Ancestor Dian Alstreim's gaze was piercing, making made Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim feel as if all his secrets were seen through. It took everything in his willpower to keep himself from shivering in sheer fear. He dropped his head, no longer even daring to look above.

Ancestor Dian Alstreim's purple eyes flashed like an amethyst flame before he turned to look at Havle Alstreim, his expression becoming a little better in appreciation.

"Child, I heard that your daughter married the fallen Young Master of our family?"

Havle Alstreim became stunned before he bowed, "Yes, Ancestor."

"Are you not afraid that the people who crippled your daughter's husband will once again target him or even you?"

Havle Alstreim blinked before his gaze became solemn, "If my innocent and virtuous daughter wants it, then she shall have it as long as it is within my power."

"Hahaha!" Ancestor Dian Alstreim laughed as his pale face flickered in delight. He couldn't help but say, "Indeed, we are all moved by benefits and personal gain."

"Isn't that right? Grand Elder Valdrey?"

Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim didn't speak because he could feel the cold intent of the question directed at him. He remained soundless with his head inclined below, not daring to see eye to eye.

Ancestor Dian Alstreim let out a low snort before he looked at Havle Alstreim, "Tell your daughter's husband that me; the Ancestor, and the Alstreim Family has let him down. There will not be a repeat of this incident!"

Havle Alstreim became stunned again.

While he was stunned, Ancestor Dian Alstreim returned his gaze to Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim.

"Send additional word to the Grand Elders and Elders that the infighting within the family and the squabbles must be stopped to a maximum degree!"

"I will not tolerate any more suppression of talents within the family, no matter who may it have been! If anyone keeps using their status to obtain important positions and resources, then remember, I, the Ancestor, will personally step into the fray if I am needed to do so!"

Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim deeply sweated as he instantly nodded his head, "Yes! Ancestor!"

"As for the responsibility of losing this benefit, Havle Alstreim..."

"Yes!?" Havle Alstreim became deeply shook, nervous that he was going to be blamed and punished.

"Investigate if the Ethren Empire had hidden about this plant lifeform from us. If they did, execute their current Emperor and have their Ancestor cripple himself for their crimes."

"Yes!" Havle Alstreim echoed and relaxed.

With one sentence from the Ancestor, the fate of the Ethren Empire became bleak. He couldn't help but feel pity but was also angry at them for hiding such a lifeform that could deeply benefit them and increase their overall strength!

"You two may leave!"

With another echo off acknowledgment, Grand Elder Valdrey Alstreim and Havle Alstreim both left.

Ancestor Dian Alstreim retracted his gaze from their backs and looked above, and his gaze penetrated the ceiling as he saw the dark speck of light, still looming over their heads. Its presence was anything but good, heralding calamitous news with it....

Two smiling figures flashed past his eyes as he couldn't help but feel nostalgic.

"First brother... Third brother, you all left me to the afterlife, leaving me to face these tumultuous times alone."

"First brother, when I was out of a six-decade-long seclusion a few years ago, I learned that a talented junior of our family was crippled for a silly reason. His daughter, who was also a Young Mistress candidate, suppressed until she lost her life in the hopeless Forbidden Phoenix Realm."

"In fact, this is just two of the many examples of the ugly inner struggles that occur within our family while I try to cultivate in seclusion."

"I, Dian Alstreim, am no stranger to inner struggles when I was a youth, and you two are also not strangers... but to ruthlessly act towards one owns family without possessing deep enmity..."

"Hehe... I think I don't want to stay here anymore... Brothers, our descendants just continually disappoint me..."

Ancestor Dian Alstreim's pale face became a little disappointed.

"Especially third brother, your grandson Valdrey keeps abusing his power and suppressing talents, invigorating his own descendants. It is understandable that your grandson wants to maintain power within the family but to cripple and suppress unrivaled talents of our family?"

"Sigh... This is the last time I can forgive him."

"As the Ancestor, I am partially restricted from making a move in the family's internal affairs as that is primarily taken care of by the Patriarch, Grand Elders, and Elder, but if this kind of events occurs anymore, then don't blame me for stepping in, third brother."

Ancestor Dian Alstreim let out a sorrowful sigh again as the two figures faded out from his eyes, leaving only the dark speck of light in his sight. His eyes abruptly became solemn as he watched the omen.

Rather than the Conferred Queen or her Protector or her background, he was more worried about this dark speck of light that hung over the sky like an abyssal maw.

Ever since the Heaven Gazing Sect publically announced that it was an ominous sign, he had been mulling over it a lot, especially when the Soul Emperor seems to have reacted rather cautiously towards the dark speck of light at that time when it first appeared.

The Soul Emperor even gave them the ways and his experiences to enter the Soul King Stage, but if the dark speck of light didn't appear, he didn't know what kind of calamity would've befallen the Alstreim Family and even the other two major powers, Towering Cloud Hall and the Falling Snow Sect.

Fortunately, that didn't occur, causing him to thank the heavens.

Then, when he just saw the projection and recognized that the plant lifeform could be the Million Emerald Vines Calamity, his heart sank, thinking that it was related to the dark speck of light in the skies, but he instantly understood that that calamity was already taken care of when it was weak.

He knew that the chaos should be something on the peak level of the Fifty-Two Territories to even startle the Heaven Gazing Sect, making them publically announce it to warn people of the incoming calamity.

What is the Heaven Gazing Sect? They were the hegemon of one of the four large Territories with absolutely terrifying with monsters helming the sect! Not only were they a sect, but they were also righteous people who upheld laws in their Territory!

If even they were alerted into giving a warning to the entire Fifty-Two Territories, then the calamity must be even greater than predicted!

For this sole reason, Ancestor Dian Alstreim wanted to defend and strengthen his family from the forthcoming chaos, but the talents they possessed were too low, and even in that, rising talents were suppressed in their youth, having their convictions and wills broken. Perhaps, even heart demons had taken form in them, leaving them unable to advance their cultivation base.

This unwarranted injustice itself is a cause for a major headache for him!

The Alstreim Family is weak! This thought increasingly became entrenched in him, both internally in the family and externally in the Fifty-Two Territories.

That is why he didn't want to provoke a peak power such as the deeply hidden Conferred Queen to weaken his family further. He couldn't afford such a blunder, or else, perhaps even a powerhouse terrifying than that Soul Emperor might appear!