Originally, in Xia Ritian’s initial plan, his daughter Xia Mingyue was indeed within the range of his devouring.

However, after Xia Mingyue gained the recognition of the ancestral artifact, the Profound Bird Cauldron, she was already the sole heir of the Great Xia royal family.

Since Xia Mingyue couldn’t be touched, then only his ten sons could be devoured.

The top ten princes of the Great Xia Dynasty were also princes with their own fiefdoms.

At this thought, Xia Ritian’s palm suddenly pressed on the pitch-black seal at his waist.

This is the ten-pattern sun artifact controlled by the Great Xia royal family, the Profound Bird Celestial Seal!

"Buzz——"

The black seal trembled, exuding a ghostly glow.

In an instant, it transformed into ten pillars of light reaching the sky, illuminating the entire wasteland like the Netherworld Ghost Realm!

Within the black pillars, ten figures slowly emerged.

Each figure was pierced through the limbs by the pitch-black Heaven and Earth Law Chains, twisted runes entwined around them, as if enduring the most brutal punishment in the world.

Gazing at the ten figures in the sky, a trace of uncontrollable turmoil finally appeared on Xia Ritian’s dignified face.

Although Xia Ritian didn’t care about their lives, after today,

he, as Emperor Tianqi, would bear the eternal infamy of being a child-murderer.

However, it was all for the Great Xia royal family, for the Great Xia Dynasty.

"Xia Ritian, you damn emperor!"

"You actually..."

Suddenly, the ancestor of the Wu family cried out in surprise, his aged face distorted by shock.

Because within them, there was still a prince that carried half of his Wu family’s bloodline.

Everyone recognized it!

Those ten were none other than Xia Ritian’s ten sons, the ten most respected princes of the Great Xia Dynasty!

Among them, including the one who opposed Lu Xuan in Anzhou back then — Prince An — Xia Mingqing!

He is the prince with half the blood of the Wu family.

At this moment, the ten princes no longer had their past grace.

With eyes tightly shut and faces emaciated, their spiritual power was continuously extracted by the Law Chains, dissipating into wisps of blue smoke into heaven and earth.

The most terrifying thing was, a dark law chain pierced through each of their hearts.

"Sacrifice the sons..."

Master Xinji, abbot of Jingxin Temple, suddenly clasped his hands together, his voice trembling.

He seemed to have guessed Xia Ritian’s intention.

No wonder the Great Xia Empress specially summoned the ten princes to the capital recently.

For this, even the three ancestors of the Great Xia royal family personally nodded to allow it.

It turns out, it was all for today.

Everything was plotted by this rogue Xia Ritian!

And beside him, the Nether Serpent suddenly burst into a piercing laugh: "Hahaha!"

"Xia Ritian, they say a tiger doesn’t eat its cubs, you are even more ruthless than us beasts!"

The Feather Emperor Ancestor’s eyes were sparkling, without any emotional ripple.

As if Xia Ritian’s struggle was nothing but the dying struggle of an ant in its eyes.

Slowly closing his eyes, Xia Ritian opened them again, now filled with resoluteness: "If not for this, how can I withstand you, Earth Venerable Domain Master?"

Following that, Xia Ritian abruptly raised his hand, the action crisp and decisive, carrying an undeniable determination.

In an instant, the ten princes seemed to be sharply pulled by an invisible force, simultaneously opening their eyes.

What was hair-raising was, in those ten pairs of eyes, no pupil could be seen.

Only the profound and mysterious shadows of nine profound birds floating and flickering, emitting a mysterious and dangerous aura.

In that instant, the bodies of the ten princes seemed to take a heavy blow, their bodies crumbling at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Blood and flesh splattered, the skies drenched with blood as if a curtain of a bloody rain.

The blood uncontrollably flowed and converged in mid-air, finally coalescing into a deep black droplet.

The droplet, like a mysterious black hole, seemed capable of devouring all things.

Look closely, around the deep black droplet, nine black profound bird shadows spread their wings and soared, emitting silent calls.

In the next moment, this drop filled with endless eerie power shot towards Xia Ritian at an astonishing speed.

Like a black bolt of lightning, it instantly entered Xia Ritian’s crown.

The whole process happened too suddenly, leaving no time for much reaction.

"Boom——!"

An extremely terrifying aura burst from Xia Ritian’s body, his pitch-black pupils suddenly contracting.

The whites of his eyes were also tinged with black power, a profound bird mark slowly emerged at his brow, and his aura frantically surged!

Half-Step Earth Venerable!

Pseudo Earth Venerable!

...infinitely approaching the true Earth Venerable Domain Master!

.......Earth Venerable Domain Master!

"Break!"

Yet, faced with such a sudden change, those present were not panicked.

The Nether Serpent’s golden vertical pupils stared fixedly at the Feather Emperor Ancestor, its tongue flicking, secretly pondering.

Ancestor...why not make a move?

This isn’t a joke; the ancestor doesn’t seem like one to give humans a chance.

For humans as blood food, the demon kind is best at cruelly torturing them, then devouring them alive.

Temple Master Ying Lingfeng of Daoxu Temple, Master Xinji the abbot of Jingxin Temple, and even the Great Xia Empress Xia Mingyue, all turned their gaze towards the ever-silent Feather Emperor Ancestor.

Yes...why doesn’t the Feather Emperor Ancestor take action?

With its demon emperor (Earth Venerable) strength, it could have interrupted Xia Ritian absorbing the blood at the instant!

Xia Mingyue’s jade hand tightly held the Profound Bird Cauldron, the shadow of the profound bird within surged up and down, ready to attack.

But what startled her was — the Feather Emperor Ancestor opposite really didn’t make a move!

Just what is it waiting for?

But no one noticed, in the depths of the Feather Emperor Ancestor’s eyes, endless greed was surging!