Chapter 2524 - 2214: I’ll Go Personally

Feeling the dense Death Qi emanating from Wu Zhenhai, Wu Zhan had a bad premonition.

At this moment, Wu Zhenhai said to the guards and maids in the hall, "All of you, leave first."

Upon hearing Wu Zhenhai’s order, everyone immediately exited the hall and closed the doors.

After they left, Wu Zhenhai raised his hand, and a Sound Insulation Barrier appeared in the hall, enveloping him and Wu Zhan.

Wu Zhenhai said, "You must have sensed it too, my end is near, I don’t have much time left."

Wu Zhan’s heart shook upon hearing Wu Zhenhai’s words.

Wu Zhenhai is the only Emperor Realm expert of the Great Yan Royal Family. Once Wu Zhenhai falls, the Zhao family will surely seize power, and then Great Yan will become Zhao’s.

Turning back, Wu Zhan anxiously asked, "Ancestor, don’t you still have five thousand years of life? How could your end come so soon?"

Wu Zhenhai said, "Having five thousand years of life is my outward claim. If people know my end is near, the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty will surely fall into chaos."

Hearing Wu Zhenhai’s response, Wu Zhan fell silent.

Given the current situation, their royal family must quickly cultivate a new Emperor Realm.

But whether it’s him as the Immortal Emperor or those from the royal family, none have the potential to become emperor.

What should they do now?

Just then, Wu Zhenhai said, "I thought our Wu family couldn’t avoid this calamity, but unexpectedly, an opportunity that can help us through the crisis has appeared suddenly at the Border Wilderness."

Hearing this, Wu Zhan asked, "Ancestor, do you plan to recruit Lu Chen and cultivate him into an emperor?"

Wu Zhenhai chuckled lightly and said, "Cultivate him into an emperor? No, no, no. If he becomes emperor, Great Yan will have another Zhao family. One Zhao family is already a headache for us. If there’s another, the Wu family won’t be far from extinction."

Wu Zhan asked, "Then, Ancestor, what do you mean?"

Wu Zhenhai said, "This child’s talent is extraordinary, and he might have obtained an Ancient Inheritance. If I reincarnate into him, perhaps I can quickly regain my strength and live a second life."

Wu Zhan’s eyebrows tightened. He didn’t think there was anything wrong with reincarnation; although it is an Evil Technique, it concerns the survival of their Wu family. Even if their ancestor uses the Possession Technique, he would stand by him.

But reincarnation isn’t guaranteed to succeed.

If successful, their ancestor will have no problem living a second life and might even break through to a higher realm, given Lu Chen’s great talent.

But if reincarnation fails, their Great Yan Immortal Dynasty will immediately lose an Emperor Realm. Without their ancestor, if the matter is leaked, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The risk of reincarnation is too great.

Seeing Wu Zhan suddenly fall silent, Wu Zhenhai knew what he was thinking, so he continued, "My time is running out; I have no choice but to use this method."

Wu Zhan said, "It’s all because we descendants are not diligent enough to break through the Emperor Realm, forcing the ancestor to take such a big risk and use such an evil technique."

Wu Zhenhai sighed and said, "It’s not your fault; breaking through the Emperor Realm is never an easy task."

"Moreover, it’s my fault too. If I hadn’t been eager to break through to the Emperor Realm and touched the Mysterious Power, my body wouldn’t have been eroded by it."

Upon hearing ’Mysterious Power,’ Wu Zhan puzzledly asked, "Mysterious Power? What is that?"

Wu Zhenhai replied, "Years ago, while exploring a Secret Realm, I accidentally discovered an Outer Heaven Technique and a special power."

"I thought that power was an alienated spiritual evil, intended to absorb it to break through to a higher realm, but it backfired. After that power entered my body, it madly devoured my vitality, causing my end to come early."

The Mysterious Power and spiritual evil have similarities, as both devour vitality, so when Wu Zhenhai first encountered the Mysterious Power, he believed it was a more refined spiritual evil. He thought that by refining his Physical Body with it, he might break through barriers and reach a higher realm.

But no one expected that after being contaminated with the Mysterious Power, his body deteriorated day by day.

Wu Zhenhai continued, "The urgent task is to quickly bring back Lu Chen, who you mentioned earlier, to the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty."

Wu Zhan said, "Currently, Lu Chen is under the attention of many forces. Bringing him back to the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty won’t be easy, and he possesses Instant Kill Saint Realm techniques, so we dare not send Saint Realm experts to contact him."

Wu Zhenhai said, "I will go myself."

An Emperor Realm expert seldom takes action, but at the moment of Wu family’s life and death, he must act.

At that moment, Wu Zhenhai took out a Jade Scroll from the Space Ring and handed it to Wu Zhan: "If the Zhao family makes any moves or if the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty encounters any changes, immediately activate the Jade Scroll."

"Inside is a part of my Divine Sense, which, once activated, can temporarily exert seventy percent of my power, and I can sense it immediately."

Wu Zhan accepted the Jade Scroll and said, "Wishing Ancestor a smooth journey."

Wu Zhenhai said nothing more and instantly disappeared.

After Wu Zhenhai left, Wu Zhan looked at the Jade Scroll in his hand, thinking that even though Lu Chen wielded powers capable of Instant Kill Saint Realm, he shouldn’t be a match for their ancestor, after all, it’s the Emperor Realm.

His greatest concern was still the reincarnation part; swapping bodies was inherently against the natural order, prone to errors, even with high-realm experts reincarnating into weaker individuals, there’s a high chance of failure.

If reincarnation were that easy, the concept of a destined end would not exist; anyone nearing their end could just reincarnate into a weaker one, and ancestral patriarchs of forces would have long achieved immortality.

...

Wind and Cloud Tower.

A towering structure, covering a million square kilometers, soared high into the clouds.

Around the tower, countless Flying Boats traveled back and forth.

In the grand hall of the tower’s top floor, a man in a golden robe sat on a throne made of Xianjin, while people inside discussed something.

"A mere Border Desolate Native dares oppose our Wind and Cloud Tower; such a person must not be kept."

"Lu Chen must die. If he remains, what will other forces think of us?"

"But Lu Chen possesses the power to Instant Kill Saint Realm; if we send more Saint Realm experts and something goes wrong, we’ve already lost one Saint Realm and can’t afford such losses."

"That power surely doesn’t belong to Lu Chen; he’s only Emperor Realm, how could he wield Instant Kill Saint Realm power? That power’s likely a one-time use, perhaps given by the Ancient Inheritance, used once and gone."

"How about we awaken the ancestor and let him personally go to the Border Wilderness?"

"No, the ancestor is in a closed death retreat; such matters cannot disturb him."

"Are we just going to let this go? If we do, where’s the honor for our Wind and Cloud Tower?"

Sitting on the throne, the Wind and Cloud Tower Master Qin Lichuan listened gloomily to the discussion of the elders present, slightly uncertain about proceeding.

Logically, the Wind and Cloud Tower shouldn’t let it go after the killing of their elder.

But the opponent wields power capable of Instant Kill Saint Realm, and no one knows if it’s a one-time strength, or if Lu Chen genuinely has such might.

Losing another Saint Realm expert would indeed be a calamity for the Wind and Cloud Tower; they only have six Saint Realm supporters, now reduced to five, if another falls, they’ll only have four.

With the vast dominion of the Wind and Cloud Tower, four Saint Realms are simply insufficient.