161: The Emperor's Remnant Soul

An ancient voice suddenly boomed in Qin Wushang's mind, startling him greatly.

The Chu Clan Ancient Sacred Tablet in front of him was the first to emit a faint hum, as if awakening from a deep slumber.

Immediately after, the ancient patterns on the tablet, dulled by the erosion of time, lit up as if infused with life, erupting into brilliant golden light!

The light was so intense, like a blazing sun rising over the Sacred Cliff, blinding everyone.

"What's happening?"

"My Sacred Tablet... it's also glowing! The Old Ancestor has manifested! The Legacy is mine!"

The Prodigies sitting in front of other Ancient Sacred Tablets nearby were first stunned, then unbridled joy surged onto their faces.

The Sacred Tablets beneath them also lit up one after another in resonance. For a moment, brilliant light soared into the sky from all over the Sacred Cliff, and the Dao rhyme boomed, as if the glorious era from eons ago had reappeared!

"Rumble!"

However, before their joy could fully settle, another anomaly occurred!

All the glowing Ancient Sacred Tablets simultaneously erupted with a gentle yet irresistible immense force, sending the various clan Prodigies who were attempting to comprehend them flying!

"Pfft!"

"What's going on? A backlash? No... this isn't acceptance, this is... expulsion!"

"Has the Sacred Law left by the Old Ancestor become angry?"

Some Prodigies spat blood in mid-air, their faces filled with shock.

The imagined Legacy enlightenment did not arrive; instead, it seemed to have angered a sleeping will.

But there was one exception.

In front of the most majestic Ancient Sacred Tablet of the Chu Clan, Qin Wushang stood as firm as a rock.

Blazing golden Qi and blood erupted spontaneously from his body, burning like a furnace, reflecting the brilliant golden light of the ancient tablet.

"Roar!"

Dragon roars shook the heavens!

On the Sacred Tablet, light converged, and nine five-clawed golden Dragons, formed entirely from pure Dao Principles and Imperial Dragon Qi, burst forth from the tablet!

Their scales were sharp and lifelike, coiling and dancing around the ancient tablet and Qin Wushang, emanating supreme majesty.

Nine Dragons emerged simultaneously!

"This... how is this possible!"

Chu Qingming, who had been forced to retreat to the side, could no longer maintain his aloof and solitary demeanor.

He suddenly widened his eyes and cried out in alarm, his face filled with disbelief.

"Nine great golden Dragons surrounding the body... this is the complete Nine Dragons Suppressing Heaven Scripture Legacy phenomenon!"

"He... he's an outsider, a person of the Qin Clan, why can he trigger the highest level of recognition from my Chu Clan's progenitor?"

He had comprehended for a long time and only obtained a few words of a fragmented scripture, yet this person, upon arrival, had caused the progenitor to manifest!

At this moment, Qin Wushang seemed oblivious to the exclamations and phenomena outside.

His consciousness was drawn by an even more powerful force into an unprecedented deeper space.

An old man with white hair and beard, whose figure appeared somewhat ethereal, floated before him like a ghost.

As soon as the old man saw him, he jumped up and down, pointing at Qin Wushang's nose, spitting as he cursed.

"You ungrateful little brat!"

"You're infuriating this old man to death!"

"This old man has waited hundreds of thousands of years for a seedling like you! And what do you do? You come to this Sacred Cliff and neglect your own ancestral tablet to kowtow, instead eagerly running to the Chu Clan's territory to curry favor!"

"Is their Nine Dragons Suppressing Heaven Scripture really that good? Is it more fragrant than our old Qin Family's Desolate Ancient Indestructible Scripture?"

The more the old man spoke, the angrier he became. His ethereal beard even bristled with rage, trembling in the air.

"Forgetting your ancestors! Short-sighted!"

"You, you, you... you little scoundrel **(108,000 curse words omitted here)**"

Qin Wushang's brows furrowed slightly!

He had already confirmed that this furious old man before him was none other than the legendary progenitor of the Qin Clan!

The largest memorial tablet enshrined in the ancestral shrine of the Yunmeng Qin Family!

The spirit!

"What? I'm scolding you, and you still dare to be unconvinced? Are you Mute?"

After cursing for a long time, The spirit saw that Qin Wushang was just quietly looking at him, his eyes calm and unperturbed, which made him even angrier.

He raised his ethereal palm, seemingly wanting to slap him.

"I have severed ties with the Yunmeng Qin Clan and am no longer a Qin Clan disciple."

Qin Wushang finally spoke, his voice flat, devoid of any emotion.

"Sev... severed ties?"

Upon hearing this, The spirit's curses abruptly stopped.

His ethereal figure froze for a moment, then erupted with even more terrifying fury.

"Nonsense! Which bastard made that rule? Who dares to sever ties? This old man isn't completely dead yet!"

"I was born with a Supreme Bone, which was dug out by my cousin in my youth. I miraculously regenerated it, and then it was dug out again by my parents to give to my younger brother."

"The Qin Clan gave me bone, blood, and Physical Body; I have repaid it with two Supreme Bones. From now on, we owe each other nothing."

Qin Wushang stated slowly, still as calm as an ancient well.

As soon as his words fell, a vast and boundless terrifying pressure suddenly erupted from The spirit's seemingly floating Soul body!

Great Emperor's Prestige!

Even though it was only a wisp of a remnant Soul, the Imperial Prestige, which transcended all beings, controlled all Dao, and overlooked the Reincarnation of eras, still caused Qin Wushang's Divine Soul to tremble violently!

"Great Emperor!"

Qin Wushang was astonished!

The progenitor of the Yunmeng Qin Clan was actually a Great Emperor!

This was a Great Emperor's remnant Soul that had lingered for countless years!

"Bone digging... abandonment... direct descendants treated worse than dogs... haha, hahahaha!"

The spirit, instead of being angry, laughed, but his laughter was full of sorrow and soaring rage.

"Good! What a bunch of filial descendants!"

"What a bunch of good-for-nothings! The Foundation this old man laid back then is being ruined by these stupid parasites!"

"No wonder the Qin Clan's Bloodline is getting weaker with each generation; turns out the roots have long been rotten!"

He was so angry that his Soul body flickered erratically, and he spun around twice in place, muttering to himself.

"Useless!"

"Trash!"

"They're all useless, how did I ever give birth to such trash!"

He grumbled, then suddenly leaned closer to Qin Wushang, his tone complex.

"But... you boy, after enduring so much hardship, you can still grow up so... so strong, that's... that's not completely losing face for this old man!"

Saying that, the next second, he immediately put on a stern face again.

"But that's no reason for you to go and learn the Chu Clan's Cultivation Technique! Absolutely not!"

"This old man doesn't accept it!"

"Cough."

A clear cough sounded, carrying supreme majesty and a hint of faint amusement.

The golden light intensified, and the nine coiling golden Dragons suddenly converged, transforming into a man wearing a nine-dragon imperial robe.

He stood with his hands behind his back, naturally exuding an Imperial Dao aura that commanded the eight wildernesses and six directions.

"Brother Qin, to scold a Junior like this in my Legacy land, isn't that a bit like the guest usurping the host's role?"

The newcomer was none other than the Great Chu Progenitor, Chu Feng!

"Chu Feng, you brat! Don't you dare speak so glibly here!"

The spirit immediately turned his cannon.

"If you heard that your clan's precious Inherent Sacred Body Dao Embryo, born after waiting for 100,000 years, and also possessing Supreme Double Pupils, was forced to sever ties by a bunch of idiots in the clan, and almost became a cripple, wouldn't you be anxious?"

"Wouldn't you be angry?"

"I'll sever his grandpa's ties!"

Seeing this, Qin Wushang slightly cupped his hands, neither humble nor arrogant.

"Junior Qin Wushang greets Senior."

"Hmm, composed demeanor, Foundation as profound as an abyss, Qi and blood soaring to the clouds, very good, very good."

Chu Feng nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over Qin Wushang, becoming more and more satisfied the more he looked.

It was the appreciation one would have upon seeing an peerless unpolished jade.

He suddenly raised his hand and gently pointed at Qin Wushang.

"Roar!"

The nine coiling golden Dragons seemed to receive a command, letting out joyful dragon roars, transforming into nine incomparably brilliant golden Dragon patterns that branded themselves onto Qin Wushang's body!

These were the most fundamental Legacy Dao patterns of the Nine Dragons Suppressing Heaven Scripture!

"Chu Feng, you brat! You son of a bitch! You dare to snatch someone right in front of me?"

The spirit instantly bristled. His ethereal figure transformed into a streak of light, abruptly inserting itself between Qin Wushang and the Dragon patterns.

He pressed his hands together, and a tyrannical golden torrent of Qi and blood erupted, forcibly shattering most of the golden Dragon patterns!

"Brother Qin, why be so angry?"

Chu Feng remained unconcerned, gently flicking his sleeve with a smile.

In an instant, a gentle force swept away part of The spirit's Qi and blood, allowing the Dragon patterns to re-condense and approach Qin Wushang again.

"The matter of Legacy, in the end, depends on fate and the young friend's own choice, wouldn't you say?"

"Young friend!"

He looked at Qin Wushang, truly growing more satisfied the more he looked!

Even when he was young, he did not possess such a perfect Physical Body and Dao Foundation at this Realm.

This boy has the potential for Immortal Ascension!

"Since the Qin Clan has failed you, why not forge a new path?"

"I am Chu Feng, the Progenitor of Great Chu. In this generation of my Chu Clan, there is an Immortal Body pearl, peerless in grace, awaiting marriage."

"If you are willing to inherit the Nine Dragons Suppressing Heaven Scripture, you will be my successor, one of my own. The past grievances, I can have the Chu Clan bear them with you. At that time, you can marry into my Chu Clan, combine with the Immortal Body, and after bearing children... are you willing?"

"Chu Feng! Stop trying to mislead people!"

The spirit jumped with rage, his Soul body flickering violently as he firmly blocked Qin Wushang.

"His surname is Qin! My Qin Family's blood flows in his bones! He's a seed of my old Qin Family!"

"Marry into the family? Marry into your head! This old man doesn't agree!"

"Boy, I'm telling you, as long as you nod, the Qin Clan's Desolate Ancient Indestructible Scripture will be passed to you immediately!"

"And my Qin Clan's Imperial Weapon, I'll save it for you too!"

Qin Wushang was too perfect!

He would not give up such a successor. As for those good-for-nothings in the Qin Clan, he would settle accounts with them later.

"Why not? If your Qin Clan doesn't want him, my Chu Clan will cherish him."

Chu Feng smiled faintly, his tone unyielding.

"An Immortal Body paired with an Inherent Sacred Body Dao Embryo is a match made in heaven, Brother Qin, don't ruin the child's future."

"Ruin your grandpa! No discussion!"

The spirit roared, and the powerful Soul Power and wills of the two collided fiercely in this confined mental space.

Qin Wushang's Sea of Consciousness seemed to have become a battlefield!

"Two Seniors... can I express some of my personal opinions?"

Qin Wushang couldn't bear it any longer and tried to interrupt.

"Express opinions? You don't have a say right now!"

The spirit roared without turning his head.

"Young friend, calm down. After I and your Old Ancestor have discussed a result, we will give you the Legacy."

Chu Feng also gently interrupted.

"Cultivation Technique, Legacy, Imperial Weapon, and even the so-called marriage... shouldn't you ask me?"

Qin Wushang's Qi and blood surged, and the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Scripture circulated, a terrifying aura stirring.

Those Indestructible Scriptures and Dragon patterns attempting to approach him were immediately repelled.

Such a scene instantly silenced the mental space.

The spirit's eyes widened, and a hint of genuine surprise seemed to flash across Chu Feng's blurry face.

"Good boy! You have spirit! Just like me!"

"The Cultivation Technique you Cultivate is also good!"

The spirit was the first to react. Not only was he not angry, but a hint of admiration flashed in his eyes, though he immediately stiffened his neck again.

"But this isn't over! Chu Feng, you brat!"

He suddenly looked up at Chu Feng, who had remained composed, and his Battle Intent erupted like a volcano.

"Come! Let's fight!"

"Both of us are mere remnant Souls, barely surviving to this day."

"We were both Great Emperors in life, even if not of the same era. Today, let's fight with this remaining power!"

"Whoever wins gets the priority for this boy's... uh, this Legacy! I refuse to believe my Desolate Ancient Indestructible Scripture can't suppress your Nine Dragons Suppressing Heaven Scripture!"

"Rumble!!"

The remnant Imperial Prestige was unleashed without reservation, and this mental space began to tremble violently.

Qin Wushang felt a dizzying sensation, then he vanished, leaving the mental space.