A Quasi-Emperor wept blood, and heaven and earth grieved with him.
The Void Realm seemed to be torn open by an invisible giant hand, and blood rain, thick as ink, poured down, instantly dyeing the sky above the Fan Family territory crimson.
Silence fell upon the scene, and the pattering sound of the blood rain seemed like an endless dirge being sung softly.
The Laws of heaven and earth were in turmoil, as if tolling a funeral bell for this former strong Cultivator.
"Uncle Blood Butcher!" Ye Qingyun's eyes were bloodshot, and tears streamed down his face.
Granny Yun's body trembled, almost collapsing, tears welled up in her cloudy old eyes, and her expression was ashen with grief, as if she had aged decades overnight.
Jiang Ye looked at the Emperor Charm in his hand, its Dao Qi still rich, with a complex expression.
"This Emperor Charm... only used ten percent of its power?"
He murmured to himself, his brow slightly furrowed.
"Just how many good things did that old woman stuff into this thing?"
"Where did she get so many resources? Even if she robbed a lot, it shouldn't be this extravagant, right?"
Jiang Ye's mouth twitched; even with his extensive knowledge, he couldn't help but gasp.
It was a bit beyond his expectations.
Jiang Ye's mouth twitched, and he chuckled to himself.
But he quickly reined in his thoughts, looked up at Ye Qingyun and the others, who were now filled with extreme grief and indignation, and said in a calm voice, yet with a hint of coldness: "Take them alive."
Jiang Yi's expression shifted upon hearing this, and he understood immediately.
Killing Granny Yun, for the Jiang Clan, would only mean one less remnant of Fire Lotus City, ultimately insignificant.
Only by capturing her alive could they thoroughly interrogate her to uncover the hiding places of the Fire Lotus City remnants and uproot all hidden enemies.
Granny Yun gazed deeply at Ye Qingyun, her eyes filled with both love and determination.
She gritted her teeth in helplessness, telling Ye Qingyun to use the World-Breaking Stone Old Village Chief had given him, and to take Li Guangrui away.
As for herself, she could only burn her essence blood to try and hold back the Heaven Guards.
A look of helpless tragedy appeared on Granny Yun's aged face, and then she spoke to Ye Qingyun in a hurried tone: "Qingyun, don't be indecisive anymore! You two must leave quickly! I, an old woman, have lived long enough."
"If you die, my and Uncle Blood Butcher's sacrifice will be meaningless! You must live, you must remember today's hatred, and avenge us in the future."
At the same time, she looked at Jiang Ye with resentment, roaring: "Jiang Clan! We will forever remember the blood feud of Fire Lotus City! Never forget!"
She gritted her teeth, then slammed a palm onto her own chest, and strands of scorching essence blood burned forth, a monstrous aura of blood Qi surging into the sky!
She was burning her own essence blood, desperately trying to block the Heaven Guards' attack!
"Granny Yun!" Ye Qingyun's mind was greatly shaken, filled with furious grief!
A cold light flashed in Jiang Yi's eyes, and he snorted coldly: "Trying to escape?"
He suddenly stretched out his hand, and a dazzling Dao light, like a Dragon emerging from the sea, surged from his palm.
A radiant glow surrounded it, its power unmatched.
Carrying a terrifying aura of death, it swept towards Ye Qingyun!
Seeing this, Granny Yun, using all her might and burning her essence blood, fiercely swung the staff in her hand, which contained the culmination of her life's cultivation.
A earth-shattering roar erupted, and her body was now covered in blood, riddled with wounds.
Ye Qingyun watched all of this, his eyes blurred with tears.
"Jiang Clan... you are too deceitful!"
The scene changed too quickly.
Ye Qingyun was somewhat bewildered.
He hadn't expected that even a powerful Quasi-Emperor like Uncle Blood Butcher would die here.
The Longevity Jiang Clan.
When he was young in the Ancient Ye Family, he had also heard of their prestige.
In the Myriad Domains of the Heavens back then, with many Emperors in seclusion, only the Jiang Clan openly had Empress Hongye still in her prime.
They were also the only unprovokable entity in the Ancient Ye Family.
"Longevity Jiang Clan... So, did Grandpa Village Chief and the others live in Wangchen Village, isolated from the world, because of the Jiang Clan that they ended up in such a predicament?"
Ye Qingyun's face was streaked with tears, but his eyes were filled with determination.
Through this experience, he finally understood completely.
The Longevity Jiang Clan.
Worshipped by the world, with a Legacy passed down for countless years, controlling the fate of billions of lives.
But their true face hid the most naked cruelty and hypocrisy.
Bullying the weak, insidious and cunning.
They sat high in the clouds, looking down on all beings, regarding all resistance and defiance as a source of evil that must be eradicated.
They were nothing but an altar built from the blood and bones of countless people, an immortal power paved with billions of lives!
Fire Lotus City... was a group of low-level Cultivators who still possessed passion and conscience, upholding justice and promises, yet they were branded as "Demonic Path remnants" by the Jiang Clan, who then used all their power to eradicate them.
Without mercy, without a bottom line.
What angered him even more was that Jiang Ye, as the Divine Son of the Jiang Clan, held such a high position and should have had a benevolent heart and acted with integrity.
Yet his actions were sinister and cruel, unreasonable and without rules, merely because of a phrase like "unpleasant to the eye," he ordered a Supreme to act, wanting to put him to death.
A Supreme acting against a True King, and he, Ye Qingyun, was but an ant, how preposterous!
Is this the so-called Dao Lineage?
Is this the so-called Immortal Clan?
Cold light shot from Ye Qingyun's eyes, his fists were already clenched, knuckles white.
They turned order into shackles, treated all beings as chess pieces, only to forever tread upon piles of white bones, proudly perched at the apex of the heavens!
What right did such an Immortal Clan have to Dominator heaven and earth?
Ye Qingyun swore a solemn oath in his heart that if one day he wielded the Grand Dao, he would surely flatten all injustice in the world!
Especially the Jiang Clan!
Buzz!
Ye Qingyun suppressed the grief in his heart and pulled out the World-Breaking Stone that Old Village Chief had given him from his in arms.
A strange light emerged from the World-Breaking Stone.
As if possessing an indestructible power, it began to corrode the solid Immortal-Locking Array above, emitting a loud "sizzling" sound.
With a muffled explosion from the World-Breaking Stone, Ye Qingyun, carrying Li Guangrui, transformed into a streak of light and rushed into the crack, disappearing in an instant.
Granny Yun watched as the crack slowly closed, a look of relief appearing in her eyes.
But in an instant.
Her eyes turned cold, and she unhesitatingly raised her hand, intending to self-destruct her Primordial Spirit!
She knew very well that these Jiang Clan members were ruthless and adept at dissecting souls and imprisoning Divine Sense.
If she fell into their hands, what awaited her would certainly not be a simple death!
Rather than having her dignity defiled, it was better to perish here and now!
But just as the Dao Embryo within her body vibrated, about to completely ignite her Divine Soul.
Buzz!
A terrifying Law of confinement suddenly descended from the Void Realm, enveloping her like a cage of heaven and earth!
"Trying to die?"
A cold voice sounded, and Jiang Yi stood with his hands behind his back, exuding a chilling coldness.
"Your Highness, the Divine Son, wants you alive, so you cannot die."
Boom!
He slammed a palm down, carrying an extreme suppressive Qi, directly striking Granny Yun's back!
Puff!
Granny Yun spat out a mouthful of black blood, flying backward.
"You..."
She trembled as she uttered a single word, her eyes filled with desolation.
The Jiang Clan... too cruel!
Once upon a time, she too had been a formidable figure in the Heavens.
But now, she couldn't even have a dignified death... "Do I not even have the right to die?"
There was no anger in her tone, only deep sorrow and unwillingness, like an ancient grave keeper who had witnessed the rise and fall of an era, and whose loyalty was utterly destroyed, being buried alive into the abyss.
Jiang Ye slowly walked over, his robes fluttering, the Dragon-patterned black robe moving with the wind.
"You are only valuable alive."
"Don't worry, we will help you recall many things."
"Everything about Fire Lotus City... we will slowly dig it out."
Granny Yun suddenly looked up, her teeth clenched, wishing she could tear the person in front of her to shreds immediately!
But she couldn't move, her cultivation was completely crippled, and she had even lost the right to struggle.