Chapter 2633 - 2632: Second Generation, Stories of the Bloodline Split

But unfortunately, Shen Baizhi's thinking was still too simple.

Since they dared arrange this Formation outside the Ancestor Temple, they had definitely already anticipated this possibility.

So when Shen Baizhi pushed open the great doors of the Ancestor Temple—

only a creaking sound was heard.

The awkward sound of the door opening spread as the heavy panels were slowly pushed open.

However, this wooden door looked very heavy.

When Shen Baizhi pushed it, she had to use a great deal of strength to force the doors open bit by bit.

But once the doors opened, the two of them didn't even have time to see clearly what was inside.

A mass of black fog erupted out.

This black fog was so fierce and so sudden, as if it had always been waiting inside for someone to push open the doors.

"Boom—"

Shen Baizhi was startled dumb at this moment.

She stared blankly as the black fog surged toward them, not even thinking about dodging.

Xu Zimei faintly furrowed his brows.

He stepped into the air, Cosmic Force surging around his foot, and directly kicked the black fog flying.

The black fog spun several times in the void.

It let out a "jie jie jie" cackling laughter.

It was clear that the Unification Array did not attack him; on the contrary, it seemed to be on the same side as the black fog.

"Junior, barging into the Ancestor Temple of my Xuntian Clan—what is your intent?"

From within the black fog came an aged voice.

Xu Zimei chuckled.

He said, "I am the Young Clan Leader of the Xuntian Clan. How is this barging in? I only came to pay respects to the ancestors."

"That's right, that's right, he's your Xuntian Mansion's Young Clan Leader," Shen Baizhi quickly added.

At this time, the black fog began to dissipate little by little.

A figure walked out from within.

It was an old man.

His hair and beard were both white, and he wore burial clothes—the kind only the dead would wear.

His gaze was turbid, but the aura around him carried a few hints of a Living Dead.

Cold wind howled, black fog shrouded the sky.

Seeing this scene, Xu Zimei immediately realized—

this old man was not simple.

He should already be dead, yet through his powerful Dao, he had forcibly held on until now, his Physical Body neither dead nor destroyed.

To put it plainly: after Death, his Divine Soul had dispersed, but his flesh remained.

The people of the Xuntian Clan must have used some method to keep his consciousness lodged within his Physical Body.

This was the existence known as a Living Dead.

Moreover, this sort of existence was very special. Though he couldn't Cultivate like normal living beings—

a conscious body, as long as it was properly preserved, could easily survive for several eras.

Sure enough, as Xu Zimei saw it, these major powers more or less had some method to extend longevity.

Perhaps the Old Lady also had such a method.

It was just that the Old Lady didn't want to become a Living Dead and wanted to truly extend her lifespan.

So she hadn't chosen this path.

Looking at the old man, Xu Zimei didn't know which ancestor of the Xuntian Clan he was.

But since he could become a Living Dead—

he might well be more ancient than the ancestors currently slumbering in the back mountain.

Even that strongest Lianshan Ancestor was likely no match.

As Xu Zimei was still guessing—

the old man's gaze kept falling back and forth on Xu Zimei and Shen Baizhi.

But he only glanced at Shen Baizhi once before no longer paying her any mind.

His focus was mainly on Xu Zimei.

"This old man is Anshan."

The old man said slowly.

Hearing this title of Ancestor Anshan, Xu Zimei had never heard it before, but Shen Baizhi knew.

She hurriedly said,

"You're one of the Second Generation?"

As if sensing Xu Zimei's confusion, Shen Baizhi didn't wait for the old man's response before turning to Xu Zimei and saying,

"Do you know that back then your Xuntian Clan and our Zhou Di Clan were originally one?

"Both were branches split off from the Heaven and Earth Clan."

"Later, it's said the First Generation Ancestor and Second Generation Ancestor had conflicting ideals and finally split the family.

That's how the current Xuntian and Zhou Di came to be."

"Second Generation Ancestor, you're still alive."

At Shen Baizhi's words, the old man narrowed his eyes slightly.

He said, "This old man is already dead."

"But compared to that fellow of the First Generation, this old man is lucky."

"From the Heavenly Burial Grounds I obtained a method of continuing life, allowing this old man to live on in the state of a Living Dead."

In truth, the time separating the First Generation Ancestor and Second Generation Ancestor was already extremely long.

Normally speaking, they shouldn't have survived to the present.

The First Generation Ancestor was already dead; the Zhou Di people naturally knew this.

They had simply never imagined that the Second Generation Ancestor of the Xuntian Clan would still be alive.

"That's great, Second Generation Ancestor. With you here, the crisis in the back mountain should be resolvable."

Shen Baizhi was simply thinking that.

But at this moment the Second Generation Ancestor no longer paid her any attention.

Instead, he directed his gaze toward Xu Zimei.

After all, in the Second Generation Ancestor's eyes, Shen Baizhi should be nothing more than an ordinary Cultivator, of no use.

What truly concerned him was Xu Zimei.

"Though this old man's age is great and my eyes are dim,"

"and I can't even see through your disguise,"

"I can still feel clearly that you do not possess our Xuntian Clan's Heaven and Earth Bloodline."

"You are not one of our Xuntian Clan."

You must understand: as a branch of the Heaven and Earth Clan, no matter how thin the blood of the Xuntian and Zhou Di clans became—

Bloodline would always exist.

Ordinary people couldn't sense it because for many of them the Bloodline was too faint.

But how could Ancestor Anshan possibly fail to sense it?

Because that matter back then had started with him and the First Generation Ancestor.

At that time, the people of the two clans actually carried the Heaven and Earth Bloodline simultaneously.

Later, as the Bloodline grew ever weaker, both of them understood in their hearts.

Having left the Heaven and Earth Clan behind and come to this place, the Heavenly Burial Grounds, their descendants could no longer undergo Bloodline baptism.

So, as generation after generation of descendants were born—

as long as no prodigy appeared whose Bloodline reverted to the ancestors, the Heaven and Earth Bloodline in their bodies would grow ever thinner.

Thus, the First Generation Ancestor and Second Generation Ancestor discussed at length and began research and experiments on their Bloodline.

They hoped to find a way to strengthen the Bloodline.

That experiment was highly secret.

After all, they were using the bodies of their own clansmen as test subjects, and many even died.

But when the final results came out, both the First and Second Generation Ancestors were stunned.

The Bloodline in these bodies hadn't grown stronger; instead, a portion of their genes had been altered.

The Heaven and Earth Bloodline had actually been split apart.

This was why, later on, the Xuntian Clan possessed the Heavenly Bloodline, allowing them to borrow power from the Firmament.

While the Zhou Di Clan possessed the Earth Bloodline, letting them draw power from the great earth.

Although the Bloodline was split, which ran contrary to the original intent of the experiment—

the two Ancestors also discovered that once separated, the Bloodline was no longer as thin as before.

It could maintain the purest possible Bloodline.

So after another round of discussion, the two of them divided the clan.

This was the origin of the Xuntian and Zhou Di clans.

Speaking from the perspective of Bloodline, they were actually one family.

But genetically, they now had the distinction of Heaven and Earth.

...…

Precisely because he had done Bloodline research, Ancestor Anshan understood Bloodlines far too well.

Within Xu Zimei, there was neither Heavenly Bloodline nor Earth Bloodline.

How could such a person possibly be the future Young Clan Leader of the Xuntian Clan?

So he immediately tore through Xu Zimei's disguise.

"You came to our Xuntian Clan—what are you plotting?"