Chapter 830: Holy Clan (1/2)

The most primitive of qi flowed through Lu Yun at the moment. Not having undergone baptism by the great dao, it was the most fundamental energy beneath the heavens.

This kind of energy was strong and wild, but it wasn’t suitable for cultivation. If beings of the world wished to officially become cultivators, they had to transcend the limits of their birth and transform their bodies into ones suitable for the connate great dao before they could cultivate.

Lu Yun had reached the limits of what he could do with his body, so the untamed qi within him careened wildly, shoving against the threshold of the next realm again and again. He didn’t know what the next realm was, but there was a next level to the Method of Life and Death. He’d be able to ascend to the next cultivation realm as long as he made a breakthrough there.

Boom—

An enormous rumble roared like a thunder clap from his body and startled the nearby tribespeople.

“He’s breaking through and entering the golden core great dao!” Some of the youths on their way to challenge him trembled with fear when they overheard the commotion.

Cultivators newly initiated into the connate great dao were the apex in small tribes and war gods of an entire race. But at the same time, they weren’t a rare sight in a large faction like the Yan Tribe—the tribe’s hunters were comprised entirely of cultivators.

However, golden core cultivators were the greatest powerhouses of the human race. These kinds of people were very rare in the tribe; only the patriarch and priest were at that august level. But this Lie Shan was only eighteen years old and about to set foot into the golden core realm of the great dao!

“No wonder chief wants him to be the next Shennong…” A young man grimaced with fear.

“Bah! So what if he’s a golden core cultivator? He doesn’t have Yan blood flowing in his veins! How can the chief of the Yan Tribe, the vaunted Shennong, be an outsider?” Deep resentment flashed through the eyes of a man who looked roughly forty years old.

His name was Qingyou and he was one of the most accomplished people of the tribe. He would’ve most likely been the next Shennong if life had progressed as expected. He couldn’t possibly accept Lie Shan’s sudden appearance and Shennong just announcing that the newcomer would be the next chief!!

“Maybe he’s a spy from the Xiong Tribe!” A long bone spear clenched in his hand, Qingyou geared himself up and flung the spear straight at Lu Yun. Streaking across the air with a deadly glint of white, its target was in the most critical moment of his breakthrough and couldn’t react. Besides, Lu Yun had never imagined that someone would dare ambush him while in Yan tribe territory!

But before he could sense the arrival of the spear, it dissipated in midair as bone dust. An enormous aura descended from the sky and pinned Qingyou and the others to the ground. They couldn’t even mew in protest, much less move a muscle.

A livid Shennong appeared, looking at Qingyou with a glare of death. Terrified out of his wits, Qingyou remained docilely plastered onto the ground.

“Hmph!” Shennong waved his hand and wrapped an enormous surge of power around the group, taking them with him as he pushed off in a giant leap.

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“I do not accept this!” Qingyou stared stubbornly at his chief. “Why can an outsider be our chief?!”

“I don’t accept this either!”