"What audacity!"

Soon after, in different corners of the Great Xia capital, within the ancestral halls of the eight families.

The floating life points in the air trembled violently, then let out a wail, disappearing into the world.

The Li Family: "Who dares to kill a member of the Li Family!"

The Luo Family: "Who dared to lay a deadly hand on my grandson? I will leave him with no place for burial!"

The Shangguan Family, the Jiang Family, the Guyue Family, the Tang Family......

"Something has changed in the Spirit Ruins, go quickly!"

Within the perilous peaks and secret realms where the five supreme forces reside, the leaders each awoke.

These strong figures at the pinnacle of the Great Xia dynasty all showed expressions of horror and disbelief.

They instantly understood that the strong who had been stationed at the light gate of the Spirit Ruins encountered an extremely terrifying incident.

Thinking of this, they had no time to think further, as spiritual power surged around them, transforming into streams of light, rushing toward the Spirit Ruins.

Moments later—

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Dozens of sounds of something tearing through the air suddenly rang out, shattering the silence of the Spirit Ruins.

Three ancestors of the Great Xia royal family came stepping on air, forming a protective triangle around Empress Xia Mingyue.

Each of their gazes was locked tightly on the old man in the yellow and white robe below.

The empress’s black imperial robe fluttered in the fierce wind, revealing her long, jade-like legs.

The black mysterious bird mark on her brow glowed strangely, as if it could take flight at any moment.

"Earth Venerable..."

As these two words softly escaped the empress’s lips, the temple leaders of the five major forces, and the ancestors of each family, all shook with shock.

The Sword Spirit Sect’s leader, Zuo Hengjian, let out a mournful cry as he held his sword.

And the Sect Leader of the Extreme Flame Saint Sect, Gu Yan, instinctively stepped back half a step, entirely losing his usual fiery temper.

Even if Gu Yan wanted to throw a tantrum, it would have to be on someone weaker.

Now suddenly, there emerged a formidable figure suspected to be at the Earth Venerable Realm.

Even with the Ten-Rib Sun Artifact Extreme Flame Pearl, Gu Yan dared not challenge the presence of an Earth Venerable Realm leader.

That would be like shattering an egg against a rock.

Nether Python sneered, a flicker of murderous intent crossed its vertical pupils.

"Feather Emperor Ancestor, that woman above is the so-called emperor of this world."

The old man in the yellow and white robe heard this but remained serene, only the tricolor fuego on his green cane flickered more flamboyantly.

Empress Xia Mingyue’s phoenix eyes suddenly contracted, and with a graceful wave of her jade hand, a profound black ancient cauldron appeared in her palm.

The cauldron, entwined with nine mystical bird patterns, is the Great Xia’s ancestral weapon — the Profound Bird Cauldron!

Boom!

At the moment the Profound Bird Cauldron appeared, a purple-gold flame spot between the Feather Emperor Ancestor’s brows suddenly erupted with dazzling light.

In an instant, the entire realm was engulfed in a world of flames!

Across the skies, countless fiery feathers flew, and magma surged on the ground.

Numerous fearsome animals formed by fire roared in the void.

"This is... the Earth Venerable Realm!"

The Temple Master Ying Lingfeng of Daoxu Temple shook his white duster, which burst into bright white light forming a unique defensive barrier.

While the abbot of Jingxin Temple, Master Xinji, opened a string of Buddha Beads with both hands, countless golden lights surged, golden lotuses emerged from the ground.

The Extreme Flame Saint Sect, Sword Spirit Sect, and Profound Sound Immortal Palace leaders also performed similar actions, each summoning their body’s Ten-Rib Sun Artifacts!

The ancestors of the eight great families simultaneously retreated, with each displaying a Ten-Rib Sun Artifact above their heads, the brilliant glow forming a continuous defense barrier.

"Boom!"

Five bursts of intense Pocket World energies shot to the sky, being the five masters of the Pocket World.

Respectively from the higher three families—Tang, Jiang, Guyue—Daoxu Temple Master Ying Lingfeng, and Jingxin Temple’s Abbot Master Xinji!

From the Tang Family, the dark silhouette of a short dagger appeared behind Ancestor Tang Zhen.

For the Jiang Family, a vast ancient map depicting countless ancient rivers and waterways hung above Jiang Yingtian’s head.

From the Guyue Family, Guyue Mingtian’s brow illuminated with the cool light of a green full moon.

At the same time, the remaining eight strong of the lesser Pocket World, each released their family’s Ten-Rib Sun Artifacts, also displaying the virtual shadows of their internal Pocket Swirls.

The entire fiery world shook with these dozen enormous and matchless powers.

Facing the human resistance, the Feather Emperor Ancestor slowly revealed his true self.

In a split second, the sky changed color, as tens of thousands of blood-red phantom feet appeared in this fiery, churning world.

This blood-red phantom was an enormous, borderless bird-like monster.

With its wings spread out like two gigantic screens, the sun, moon, and stars were eclipsed under its shadow.

Instantly losing their former grandeur, they became dim and dull.

The Feather Emperor Ancestor’s feathers held a particularly unique color, not commonly seen, emanating a mysterious deep red.

Each feather was refined by the essence of the world over countless ages, emitting a mysterious and enchanting glow.

As if holding the secrets of the universe’s beginning, the birth of the sun, moon, and stars, and all things in existence.

At the edges of its pair of wings, mysterious purple-gold flames hovered, densely intertwined, echoing the embodiment of this world’s rule forces.

Atop the Feather Emperor Ancestor’s head, a tuft of snow-white feathers stood tall, dazzling amid the purple-red feathers, particularly capturing attention.

Surrounding these feathers, the purple-gold flames tangled like lively spirits.

Looking closely, faint phoenix silhouettes appeared and disappeared within the purple-gold flames, revealing the nobility of the Feather Emperor Ancestor’s bloodline.