Start from Panlong and kill through the heavens

Mount Gushe is an extremely powerful force, even larger than the Divine Palace Clan.

The Jingu clan has two Cosmic Venerables, while Mount Gusha has five, which shows the difference between the two.

The five Universe Venerables belong to the five lineages, with the main lineage being the Gushe clan. The head of the main lineage is Gushe Changfeng, a very powerful Universe Venerable.

The other four lineages are the Tantai lineage, the Huangfu lineage, the Nangong lineage, and the Beiming lineage.

Each of these four lineages has a Universe Venerable presiding over it. In fact, once you reach the level of a Universe Venerable, you will not easily perish. If a race produces a Universe Venerable, it is almost guaranteed that it will be able to shine for an era.

After all, the most powerful beings on the entire Ancient Desolate Continent are at the level of Cosmic Venerables, and the most powerful among them are Cosmic Overlords. There was once a Cosmic Lord, but he has long since perished.

Therefore, the Cosmic Venerable is already the highest combat power in the entire Ancient Desolate Continent. Among equal beings, even if a Cosmic Overlord wants to kill a Cosmic Venerable, it will be very difficult.

In fact, the five Cosmic Venerables of Mount Gushe today are all former followers of Fairy Gushe. Back then, Fairy Gushe had countless followers, including more than ten Cosmic Venerables.

Fairy Gushe held a pivotal position in the entire Eastern Wilderness, and even in the entire Ancient Wilderness Continent. However, in the world-destroying war of that time, even Fairy Gushe perished, let alone her followers.

Of the dozen or so followers at the level of Cosmic Venerables, only three survived, and the most powerful of them is now Gu She Changfeng of the Gu She lineage.

However, although many Universe Venerables perished in that battle, quite a few powerful individuals at the level of King-level Immortal survived. Among them, two King-level Limit Breakers successfully broke through to Universe Venerable, who are now the Tantai lineage and the Beiming lineage.

The one who protects the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden clan is the Grand Elder of the Tantai lineage—Tantai Mingyue.

Tantai Mingyue was once the closest person to Fairy Gushe. She was extremely talented and cultivated very quickly, but because her cultivation time was too short, she ultimately failed to break through to the realm of the Universe Venerable. Instead, she survived the war that destroyed the world.

Not long after the war that destroyed the world, Tantai Mingyue broke through to the realm of the Universe Venerable and became one of the leaders of Gushou Mountain.

She already held a high position on Mount Gushe, and was deeply favored by the Fairy of Gushe, who taught her many powerful secret techniques. Once she broke through, her strength was no weaker than that of Changfeng Gushe.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maidens clan has only been able to survive until now because of the protection of Tantai Mingyue; otherwise, they would have been completely divided up by the various forces of Gushou Mountain long ago.

However, Tantai Mingyue has been in seclusion ever since, seeking to break through to a higher realm. She knows that if she can reach the legendary Hunyuan Wuji realm, she will be able to reverse time and space and resurrect the dead.

Therefore, she has been working hard to enter the Primordial Chaos Realm and revive the Fairy Gu She.

Little did she know that resurrecting a cosmic overlord like Fairy Gu She was something an ordinary cosmic lord simply couldn't do. To reach that level, she didn't know how many years she would need to cultivate.

On this day, the people from the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden Clan who were offering tribute once again stepped into the mountain gate of the Tantai lineage. However, to the surprise of the chief steward, this time the Mystic Maiden Clan did not send a group of handsome men and beautiful women. Instead, only one incredibly handsome man came alone.

Tantai Mingyue's protection of the Xuan Nu clan was, of course, due to the influence of the Fairy Gu She. However, Tantai Mingyue also had her own clansmen, and she had to consider their needs as well. Therefore, she knew that the Nine Heavens Xuan Nu clan would offer tributes periodically, but she did not refuse. However, unbeknownst to her, her clansmen, using her name, had already shamelessly forced the Xuan Nu clan to change their ordinary tributes to offering beautiful women and handsome men. Even though the Xuan Nu clan was extremely unwilling, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and accept it for the sake of their clan's survival.

Tantai Mingyue was focused on cultivation, often going into seclusion for hundreds of years at a time. She had no time to care about such trivial matters. Even if she occasionally thought of the Xuan Nu Clan, she would only take a distant look and would not understand their current situation at all.

As for the extra Xuan Nu clan members on the mountain, with a total population of ten to twenty million in the entire Tantai lineage, such a small number of people would be impossible to detect, and besides, Tantai Mingyue would not be able to investigate these matters.

This time, the Xuan Nu Clan offered tributes not to handsome men and beautiful women, which puzzled the head steward. He immediately sent someone to inform Tantai Jin, who was now in power in the Tantai Clan.

Tantai Jin himself didn't care much, but he knew that his younger brother, Tantai Mo, was a womanizer and particularly obsessed with the women of the Xuan Nu clan. If he wasn't afraid that the Grand Elder Tantai Mingyue would find out, he probably would have taken all the women of the Xuan Nu clan into his possession.

Even though he couldn't get all the women in the Xuan Nu Clan, almost all the beauties that the Xuan Nu Clan offered as tribute ended up in Tantai Mo's hands. After Tantai Mo got tired of playing with them, he would give them to other clansmen or sell them directly to outsiders.

Several months ago, Tantai Mo had already inquired about the Xuan Nu Clan's offering of tribute, clearly having been waiting for it. Now, when Tantai Jin learned that the Xuan Nu Clan had not offered any beautiful women, he was also somewhat surprised and prepared to personally summon the Xuan Nu Clan members who had come to ask them.

"What's your name?" Tantai Jin looked down at the incredibly handsome Xuan Nu Clan man in front of him, his voice extremely cold.

"My name is Rean." Rean bowed slightly, neither humble nor arrogant. The man in front of him had a strong aura, but he was at most at the peak of the King-level realm, so he was naturally not afraid.

Seeing Li En's attitude, Tantai Jin was clearly displeased, but he was too lazy to get angry at someone as insignificant as an ant. He simply asked, "You usually send a group of people to pay tribute, so why are you the only one this time?"

"My lord, the treasure my clan is offering this time is an unparalleled gem, more precious than countless members of our clan," Rean replied slowly.

"A peerless treasure?" Tantai Jin sneered. "What peerless treasures can your Xuan Nu Clan produce? Show them to me."

“I’m sorry, sir.” Rean shook his head slightly. “This priceless treasure must be handed over to the Grand Elder in person. It cannot be given to you, sir.”

"Insolence!" Tantai Jin was furious. A terrifying aura erupted and crashed down on Rean like a mountain. If it were an ordinary world lord, this would have been fatal.

Tantai Jin also realized that Li En was no ordinary realm lord, and he only intended to teach him a lesson, not to kill him.

However, to Tantai Jin's surprise, Rean not only did not die, but he was completely oblivious to the pressure emanating from him, which astonished him.

"My lord, this priceless treasure must be handed over to the Grand Elder in person. Moreover, the Grand Elder will surely be very interested in it. If you damage this treasure, I'm afraid you will have a hard time explaining it to the Grand Elder."

Rean remained calm as always, his voice low and deep. (End of Chapter)