Chapter 1483: Chapter 1466: Return to the Present World

That statue, already more than half decayed, stood silently within the ancestral grounds of the Iron Blood Emperor Domain, a trace left behind by the flow of Time, as if recounting those turbulent years of glory.

It was like a bolt from the blue, leaving all the Martial Artists of the Iron Blood Emperor Domain dumbstruck.

How could a statue of Xiao Ye appear in the ancestral grounds of their Iron Blood Emperor Domain?

And when they thought of the Ancient Secrets the East State Martial Artists had discovered within the Elder Gai ruins, even the Iron Blood Domain Master felt his hair stand on end.

If, in that Ancient Secret, the Ancient Genius who had once saved the Iron Blood Emperor and moved even the Iron Blood Emperor to heartfelt admiration was merely someone who happened to share the same name as Xiao Ye, then how was this statue before their eyes to be explained?

This was far too inconceivable!

Could it be... that Xiao Ye, just like the Ultimate Palace’s Young Palace Master Chou Duantian, was a genius from the Ancient Era who had merely been Sealing into this lifetime?

This thought emerging made every Martial Artist of the Iron Blood Emperor Domain draw in a sharp, cold breath.

If the two Xiao Yes were truly the same person, then would that not mean that Xiao Ye had not only once contended head‑on with Iron Blood, but also bore a great favor toward their Iron Blood Emperor Domain?

Was their Iron Blood Emperor Domain’s decision to annihilate the Wuji Sect and kill Xiao Ye truly the right one? 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Right then, some old fossils who had come along with the Iron Blood Domain Master raised doubts, believing this matter held numerous suspicious points, and requested that the Iron Blood Domain Master temporarily refrain from making a move against the Wuji Sect.

But their questioning was overbearingly suppressed by the Iron Blood Domain Master.

The Iron Blood Domain Master Sealing the entire ancestral land, then led his people back to the Iron Blood Emperor Domain to make preparations for the annihilation of the Wuji Sect.

Even with the Iron Blood Domain Master’s tyrannical suppression, this discovery within the ancestral grounds still sent tremors through the entire Iron Blood Emperor Domain.

Many Martial Artists began to feel a heartfelt awe toward Xiao Ye.

That was a terrifying genius who had likely, in the Ancient Era, interacted with the Iron Blood Emperor as an equal!

In this world, there is no wall that does not let the wind through.

This discovery within the ancestral grounds of the Iron Blood Emperor Domain soon swept across the Central State like a tidal wave, shocking all directions!

Why would Xiao Ye have left traces in the Ancient Era?

The word "coincidence" was no longer enough to explain it.

Central State, within a grim Demon Hall.

At this moment, complicated light surged within Chou Duantian’s eyes; his body was faintly trembling, low growls escaping his mouth. He no longer had the lofty, all‑controlling bearing of before, having completely lost his composure.

The news from the Iron Blood Emperor Domain and the East State had poured over him like a basin of cold water, slowly awakening some of the memories he had lost during his millennia‑long Sealing.

"No... this is impossible, Xiao Ye is that genius from the Ancient Era who almost killed me?"

"This definitely has to be a coincidence!"

"I don’t believe it!"

"I want him dead, I will definitely make him die!"

Killing intent surged to the heavens from Chou Duantian’s body, madness shining in his eyes.

If this truly was Reincarnation of fate, then he would shatter this fate!

...

Central State, Sealing Emperor Hall.

Ever since the Supreme Array here had been activated and sent Xiao Ye into the Ancient Era, this place had fallen into utter dead silence; the entire Sealing Emperor Hall was like a Martial Artist who had exhausted all his Primordial Energy, no longer possessing that former surging aura.

The Barbaric Land within the Sealing Emperor Hall had completely closed off, and even the Array in that vast starry sky above Sealing Emperor City, which shrouded the entire Sealing Emperor Hall, had lost its effect.

The vast Sealing Emperor Hall simply floated quietly in the boundless starry sky, filling the Martial Artists left behind in Sealing Emperor City with sighs of emotion.

They did not know what had happened, but they could sense that from this point on, the Sealing Emperor Hall had become nothing more than an ordinary palace.

Suddenly—

Rumble!

The Sealing Emperor Hall began to tremble, and a terrifying aura swept out from within, making the entire starry sky quiver. An ancient aura of Time soared into the heavens, carrying the might of Heaven and Earth, blooming with Eternal, Immortal Divine Light that drowned all of Heaven and Earth.

"Th‑this... this is..."

The Martial Artists left behind in Sealing Emperor City were all stunned by the scene before them. They wanted to probe what was going on, but with their cultivation, they could not even approach the Sealing Emperor Hall; it was as though some peerless existence within had awakened.

Inside the Sealing Emperor Hall.

A tall, straight‑backed youth with black hair swirling about him stepped out from a glowing portal.

"So I’ve returned to the later age?"

Xiao Ye landed within the Sealing Emperor Hall, looked around, and finally set his gaze on the Iron Blood Emperor’s Stone Statue not far away, his entire being filled with a desolate aura.

Descending into the Ancient Era, contending with the Heavenly Pride of that era, exchanging Martial Arts with Iron Blood, and even that final moment when he had been about to kill the Ancient Era’s Chou Duantian—all of it was like scenes from a dream, making his eyes glaze over, and only after a long time did they clear again.

"What a pity..."

"If the Jade Talisman could have held on for a few more breaths of Time, I would have been able to kill Chou Duantian directly in the Ancient Era."

"But it doesn’t matter, because my strength... is all still here!"

Xiao Ye clenched his fists. A terrifying aura, infinitely close to Emperor Realm Level 8 Late Stage, shot into the sky; four Emperor Realms simultaneously emerged behind him, possessing the might to suppress All Heavens.

His True Martial Physique and the Perfect Fourth Layer of his Dominating Body were activated in unison; anomalies surrounded him, and even the Sealing Emperor Hall could not withstand such a terrifying Qi flow, beginning to crack apart.

"Although I have yet to step into the Realm of a Half-step Emperor, I can already contend with one. Adding in the Holy Dragon Crystal I brought back, it is enough to make the overall strength of the Wuji Sect soar."

"The two‑year agreement has not completely ended yet; I wonder how Heavenly Elder is doing."

"Iron Blood Emperor Domain, Chou Duantian—I will show you whose era this truly is!" Two blazing beams shot out from the depths of Xiao Ye’s eyes, tearing open the void.

The next instant, Xiao Ye shot straight out of the Sealing Emperor Hall.

"It’s Xiao Ye!"

"It’s Lord Xiao Ye!"

"That terrifying aura just now actually belonged to Lord Xiao Ye?"

...

The Martial Artists left behind in Sealing Emperor City, their faces filled with shock as they looked up at the Sealing Emperor Hall, all drew in a cold breath.

"Everyone, once I resolve this crisis facing the Wuji Sect, I will bring you to the East State." Xiao Ye stood in midair, overlooking the Sealing Emperor City below, left these words behind, and then shot out of Sealing Emperor City.

The Central Province Eighteen Domains—each Domain was boundless, vast beyond measure.

And the Wuji Sect, which had once shaken the entire Central State, held dominion over two of these Great Domains.

With the threat of the Iron Blood Emperor Domain looming, during the period while Xiao Ye was away, they had been extremely conservative, doing their utmost to avoid conflict with other Sect Forces.

But as the end of the two‑year term drew near, the Wuji Sect grew increasingly turbulent, shrouded in a sense of ominous foreboding, with people’s hearts in turmoil.

What most filled the high‑level Martial Artists of the Wuji Sect with anxiety was that Heavenly Elder’s lifespan had finally run its course, like a candle flickering in a violent storm, on the verge of Fallen!