330: The flawed jade is the king (69).

At this moment, Yu Tian City had become a ruin.

Wang Yun stood tall in the Void Realm, the Saint blood staining his white clothes not yet dry as he looked down upon the desolate land below.

He had won.

But it was a pyrrhic victory.

His Supreme Body was covered in cracks deep enough to see bone; this was his first fierce battle in this life.

Before entering the Ancient Starry Road, those he fought were merely rabble. In the Ancient Starry Road, the few who left their names were somewhat troublesome, but they didn't pose a life-or-death threat.

In the Saint Realm, every step is a new world. Wang Yun was currently only at the Second Lotus Saint Realm, and slaying a Three-Lotus Saint was already his limit. Moreover, Saint Tuo was undoubtedly a powerhouse among those in the Three-Lotus Realm. Had Saint Tuo not been overconfident and failed to bring his Saint Weapon, Wang Yun might have had to retreat today.

Around him, the surviving Cultivators of the Yu Family's branch lines looked at Wang Yun's figure with eyes full of fear, not daring to make a sound.

Wang Yun ignored them.

His gaze pierced through layers of ruins and fell upon the Yu Family's Divine Mountain that suppressed his parents.

With one step, he arrived before the divine mountain.

He joined his fingers like a sword and slashed down at the divine mountain.

"Open!"

A Sword Light containing the Laws of the Saint Realm tore through the heavens and the divine mountain.

Boom!

Starting from the summit, the divine mountain cracked inch by inch and collapsed to both sides with a thunderous roar.

Inside the mountain, a cage formed from countless formation patterns was exposed to the light of day.

Inside the cage, two gaunt figures with weak auras were pinned to the stone wall by thick chains of Law.

It was his parents.

They had been suppressed for thousands of years; their cultivation bases were completely destroyed, and their Physical Bodies had long since withered.

Had this divine mountain not continuously channeled life energy into them, they would have likely turned into skeletons long ago.

But this so-called "life extension" was more like a malicious form of torture, leaving them unable to live yet unable to die in endless darkness and pain.

Seeing this, Wang Yun's heart was instantly filled with both guilt and rage.

He took a step and appeared directly inside the cage.

He waved his hand to sever the chains of Law and took the two unconscious bodies into his arms.

"Father, Mother."

"Your son has returned."

Wang Yun's voice trembled.

He channeled two streams of the purest heart of flora Origin into his parents' bodies, preserving their last shred of life.

But this was far from enough.

He could feel that his parents' Lifespans were like candles in the wind, liable to be extinguished at any moment.

Wang Yun looked up, his eyes flashing with killing intent.

"I will search the world for divine medicines to extend your lives."

"All those involved in this matter, I will surely grind their bones to dust and scatter their ashes!"

Holding his parents, Wang Yun took a step and returned to his grandfather Yu Changqing's side.

He solemnly entrusted his parents to his grandfather's care. Then, he personally tore through the Void Realm, bringing the Qingmu Lineage's ancestral land—which had been exiled for thousands of years—along with all its clansmen from the borders of the Eastern Domain back to the Yu Family's ancestral land.

Having done all this, Wang Yun bowed solemnly to the emotional Yu Changqing.

"Grandfather, from this day forward, the Qingmu Lineage shall be the new Main Lineage of the Yu Family."

"Everything in the Yu Family is now yours to command."

Yu Changqing looked at his grandson, who had long since grown into a towering tree, and nodded.

From then on, the Yu Family began its purge and reorganization... Meanwhile.

The news of Wang Yun slaying the Flying Immortal Sect's Three-Lotus Saint, Saint Tuo, in Yu Tian City and wiping out the Yu Family's Main Lineage quickly spread throughout the Five Domains.

"Have you heard? That Supreme Body who disappeared for thousands of years has returned!"

"More than just returned! With a cultivation base in the Second Lotus Saint Realm, he fought up and killed a Three-Lotus Saint!"

"That's fake, right?! How is that possible!"

Countless Cultivators' first reaction upon hearing this news was disbelief.

But as more and more spectators made Memory Crystals of that day public, and with confirmation from authoritative intelligence agencies like the Heavenly Secret Pavilion...

The Five Domains were shaken.

Ordinary Cultivators, amidst their shock and horror, listed the name Wang Yun as a taboo not to be provoked.

Meanwhile, various Immortal Forces held high-level meetings to urgently assess Wang Yun's strength and threat level.

However, the most unsettling thing was the Flying Immortal Sect.

After learning of their Saint Tuo's fall, this behemoth surprisingly remained silent, making no statement.

This silence made the various forces of the Five Domains feel oppressed.

Everyone knew that the Flying Immortal Sect could never let this matter rest.

They must be brewing a retaliation.

Just as the situation in the Five Domains became complicated due to Wang Yun's return...

Another even more shocking piece of news came from the Ancient Starry Road's teleportation formation.

The Prodigies from various worlds returning from the Ancient Road brought back scattered information about the final battle.

"Supreme Body Wang Yun... that guy is a monster!"

"He disrupted the entire final battle for the emperor seat!"

"He seemed to... compete with several of the strongest on the Ancient Starry Road for the final heavens heart imprint!"

Although no one could clearly state the final result.

Almost everyone who returned alive vaguely felt that the Supreme Body named Wang Yun had become the ultimate winner.

The claim that he "seemingly dominated this world" added even more mystery and legendary color to Wang Yun.

If the news of slaying Saint Tuo had only shaken the Five Domains...

Then now, the entire Five Domains were completely boiling.

The topic of "emperor fate's ownership" was reignited.

The name Wang Yun was regarded by countless forces as the most powerful contender for the emperor seat in this life.

For a time, the landscape of the Five Domains changed once again.

Some forces, led by the Great You Sacred Dynasty, began to openly show goodwill toward the newly reborn Yu Family, attempting to invest early.

Meanwhile, other ancient orthodoxies with top-tier Prodigies who also aimed for the emperor seat viewed Wang Yun as a major threat, their killing intent laid bare.

Even more forces chose silence and observation.

A storm was brewing.

Amidst the most complex situation in the Five Domains...

The Flying Immortal Sect, silent for so long, finally spoke.

A brief yet heavy piece of news spread throughout the Five Domains via the Flying Immortal Sect's official channels.

"The Flying Immortal Sect's 'Rain Saint' will personally visit the Eastern Domain's Yu Family in the near future."

"To visit the Supreme Body, Wang Yun."

Rain Saint.

One of the six Saints of the Flying Immortal Sect, an existence who had lived for a vast amount of time, his strength was immeasurable.

Was it a reckoning?

Was it an attempt to recruit him?

Or... were there other schemes?

No one knew.

For a time, everyone's eyes converged on the Eastern Domain, on that Yu Tian City which had just undergone a bloodbath and rebirth.

The storm rises again.