The Cloud Palace shook violently!

The great doors on the top floor of the Cloud Palace burst open!

WHOOSH!

Then, an enormous object descended, crashing into the main hall of the Cloud Palace!

BOOM!

The Cloud Palace trembled. Everyone looked up toward the main hall and was left dumbfounded by the sight. In the hall stood an ancient statue, so lifelike it appeared to be a stone man! The aura emanating from this stone figure was chilling, causing even Soul Transformation Cultivators to show looks of apprehension!

"Thi... This is the Yunxiao Sect's sect-guarding treasure, the 'Yunxiao Ancient God'!" a core elder of the Yunxiao Sect swallowed, his voice trembling. "Legend has it that the Yunxiao Ancient God once engaged in a great battle that nearly tore apart Kunlun, the sacred land of human cultivation! After that, a piece of Kunlun Mountain was split off to become the Yunxiao Continent, and the Yunxiao Ancient God vanished without a trace. Could this stone man truly be the Yunxiao Ancient God...?"

Hearing this, the many powerful experts of the Yunxiao Sect were overcome with ecstasy!

The Yunxiao Sect's sect-guarding treasure is actually the remains of the Yunxiao Ancient God! Doesn't this mean that from this day forward, the Yunxiao Sect can surpass the Wuyue Sword Palace and become the foremost power in Nanling?

However, at that moment, Xiao Feng, who stood at the pinnacle of the Cloud Palace, suddenly turned. He glanced coldly at the ancient stone statue and scoffed, "How could a mere sculpture like this be worthy of comparison to my father?"

CRACK!

The Cloud Palace shook! Then, everyone watched as the surface of the Vast Sky Bell cracked! Fissures spread all over the bell's body!

"AAAAAH—" With a sharp, agonized scream, the Vast Sky Bell exploded!

"Damn it!"

"Our Yunxiao Sect's sect-guarding treasure, the Vast Sky Bell, is shattered! What is going on? Is a powerful enemy invading?!"

"Quick, report to the Supreme Elder!"

The disciples of the Yunxiao Sect were in utter chaos!

"There's no need to report. Your Yunxiao Sect is already doomed!" Xiao Feng swept his indifferent gaze over the disciples. With a single motion, he used Stepping on Air to instantly appear at the entrance to the Cloud Palace.

"Xiao Feng! You... you cannot enter the Cloud Palace!" the Yunxiao Sect Master yelled at Xiao Feng in a mixture of shock and fury.

"Haha! Hahaha! Xiao Feng, you little brat, you're still alive?! Haha! I've waited a full hundred years for this day! You fools from the Xiao Family actually helped this traitor! The moment you reappear, my Wang Family is in danger!"

"Xiao Feng! You traitor! Die!" The Wang Family's third young master roared ferociously, swinging a palm toward Xiao Feng!

"Courting death!" the Yunxiao Sect Master bellowed, hurling a punch at the third young master in an attempt to stop him!

"Get out of my way!" Xiao Feng glanced coldly at the Yunxiao Sect Master.

BANG!

The Yunxiao Sect Master didn't even have time to react before he was sent flying, crashing hard in the distance and vomiting blood nonstop!

"What! The Sect Master is defeated!"

"This..."

"The Sect Master was instantly defeated!"

The remaining people in the Cloud Palace were scared stiff!

"Sect Master!"

"Dad! Dad, how are you?!" The third young master of the Yunxiao Sect cried out in alarm and rushed over to check on his father's injuries.

"You... Who exactly are you?!" The Yunxiao Sect Master struggled to his feet, staring intently at Xiao Feng. He truly couldn't understand how Xiao Feng had suddenly unleashed such a terrifying attack.

"Hmph! I am the son of Xiao Zhan, the founder of the Yunxiao Sect. Who do you think I am?" With a cold snort, Xiao Feng casually reached into the void. The Vast Sky Bell emerged from the earth and landed in his hand.

"The son of Xiao Zhan..." The Yunxiao Sect Master was taken aback.

The next moment, a look of sudden realization crossed his face. "So you're the son of Xiao Feng! No wonder you possess such terrifying strength! But Xiao Feng has been dead for a long time! He was a cultivator who perished over a thousand years ago. You can't possibly be his son! The son of Xiao Feng only exists in legends! Xiao Feng is an ancestral master of the Yunxiao Sect; you absolutely cannot be his son!"

"You're mistaken. My father did indeed perish, but I am all that he left me. The Yunxiao Sect's sect-protecting treasure, the Vast Sky Bell, was a gift from my father! I quite like this gift, and it has already acknowledged me as its master!" Xiao Feng casually glanced at the Yunxiao Sect Master, then his gaze shifted, locking onto the bell within the hall. "Vast Sky Bell!"

WHOOSH!

The Vast Sky Bell stirred and landed before Xiao Feng.

"This... impossible! How could the son of Xiao Feng possibly activate the Vast Sky Bell?!" The Yunxiao Sect Master was astounded.

The Vast Sky Bell was the very foundation of the Yunxiao Sect. If Xiao Feng could control it, it would surely attract the attention of the sect's ancestors, yet now the bell was showing no such reaction!

"Xiao Feng, what kind of evil sorcery did you use?! Why doesn't the Vast Sky Bell sound its alarm? Why does it recognize you as its master?! Scum like you are not worthy of possessing the Vast Sky Bell!" the third young master of the Yunxiao Sect roared, glaring at Xiao Feng.

"I'm scum? Haha! Hahahaha!" Xiao Feng laughed wildly toward the sky, as if he had heard the most hilarious joke in the world. "I'm not worthy? If I'm scum, what are you? If I'm scum, what does that make you? Dog shit! Trash! The scum of all scum?! Trash like you, I could crush with a single finger!"

At this, Xiao Feng raised his head, his gaze piercing through layers of restrictions to lock onto the Wang Family's Old Ancestor.

"Hmph!" The Wang Family's Old Ancestor snorted coldly and raised his head as well. The two faced off from a distance, and the air instantly became murderously tense.

"The grudge of our Yunxiao Sect must be avenged tonight!" The Yunxiao Sect Master gritted his teeth, his eyes fixed on Xiao Feng. "Xiao Feng! If you surrender now, perhaps I will consider sparing the lives of your wife and daughter!"

"Release them!" Xiao Feng's brows twitched. He took a step forward, landing in the Yunxiao Sect's plaza and staring down the Sect Master. "If you dare lay a hand on them, I guarantee you will die!"

"Haha! Xiao Feng, you truly are a lovesick fool! Do you think I'm afraid of your threats?" The Yunxiao Sect Master sneered sinisterly and abruptly waved his hand. Several Nascent Soul Stage elders of the Yunxiao Sect shot forward.

"You few! Go capture that mother-daughter pair! Remember, don't kill them; just leave them barely alive! The rest of you, join me in surrounding Xiao Feng!" the Yunxiao Sect Master ordered the elders with cold indifference.

RUMBLE!

Several auras at the Nascent Soul Stage surged into the sky like pillars of signal smoke, streaking across the sky toward the outskirts of the Yunxiao Sect.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

In an instant, several streaks of escaping light soared into the sky above the Yunxiao Sect, completely surrounding it.

"Xiao Feng!" The third young master of the Yunxiao Sect stood in mid-air, eyeing Xiao Feng with a cruel curl of his lips. "I'd like to see what tricks you have up your sleeve!"

"Third Young Master, be careful! This Xiao Feng is no simple man; he seems to have reached the Primordial Spirit level!"

"I sense that he possesses the Supreme Flame Physique!"

"As expected of Xiao Feng's son!" the Yunxiao Sect elders murmured among themselves.

"A supreme-grade physique? Hehe! I don't care what kind of physique you have, I'll see you dead!" the third young master of the Yunxiao Sect scoffed with contempt.

"Have you forgotten something?" Xiao Feng looked at the Yunxiao Sect's third young master and sighed. "The Yunxiao Sect was annihilated seventy or eighty years ago! During those years, although my Xiao Family weakened, a monstrous genius was born into our ranks—my younger sister, Xiao Yuling! As for your sect's so-called supreme treasure, the Vast Sky Bell, it was forged by my father!"

"What?!" The Third Young Master's expression changed drastically. He recalled something, and his face instantly turned pale. "Xiao Feng... That girl from the Xiao Family! You were involved with that girl! You and her... Damn you to hell!"

The Third Young Master of the Yunxiao Sect knew about the Xiao Family's past affairs! His father had once been a candidate for the position of Yunxiao Sect Master, and a top-ranked one at that! Later, that girl from the Xiao Family had suddenly risen to prominence!