“Ning’er, come with Mother.”

Murong Yin pulled Wu Ning into the Immortal Palace, then led him into one of the Immortal Halls.

“Ning’er, this Immortal Hall is prepared for you by Mother. From now on, our family will live together. When you become a Dao Child in the future, then we can see if you want to move out.”

Murong Yin took Wu Ning around the Immortal Hall, then said to him, “Ning’er, you can look around yourself to see if you are satisfied. If not, tell Mother.”

“Mother will go prepare something delicious for you. I remember when you were little, you loved Mother’s Immortal Cloud Cake the most. Mother will go make it for you now.”

Murong Yin’s face was beaming with a smile.