"Ye Chen, what's wrong?" Yalina asked.

"I found a clue, it seems like it was intentionally left by someone!" Ye Chen's eyes gleamed as he stared into the void and said.

"What?" Yalina was startled.

"Athena didn't leave on her own, she was forcibly taken away!" Ye Chen said gravely.

"How do you know this?" Yalina asked in confusion.

"Look there!" Ye Chen extended a finger, pointing towards a certain spot in the void, as if there was a great secret.

"It's just a wasteland there, nothing seems different?" Yalina said.

Yalina had absorbed Ping Tian's will, her cultivation had infinitely ascended, reaching an extreme realm, at any moment she could testify and become a Saint, her insight was exceedingly terrifying.

However, Yalina glanced over and saw only ruins, unable to detect anything mysterious.

But Ye Chen's cultivation was much stronger than hers, he must have seen something.

For some reason, Yalina was filled with fear and unease in her heart.

"Buzz!"

Ye Chen did not answer Yalina's question but instead extended a finger, a dazzling brilliance emanating from his fingertip, engulfing a part of the void.

"Boom!"

At the instant Ye Chen made his move, the area surged with winds and clouds, creating a spectacle.

A screen of light appeared out of nowhere; it was a memory scene imprinted by someone using Great Divine Power.

"Boom!"

Within the light screen, Athena was hiding inside it, a bloody palm suddenly descended, forcibly imprisoning her.

"Athena, come be a guest in my blood clan!"

"Blood clan?"

"Don't try to resist any longer, because you cannot!"

"Who are you, and why are you attacking me?"

"I am the progenitor of the blood clan, Kain!"

"..."

This space-time scene was extremely brief, only lasting a few brief moments.

However, the events that transpired within those moments made Ye Chen and Athena's hair stand on end!

Athena was hiding outside the divine residence, waiting for Ye Chen and her sister to exit, but a bloody palm came down from the sky and directly took her away!

Athena's cultivation was not weak, she could escape even in front of Saints!

But before that giant palm, Athena had no strength to resist, as though she were a tiny chick, and was forcibly taken away.

No wonder Athena was captured, Ye Chen was unaware of it because the attacker was too terrifying, so terrifying that it disturbed one's mind and made them despair.

The being that abducted Athena was none other than the progenitor of the blood clan—Kain!

"It's over!"

Yalina, after watching this scene, her face showed an ashen color, as if she had experienced something despairing.

"Yalina, don't be sad first, Athena was only abducted, there's no danger to her life!" Ye Chen said with concern.

"You've been active in the East, you may not understand the horror of the blood clan, you don't know what kind of place that is!" Yalina said with a desolate smile. "Athena being taken to the blood clan is absolutely a one-in-nine chance of survival, hope for survival is slim!"

The blood clan is an immensely powerful group, with countless strong individuals, their strength no less than the Bright Divine Court.

Moreover, the blood clan is both righteous and evil, a thought for heaven, a thought for hell, truly a bizarre race.

The people of this clan have a penchant for the blood of virgins, Athena being taken to the blood clan, likely spells doom for her!

"I'm not afraid of the blood clan, but this progenitor of the blood clan is really troublesome!" Ye Chen said with a worried face.

The memory scene Ye Chen and Yalina saw was imprinted here on purpose with great magical power for them to see.

However, recording time shadows in this way is too difficult, even Ye Chen couldn't accomplish it!

Because recording time scenes requires not only power but also an understanding of the Great Dao, a mastery over space-time, time, and moments!

Even if Ye Chen's combat strength is unparalleled, he can't imprint scenes!

Furthermore, not only can Ye Chen not do it, but even Di Lintian, Saint Chen Yun, and the Skull Monarch, such peak monarchs, can't perform such Divine Skills.

Among the heavens and realms, innumerable beings, only forty-nine people can accomplish this, only Great Saints can do it!

"The Lord God once mentioned to me about this blood clan ancestor!" Yalina said heavily, looking at Ye Chen.

"Then tell me about Kain, I'm very interested in him!" Ye Chen said.

Although Ye Chen was far in the East, he had heard of Kain's name.

But those rumors were all nonsense, nothing compared to what Yalina had to say.

"The West has four major power forces, the Bright Divine Court, the blood clan, the Dark Holy Court, the Eternal Life Association!" Yalina said. "Among the four major power forces, the Bright Divine Court has the biggest name, but it is the weakest power!"

"The blood clan has an invincible progenitor named Kain, this person is terrifying to the extreme, the Lord God trembles in front of him, not daring to show any disobedience!" Yalina said. "But, Kain is too ancient, he's been dormant for a long time, why would he suddenly awaken and abduct Athena?"

Kain is a great menace in Western history, possessing world-overturning great power, an absolutely transcendent, absolutely invincible existence!

Athena was actually abducted by Cain, which seemed dreamlike to Yalina. Why would such a legendary figure target Athena?

An old fossil of ten thousand years attacking a junior—does he fear lowering his status?

"Cain... this person is probably a Great Saint!" Ye Chen said solemnly.

In fact, Ye Chen can already be sure that Cain is a Great Saint because only a Great Saint can leave an imprint in spacetime.

However, the Earth's Great Saints have all encountered problems, falling from their invincible pedestals. Though Cain is terrifyingly powerful, he no longer possesses the awe of a Great Saint!

"Ye Chen, Athena has been captured by Cain; what should we do now?" Yalina looked at Ye Chen, her man.

"Cain aims only to get the Heaven Swallowing Demon Pot!" Ye Chen replied. "He wants to capture Yalina to force me to hand over the pot. If that's the case, I might as well give it to him!"

The memory of Athena being captured is certainly deliberately left by Cain—an open threat!

"The Heaven Swallowing Demon Pot is your protector artifact; how can you..." Yalina knows well the importance Ye Chen places on the pot.

Athena's capture by Cain indeed made Yalina anxious, wanting by all means to rescue her.

However, Athena is her sister, and Ye Chen is her man. She doesn't want anything to happen to her sister, nor to her man.

The situation at hand is becoming more chaotic. If Ye Chen does not have the pot for protection, he would definitely lose a major advantage and could even face an unresolvable crisis!

Yalina does not wish to see such a situation!

"I know you're worried about me, but Athena must be saved!" Ye Chen said. "Cain's cultivation has fallen from its peak; he is no longer a true Great Saint. He wants to oppress me and force me to submit, but it won't be that easy!"

Athena, being Yalina's sister, must be rescued by Ye Chen. But instead of exchanging the pot, they plan to directly seize her back from the Blood Clan!

"Yalina, do you know where the ancestral land of the Blood Clan is located?" Ye Chen asked.

"I know!" Yalina nodded. "During the time of the Bright Divine Court, they collected information on countless forces, including the Blood Clan and the towering forces like the Eternal Life Association!"

"Alright, after some time, we'll go to the Blood Clan's ancestral land to rescue Athena!" Ye Chen said.

"Since you've decided to save her, why not now?" Yalina asked.

Ye Chen has decided to rescue Yalina, so why wait a while? Doesn't he fear that delay could cause changes?

"Cain is an invincible Great Saint. Shouldn't we prepare before fighting in his lair?" Ye Chen said with a bitter smile.

"What is there to prepare?" Yalina asked.

"Adjust our condition!" Ye Chen said. "The Blood Clan is filled with powerful beings. If we rush there recklessly, we certainly won't gain the upper hand. So, even if we are rescuing, we must adjust to the peak condition before storming the Blood Clan to rescue Athena!"

"You and I are already at our peak condition; do we still need to adjust?" Yalina, worried about her sister's safety, didn't want any delays.

"I had a mysterious insight after battling the Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven; if I delve deeper for a while, I might gain great benefits!"

"You've absorbed Ping Tian's will; your cultivation is at a bottleneck, about to prove your path and become a Saint!"

"If I gain something and you prove your path, the chance of success in the rescue will be much greater!"

"Cain is a Great Saint; rescuing someone from his hands requires thorough preparation. Otherwise, failing to save them, we may suffer ourselves!"

Ye Chen has always been calm, even somewhat carefree!

But with a Great Saint as the enemy, can Ye Chen remain calm and carefree?

In reality, Ye Chen already feels oppressed inside, worried about losing control over the situation!

Cain is a fierce deity from the West, a mythological existence with countless legends born from him, of which Ye Chen has long been aware.

Facing such a mythical figure, Ye Chen naturally feels tense because the opponent is an invincible Great Saint!

Moreover, Cain, as an Earth being, is unaffected by Earth's domain field, his cultivation can be fully unleashed!

Even if Earth's Great Saints have encountered issues and their cultivation falls from peak status, Cain as a Great Saint remains formidable.

Thus, Ye Chen must confront Cain with the strongest stance possible!

Ye Chen had a vague epiphany after the battle with the Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven, possibly about to reach a significant breakthrough!

Yalina's cultivation is also at its limit, possibly touching the Heavenly Dao and proving her path to becoming a Saint at any moment.

If Ye Chen breakthrough and Yalina proves her path, rescuing Athena would be more assured!

"Ye Chen, it's right to adjust ourselves, but what if Cain, ashamed and angry, harms Athena?"

Yalina also wants to adjust her state, but time waits for no one!

While they are adjusting, what if Cain harms Athena?

The Blood Clan loves to feast on virgin blood, and Athena is still a virgin. Cain, being the ancestor of vampires, the thought of such an occurrence is terrifying for Yalina!

"Athena won't be harmed!" Ye Chen shook his head. "Cain wants the Heaven Swallowing Demon Pot and will use Athena as leverage against me!"

"So, he will not only refrain from harming Athena but treat her well!"

"If he dares to harm Athena, and I, in turn, become ashamed and angry, leading to mutual destruction, he would lose more than he gains, right?"

Athena being abducted by Cain, will not be in immediate danger, Ye Chen can be sure of that.

However, rescuing someone from a Great Saint's hands places great pressure on Ye Chen.

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