Chapter 1170 - 1169: The Su Clan Bows Its Head

"How is this possible?"

Everyone was dumbfounded, eyes wide and tongues tied.

The Heaven and Earth Array.

The final heritage of the Su Sacred Land, their greatest trump card, a grand array that could bring this thousand-mile region entirely under one man's control—had it actually been broken by Ye Qingchen just like that?

Su Shu'Er was even more like a stone statue, frozen in place, her face blank and soul lost:

"This is impossible, even the Supreme Elder actually lost..."

No matter how unwilling they were to believe it.

However.

Everything before their eyes was the truth.

The Heaven and Earth Array was immensely powerful; even if hundreds of Celestial Immortals jointly assaulted the Su Sacred Land, Su Qinhu could still, relying on this array, easily slaughter them. Strip a Celestial Immortal of their control over the Power of Heaven and Earth, and they were a tiger with its fangs pulled.

Only, what Ye Qingchen relied on was not merely the Power of Heaven and Earth.

The Nine Revolutions Star Technique and the Ancient Dragon Elephant Technique had given Ye Qingchen the foundation to use human strength to contend against the Power of Heaven and Earth!

"Do you still want to continue?"

Ye Qingchen stood between heaven and earth, long hair flying, Qi Blood surging wildly. His boundless aura was no different from before, as though he had not suffered the slightest loss, his battle intent still towering to the heavens.

Seeing this scene, even if Su Qinhu was unwilling to admit it, he knew that the tide had turned against him. If they continued any further, the Su Race would likely be completely erased!

In the end he could only let out a long sigh and bow his head deeply:

"Mr. Ye, your Martial Arts Divine Techniques are peerless! Qinhu willingly admits defeat! I beg you to spare me, to spare our Su Race a path of survival. I am willing to swear a Divine Soul Contract, never again to be your enemy, and in this life to serve as your tool!"

If it were anyone else hearing these words, they would surely be wild with joy.

After all, this was a Holy Land, with heritage of several thousand years, over a hundred Celestial Immortals, entrenched in one region with an exalted status. But Ye Qingchen only raised an eyebrow, a cold smile on his face as he looked at Su Qinhu and said:

"I suppressed the Celestial Immortals of your Su Race—you don't blame me?"

"I wouldn't dare, wouldn't dare! They brought this upon themselves!" Su Qinhu shook his head bitterly.

Ye Qingchen, hands clasped behind his back, asked again, "I forced my way into your Su Race, injured your clansmen, bound your hands and feet—you don't resent me?"

"I wouldn't dare! I wouldn't dare! It is we who were blind!" Su Qinhu was already choking with sobs.

Ye Qingchen narrowed his eyes, half-smiling as he looked at Su Qinhu, and said coldly, "I broke your grand array, destroyed your clan's thousand-year heritage—you don't hate me?"

"I wouldn't dare! I wouldn't dare! It is I who failed to recognize a true master of Divine Techniques!" Su Qinhu prostrated himself, body flat to the ground, tears and snot flowing.

"Since that's the case, then I'll temporarily spare your clan."

Ye Qingchen clapped his hands once.

...

At that moment.

Su Qinhu no longer dared entertain any other thoughts, and immediately signed a Divine Soul Contract with Ye Qingchen—naturally, the strictest kind of master–servant pact.

So long as Su Qinhu had any rebellious movement, even if his cultivation broke through the Celestial Immortal realm, a single flicker of Ye Qingchen's mind would be enough to annihilate his soul. After the contract was concluded, Ye Qingchen then casually pinched his fingers together and released the sealing hand seal.

Immediately, Su Tianhai and the other many Celestial Immortals previously suppressed within the Alchemy Furnace, as well as Su Nanxuan, who had been struck into the depths of the earth with a single palm, were all released. Knowing that the situation was settled, they had no choice but to accept this outcome.

The other Celestial Immortals who had been watching also hurried forward, under Su Qinhu's arrangements, to pay respects to the new master of the Su Race:

"We greet the master!"

"In the end, we still lost!"

Su Yeran let out a long sigh.

She gazed deeply at that young man in front of her, an endless bitterness on her face. Today's battle had been twists and turns taken to their extremity.

First the Su Family's Three Saints joined forces, forcing Ye Qingchen to bow his head. The result was that they were beaten utterly and completely; one Supreme Elder was suppressed, and the other's life and death were unknown.

Just when everyone had fallen into despair, Su Qinhu activated the Heaven and Earth Array. When everyone believed the situation to be decided, Ye Qingchen actually defied the heavens and changed fate, cleaving apart the firmament!

Off to the side, Su Shu'Er's face was ashen, and she wished she could bury her head into the ground, no longer daring to look at that figure up ahead.

"I don't like this kind of scene," Ye Qingchen said with a slight frown.

"Yes, Master!"

Hearing this, Su Qinhu hastily waved his hand, and the Celestial Immortals in the field quickly dispersed to begin repairing this Holy Land. The earlier battle had been too fierce; countless cracks had appeared in the firmament of the secret realm above, some even connecting through to the Kunlun Realm.

If they did not quickly repair it, it would be a small matter if others peeped into the Su Sacred Land; should the secret realm collapse and shatter, that would be the true disaster.

"Please, Master, come inside!"

With Su Qinhu, Su Tianhai, and Su Nanxuan surrounding him, Ye Qingchen was invited all the way into a temporary great hall. Only then did Ye Qingchen take out the jade bracelet and let the three of them examine it.

However.

What surprised Ye Qingchen was that after the three of them examined it for a while, their faces immediately went pale, cold sweat beading on their foreheads, and Su Qinhu in particular seemed to be struggling to speak.

"If you have something to say, then just say it directly."

Ye Qingchen's brows knit together.

"To report to Master, forgive our shallow eyesight, but we cannot recognize the origin of this jade bracelet! Nor can we determine from which Holy Land it came!" Su Qinhu forced himself to speak.

"Even you can't recognize it?"

Ye Qingchen's eyes narrowed; clearly, he had not expected this.

Originally.

He had thought that once he took down the Su Sacred Land, the whereabouts of his parents would be revealed beyond doubt. But unexpectedly, Su Qinhu actually could not recognize the origin of this jade bracelet.

"Master, judging from the patterns on this jade bracelet, they are extremely ancient and vigorous, and its origin is extraordinary. If I am not mistaken, it should come from some Holy Land Major Race."

Su Qinhu glanced at Ye Qingchen and, seeing that his expression was as dark as water, could only stammer on:

"Our Su Race's ancestors were no more than ordinary Loose Cultivators. When the great calamity of heaven and earth descended, our forebear chanced upon some incomplete manuals from ancient great sects, and only then did he occupy this secret realm and establish the Su Race."

"Though the Su Race appears strong, only we ourselves know that compared with those truly great clans and noble families, it is actually..."

At this point, Su Qinhu could not help but heave a long sigh.

"Actually what?" Ye Qingchen asked calmly.

"Actually insignificant to the extreme, not even qualified to stand alongside them! Those Holy Lands were already giants, hegemon-level powers, when the great calamity of heaven and earth arrived!"

"So with our level of vision, we are simply unable to discern from which clan this item originates!"

Su Qinhu hesitated for a moment before speaking up:

"May I ask, Mr. Ye, where did this jade bracelet come from?"

Not only was Su Qinhu puzzled; even Su Nanxuan and Su Tianhai at his side instantly turned into curious children. They were eager to know from where this jade bracelet, which had nearly brought about the annihilation of the Su Clan, had come.

"It was left behind by my mother," Ye Qingchen said lightly.

The three of them were stunned beyond belief.

Could it be.

Behind Ye Qingchen stood one of those true clan Holy Lands?

But seeing that Ye Qingchen was unwilling to say more, they could only suppress the shock in their hearts.

"Right, I once encountered people of the Zhou Race in the Ice and Snow Divine Palace. Might they know?" Ye Qingchen recalled that he had left a mark on Zhou Ye.

Initially, he had planned to slaughter his way to their door, but in the end, because of the Profound Ice Platform Conference, it had been delayed.

"The Zhou Race is even weaker than our Su Clan by a notch. Since even we do not know, how could they possibly know?" Su Qinhu said with disdain. "But if Master has need, we can contact the Zhou Race at once so that Master may inquire."

"So that's how it is."

Ye Qingchen let out a long sigh and fell silent, saying nothing for a long time.

Seeing this, Su Qinhu, Su Tianhai, and Su Nanxuan did not dare say more, and only bowed their heads deeply.