The towering monument had an indescribable pressure. This was a great sorrow that went straight to the soul. Xiao Chen bowed respectfully.
Standing up, Xiao Chen was speechless for a long time. With the help of the Purple Snake Marquis Tribe's inheritance and fate divine item, the Ancient Yuan Tribe had reached its current height.
The sandalwood fragrance rose in the hall. Xiao Chen also offered incense and worshipped.
"Gu Yuan inherited the purple snake, allowing his Luck to flourish, allowing him to roam the Desolate Border unrivaled. Xiao Chen inherited the Venerate's dying wish and slept through the night, not daring to slack off. He advanced while bathed in blood, afraid to fail the Venerate's dying wish."
"After more than ten years of bloody battles, Ancient Yuan finally reached its current state. Fate favored Ancient Yuan, allowing him to inherit the emperor's order to control the Desolate Border and lead millions of people. Since ancient times, the Desolate Border has faced endless calamities. The people were plunged into misery and suffering, and tribes were burned to ashes. Since he inherited the emperor's order, he naturally had to protect the people and lead millions of Ancient Yuan warriors to patrol the mountains and rivers.
"However, the power of Ancient Yuan was not enough to suppress a region, so Xiao Chen wanted to divide the tribes. However, fate is mysterious, and without the blessing of fate divine items, it is difficult to gather a tribe.
"Thus, this junior boldly borrowed the Purple Snake Marquis Tribe's fate divine item to inform senior's heroic spirit!"
Xiao Chen's voice sounded in the hall, and then he bowed again.
Previously, the tribe's elders had discussed the establishment of a tribe in the dangerous areas of the safe path. Xiao Chen had agreed to forge a divine item to suppress fate.
Xiao Chen had come for this. Other divine metals were hard to come by, and fate divine metals were even harder to find. His thoughts fell on the Sacrificial King Cauldron in front of him.
This was a fate divine item that could suppress a top Legend Marquis Tribe. If it was not because the Ancient Yuan Tribe had obtained the divine item to suppress the Desolate Border, the Sacrificial King Cauldron would still be suppressing the Ancient Yuan Tribe's fate.
For the Ancient Yuan Tribe, it was easy to gather people and establish a tribe, but it was difficult to make the people unite and not collapse. Only fate divine items could be obtained, but it was extremely difficult to obtain fate divine items.
The Sacrificial Cauldron was huge, about ten feet tall. If it was divided, it could be divided into hundreds of divine items that could suppress a middle-ranked combat division's luck.
Before the Gu Yuan tribe had developed, the Desolate Border Region had ten high-ranked combat divisions, eighty-nine middle-ranked combat divisions, and one marquis combat division.
Now, other than Gu Yuan Tribe, Tiantai, Crystal Shi, and Tianhu high-rank combat divisions had been promoted to the level of Marquis combat divisions. The remaining seven high-rank combat divisions had been reduced to two after years of war. Five high-rank combat divisions had been destroyed!
There were only about fifty middle-ranked combat divisions left. As for the low-ranked combat divisions, it was even more difficult to count the number of annihilated ones.
The vast land, the vast Desolate Border. There were only a few human battalions left, but in just a few years, a third of them had been destroyed.
This still didn't include the fallen clansmen. The Ancient Yuan Tribe had just taken control of Desolate Border, so the enfeoffment of various tribes was already inevitable!
Buzz!
Marquis's luck appeared between Xiao Chen's eyebrows. The purple-gold luck surged toward the Sacrificial Cauldron like a raging tide.
It was difficult for ordinary flames to refine the Sacrificial Cauldron. Only flames ignited by the power of luck could refine it.
The ancient Sacrificial Cauldron was immediately surrounded by a purple-gold mist. It instantly turned into raging purple flames, and the Sacrificial Cauldron began to twist in the flames.
In the Elders' Hall.
Ding Shan hurried back to discuss the matter of opening a path in the Desolate Border's southeast region with many elders.
"I think we should use Breaking Spirit Mountain as a pass and build a city between the two mountains. This way, we can attack and defend at will. Moreover, the area is vast and sparsely populated. Even if our Gu Yuan Tribe expends a lot of effort to clear out the beasts there, it will only be a waste of manpower and resources.
We won't be able to make ends meet at all. "Ding Shan explained the actual terrain of the Desolate Border's southern region to the tribe's elders. Xiao Chen wasn't here, so the Gu Yuan Tribe's seven palace masters, as well as a group of Venerable elders, formed an elder group to discuss the tribe's problems that were difficult to solve!
"I agree with Palace Master Ding's opinion. That area is too desolate and sparsely populated. Even if we open a path, it won't be of much use."
Soon, the Great Elder's voice sounded. He agreed with Ding Shan's proposal. His gaze turned to the Great Earth Geomancy Map in the middle of the crowd. He pointed at Breaking Spirit Mountain and said again, "With Breaking Spirit Mountain as the boundary, we should guard that mountain range's path into the Desolate Border's hinterland. If necessary in the future, it won't be too late for our Gu Yuan Tribe to open a path!"
"I second it!"
"I second it!"
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Soon, the group of elders made a decision. The Desolate Border's southeast region would use Breaking Spirit Mountain as the end point. Soon, Ding Shan's figure hurriedly left the Elders' Hall and rushed towards the southeast region again!
"Palace Master Xiao, have the sacrificial tools for the sacrificial ceremony been cast?" Ding Shan left, but the elders' discussion did not stop.
"Reporting to Great Elder, the sacrificial bells, bronze horn, armor, bronze incense burner, and bronze cauldron have all been cast!" Divine Weapon Hall's Xiao Lin stood up and replied.
"The other halls have also completed their preparations!" Then, the Great Elder spoke to the other hall masters.
"The 1,000 children in the Martial Arts Hall have all completed their Martial Path Foundation Establishment. Half of the children, male and female, have begun to practice the rituals related to the sacrificial ceremony." Tie Wen replied.
"The Hundred Herb Hall has refined the incense pill for the sacrificial ceremony. It has been refined!"
"The Dark Guard Hall is ready!"
"Good!"
The Great Elder nodded and shouted. Then, he said again, "This time, not only is our Gu Yuan Tribe becoming a Legend rank marquis division, but it is also our Gu Yuan Tribe's time to take over the Desolate Border from the Human Race's Ancestral Court. Elders, you must not make any mistakes!"
"If there are any omissions, the clan rules will not tolerate it!"
"Hall Master Xiao, the chief said that the sacrificial ceremony will be held outside the stone garden where the Barren Cauldron is. Remember that the altar needs to be thick and heavy, and it needs to withstand the pressure of providence!"
"The main body of the altar was forged by the Earth God, and more than 10 other types of Divine Metals were added. It should be enough to withstand the pressure of providence!"
Hearing this, the Great Elder nodded. While they were discussing the evolution of the Ancient Bronze City, in the stone garden outside Aragami's Barren Cauldron of Providence, a huge square had been set aside for this sacrificial ceremony.
This time, the altar would be placed outside the stone garden!
"Alright, elders, I, Gu Yuan, have become a Legend and officially rule the Desolate Border. It is also time for the middle-rank and high-rank marquis rank tribes of the Desolate Border to pay their respects to the lord."
Hearing this, many elders could not help but laugh. In a few days, the Gu Yuan Tribe would truly stand at the peak of the Desolate Border, ruling over 10,000 people and thousands of tribes!
10,000 tribes would pay respects to them!
This was the glory of a tribe!
After going through bloody battles, the Gu Yuan Tribe had finally reached its current height!
Two hours later.
In the sky outside the Gu Yuan Tribe's mountain city, eagle cries could be heard. Several incomparably huge Green Feather Wild Eagles circled around with their wings spread.
On top of every Greenfeather Desolate Eagle, there was a sturdy figure standing tall.
These were the Qiu family's five brothers. From wanderers in the past, all of them were now Venerables. Even the eldest, Qiu Hu, was a Seventh Level Heavenly Venerable.
"Second brother, go to the western part of the Desolate Border and inform the tribes along the way. My Gu Yuan Tribe's sacrificial ceremony is about to become a Legend."
"Third brother, go to the southern part of the Desolate Border!"
"Fourth brother, go to the eastern part of the Desolate Border!"
"Fifth brother, go to the northern part of the Desolate Border!"
"Yes!"
In the next moment, following a collective roar, the huge eagles spread their wings and let out a shrill cry. They carried the warriors on their backs and flew in all directions.
The eldest of the five brothers, Qiu Hu, also rode the eagles toward the eastern part of the Desolate Border. He still had other missions, so he headed to other regions outside the Desolate Border!
At this moment, while Xiao Chen was dividing the Sacrificial Cauldron, he fell into a trance.
In fact, when Xiao Chen turned his providence into a purple flame and wrapped it around the entire Sacrificial Cauldron, he felt a majestic spiritual will suddenly burst forth and rush toward his Divine Soul.
"This is!"
Xiao Chen was shocked. This was actually a wisp of the human race's will.
In an instant, Xiao Chen came to a realization. The Sacrificial Cauldron was a divine artifact of providence. It suppressed the providence of a foreign race and was the spiritual sustenance of all the people in a tribe. After a long time, there would naturally be remnants of its will.
However, Xiao Chen found that these remnant wills were very messy and chaotic. Moreover, they had existed for a long time. It seemed that most of the information contained in them had been erased, leaving only residual soul power.
Purple Snake Tribe people!
Xiao Chen's eyes were filled with horror. The Sacrificial Cauldron had suppressed the Gu Yuan Tribe for less than a decade, but as the Purple Snake Tribe's divine artifact of providence, it had at least suppressed the providence of the Purple Snake Tribe for tens of thousands of years. It was understandable that there were remnants of its spiritual will!
Vaguely, Xiao Chen saw the people of the Purple Snake Tribe. They were reproducing and fighting. These remnant wisps of spiritual will spanned tens of thousands of years, from the establishment of the Purple Snake Tribe to its destruction.
Although they had been erased, Xiao Chen could vaguely distinguish some of the information contained in these wills.
However, these wills had lost their original bodies and were lifeless. If Xiao Chen had not wanted to divide the Sacrificial Cauldron today, he would not have discovered that there were still remnants of the Purple Snake Tribe people hidden in the depths of the Sacrificial Cauldron.
This was his opportunity!
Although the soul power was mottled, it covered the entire Purple Snake Tribe's tens of thousands of years of reproduction and the spiritual will of every generation.
Although not every tribe member could imprint their will, and each wisp of will was not strong, there were too many of them. They were as vast as the ocean, almost bursting Xiao Chen's Soul Sea.
Buzz!
The Marquis mist between his eyebrows became more and more mystical. Xiao Chen took out a jade bottle and poured it into his mouth without looking.
Nine Revolutions Soul Pill!
Although there was a lot of soul power, it was very impure. Even if he wanted to refine it to increase his strength, Xiao Chen still needed to be careful. Otherwise, under the impact of the majestic and chaotic soul power, it was enough to make him insane.
When the Soul Pill entered his stomach, it instantly melted. An extremely pure soul power was born and went straight into Xiao Chen's Soul Sea. It brought a clear stream to the chaos in his Soul Sea and also gave Xiao Chen a moment of clarity. He began to refine the soul power contained in the remnant will that entered his Soul Sea.