“Ye Tiannan, repeat what you just said.”
Ye Canghai’s expression turned exceedingly gloomy.
A terrifying aura instantly erupted from his body, causing the surrounding temperature to plummet.
The members of the Ye Family felt as though they had been plunged into an ice cave.
Feeling the chilling intent, Ye Tiannan’s breathing grew ragged, and his heart raced.
His own aura diminished uncontrollably.
But for the sake of his daughter’s future, he braced himself.
Gasping for air, he replied, “Answering the Patriarch, Xian’Er has already given herself to Hao’Er.
I’m afraid she can no longer be sent to the Qi Family.”
BOOM!
As soon as Ye Tiannan finished speaking, Ye Canghai’s terrifying aura surged, nearly forcing everyone to their knees.
Behind Ye Canghai, a woman and a young boy turned pale, their vision darkening upon hearing this.
“Tiannan, have you gone mad?
How could you let Xian’Er give herself to this fool?
Are you trying to get the two of us killed, and destroy the Ye Family?” The woman looked at her husband in disbelief, as if she had been struck by lightning.
She simply couldn’t believe he would do something so irrational.
Ye Xiaotian stared blankly at his father, already trembling like a leaf under Ye Canghai’s oppressive aura.
“Father, you’re so foolish.”
Hearing this, Ye Tiannan didn’t dare to meet Ye Canghai’s gaze.
As if to distract himself from his subconscious fear of the old man, he immediately looked at his wife.
“Qingxian and Hao’Er were already betrothed.
This was something you promised Brother Jiang back then.
Why shouldn’t she give herself to Hao’Er?”
“Unfilial son, how dare you!”
Before Ye Tiannan could even finish his sentence, a cold, merciless slap descended upon him with the weight of a mountain.
Ye Canghai delivered a heavy backhand, instantly drawing blood from the corners of Ye Tiannan’s mouth.
Seeing the murderous glare in the Ye Family’s patriarch’s eyes, the crowd was struck with terror, scared completely out of their wits.
Eventually, a Ye Family Elder spoke up, his expression grim.
“Patriarch, the most pressing matter right now is to intercept the people from the Qi Family.
If they see this, our Ye Family will face an impending catastrophe.”
The Ye Family Elder burned with anxiety as he urged Ye Canghai.
The representatives from the Qi Family were still waiting in the main hall; there was no telling if they might come over in person at any moment.
Ye Canghai’s heart jolted at the reminder.
He glared viciously at Ye Tiannan.
“Unfilial son!
Rebellious daughter!
I’ll settle this score with you when I return.”
Dropping these words laced with killing intent, Ye Canghai immediately led the crowd back to the hall.
At the very least, he had to pacify the people from the Qi Family first.
“Father, Sister, you’ve brought a terrible disaster upon the Ye Family!”
“Tiannan, you’ve disappointed me so much.”
Liu Ruyue and Ye Xiaotian shook their heads frantically.
They quickly turned and hurried after Ye Canghai, evidently afraid that the old man’s wrath would implicate them as well.
Only after everyone had left did Jiang Hao regain his composure.
He looked at Ye Tiannan with unbearable pity in his eyes.
“Uncle Ye, you’ve suffered because of Hao’Er.”
Hearing the boy’s voice, Ye Tiannan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and offered a bitter smile.
However, his eyes were filled with deep worry as he gazed in the direction Ye Canghai had disappeared.
Jiang Hao naturally knew what Ye Tiannan was afraid of; the man dreaded the ensuing fury of the Ye Family’s patriarch.
“Uncle Ye, please rest assured.
I will give Grandmaster Ye a proper explanation,” Jiang Hao said calmly.
“But before that, I must trouble Uncle Ye to stand guard for Hao’Er.”
“Stand guard?
Hao’Er, are you going to…?” Ye Tiannan turned his head in surprise.
Jiang Hao nodded heavily.
“I am going to fuse my Martial Soul.”
“Here?
Right now?” Ye Tiannan asked, astonished.
Jiang Hao sighed helplessly.
“If I don’t fuse it now, I’m afraid it will be too late.”
Only by completing the fusion of his Martial Soul would he have the confidence to persuade the Ye Family’s patriarch, or at the very least, save Ye Tiannan and Ye Qingxian from the Ye Family’s wrath.
Given Ye Canghai’s temperament, it was entirely possible he would kill Ye Tiannan and Ye Qingxian in a fit of rage—let alone an outsider like him.
Father Jiang had saved the lives of Ye Tiannan and his daughter, but he had done no such favor for Ye Canghai.
“Alright, I’ll set up a formation and stand guard for you.” As Ye Tiannan spoke, he immediately stepped into the courtyard and buried himself in work.
He also wanted to see exactly what kind of Martial Soul Jiang Hao had awakened to unleash such terrifying Soul Power just moments ago.
Time slowly trickled by.
In the blink of an eye, fifteen minutes passed.
Before long, a grand formation rose from the ground.
Jiang Hao sat cross-legged, his consciousness entering his Xuanhai.
As Jiang Hao entered an ethereal state of emptiness, a sudden change occurred.
A world-shocking Soul Power diffused outward, instantly engulfing the entire courtyard.
“What terrifying Soul Power.” Feeling that incomparably terrifying Soul Power, Ye Tiannan was greatly shaken, his eyes brimming with disbelief.
As time went on, the Soul Power emanating from Jiang Hao grew increasingly fearsome, until it finally seemed to transform into a vast Wang Yang, shaking the very depths of the soul.
And when the Soul Power reached its absolute peak, a sudden phenomenon erupted.
RUMBLE!!!
A massive explosion rang out across the sky.
Cyan Moon City, which had been blessed with a cloudless sky, suddenly saw winds and clouds surge together.
High above at the Peak of the Firmament, dark clouds had unknowingly gathered.
They surged like a violent tide, sweeping across the Celestial Universe.
This scene completely stunned Ye Tiannan and Ye Qingxian.
The father and daughter looked up in sheer horror.
As Ye Tiannan watched this unfold, he seemed to connect the dots to something, and his entire body shuddered.
In an instant, lightning flashed and thunder roared across the heavens.
Lightning bolts tore through millions of miles of the void, immediately alarming countless Cultivators in Cyan Moon City.
Innumerable experts were filled with dread as they all raised their heads to gaze at the firmament.
However, before anyone could react, another shockwave hit without warning.
ROAR!!!
A dragon’s roar seemed to echo from beyond the highest heavens, shattering the Celestial Universe.
The crowd looked up, only to see the phantom of a true dragon materializing out of thin air at the peak of the boundless clouds.
It coiled endlessly, its roar shaking the heavens.
“Heavens, what…
what is that?”
“An anomaly!
It’s a heaven-sent anomaly!”
“A heaven-sent anomaly!
My god, could it be that someone in our Cyan Moon City’s Earth Realm has awakened a heaven-defying Martial Soul?
Is…
is this an anomaly triggered by the fusion of a Martial Soul?”
The terrifying anomaly swept across thousands of miles.
Even the dozens of cities surrounding Xingyue City could sense it.
For a time, dense crowds of Cultivators looked up at the sudden change in the firmament.
Everyone turned pale with fright, shocked beyond measure.
“Over the past thousands of years, how long has it been since Cyan Moon City produced such an anomaly?”
“This is the anomaly of a ‘True Dragon Entering the World’!
It means that a world-shaking prodigy is about to be born in Cyan Moon City.”
“Whose child could it be?”
“Men!
Go investigate at once.
We must find out who is fusing their Martial Soul and triggering such a celestial anomaly!”
The leaders of countless factions felt their hearts pound like thunder.
With such an anomaly, a world-shaking prodigy was truly about to emerge.
Meanwhile.
Inside a certain majestic and sprawling mansion in Xingyue City, a young man was also sitting cross-legged, engaged in the fusion of his Martial Soul.
This person was none other than Qi Tianyang of the Qi Family.
The number one favored genius of the Qi Family had unexpectedly awakened his second Martial Soul at this exact moment.
Beside the young man, a faint phantom of a flood dragon coiled around his body, continuously drifting about.
“An anomaly!
It’s a heaven-sent anomaly!
Celestial Yang’s Martial Soul awakening has actually triggered a celestial anomaly?”
“Heavens, it really is a celestial anomaly!
Qi Tianyang’s second Martial Soul is actually accompanied by the descent of a heaven-sent anomaly?”
Countless elders and juniors of the Qi Family stared at the anomaly at the Peak of the Firmament, and then looked at the drifting dragon phantom surrounding Qi Tianyang.
All of them were struck dumb as if hit by lightning.
It was glaringly obvious.
The moment Qi Tianyang awakened his Martial Soul coincided perfectly with the occurrence of the celestial anomaly.
It was hard not to link the two events together.
“A Divine Dragon!
It’s a Divine Dragon!
Patriarch, Celestial Yang’s awakened Martial Soul is actually a Divine Dragon!” a Qi Family Elder exclaimed, wild with joy amidst his profound shock.
The rest of the Qi Family couldn’t believe their eyes, staring blankly at the phantom of the Divine Dragon.
Patriarch Qi, Qi Yun Mountain, also stood dazed for a long while before gasping heavily, “No, it is more than just a Divine Dragon.
What Celestial Yang has awakened is a Divine Dragon Martial Soul born alongside a celestial anomaly.”
“A Martial Soul of the Dragon Race starts at the Celestial Tier at the very least.
A Dragon Race Martial Soul accompanied by a celestial anomaly is likely even more terrifying.”
“Hahaha!
A Qilin Child!
Our Qi Family has produced a Qilin Child!”
For a time, countless elders of the Qi Family were beside themselves with joy, unable to recover from their elation for a long while.
However, no one noticed a crucial detail.
What Qi Tianyang had awakened was merely a flood dragon.
Although the phantom looked extremely similar to the true dragon at the Peak of the Firmament, there were subtle differences.
Meanwhile, at the Ye Family Mansion.
Ye Tiannan looked at the true dragon phantom circling Jiang Hao.
When he realized it was exactly identical to the one in the celestial anomaly, he was thoroughly and utterly stunned.