Chapter 1740: Chapter 934: Zhang Er Ancestor’s Ascension

Five Elements Grotto Heaven, Yuekong Mountain of Yu State, the clan ancestral hall.

On this day, it happened to be the birthday of the Ancestor. Outside the ancestral hall at the back of Yuekong Mountain, the space before the doors was packed densely with people.

At this moment, the atmosphere inside the ancestral hall was solemn and awe‑inspiring. Three elders stood in front of the ancestral memorial tablets, silently watching the twenty‑odd younger clansmen below.

Among the crowd below, there were young men around twenty years of age, as well as a few seven‑ or eight‑year‑old snot‑nosed brats. Each of them was holding three long sticks of incense.

The Great Clan Elder gazed at the juniors below and asked in a heavy tone, "Today is the birthday of our founding Ancestor of the Yu Kong Zhao Clan, and it is also the day your names are entered into the clan register. Since the Zhao Family rose to prominence two hundred and eighty thousand years ago, the descendants have always remembered the eight‑character maxim left by our Ancestor. Have you engraved it in your hearts?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the twenty‑odd juniors immediately shouted in unison, "...Of one heart and one mind, invincible in all things!"

"Good!" The Great Clan Elder nodded in satisfaction and continued, "Light the incense! Follow me to worship the Ancestor."

With that, he flicked his fingers, sending out several dozen strands of firelight that instantly lit the incense in everyone’s hands.

Then, the Great Clan Elder flipped his hand and produced three thumb‑thick Incense sticks. After lighting them, he held them in his hand, turned to face the rows of ancestral tablets, bowed deeply three times with utmost respect, and finally inserted the Incense into the Purple Incense Burner at the center of the offering table.

At this time, the other two elders also stepped forward with Incense in their hands, likewise bowing three times with not the slightest carelessness, then inserting the Incense into the incense burner.

After the three elders finished their worship, the oldest youth among the juniors suddenly stepped out from the crowd.

He imitated the movements of the three elders, his expression reverent as he bowed three times to the memorial tablets of the ancestors of past generations, then went forward to place his incense, and finally retreated back into the crowd.

After him, the juniors went forward in order of age to offer incense and pay their respects.

A short while later, the more than twenty juniors all finished offering their incense.

Just then, the Divine Statue of the Ancestor enshrined in the very center of the ancestral hall suddenly emitted a faint clear radiance, and a trace of liveliness flashed through the eyes of the statue.

In an instant, an invisible gaze suddenly swept across everyone, a gaze that seemed to come from above.

The next moment, an exclamation broke the stillness of the ancestral hall: "Ah, the Ancestor has manifested!" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

As the cry rang out, a sheet of clear light suddenly spread out, instantly enveloping the ancestral hall and the plaza outside.

In that instant, everyone inside and outside the ancestral hall felt their Spirit incomparably soothed. Innumerable streams of heat emerged in their limbs and bones out of nowhere, as if the heat possessed the power to heal all things; wherever it passed, all sorts of hidden injuries and ailments within their bodies vanished without a trace.

Not only that, some people even felt that their own aptitude had actually improved slightly.

Of course, those who benefited the most were the three elders inside the ancestral hall and the group of juniors.

The realm bottlenecks of the three Nascent Soul Realm elders all loosened slightly at the same time. As for the juniors, they went through a Refining; each of their bodies expelled quite a lot of black‑red filth.

Seeing this, the Great Clan Elder was extremely pleased and immediately ordered the juniors to go out and wash themselves.

When the juniors walked out of the ancestral hall in high spirits, a burst of loud exclamations quickly came from outside.

A few days later, deep within a cave mansion in the back mountain of Yuekong, a child with rosy lips and white teeth, exceptionally handsome, was nestled in his great‑great‑grandfather’s arms, asking with eyes full of curiosity, "Grand‑grandfather, is the Ancestor still alive?"

"Fan’er, do not be rude!" The Great Clan Elder Zhao Guiyi feigned a stern rebuke.

The child shuddered in fright and hurriedly burrowed into his great‑grandfather’s embrace, wriggling about as if acting spoiled.

Zhao Guiyi just happened to have a soft spot for this, and he couldn’t help but laugh heartily. In a gentle tone he said, "Be good, Fan’er! The Ancestor’s Mana is boundless; his lifespan is almost equal to the heavens. Of course he is alive and well."

The child stuck out his small head, his eyes rolling about, and suddenly asked boldly, "Your grandson heard that the Ancestor is a Tribulation Crossing Realm Venerable. Grand‑grandfather, what is a Great Venerable?"

Zhao Guiyi patted his grandson’s little head, pretending to joke as he said, "A Great Venerable is just a Great Venerable. You’re still young. When you grow up, you’ll naturally understand how noble a Tribulation Crossing Realm Venerable is!"

It has to be said that children have always been creatures brimming with curiosity.

After hearing this, the child immediately asked another question, "Then... is a Great Venerable even more powerful than Grand‑grandfather?"

"Haha, how could Grand‑grandfather’s paltry Daoist attainments compare to even one ten‑thousandth of a Great Venerable? Do you know how exalted a Tribulation Crossing Venerable is? A Great Venerable’s cultivation reaches the heavens; he possesses the Power of Blood Rebirth and the Power to change heaven and earth with a single thought.

In the eyes of us Mortal Cultivators, a Great Venerable can be said to have Immortality and boundless Mana!"

Speaking up to this point, Zhao Guiyi suddenly changed the subject and began telling his grandson stories of the past: "Speaking of which, the Ancestor is also a legend rarely seen through the ages. Back in those years..."

...

Just as the Nascent Soul Cultivator Zhao Guiyi had said, a Tribulation Crossing Realm Venerable indeed possesses the ability of Blood Rebirth and can likewise be considered to have Immortality.

However, Zhao Guiyi had still underestimated the capabilities of a Tribulation Crossing Venerable.

In Zhao Sheng’s view, Cultivators of the Tribulation Crossing Realm were already the very pinnacle of existence below a True Immortal.

Only by truly breaking through to the Tribulation Crossing Realm can you comprehend what it means to be "within the Grotto Heaven, with me, there is no enemy under the heavens"!

To put it this way: even the weakest Tribulation Crossing Realm Venerable, as long as his true body remains hidden within his Grotto Heaven without emerging, then no one can kill him—unless an Immortal personally takes action.

If, outside the Grotto Heaven, there is a Great Venerable who can use one unit of Mana to pry at tenfold Power of Laws...

Then within his own Grotto Heaven, that very same unit of Mana can easily leverage a hundredfold Power of Laws.

Therefore, so long as he is within his Grotto Heaven, any Tribulation Crossing Venerable can be said to be invincible; no matter how many Tribulation Crossing Venerables come to besiege him, he would not be the slightest bit afraid.