58: The War of the Ten Families Begins

Over the following period, the Wang Family invited the Xuanwu Alliance, a neutral power in the Middle Profound Domain, to investigate. However, whenever they asked about the murder of the Wang Family Head, Jiang Ye would directly claim he killed him. Everyone knew this was impossible.

Now, it felt as if they were pressuring the Jiang Family to confess, making the Jiangs look like the victims instead. The members of the Jiang Family found the whole situation somewhat amusing because of his antics.

Soon, the day of the Battle of the Ten Great Families arrived, and Jiang Ye returned to the Jiang Family. Jiang Shanba, Jiang Shanyue, and Jiang Lingyi—three experts at the Ninth Stage of Profound Dharma Realm from the Jiang Family—led the team to the arena. Jiang Shanyue was the son of Jiang Yilong's second brother, and he had also made a Breakthrough to the Ninth Stage of Profound Dharma Realm six months ago.

The Ten Great Families were the Ye, Bai, Qin, Mu, Jiang, Lin, Wang, Zhang, Zhao, and Song families.

Every Family had wagered half of their industries. Based on the final rankings of the decisive battle, they would be allocated different shares of these industries. Those ranked below fifth place would essentially suffer massive losses. After this battle, the Middle Profound Domain might only be known for its Five Great Families.

Jiang Lingyi took Jiang Ye aside to the Bai Family's camp and bowed respectfully to the Bai Family Head, Bai Aotian, saying, "Little Ye, quickly pay your respects to your Great-Uncle."

Jiang Ye knew that the reason he had been able to obtain the two Cultivation Techniques from the Xuan Yang Tower so easily was entirely due to the Bai Family. He performed a formal salute as a Junior and said, "Greetings, Great-Uncle!"

Bai Aotian chuckled and said, "Ho ho ho! You've grown so big; you look just like your father when he was young. Good, good!"

Jiang Ye suddenly spotted an acquaintance: Bai Yunfei, the Genius Disciple of the Heavenly Dragon Sect who had once come to the Tianyang Sect to challenge them.

"It's you?"

Bai Yunfei was somewhat puzzled. "You've seen me before?"

After a brief explanation, it turned out that Bai Yunfei had sealed his cultivation back then to go to the Heavenly Dragon Sect to practice their Heavenly Dragon Art.

Jiang Ye sensed Bai Yunfei's Realm; he was at the Ninth Stage of the Heavenly Profound Realm, and a very powerful one at that. Compared to him, Jiang Luo was at least one Rank lower.

The ten families would face off in rotation for a total of nine matches. Five people would compete, and the best of five would win. A win earned two points, a draw earned one point each, and the final rankings were calculated based on the total points from matches won.

In the past, whenever the Bai, Jiang, and Lin families faced each other, they would choose to draw to get one point each. Other allied families also formed small groups of three. The Qin Family was the sole exception because they were truly powerful; all five of their participating members were at the Ninth Stage of the Heavenly Profound Realm. This lineup almost guaranteed them first place.

Jiang Ye also noticed the Qin Family's lineup. If he wanted to win, he would have to use the Yang Fire power of his Pure Yang Body. However, every match here would be closely scrutinized. His uniqueness would definitely be exposed then, and it would be difficult to find an excuse to brush it off.

The referees this time were still three experts at the Ninth Stage of Profound Dharma Realm from the Xuanwu Alliance. In the first round of the draw, the Jiang Family was matched against the Wang Family. It was truly a case of enemies meeting on a narrow path.

Jiang Zheng stepped directly onto the dueling platform; he was at the Eighth Stage of the Heavenly Profound Realm and was the first to appear. However, the Wang Family directly sent out a Ninth Stage expert to fight him.

Jiang Shanba said angrily, "Those bastards! They clearly have Eighth Stage members, yet they chose to send out their only Ninth Stage member."

In the end, Jiang Zheng was severely injured by the Wang Family's Ninth Stage of the Heavenly Profound Realm expert and could no longer participate. The Jiang Family was now in a bit of trouble.

Because substitutions were not allowed once the roster was confirmed, everyone usually sent out members of the same stage to fight. Even if one fought someone of a higher stage, they would usually surrender and leave the stage immediately after doing their best and realizing they were no match.

This time, the Wang Family was clearly out to cause injuries. That Wang Family Disciple laughed loudly on the stage.

"Hahahaha! Your Jiang Family is finished!"