Even if Tian Anping himself did not seek help, the Tian Clan of the Great Marsh spared no effort to rescue him from the disaster he had wrought.

The Tian Clan, to protect him, did not hesitate to ignite a bloody feud between two great aristocratic families, the Tian and the Willow Clan of Fufeng, showing the value placed upon Tian Anping.

“And then?” Jiang Wang asked.

“Tian Anping’s Golden Body Jade Marrow was shattered, his Four Sacred Palaces were destroyed, and he was knocked down to the Inner Mansion Realm. Furthermore, he was sealed for ten years, confined to the Great Marsh Prefecture. Within these ten years, he cannot break through his realm, nor can he leave the prefecture. With his cultivation and within the mortal lifespan of ten years, he atones for the killing of Liu Shentong.”

Yan Fu sighed, “This year is already the ninth year.”

Without achieving the Divine Proximity, all is but illusion. Only the Divine Proximity Realm can truly break the shackles of lifespan. The Golden Body Jade Marrow fears not decay, and cultivation only recedes upon death.

Since ancient times, cultivators who can break through to the Divine Proximity Realm are one in ten thousand. Each has experienced hardship.

To be knocked down from a high realm and then rise again is exponentially more difficult. An ordinary person, having their Golden Body Jade Marrow shattered and their Four Sacred Palaces destroyed, would have almost no chance of recovery. But for Tian Anping, a ten-year seal was also imposed.

This shows just how terrifying this man truly is.

“For such a peerless genius, ten years without advancing an inch in cultivation is a terrible torment indeed,” Jiang Wang sighed. “But compared to the deceased Liu Shentong, this is fortunate enough.”

Tian Anping killed no ordinary person. He slew the direct descendant of a prestigious clan, a talented figure of the Willow Clan of Fufeng.

He could not possibly escape paying the price.

“Who can say otherwise?” Yan Fu said, “To preserve Tian Anping’s life, the Tian Clan paid a heavy price, sacrificing a huge amount of resources, to the point that when the Tian Clan Patriarch welcomed Tian Anping back, he said, ‘Whether the Tian Clan is fortunate or unfortunate to have you, I know not.'”

Listening to Yan Fu’s account, Jiang Wang’s mind returned to the scene of Tian Anping’s appearance in Seven Star Valley.

Thinly clad, hands and feet bound, chains dragging on the ground.

Calm, tormented, indifferent, and mad.

Like a being that embodies all contradictions.

Yan Fu continued, “But the Willow Clan Patriarch only replied with one sentence: ‘If Liu Shentong could be resurrected, what would the Willow Clan care about sacrificing all of this!’ The Tian Clan was left speechless.”

Retain the people, lose the land, both people and land will be gained. Retain the land, lose the people, both people and land will be lost.

No amount of resources can cultivate a peerless genius.

Vast wealth and resources can only delay the Willow Clan’s decline. Yet, a single Liu Shentong could have led the Willow Clan back to its peak. The weight of each is self-evident.

What Tian Anping and Liu Shentong argued about in those years, what caused them to fight, because only the two of them were present before the great battle, and Liu Shentong died later, Tian Anping never mentioned it, and no one knows the reason to this day.

But the matter of Tian Anping killing Liu Shentong was a lose-lose result for both parties involved, and even for the families behind them.

Since then, the Willow Clan of Fufeng has been in decline, and the Tian Clan of the Great Marsh has almost drained its blood to atone for Tian Anping.

No wonder there were many complaints within the Tian Clan about Tian Anping.

A normal person would never make such a choice.

In the past ten years, only Wang Yi Wu had attempted to forcefully kill Chong Xuansheng. But Chong Xuansheng is alive and well, and Wang Yi Wu still had the God of War Jiang Mengxiong to back him up, and was still expelled from Linzi and demoted to the death row camp for three years.

The bloody battle turned into public judgment, and in the end, Tian Anping did not pay with his life. Was this unfair to the Willow Clan of Fufeng?

Tian Anping, such a genius, being knocked down from the Divine Proximity all the way to the Inner Mansion, and not allowed to break through his realm within ten years. Is this too harsh for Tian Anping?

Different people may have different answers.

But one thing is clear to everyone. If no one had intervened that year and allowed the two families to continue their bloody battle, the one to be destroyed in the end would definitely be the Willow Clan of Fufeng.

“I have met Tian Anping,” Jiang Wang said solemnly, “He is indeed a terrifying person.”

Even now, being two Palaces and two Divine Abilities, recalling the Tian Anping he met back then, the Tian Anping whose cultivation was limited below the Outer Tower, he still felt terrified.

Logically speaking, now in the Inner Mansion Realm, no matter who it is, he should have the confidence to compete.

However, the terrifying pressure that Tian Anping brought to him was far from what he felt from Hai Zongming of the Outer Tower in the Four Seas.

Even if he has been suppressed for ten years, such a person may not have stopped making progress.

But after the Inner Mansion is the establishment of the Star Light Sacred Palace, he was knocked back from the Divine Proximity Realm, the Star Palace was established early, the Divine Ability was determined early… what else can he do?

Jiang Wang could not think of anything, but inexplicably felt that Tian Anping must have Tian Anping’s methods… methods that normal people could not think of.

When the ten-year period is over, perhaps he will be able to know how Tian Anping spent these ten years.

Yan Fu obviously did not intend to continue talking about Tian Anping, and finally drank the glass of wine in his hand, and then said: “Liu Shentong was killed, and the Willow Clan of Fufeng can no longer see the future. Originally, even so, my ancestor did not decide to cancel the engagement. The Tian Clan of the Great Marsh paid such a great price. Among them, as the in-laws of the Willow Clan, my ancestor also contributed. But the problem lies with Xiuzhang’s younger brother.”

“Liu Xuanhu?” Jiang Wang asked curiously, “Is he also a genius?”

“Quite the opposite!” Yan Fu said: “When Liu Shentong died, he was only ten years old, just adjusted his body, and took pills to open his meridians. With the Willow Clan’s resources, and the guidance of the strong, he established the Great and Small Heavenly Cycles in a short period of one year, and stepped into the Heaven Reaching Realm. But now, nine years have passed, and he is still in the Heaven Reaching Realm. He has been blocked in front of the Gate of Heaven and Earth for eight years.”

Jiang Wang said: “Perhaps this just shows that his Gate of Heaven and Earth is indestructible and has great potential…”

Yan Fu shook his head: “Wang Yi Wu stayed in the Heaven Reaching Realm for so long, but has anyone said that he is mediocre? How the Gate of Heaven and Earth is, can be detected. The fact proves that Liu Xuanhu just can’t break through the barrier between Heaven and Earth, and is trapped in front of the Gate of Heaven and Earth. Such a him, even with the support of the family heritage passed down from generation to generation by the Willow Clan of Fufeng, is simply impossible to have Divine Proximity combat power.”

All top aristocratic families have similar heritage.

For example, Chong Xuan Yunbo, the old man of the Chong Xuan family, relied on the Chong Xuan family’s heritage to have Divine Proximity combat power with the cultivation of the Outer Tower peak.

If there were no such means, Chong Xuan Futu died back then, Chong Xuan Mingshan was killed in battle, and Chong Xuan Chuliang had not yet become the Fierce Butcher, then the Chong Xuan family should have fallen to the bottom at that time.

Of course, the current Chong Xuan family has two Marquises in one family, and is infinitely glorious.

Chong Xuan Mingguang has nothing to say, Chong Xuan Minghe is quite satisfactory. The younger generation, Chong Xuan Zun, has taken away the splendor of his peers, and Chong Xuan Sheng, the son of Futu, is not willing to show weakness, and has obtained the top Divine Ability Heaven and Earth Transformation in the Inner Mansion Realm, and the future is promising.

Returning to the Willow Clan of Fufeng, Liu Xuanhu, Liu Shentong’s younger brother, had too poor talent to support the family. In order to inherit the glory, the Willow Clan would inevitably have to transfer the heir.

Top aristocratic families inherit not only the name and status, but also the extraordinary power that belongs to one’s body. The adoption set is not feasible.

Whoever masters extraordinary power, whoever masters status and power.

The real world is so cruel.

As strong as the Chong Xuan family, Chong Xuan Chuliang can only establish another mansion when he rises up.

But if Chong Xuan Yunbo’s lineage, no one can support the family business, and can’t maintain the Divine Proximity combat power? Then it is Chong Xuan Chuliang who will take control of this family.

Of course, the Marquis of Dingyuan is also very good, but how can it compare to the Marquis of Bowang, who is hereditary and irreplaceable?

Yan Fu said here, Jiang Wang already understood completely.

With the origin of the Yan Clan of Bei Prefecture, only a direct descendant of a famous family can be worthy of Yan Fu. Once Liu Xiuzhang’s line becomes a branch of the Willow Clan, naturally they will no longer be qualified to marry the Yan family.

This will not be changed by Yan Fu’s own will.

That’s why he said that with his origin, his marriage is not autonomous.