Chapter 4: Legends of the Ancestor
“What’s so surprising about that? There are many people in this world who look alike. It’s not uncommon for one or two individuals to be exactly the same!” Luo Youyou blinked her bright eyes.
Luo Qing shook his head and said, “No, I sensed the bloodline of our Luo family from that person.”
Upon hearing this, the three were shocked and each entertained an unrealistic fantasy: “Could it be that the ancestor… has truly come back to life?”
They were all talented disciples within the family and knew some of the clan’s secrets; otherwise, they wouldn’t have remained here to train diligently.
Harboring such an unrealistic guess, the group quickly returned to the Luo family’s medicinal hall.
As soon as they arrived, someone pointed at a donkey by the door and said, “Whose horse is this? It’s so ugly! It looks just like a donkey!”
“You horse, you horse, your whole family is horses! Look carefully, I am a donkey!” came the retort.
“Who? Who’s speaking?” Luo Tianyuan tensed up, scanning around.
“Your donkey grandpa!”
The four looked over to see the donkey wearing an angry expression, seemingly feeling humiliated but afraid to take action.
“A talking donkey? This must be at least a Third Realm fiend from the Wheel Sea Secret Realm, a Spirit Bridge Realm beast, right?” Luo Youyou covered her mouth in surprise.
The donkey, clearly unwilling to be belittled, said, “Spirit Bridge? Who do you look down on? I’m a mighty beast at the Dragon Transformation Realm!”
“Dragon Transformation? Isn’t that the same level as our family head?” Luo Qing’s face was full of shock.
The donkey proudly revealed a hint of its aura, once again stunning the skeptical group into silence.
“Can you feel it? This is the power of the Dragon Transformation!” the donkey boasted, clearly enjoying itself.
The four paled, their eyes filled with terror, struggling to suppress their trembling hearts as they said, “May we ask what brings you here, senior? This is the Luo family’s medicinal hall…”
It wasn’t their choice; the donkey’s power was so terrifying that even a slight aura left them feeling as if facing a mortal enemy, their souls trembling uncontrollably with fear.
Low-level cultivators have this reaction toward high-level ones—when the gap in realms is too great, the suppression is terrifying.
The donkey lifted its muzzle, full of grievance: “Good people get ridden, donkeys get bullied…”
“Ahem.” A soft cough echoed from the medicinal hall.
“I mean, following the senior is the happiest thing in my life!”
The four understood—this dignified fiend was forced to become a mount by an even stronger being.
A cultivator might be even more profound and powerful than the Dragon Transformation Realm!
And they were here, inside the medicinal hall…
For a moment, none dared to breathe. Could it be that the Yaoguang Sanctuary had intervened?
“Could it be an unmatched powerhouse from Yaoguang Sanctuary?” Luo Youyou said, her face deathly pale, voicing the speculation. At such a critical time, only a force from Yaoguang Sanctuary would dare approach, as no other faction would risk offending such a colossal entity by befriending the Luo family.
Since the ancestor’s death, the Luo family’s status had plummeted—from a supreme noble house to a top-tier family, and now continuing to decline. Were it not for the three elders of the Dragon Transformation Realm maintaining order within the family, they might have already lost even their reputation as a top-tier clan.
Now, a single elder from a sanctuary could decide the Luo family’s fate!
Therefore, this person must be a supreme powerhouse from Yaoguang Sanctuary!
Is the Luo family ultimately doomed to perish?
Perhaps handing over Sister Xian’er is the only way…
The moment this thought arose, Luo Youyou was startled by it herself. Sacrificing an innocent little girl for the family—could any human do such a thing? Only a beast less than an animal would.
“Yaoguang Sanctuary? I think I’ve heard of it. A very powerful place!” The donkey carefully recalled, seeming to have heard about it somewhere.
“Senior, are you from Yaoguang Sanctuary?” Luo Qing asked, sensing something different from their own suspicions.
The donkey opened its mouth wide: “I don’t know! Not long ago, I was still in the mountains eating spiritual herbs, living a carefree, secluded life. Then, one day, a sky-covering hand grabbed me, and I was forced… voluntarily to follow the senior!”
Luo Tianyuan asked again, “Do you know if the senior you willingly follow is a powerhouse from Yaoguang Sanctuary?”
The four held their breath, waiting for an answer.
If yes, then Yaoguang Sanctuary had indeed taken action against the Luo family; if not, perhaps this being was merely passing through.
Luo Qing recognized the donkey and asked in a trembling voice, “May I ask, senior donkey, is the senior you mentioned the one who brought you into the city today?”
The donkey stared at him and said, “I’ve seen you, the kid at the city gate! Who else but that senior dares to lead me? I’d kick them to death!”
Hearing the donkey’s explanation, Luo Qing was utterly shocked, whispering in disbelief, “The ancestor… is not dead!”
The three gasped and, with heavy hearts, entered the medicinal hall.
At that moment, Luo Tianlin was respectfully serving tea beside a seemingly ordinary young man.
“Luo Tianlin? Isn’t he usually fearless of anything?” Seeing this, the others were dumbfounded; the truth had become reality.
That seemingly ordinary youth was truly their Luo family’s ancestor, whose soul lamp had long since extinguished!
The four approached solemnly, speaking with gravity: “Junior Luo Youyou pays respects to the ancestor…”
“Junior Luo Tianyuan pays respects to the ancestor!”
“Junior Luo Huaimu pays respects to the ancestor!”
“Junior Luo Qing pays respects to the ancestor!”
Utmost respect, not daring to be negligent.
Though the ancestor’s legend was briefly recorded in the history of the Eastern Wilderness, it was widely known within the Luo family.
As a child, chosen by a mysterious figure and accepted as a closed-door disciple, at ten years old he faced the sea of suffering, at twelve entered the Life Spring, at fourteen crossed the Spirit Bridge, and at sixteen reached the Other Shore. Thus, he completed the four realms of the Wheel Sea, beginning to shine.
At the Dao Palace Realm, he initially wielded time magic, invincible among peers, and routinely fought above his level.
Later, he conquered the Four Pole Secret Realms, invincible in the Eastern Wilderness, defeating ancient noble families’ supreme divine bodies and suppressing prodigies of saintly rank, mastering the art of time.
During the Dragon Transformation Secret Realm, he forged his own life treasure—the Time Mirror! At great cost, this mirror allowed him to return to the past and erase opponents by cutting off their youth, wiping them from the world. From then on, the world turned against him.
At Fairy Stage One, a half-step Great Power Realm, none among his peers could match him, so he ventured alone onto the Ancient Starry Road…
The next news of the ancestor came from the depths of the starry sky…
Ancestor Luo Yan was besieged and slain by myriad starry clans. In fury, he used an unparalleled technique to sever a segment of time…
The myriad clans fell silent!
An unsurpassed powerhouse used supreme divine magic to investigate and was horrified to find that all history on the Ancient Starry Road during that time was erased by the Luo family’s ancestor, as if it never existed!
Finally, an unmatched figure used a supreme imperial weapon to probe that history and uttered only one sentence:
“Luo Yan… has become a saint!”
Yet all the universe knew Luo Yan might be more than a mere saint…
Reflecting on the ancestor’s glorious deeds, the four felt immense pressure facing this seemingly ordinary figure.