Chapter 0673: Leaving the Hengyuan Realm
Huang Feng seemed to have aged hundreds of years in an instant. His eyes were vacant and lifeless. The arrival of the Dragon God Ancestor was laughable—just moments ago, he had stood above him, ordering him not to interfere in the Huang family’s affairs!
Huang Feng admitted his guilt, while Huang Heng was so terrified that he knelt down alongside Long Xiaotian, uttering incoherent words: “Please spare us, Dragon God Ancestor! Please spare us!”
Huang Heng, the current head of the Dragon God family and a once-great figure, was now in such a state that everyone in the square felt deeply moved. Luodar and Xu Wu Tian also knelt there, too afraid to move.
The Yellow Dragon looked down at them, stretched out a claw, and pressed it into the air. With a scream, Huang Feng collapsed to the ground, leaving behind a huge claw mark that seemed bottomless. Huang Feng himself had vanished.
Long Xiaotian sensed that Huang Feng was no longer alive and realized that his grandfather had died. He was so frightened that his legs trembled, and his clothes became wet. Huang Heng was not in any better condition.
Faced with death and the terrifying pressure of the Dragon God, their souls and minds were utterly shaken!
However, after killing Huang Feng, the Yellow Dragon did not strike again. It circled high in the sky, watching them from above.
Silence reigned everywhere; no one dared speak. Sweat dripped from the foreheads of Luodar, Xu Wu Tian, and the others.
“Get up,” came the Yellow Dragon’s calm voice from above after a long while.
Faced with the order of the Dragon God Ancestor, the Huang family members dared not disobey. They stood up respectfully, and Luodar, Xu Wu Tian, and the others followed suit.
“Huang Feng, who betrayed his clan, is dead. Huang Heng abused his power for personal gain; he is stripped of his position as head of the family!” The Yellow Dragon’s authoritative voice echoed, and everyone listened attentively, not daring to speak.
Hearing that his position as head of the family had been taken away, Huang Heng’s last hope vanished.
“From now on, Huang Fei will take over as the head of the Huang family!” the Yellow Dragon continued.
Huang Fei taking over?!
Everyone was stunned but dared not say anything. Who would dare question the order of the Dragon God Ancestor?! Moreover, Huang Fei was a peak warrior of the Sacred Realm, and his daughter was a powerful being of the Divine Realm—their strength was undeniable.
“Thank you, Dragon God Ancestor! Thank you!” Huang Fei never expected the Yellow Dragon to actually let him become the head of the Huang family. Now he understood the true meaning behind the Yellow Dragon’s earlier question about whether he wanted to take that role. Kneeling in worship, Huang Fei cried with emotion.
The Yellow Dragon nodded, slammed its palm down, and a surge of divine energy enveloped Huang Fei below, seeping into his body and flowing throughout it.
With the power of the immortal essence from Huang Long, Huang Fei, who was originally at the peak of the Sacred Realm, suddenly radiated intense light from his entire body. His aura surged, allowing him to instantly advance from the peak of the Sacred Realm to the Divine Realm! A warrior of the Divine Realm! Yet, Huang Fei’s aura continued to grow without pause, rising steadily until it finally reached its peak in the Divine Realm. It took but a blink of an eye to go from the peak of the Sacred Realm to the peak of the Divine Realm! Hundreds of thousands of people in the square stared in shock at this sight. When they looked up at the towering golden dragon in the sky once again, their eyes filled with even greater reverence and fervor. The members of the Huang family were even more excited—was this the power and methods of the legendary Dragon God Ancestor?! With just one slap of his hand, he had raised a warrior at the peak of the Sacred Realm to the peak of the Divine Realm. Such methods were unheard of before, yet they witnessed them today. Huang Heng, Long Xiaotian, Luodar, and the others finally understood—Huang Fei’s sudden surge in strength as a mid-level eighth-grade warrior wasn’t due to consuming a divine pill, but because of the Dragon God Ancestor! If the Dragon God Ancestor could elevate Huang Fei from the peak of the Sacred Realm to the peak of the Divine Realm, then he could surely also elevate him from mid-level eighth grade to the peak of the Sacred Realm! Therefore, Huang Yi’s sudden transformation from a seventh-grade warrior to someone in the Divine Realm must also be attributed to the Dragon God Ancestor! In fact, their reasoning was correct—Huang Yi’s breakthrough was also related to Huang Long, though it wasn’t Huang Long himself who enhanced his strength directly; rather, it was because he consumed a divine pill refined by Huang Long. Now that Huang Fei had become a warrior at the peak of the Divine Realm, no one dared to challenge him as the new head of the Huang family. Huang Fei naturally expressed his deepest gratitude to Huang Long. After raising Huang Fei’s strength to the peak of the Divine Realm, Huang Long also effortlessly elevated Huang Yi to the same level. As the new head of the Huang family, Huang Fei’s first action was to immediately condemn Huang Heng and Long Xiaotian, ordering the family elders to lock them in the dungeon until after the family assembly. As for Luodar and Xu Wu Tian, Huang Long didn’t trouble them either, allowing them to flee back to the Tanghai Empire and the War God Sect in shame. The Huang family assembly continued without interruption due to the incidents involving Huang Feng and Huang Heng. On the contrary, with the arrival of the Dragon God Ancestor, Huang Long, the entire assembly entered an unprecedented state of excitement. The members of the Huang family remained in a state of excitement and pride. On the first day, the Huang family assembly was successfully concluded under Huang Fei’s leadership. With the end of the first day, news of the arrival of the Huang family’s Dragon God Ancestor spread in all directions from the Dragon God Mountains! Every family, kingdom, duchy, and empire became agitated!
Panic, excitement, enthusiasm, unease, tension, and so on began to spread throughout the Hengyuan Realm.
The ancestor of the Huang family’s Dragon God, though ten thousand years had passed, had not been forgotten by the powerful beings of the Hengyuan Realm due to the continued existence of the Huang family.
Over time, the Dragon God ancestor had become merely a belief. But when this belief reappeared before everyone in reality, its power revived—imagine how great it must be!
Outside, chaos reigned, while inside the Huang family’s ancestral temple in Dragon City, Huang Long stood there, gazing at a statue ahead.
This statue was carved from a very rare marble found on the Hengyuan Continent, and it depicted the Dragon God ancestor whom the Huang family’s descendants had always venerated!
Yet, what about the appearance of this statue? Huang Long shook his head with a bitter smile—was this really him? How could he have turned into a middle-aged man? After ten thousand years, the Huang family’s descendants had even sculpted him as a middle-aged man!
After looking around the ancestral temple for a while, Huang Long finally stepped out and entered the main hall.
Inside the hall, Huang Fei, Huang Yi, and the other elders of the Huang family were already waiting there. Upon seeing Huang Long emerge, they quickly bowed and said, “We pay our respects to the Dragon God ancestor!”
Huang Long nodded, sat down in the hall, and then asked everyone to sit as well. Yet no one dared to sit; even Huang Fei and Huang Yi stood there respectfully.
Huang Long didn’t say much. After thinking for a while, he said solemnly, “I won’t stay in the Hengyuan Realm for too long this time. I’ll leave tomorrow!”
The Huang family’s family assembly would last a month, so naturally, Huang Long wouldn’t stay until it ended.
Tomorrow, he planned to head to the Hellish Demon Clan to explore the Demon King’s Temple.
So, that night, Huang Long wanted to plan the future development of the Huang family.
Hearing that Huang Long would leave the next day, Huang Fei, Huang Yi, and the others were shocked and pleaded with him, the Dragon God ancestor, to stay in the Hengyuan Realm for a few more days.
Huang Long raised his hand to silence them, then said, “There’s no need to discuss this further. I only came to Hengyuan on my way somewhere else and learned about the current situation of the Huang family, which is why I stayed for a few days.” After a pause, he continued, “Back in the day, the Four Seas Empire unified the Hengyuan Realm—what a glorious time! Who would have thought that now the Huang family would be reduced to the point of seeking to serve others!”
He was referring to Huang Feng’s plan for the Huang family to submit to the Tanghai Empire. This statement made the elders of the Huang family feel ashamed as they lowered their heads. As the former family head, Huang Feng had declared allegiance to the Tanghai Empire—a crime of betrayal. As elders of the Huang family, they should have been responsible for stopping him, but in the end, they all chose silence!
“Huang Fei!” At that moment, Huang Long’s tone changed as he turned to look at Huang Fei and spoke.
“Here I am, Ancestor Dragon God!” Huang Fei quickly stepped forward and spoke respectfully.
“After I leave, do you have the confidence to rebuild the Four Seas Empire?! To restore the glory of the Huang family’s Four Seas Empire of old?” Huang Long asked gravely.
Rebuild the Four Seas Empire?! Huang Fei was stunned; he hadn’t expected the Ancestor Dragon God to ask him to rebuild it and restore its former glory!
This was no small task!
Even though Huang Fei was now a peak warrior in the Divine Realm, rebuilding the Four Seas Empire wasn’t easy—especially since his daughter, Huang Yi, was also a peak warrior there.
Huang Fei looked up and saw Huang Long’s piercing gaze. His heart tightened, and he gritted his teeth before saying respectfully, “Please rest assured, Ancestor Dragon God. Your descendant, Huang Fei, will surely not disappoint you. I will rebuild the Four Seas Empire and restore the glory of the Huang family’s empire!”
Huang Long nodded and smiled. He knew this Huang Fei wouldn’t let him down. If Huang Fei had shown hesitation earlier, Huang Long would have chosen another head of the Huang family without hesitation!
As it turned out, Huang Long hadn’t misjudged him. He could see that Huang Fei had great ambitions; he had simply lacked strength before. Now that he had it, those ambitions hidden within him would surely come to light.
“Come here!” Huang Long ordered gravely.
Huang Fei dared not disobey and stepped forward respectfully.
Huang Long raised his hand and pointed, sending a beam of golden light into Huang Fei’s mind. A surge of energy hit Huang Fei’s mind, filling it with countless memories.
“What is this?!” Huang Fei was filled with surprise.
“These are techniques related to alchemy and pill-making!” Huang Long explained. After returning, he had discovered that some of the Huang family’s alchemy and pill-making techniques had been lost, which was why he took such action. With these techniques, the Huang family’s strength would surely improve rapidly.
Although these were only the basics of alchemy and pill-making that Huang Long knew, they would be sufficient for the Huang family’s future development.
Huang Fei expressed his deepest gratitude.
Huang Long nodded. Finally, he decided to leave behind a lower-tier divine mutated beast. With its help, Huang Fei would have no difficulty rebuilding the Four Seas Empire.
However, Huang Long wouldn’t provide too much support, as allowing Huang Fei, Huang Yi, and others to rely too much on it would hinder the Huang family’s growth.
After arranging everything, the next day, Huang Long left the Hengyuan Realm on a two-headed demon tiger, escorted by Huang Fei, Huang Yi, and others, heading toward the Hellish Demon Clan.