291: The flawed jade is the king (30).

The unusual movement of the hongmeng sword caused Gu Zhan's heart to shake.

This Sacred Sword was personally forged for the Gu Family by his late Lord, the Grandmist Saint Gu Yun, before his life reached its end, exhausting his last sliver of Origin.

It shared the same root as the Lord's Hongmeng Sacred Body Origin and also resonated with his own Primordial Chaos War Body.

But at this moment, the violent tremor and longing originating from the sword's body far exceeded any previous instance.

It was as if something in the chaotic battlefield below had an even deeper Karma with the Lord.

"A legacy of the Lord?"

Gu Zhan stopped thinking and, with a flash of his figure, tore through the Void Realm, descending directly toward the battlefield below that was shrouded in a Law storm.

At this moment, the situation on the battlefield was already precarious.

Li Chunfeng was heavily injured, and the power gained from burning his Dao Fruit was at its end under the joint siege of those three Heavenly Venerables.

"Li Chunfeng, your time of death has come!"

The Heavenly Venerable Yu Family sneered, launching his strongest strike simultaneously with the other two.

Looking at those three torrents of Law sufficient to obliterate him, Li Chunfeng smiled miserably; having already embraced a heart of certain death, he was actually going to directly detonate his Dao Fruit.

However, at that very instant.

A figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

The newcomer had a burly build with a striking scar on his face, and he simply waved his hand.

Boom!

Those three terrifying Heavenly Venerable Divine Abilities were actually easily swatted away by an even more overbearing and pure power.

"Who is it?!"

The three Heavenly Venerables were pale with fright and hastily retreated.

They looked at this suddenly appearing middle-aged man with suspicion; from him, there was not even a hint of cultivation base fluctuation, making him no different from a Mortal.

But the more it was so, the more it alarmed them.

"The Yu Family of the Eastern Domain is conducting business; Your Excellency, please do not make a mistake."

The Heavenly Venerable Yu Family shouted, his voice harsh but his heart weak.

Gu Zhan smiled.

His smile was full of mockery.

The Yu Family of the Eastern Domain?

He remembered that ten thousand years ago, a certain Old Ancestor of this Yu Family had once brought heavy gifts and traveled thousands of miles to the Gu Family in the Central State to pay homage, wanting to have an audience with him, who had just become a Saint, but was turned away because he was in secluded meditation.

Now, they had certainly grown capable.

Behind him, Li Chunfeng, who had been prepared to face death, was stunned the moment he clearly saw the newcomer's back.

He recognized that scar and that peerlessly powerful Battle Intent.

The Gu Family's War Ancestor!

Li Chunfeng's dying heart became active once more.

Not only did he not make a sound, but he also clutched his chest, pretending to be even more heavily injured, while a look of watching a good show appeared in his eyes.

This old rascal was already looking forward to the scene of those three things who knew not the height of the heavens provoking this god of slaughter.

"This place is the Northern Plains, the battlefield where the Human Race and Yao Race are fighting."

Gu Zhan ignored Li Chunfeng's small movements and spoke in a deep, raspy voice that contained majesty, shaking the Divine Souls of the three Heavenly Venerables.

"As great Human Race Cultivators and pillars of the Human Race, you do not think about how to slay demons and eliminate monsters, but instead surround and kill your own kin here."

"How scandalous!"

This posture, like an elder lecturing a Junior, completely infuriated the three Heavenly Venerables.

"Seeking death!"

The Golden Crow Old Ancestor was the first to lose his patience. The three of them struck again, their Law power interweaving into a giant net that draped down toward Gu Zhan.

However, Gu Zhan only gave a cold snort.

A terrifying Saintly pressure, far exceeding a Heavenly Venerable and reigning supreme over the Laws of this world, erupted from his body.

Those three insufferably arrogant Heavenly Venerables, along with the giant net of Law they had launched, froze in mid-air at this moment, unable to move.

The sneers on their faces froze and turned into extreme terror.

A Saint!

This was a true Saint!

"Saint... Saint, have mercy! We failed to recognize your greatness!"

"Senior, please appease your anger! We know our mistake!"

Their Divine Souls were on the verge of splitting as they repeatedly begged for mercy.

Gu Zhan did not immediately move in for the kill.

He recalled the message sent by his family's Saintly Ancestor before leaving for the Boundary Pass thousands of years ago.

The Boundary Pass was in turmoil, and with the rise of the Yao Race in recent eras, the strength of the Human Race needed to be preserved.

"Begone."

In the end, Gu Zhan only uttered a single word.

The Saintly pressure that had imprisoned this space suddenly vanished.

The three Heavenly Venerables felt as if they had been granted a grand amnesty. Not daring to leave even a single harsh word, they burned their essence blood and tore through the Void Realm without looking back, fleeing in a wretched state.

A death trap was thus dispelled.

Only then did Li Chunfeng dare to step forward and give a respectful, deep bow to Gu Zhan.

"Junior Li Chunfeng pays respects to the Gu Family's War Ancestor!"

Wang Yun looked at the scene before him with a myriad of emotions.

Tens of thousands of years had passed, and the honest and straightforward Clan Brother who used to follow behind him had now actually become a Saint who awed the Five Domains.

His strength was likely not much different from his own during his ninth life.

Although his previous life was in the Three-Lotus Saint Realm, that was a Dao Fruit forcibly condensed under the Heavenly Dao suppression of the Fading Small World.

The quality of his third dao lotus was comparable to the fourth of an ordinary Saint Realm; in a real fight, he might not be inferior to a Saint King.

Just as Wang Yun was lost in thought, Li Chunfeng gave him a tug.

"You silly boy, what are you still dazed for?"

"Hurry and pay your respects to the Saint! The one before you is the War Ancestor of the Central State's Gu Family!"

Gu Zhan waved his hand, indicating it was no matter.

His sharp gaze fell upon Wang Yun, and then he looked at the hongmeng sword in his hand, which was still slightly trembling.

"Little friend, let me ask you."

"Why does my hongmeng sword resonate with you?"

Wang Yun's heart stirred. He knew this was the real reason the other party had stepped in.

He had already prepared his explanation and immediately cupped his hands, answering neither humbly nor arrogantly:

"Junior also does not know why."

"It is only because of a previous stroke of luck that I obtained a sliver of Hongmeng Origin Qi in a Grandmist Secret Realm."

"Perhaps it is because of this that my Supreme Bone underwent a mutation and became tainted with a sliver of Grandmist aura, thereby drawing out Senior's Sacred Sword."

Hearing this, Li Chunfeng on the side hurriedly added:

"War Ancestor Senior may not know, but this little friend is the 'Destined One of the Grandmist Saint' that has been spreading throughout the Northern Plains recently!"

"So that's how it is."

Hearing this, Gu Zhan came to a realization, but a flash of disappointment crossed his eyes.

He had thought it was the Lord manifesting himself.

However, he quickly composed himself, and his gaze toward Wang Yun became soft and friendly.

He stepped forward, heavily patted Wang Yun's shoulder, and laughed heartily.

"Hahaha! Good! Good lad!"

"Since you have a connection with my Lord, then you are a person of my Gu Family!"

"From now on, whoever dares to touch you is an enemy of my Gu Family!"

"I, Gu Zhan, will be the first to disagree!"