Chapter 511: The Chen Clan in Crisis
Blue Star.
Dongchuan Province, Tianchuan City.
The massive circular platform stood deserted.
Suddenly, the invisible void rippled, and a tall, slender figure materialized.
“Here?” Jiang Ye blinked in surprise.
He glanced around.
“I’m back on Blue Star?” he thought, astonished. “Sister Caiyi’s methods are truly unfathomable.”
He had expected to return to the civilization ruins.
Instead, he had been directly teleported to Blue Star.
“My realm has reverted to its initial stage,” Jiang Ye sensed, focusing on his body. “Early-stage sixth breakthrough.”
Within the civilization ruins, his realm had remained at the seventh breakthrough stage.
At that moment, a notification appeared:
New Achievement Unlocked: Achieved first place in a world-class grand competition, earning the recognition of forty billion people.
Title Unlocked: Fame and Fortune!
Reward: Talent Reconstruction
A subtitle floated into view.
“Talent Reconstruction?” Jiang Ye’s eyes lit up. “It’s finally here!”
Earlier, in the Inheritance Space, he had been puzzled why no new achievements had appeared. Now it was clear: he needed to leave the tournament space first.
According to the system’s logic, only leaving the tournament counted as truly ending it.
Extracting world power from forty billion people. Please wait patiently.
“Forty billion people?”
“Does this mean over half the population of Blue Star acknowledges my strength?” Jiang Ye thought in astonishment.
According to the latest statistics, Blue Star’s total population was approximately eighty billion.
Excluding the elderly and children under five, the total population was roughly fifty billion.
In other words, virtually everyone who had access to the internet and knew about this year’s Great Stellar War recognized Jiang Ye’s strength!
“Refreshing!” Jiang Ye couldn’t help but grin.
Fame was secondary.
The real reward from this tournament was far greater.
Beyond the realm advancement, the inheritance of True Divine Qiufang alone would drive divinities mad with envy. Not to mention Jiang Ye had also comprehended the five fundamental elements and the Ash Law.
Most crucially:
“Talent Reconstruction.”
“What level will I reach this time?” Jiang Ye wondered, his anticipation soaring. “The system is still extracting world power. I wonder how long it will take.”
In previous tournaments, even with the system extracting world power from millions of people, the process had taken considerable time. This time, it would likely take even longer.
Just then, Bai Gui’s voice suddenly rang out:
“Jiang Ye.”
“Break through to the seventh breakthrough as soon as possible,” Bai Gui urged. “Our master left you many treasures in the White Dragon Royal Court.”
“White Dragon Royal Court?” Jiang Ye blinked in surprise.
Why was Bai Gui suddenly bringing this up?
Then he chuckled.
“Alright,” Jiang Ye replied with a smile. “I’ll break through as soon as I can.”
During their first meeting, Bai Gui had mentioned this very thing.
Only after achieving his seventh breakthrough would Jiang Ye unlock the lower section of the White Dragon True Divine Manual, gaining access to more secret techniques, inheritances, and treasures.
Jiang Ye felt a surge of anticipation for these rewards.
“For now, I should return,” he thought. “It’s been a month since the Great Stellar War ended. I wonder how my senior sister is doing. What’s the current situation on Blue Star? And how is the Chen Clan faring?”
As the Chen Clan’s Chief, Jiang Ye naturally worried about the clan’s well-being, especially because of his connection to Chen Zilu.
Whoosh!
With a flicker, Jiang Ye transformed into a streak of flowing light, soaring skyward toward Donghai Province.
Empowered by the Five Fundamental Profound Mysteries, his speed easily surpassed a hundred times the speed of sound, allowing him to reach his destination in mere moments.
Meanwhile, at the Chen Clan Territory, the ancestral lands of the transcendent Chen Clan, the usually tranquil grounds were now a scene of uproar. Hundreds of Chen Clan members had gathered on the massive mountaintop platform of the clan’s highest peak.
Rage burned on every face.
“Zhou Clan, you’ve gone too far!”
“Our Chen Clan Patriarch has barely fallen, and you dare come to seize the Blood Jade Divine Tree? Do you think our clan has no one left to defend it?”
“This is outrageous!” The Chen Clan members seethed with righteous fury, glaring at the sky.
In the sky, several figures stood suspended in mid-air. At their head was an elderly man in a green robe, radiating the aura of a peak ninth breakthrough cultivator—a power unmatched.
“Heh heh,” the green-robed elder chuckled. “Please, everyone, remain calm. I come not merely on behalf of the Zhou Family, but as a representative of many transcendent families.”
“The Chen Clan’s Blood Jade Divine Tree is of immense benefit to the entire Blue Star Civilization.”
“With the ultimate shadow calamity looming, Blue Star faces a grave crisis,” the elder continued smoothly. “Such a precious tree should not be monopolized by one family but contributed to the entire civilization.”
“Absurd!” Chen Fang roared. “Zhou Qinfeng, you are utterly shameless! Your Zhou Family’s Spirit Cleansing Waterfall also benefits civilization. Why don’t you contribute that?”
“Exactly!”
“Utterly despicable!” Chen Yuan and the other elders gritted their teeth.
Every transcendent family possessed a demigod-tier or even divine-tier opportunity—their clan’s most treasured asset.
For the Chen Clan, the Blood Jade Divine Tree was their very foundation. Surrendering it would be akin to severing their own roots.
As for contribution? When the Shadow Calamity erupted, countless Chen Clan members had charged forward selflessly, one after another.
In contrast, the Zhou Family had deployed the fewest personnel and suffered the fewest casualties.
This week, Zhou Qinfeng has exploited the situation to the fullest, his intentions truly despicable.
“That’s a misrepresentation!”
“Our Zhou Family’s Spirit Cleansing Waterfall is meant to aid those with Transcendent Aptitude in achieving breakthroughs,” the blue-robed elder Zhou Qinfeng said, shaking his head. “If it can help even one person with Transcendent Aptitude reach demigod status, it benefits civilization!”
“But your Chen Clan has no transcendent descendants.”
“And you, Chen Fang and the others, have no hope of becoming demigods,” Zhou Qinfeng said, looking down at them. “Wouldn’t keeping the Blood Jade Divine Tree in your Chen Clan be a waste?”
His words struck like a blow.
Every Chen Clan member clenched their fists, feeling utterly humiliated.
The Blood Jade Divine Tree had always belonged to their clan!
Yet Zhou Qinfeng dared to call it a waste?
The worst part was, he wasn’t wrong.
The Chen Clan elders were too old to reach demigod status, and none of the younger generation possessed Transcendent Aptitude.
Without transcendent talent, there could be no demigods!
A suffocating sense of humiliation filled the Chen Clan members, with no outlet for their anger.
“That despicable man,” Chen Yuan muttered, his face darkening.
He knew exactly why they dared to be so arrogant.
It was only because Patriarch Chen Jiuxuan had fallen that they dared to act this way.
In the past, Zhou Qinfeng would never have dared to come and seize the Blood Jade Divine Tree.
“Today…”
“As long as Chen Fang stands here, none of you will take the Blood Jade Divine Tree!” Chen Fang roared.
Boom! A formidable aura erupted from him.
As a Chen Clan elder and a peak ninth breakthrough expert, Chen Fang showed no fear of Zhou Qinfeng.
Including Chen Yuan, the other Chen Clan elders stepped forward, confronting Zhou Qinfeng and his group.
“You refuse the toast only to drink the penalty cup,” Zhou Qinfeng said, his eyes flashing with coldness at the sight.
Yet he hesitated to strike.
The Chen Family Patriarch had only recently fallen, and their claim to the Blood Jade Divine Tree was already tenuous.
Forcing a confrontation would only escalate the situation.
The alliance leader is still in secluded cultivation, Zhou Qinfeng thought. If this blows up, it won’t bode well for us.
Their audacity stemmed from Alliance Leader Qi Tian’s critical breakthrough phase. During this time, the leader would remain completely secluded.
With this in mind, Zhou Qinfeng wavered.
Should they press their claim?
Just then—
Whoosh! The sky abruptly darkened, as if an invisible hand had clenched the heavens and earth, plunging the world into oppressive silence.
(End of the Chapter)