438: Chapter 438 The Heavenly Emperor (3)

Within the forbidden zone of the Ye Family's ancestral grounds.

That long sigh, filled with powerlessness and sorrow, echoed endlessly in the Void Realm.

Several equally ancient and vast Divine Thoughts fell into a long silence.

An atmosphere of despair shrouded the place.

The Ancient Saint Body was supposed to be the hope for the Ye Family to create glory once more, the continuation of the Great Emperor Huangtian's Bloodline.

But those ten pitch-black cursed shackles had completely severed this hope.

Since the Great Emperor Huangtian, the curse had become an unsolvable dead end.

Among the top Emperor clans in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, this was no longer a secret.

"Seal him away."

Finally, a Divine Thought broke the silence, its voice filled with exhaustion.

"Seal the Emperor Son in the Divine Source once more and wait for the next era; perhaps... there will be a turning point."

This was the safest, yet also the most helpless choice.

However, just as this proposal was about to be accepted by default, another Divine Thought erupted, carrying unquestionable determination.

"This Ancestor does not agree!"

The owner of this Divine Thought was one of the highest-ranking founding ancestors of the Ye Family, and also the elder closest to the Great Emperor Huangtian back then.

His voice resonated in the Void Realm, filled with suppressed anger and sorrow.

"Even if locked by shackles, he is, after all, the only biological son of Huangtian!"

"My Ye Family can lose, can be defeated, but we must never show cowardice before the battle!"

"This Ancestor does not want to see Huangtian return from his expedition one day, only to learn that his only young son, because he could not Cultivate, had already passed away during the long passage of time!"

"At that time, what face would we have to face him!"

These words shocked every Ancient Ancestor.

They remembered that figure who had once, with his own strength, swept across the Three Thousand Dao Provinces without a match, and gone on an expedition to quell the turmoil.

The scene fell into dead silence once more.

But this time, the silence was no longer despair, but a determination quietly coalescing.

After a long time, the oldest Ancient Ancestor made the final decision.

"Fine."

"Pass down this Ancestor's decree: mobilize the strength of the entire clan, regardless of any cost, to extend the Emperor Son's Lifespan and assist him in his Cultivation."

"Our goal is no longer to make him invincible in the world immediately, but to let him live, to let him step onto that cursed path of Cultivation."

"Even if it is only to break one shackle!"

This decision meant that the behemoth that was the Ye Family would completely abandon its conservative strategy and choose a path full of unknowns and high-stakes gambling.

The moment the decision was issued.

Boom!

The entire Ye Family, with its vast Luck accumulated over countless eras, began to boil violently.

Trails of visible golden Luck Dragons rose from all directions of the ancestral grounds, converging towards the palace where the Emperor Son resided.

At the same time, within the Ye Family's territory, the nine Ancestral Dragon veins that served as the Foundation also let out earth-shaking Dragon roars.

Endless essence of heaven and earth was forcibly extracted, turning into flowing rivers of Spiritual Qi that surged back into the palace.

This massive energy fluctuation even triggered a drastic change in the celestial phenomena.

It was also at this moment that another sleeping existence was disturbed.

In the forbidden zone of the Ye Family's ancestral grounds, there was a Chaos region where even Ancient Ancestors had to stop.

There, an extraordinary ancient coffin floated quietly.

It was not crafted from Emperor Gold or Divine Stone, but woven from the purest divine light of life; upon it flowed an immortal dao rhyme, isolating the passage of time and sealing away vitality.

This was the Empress Coffin.

At this moment, a portion of the converging vast Luck and energy torrent uncontrollably impacted the Seal of the Empress Coffin.

Coupled with the resolute will invoked when those several Ancient Ancestors issued the decision together.

Crack.

A faint cracking sound came from the Seal made of the divine light of life.

Immediately after, cracks spread rapidly.

Boom!

The Seal shattered layer by layer, and the lid of the Empress Coffin exploded open.

A terrifying Aura, infinitely close to the Emperor Realm and even carrying a hint of the majesty of a mother of the world, awakened from within and instantly swept through the entire Ye Family.

All the alarmed Ye Family experts, regardless of where they were, were terrified under this pressure.

"It is the Empress!"

"The Empress has awakened!"

In the Void Realm, the Divine Thoughts of several Ancient Ancestors fluctuated violently, filled with shock.

They knew very well that the Empress was the wife of the Great Emperor Huangtian; back then, to wait for the Great Emperor to return from his expedition and avoid her own Lifespan being exhausted during the long wait, leading to her passing, she had voluntarily been Sealed here.

No one had expected that she would break out of the Seal at this moment, in this manner.

However, the newly awakened Empress of Huangtian did not pay attention to any of the commotion outside.

The moment she broke out of the Seal, a strong sense originating from the deepest part of her Bloodline guided her.

Her figure flickered slightly in place, ignoring all space and Restrictions, and appeared directly inside the palace where the Emperor Son resided.

Her gaze immediately fell upon the infant lying in the swaddling clothes.

That was her child.

It was her and Huangtian's child.

Endless motherly radiance and joy instantly filled her eyes.

She walked forward step by step and gently picked up the infant into her arms.

However, the moment her loving Divine Thought cautiously probed into the infant's body.

The smile on her face froze.

Deep within that vast ocean of blood and Qi, upon the pure and domineering Saint Body Origin, ten black chains emitting an ominous and malicious Aura were tightly wrapped around it.

They were greedily absorbing the power that should have belonged to the Saint Body, strangling all hope.

The Empress's body began to tremble violently.

The extreme joy of being a new mother turned into a heart-piercing pain at this moment.

Tears slid down her cheeks, dripping onto the infant's face.

But, after the sorrow came an even firmer determination and love.

She held the infant tightly in her arms, as if wanting to pass all her own strength to him.

She lowered her head and pressed a kiss filled with motherly love onto his smooth forehead.

"My child."

Her voice was soft, yet carried an unquestionable power.

"From now on, you shall be called 'Yun', Ye Yun."

"Clouds are born in the sky and travel in the sky; they seem formless and unfixed, yet they can gather and disperse as they please, turning into thunder and bringing down sweet rain. Mother names you 'Yun' in the hope that one day, you will be able to break free from the shackles of this earth, soar upwards, and overlook the Nine Heavens."

Just at this moment, the Divine Thoughts of several Ancient Ancestors descended to this place, waiting respectfully outside the palace.

The Empress, holding Ye Yun, turned around slowly.

Her gaze swept over those powerful and ancient Divine Thoughts, and she calmly announced her decision.

"In this era, I and Yun'er will live and die together."

As her words fell, an unprecedented, terrifying Aura erupted from her body.

She was actually going to make her vow of Dao verification right now, in front of everyone.

"I shall verify my Dao and become an Emperor in this world!"

"With the power of a supreme Great Emperor, I will personally sever all the shackles for my son!"

These words caused the minds of every Ancient Ancestor to shake violently.

But her vow had not yet ended.

Her voice became increasingly calm, yet also increasingly resolute, carrying a tragic sense of going down together.

"If I do not succeed in this world, and Heaven's Will does not allow it."

"Then I shall renounce immortality and pass away together with Yun'er in this world."

"On the road to the Yellow Springs, mother and son shall not be separated."

Once the vow was made, the Great Dao resonated with it.

The Divine Thoughts of the several Ancient Ancestors fell into complete silence.

They were deeply shocked by this mother's determination and love.

They knew that from this moment on, the future of the Ye Family, and even the entire Three Thousand Dao Provinces, would head in an unpredictable direction because of this vow.