Destined Antagonist: I Refuse To Annul The Engagement!

Jiang Chen, dressed in black robes, walked out slowly. His eyes were deep like an abyss, and his body was wrapped in mysterious chains of the Great Dao. The aura of the Earth's veins surrounded him, exuding a terrifying atmosphere of the Profound Earth realm.

"My son, Jiang Chen, has reached the second level of the Profound Earth realm at the age of forty."

With just a simple sentence from Lord Jiang Mingcheng, the mouths of all the geniuses were sealed shut. Outside the First Ancient City, more than three hundred geniuses fell into silence in an instant.

Forty years old and already at the second level of the Profound Earth realm?

Unthinkable!

Even Xiao Tianyi, the Saint Child of the Grand Luo Sacred Land, who possessed the physique of an immortal and was considered an unparalleled genius, only reached the Profound Earth realm at the age of fifty.

Even so, he would still be considered one of the top geniuses in the entire Celestial Wonders Realm.

One can imagine... how extraordinary this person who reached the second level of the Profound Earth realm at the age of forty is!

Now, not only the geniuses, but even Xiao Tianyi, Gu Feng, Lan Wuhai, and other outstanding individuals were filled with astonishment and unrest in their eyes.

They considered themselves geniuses and had their own pride, thinking that they were superior to the younger generation.

But what they witnessed today had truly shocked them.

What kind of place is this?

Who are these indigenous people?

Zhao Fuyao looked at the people on the city wall, her eyes deep and sparkling. Her expression remained unchanged, as if the fact that Jiang Chen reached the Profound Earth realm at the age of forty was not enough to move her.

On the other hand, Jianzi Henge, with narrowed eyes, seemed to recall something.

Before he sealed himself, he seemed to have heard of a mysterious person with the surname Jiang appearing in the Southern Divine Continent. No one could determine his background or his inheritance. Later, it seemed that he had stepped into an invincible power and reached the pinnacle of that era.

Jianzi Henge carefully recalled the ancient books of his Pure Yang Sword Palace, and his eyes suddenly contracted. He... remembered!

"You are the guardians of the Jiang family!" Jianzi Henge stared at Lord Jiang Mingcheng and said in a solemn voice.

Jiang Mingcheng looked at Jianzi Henge and couldn't help but smile. "I didn't expect that someone in the Celestial Wonders Realm would still remember my Jiang family."

As soon as these words came out, many people remembered the records in the ancient books.

Their pupils contracted, and their scalps tingled.

Every few eras in the Celestial Wonders Realm, there would always be an extraordinary genius with the surname Jiang who appeared, surpassing the Profound Heaven realm and pushing countless geniuses to the extreme, achieving an unparalleled reputation in that era.

It turned out that all these geniuses... came from here!

A broken world, a small ancient city, could actually stably produce one genius after another, and without exception, they all reached the pinnacle?

What kind of family is this?

Even the long-lived families in the Celestial Wonders Realm, with their thousands of years of inheritance, couldn't achieve this level, right?

At that moment, everyone felt a deep sense of fear.

Among these geniuses who reached the pinnacle, there must be Void God-level powerhouses, or even... True Gods!

With such existences backing them, even their own forces would not dare to provoke them easily!

If they angered them and attracted those existences to exert pressure on their forces, they... would probably be abandoned without hesitation!

"It's better not to force the issue."

All the geniuses reached a tacit agreement in their hearts.

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became awkward.

And just at this moment, the appearance of a group of people broke this awkwardness.

They were dressed plainly, with scars on their bodies, as if they were ordinary people who had never cultivated. However, each of them was riding on a formidable beast.

Especially the leader... who only had half of his body left, which was extremely strange.

The gazes of the crowd of geniuses all turned towards this group of people, filled with confusion. Where did they come from again?

Moreover, among this group of people, one person's attire and aura clearly stood out.

At a glance, it could be seen that this person is also a genius from their Celestial Wonders Realm.

How did he manage to mix in with them?

"Jiang Heng, I never expected that you're still alive!" Lord Jiang Mingcheng's gaze fell upon the old man, his tone filled with mockery.

The old man raised his eyes slightly, meeting Lord Jiang Mingcheng's gaze, then looked towards the other three lords. His expression remained unchanged, only saying calmly, "In the trial of the Human Stele, I have a share as well!"

"Naturally." Lord Jiang Mingcheng chuckled, "Without your share, we wouldn't be able to activate the will of the mountain god and awaken the Human Stele!"

The other three lords also showed faint smiles at this moment.

This is why their four lineages only expelled Jiang Heng's lineage from the ancient city, but did not exterminate them.

The Human Stele is divided into five parts, and each of their five lineages presents one piece. In order to awaken the Human Stele, all five lineages are naturally indispensable.

In the trial of the Human Stele, they naturally have to give each other a quota.

However, what can giving them a quota achieve?

Their four lineages already control all the cultivation resources and opportunities in this world. Jiang Heng's lineage can only pick up what they left behind. Perhaps their cultivation speed is still much faster than the geniuses from Celestial Wonders Realm, but compared to them... they are far behind!

"Don't waste words, open the city gate and let us in!" the old man said coldly.

"You still have that foul temper, it hasn't changed at all."

Lord Jiang Mingcheng shook his head and laughed, "If you could change that foul temper, would I have had to behead you with a single sword back then?"

The old man's face immediately darkened, and a sinister aura surged around him.

Jiang Xuan glanced sideways, pondering. Jiang Heng is now only half a body left, it should be the doing of this Lord Jiang Mingcheng.

Lord Jiang Mingcheng didn't mock the old man any further. After all, he was also a little tired of the Human Stele trial every time.

Moreover, the geniuses from Celestial Wonders Realm who came with them were still watching nearby.

They are all Jiang family members with the same bloodline. It's fine to mock each other behind closed doors, but now... if they continue like this, it would be embarrassing for the Jiang family.

Immediately, he waved his hand and ordered, "Open the city gate."

Boom!

The heavy city gate slowly opened, and the group of the old man walked in slowly. Jiang Xuan naturally was among them.

The geniuses were immediately dissatisfied.

Why can this group of people enter and participate in the Human Stele trial?

And they can't?

Especially that person, who is clearly a genius from Celestial Wonders Realm. Why can he enter?

Treating them differently, it shouldn't be like this, right?

Zhao Fuyao, Henge, and other geniuses from the Eastern Divine Continent also focused on Jiang Xuan, their eyes filled with deep doubt. This person... gives them a very familiar feeling.

This is an intuition from the depths of their hearts, without any basis.

But they believe in their intuition!

After all, reaching their level of cultivation, intuition can often save lives!

"This person is from the Eastern Divine Continent!" Zhao Fuyao's starry eyes flickered, pondering for a moment, and suddenly came up with a guess, "Could it be that this person... is Jiang Qiankun in disguise?"

Henge, the Pure Yang Sword, asked in a low voice to the other geniuses, "Can any of you tell which force he comes from?"

The Pure Yang geniuses shook their heads one after another, indicating that they couldn't tell.

Henge's sword-like eyes flickered, and he immediately affirmed, "He is Jiang Qiankun!"