282: The flawed jade is the king (21).

Yu Family, Ancestral Forbidden Zone.

The altar that had stirred nine Dragon veins had already turned into scorched earth.

Yu Tianheng was disheveled, kneeling amidst the ruins. His Saint Eye, which once could see through falsehoods, was tightly shut, and two lines of bloody tears slid down his cheeks, a shocking sight.

"Why..."

He muttered to himself, his voice hoarse, filled with unwillingness and resentment.

"Why did I fail?!"

He had failed.

Just at the moment when the Supreme Body was about to take form, a repulsive force originating from the Heavenly Dao of the world destroyed all his efforts completely.

What made him even more desperate was that the Supreme Bone in his chest, upon which he had pinned all his hopes, transmitted a cold and cruel message to him at this moment.

He, Yu Tianheng, in this life and this world, would never again have the possibility of gestating a true Supreme Body.

It was as if his "fate" had already been stolen by someone else.

"Ah—!"

Yu Tianheng let out a roar, his powerful aura spiraling out of control, shattering the surrounding mountain rocks into powder.

Outside the altar, the Yu Family head and a crowd of Elders looked at the nearly insane Yu Tianheng, their faces no longer holding the previous wild joy, only shock and... pity.

...

Meanwhile.

Northern Plains, Great Nether Sacred Capital, in the deepest part of the imperial palace.

A majestic and vast Supreme aura erupted suddenly within the palace where Wang Yun was in seclusion.

That aura swept across the entire Northern Plains; wherever it passed, all things submitted, and all living beings prostrated themselves.

It was as if they were welcoming the birth of a true young Supreme.

"Not good!"

An old, low shout rang out from the depths of the Great You Sacred Dynasty's ancestral grounds.

The next moment.

An even more vast and ancient Saintly might instantly enveloped the entire Sacred Capital.

The Supreme aura that had just erupted was quickly reined in under the forced suppression of this Saintly might, eventually disappearing without a trace, as if it had never appeared.

After doing all this, the owner of that Saintly might quietly appeared outside Wang Yun's palace.

It was precisely that mysterious Old Ancestor of the Great You Sacred Dynasty.

He looked at the youth inside the palace, who was slowly opening his eyes, his body surrounded by Supreme Dao charms, his expression extremely excited.

"Supreme Body! A true Supreme Body!"

"Our Great You must befriend this child!"

His figure flickered, and he appeared directly in front of Wang Yun.

He did not put on any airs of a Senior, but instead, toward Wang Yun, a junior whose cultivation was far inferior to his, he solemnly bowed with cupped hands.

"This old man, You Xuanji, greets you, little friend."

Wang Yun slowly stood up. He looked at the old man before him, who bore some resemblance to Prince You Xuan but possessed an unfathomably deep aura, and calmly returned the salute.

"Senior, you are too polite."

"Not at all, not at all!"

You Xuanji waved his hands repeatedly, the smile on his face incomparably sincere, "You possess the Supreme Body and are the destined person of this Golden Great Age; your future achievements will be limitless. For our Great You to form a connection with you is our honor!"

He pondered for a moment, seemingly having made a major decision.

"Little friend, although you are not of our Great You Imperial Family Bloodline, you share a great Karma with our dynasty. Today, in the name of the Sacred Dynasty, this old man shall confer upon you the title of Great You 'Xiaoyao King', equal in status to a prince, enjoying the rank of a prince."

"I wonder, little friend, what do you think?"

These words were by no means light.

This was not just an empty title; it was binding Wang Yun completely to the war chariot of the Great You Sacred Dynasty.

Wang Yun understood that the other party was showing goodwill and also making an investment.

He had no reason to refuse.

"Wang Yun thanks the Sacred Ancestor."

"Hahaha! Good!"

You Xuanji clapped his hands and laughed, extremely satisfied with Wang Yun's reaction.

...

However, You Xuanji's suppression of the Saintly might was, after all, not seamless.

Just at the moment the Supreme Body aura erupted, there were still a very small number of ancient existences in the Northern Plains who possessed strange arts or Heaven-Defying Luck, who, in the darkness, caught a glimpse of a trace of heavenly secrets.

Great Nether Sacred Capital, one of the five great families, the Chen Family.

Deep in its ancestral grounds, on the peak of a mountain shrouded in endless black fog.

An old man in black robes with a withered face suddenly opened his eyes.

His cloudy eyes seemed able to discern heavenly secrets.

He slowly raised his hand and calculated with his fingers.

At his fingertips, wisps of Karma threads were actually entwining, finally pointing toward the direction of the Sacred Capital's imperial palace.

The final image froze on a youth who had successfully gestated a Supreme Body with three terrifying Origins, only to be interrupted by a burst of Saintly might.

"Supreme Body... it has really come into the world..."

The old man's voice was hoarse, carrying a trace of irrepressible wild joy.

He was the anchor of the Chen Family, Venerable Xuan Ming.

An old monster who had long since stepped into the Heavenly Venerable realm but had never been able to catch a glimpse of the threshold of the Saintly Dao.

"Hahaha... stuck at the Heavenly Venerable level for three thousand years, I thought there was no hope in this life."

"Unexpected, truly unexpected!"

Venerable Xuan Ming stood up, standing with his hands behind his back, feeling the Supreme Dao charms that had just dissipated between heaven and earth, revealing a look of greed.

"Heaven does not abandon me!"

"This Supreme Body is the only Opportunity for this old man to step into the Saintly realm!"

"As long as I capture this child alive, refine his Origin, and seize his Dao fruit... the Saintly position will be within my grasp!"

However, after the wild joy, Venerable Xuan Ming quickly calmed down.

The place where that youth gestated the Supreme Body was the Great You Imperial Palace.

The Saintly might that suppressed the Supreme Body aura was definitely the work of You Xuanji.

With that old immortal You Xuanji protecting him, if he were to force a move, the chances of success would be slim.

"Acting directly would be unwise."

Venerable Xuan Ming paced back and forth on the peak of the Demon Mountain, a flash of shrewdness in his eyes.

"A mere junior, does it really require this old man to act personally?"

A few days later.

A piece of news, with the Great Nether Sacred Capital as the center, quickly spread throughout the entire Northern Plains.

The Chen Family, one of the five great families of Great You, would, in the name of the Family, hold an unprecedentedly grand "Prodigy Dao Discussion" in the Sacred Capital three months later.

Widely inviting all young talents of the Northern Plains to come to the Sacred Capital to meet friends through martial arts and sit and discuss the Dao.

Once the news came out, it attracted worldwide attention.

Everyone knew that this so-called Dao Discussion was just a gimmick.

The real purpose was to give the newly rising young Prodigies of the Northern Plains a stage to compete for supremacy.

It was to compete for the empty title of "Number One of the Northern Plains' Young Generation."

And what was most eye-catching was the prize the Chen Family had prepared for this Dao Discussion.

The final winner would receive a reward from that Heavenly Venerable Old Ancestor of the Chen Family.

That was a wisp of Hongmeng Origin Qi that the Heavenly Venerable had obtained by chance when he was exploring the Grandmist Secret Realm in his early years!

Once this news came out, the Northern Plains was immediately in an uproar.

Hongmeng Origin Qi!

That was left behind by a Grandmist Saint, only born after a Primordial Chaos Sacred Body reaches Major Achievement, a Heaven-Defying divine item that could help one undergo a rebirth and lay an Supreme dao foundation!

For a time, countless Prodigies walked out from their respective places of seclusion, setting off from the mountain gates of various Orthodoxy, aiming directly for the Northern Plains, the Great Nether Sacred Capital.

And among the countless gold-stamped invitations sent out by the Chen Family, one was delivered to the Great You Imperial Palace with the most solemn etiquette.

"Specially inviting the Xiaoyao King."