Global Awakening: I'm the Only One Ready

Chapter 358. A Future Opponent, a Prodigy from Ten Thousand Years Ago

The Ji Clan's Holy Son?

Hearing the name, astonishment appeared in both siblings' eyes.

They truly had not expected such a figure to appear.

"The Ji Clan's Holy Son has already reached the Immortal Realm. Logically speaking, he should not be able to descend upon the Milky Way Starfield," Jiang Ningxian spoke first, then continued, "So the one who came this time should have been his projection."

"Even if it was only a projection, it should still have been powerful enough. He is a truly extraordinary figure." Jiang Haokong added, then immediately continued, "So you defeated even his projection?"

He found it somewhat unbelievable and hard to imagine. The reason was simple. That was the Ji Clan's Holy Son.

He was also one of the few people Jiang Haokong believed he was no match for. The gap between them was enormous.

After all, the other party had already reached the Immortal Realm a very long time ago.

For Jiang Haokong, breaking into the Great Sage Realm would not be difficult.

But taking another step beyond that would indeed require a great deal of effort. That was why he was now extremely shocked that Lu Yuan managed to defeat the projection of the Ji Clan's Holy Son.

"Yes." Lu Yuan nodded. Naturally, he had no intention of denying it. At the same time, he still had some doubts in his heart, so he recounted everything that had happened in space.

Eighteen Great Sages had joined forces. Lu Yuan had broken straight into the Great Sage Realm and crushed them throughout the entire battle, driving away the Outer Cosmos beings.

He had also directly crippled some people's cultivation. He did not conceal any of it.

Although the two siblings had not personally witnessed those scenes, they could imagine them.

After Lu Yuan broke into the Great Sage Realm, he had resolved everything with overwhelming dominance.

They believed he did indeed possess such strength and methods.

At the same time, Jiang Haokong could not help sighing inwardly. He had originally thought that after cultivating for a while longer, he would be able to catch up to Lu Yuan.

At the very least, once Lu Yuan and him reached the same realm, they would surely be able to fight. However, after hearing that even the projection of the Ji Clan's Holy Son had been directly dispersed, that thought suddenly diminished by quite a bit.

Only true great clans knew just how powerful the Ji Clan's Holy Son and those few other beings were.

Even their projections were extremely formidable.

Lu Yuan had just broken through, and he was already able to accomplish this much. Even Jiang Haokong found it deeply astonishing.

As for Elder Ji, Elder Yun, Zhu Qingyu, and the others who had been listening nearby, all of them were incomparably excited.

In their eyes, King Lu had always been invincible. No matter what enemy he faced, he could fight and defeat them.

It had been so before, and it was still so now. In particular, after hearing that those Outer Cosmos beings had been temporarily driven out of the solar system, they finally breathed a slight sigh of relief.

There was no helping it. For many people, having a group of Outer Cosmos beings constantly watching from just beyond Earth, from above the atmosphere, was truly an uncomfortable feeling. Now that they were temporarily gone, everyone naturally felt much more at ease.

Elder Ji noticed that Lu Yuan seemed to still have something to say to the Jiang siblings, so after a brief pause, he led everyone away first. In any case, all the current crises had already been resolved.

They still had many things to follow up with.

Soon, everyone left.

Lu Yuan, Jiang Ningxian, and Jiang Haokong walked toward their rooms.

"There is something I don't quite understand. You are a Holy Son as well, so why do you regard the Ji Clan's Holy Son so highly? Is there something different about him?"

From the moment the projection of the Ji Clan's Holy Son appeared, Lu Yuan had found it very strange. The other party's strength and realm were truly too great. More importantly, even someone as proud as Jiang Haokong seemed to think very highly of him.

In other words, Jiang Haokong admitted that he was inferior to him. This puzzled Lu Yuan greatly. After all, they were both Holy Sons.

Even if there were some differences due to the length of time they had cultivated, the gap should not have reached such an extent.

Now that everyone else had left, it was the perfect time to ask.

"The Ji Clan's Holy Son is indeed very different." Jiang Haokong thought for a moment before answering. "In fact, among the various great clans, the strongest Rankers are usually given the title of Holy Son or Saintess. This includes the Eternal Race. But the Ji Clan is somewhat different. They have only one Holy Son, and he is their undisputed Holy Son."

Jiang Ningxian then continued, "That is because this person was already the Ji Clan's Holy Son ten thousand years ago."

Ten thousand years ago?

When Lu Yuan heard this, astonishment appeared on his face as well.

He really could not understand it. If this person had already become the Holy Son ten thousand years ago, then putting aside the matter of lifespan, just in terms of this world alone, he had likely already grown into a powerhouse who could dominate an entire region, right?

After all, he was a Holy Son-level prodigy.

"He became the Holy Son ten thousand years ago, but that does not mean he has lived continuously for ten thousand years."

Jiang Ningxian knew that Lu Yuan had misunderstood, so she continued, "For these ten thousand years, this person has been sealed away by the Ji Clan using special methods. He did emerge a few times during that period, but only for very short spans of time. Yet throughout all this time, his status as Holy Son has never been shaken. After him, the Ji Clan never established another Holy Son. They only had Saintesses.

"And when he was unsealed again several decades ago, the Ji Clan simply stopped appointing even Saintesses. From this, you can imagine how powerful this person is."

After hearing these explanations, Lu Yuan realized something and immediately asked, "So not only has he cultivated for a longer time, but his talent may also be the absolute peak of the Ji Clan over the past ten thousand years?"

If this were not the case, the Ji family could not possibly have taken all those actions afterward.

Now, Lu Yuan finally understood completely.

This Ji Clan's Holy Son was truly extraordinary.

"Yes. That is exactly it." Jiang Haokong nodded, then continued, "After this person appeared, he basically never suffered a defeat."

"Especially according to rumors, he had already reached the Immortal Realm ten thousand years ago. For you to defeat him directly while in the Great Sage Realm, even if it was only a projection, is already an extremely powerful feat."

As he spoke, a hint of admiration appeared in the way he looked at Lu Yuan.

To accomplish this while one realm lower was enough to earn anyone's respect.

"So that's how it is."

Lu Yuan thought for a moment, then said, "However, why would such a figure value Zhou Yunqiong so much?"

"Was it because of the power of her bloodline? But logically speaking, the Ji Clan should have many of such people. So what exactly was the reason?"

The Ji Clan's Holy Son held an extraordinary status, so someone like Zhou Yunqiong should not have been worth his attention.

Yet he had personally gifted her a Death-Exemption Talisman. That action was somewhat abnormal.

That alone made the matter unusual. The gap between them was simply too vast. There had to be some hidden reason behind it.

Unable to figure it out, he turned his gaze toward Jiang Ningxian and Jiang Haokong.

Lu Yuan felt that since they were also from one of the top ten great clans, they must know something.

Even if they did not know the answer, they could definitely provide some clues.

As for why he was so curious about this, it was because Lu Yuan knew that this person would inevitably become one of his future opponents.