He was an elderly man with dark skin, long silver hair, and a silver beard.
He wore silver armor and a silver crown atop his head.
Though his cultivation was not particularly strong, his bearing was extraordinary — he possessed a commanding presence that radiated authority without so much as a frown.
He was none other than the patriarch of the Saint Light Clan, Saint Light Xuanye.
Back in the day, Saint Light Xuanye had targeted Chu Feng and been thrown into the Reincarnation Dungeon by the Sacred Valley as punishment. However, he had been rescued by his trusted subordinates and fled the Ancestral Martial Galaxy.
Before fleeing, Saint Light Xuanye had already seen the error of his ways and arranged for his men to compensate the Chu Heavenly Clan. But Chu Feng had not accepted his gestures.
Still, Chu Feng had figured he would likely never see Saint Light Xuanye again.
He never expected to run into him here.
"What a small world," Chu Feng muttered through gritted teeth.
Looking at Saint Light Xuanye, fury immediately surged within him.
He recalled how that old man had made life miserable for them back in the day. Long Xiaoxiao had even lost her appearance because of him.
But things were different now. The Saint Light Xuanye who once ruled the Ancestral Martial Galaxy with an iron fist, bending the clouds and commanding the rain — before Chu Feng and Long Xiaoxiao, he was now nothing more than a Martial Venerable realm weakling who could be erased with a single thought.
But just as Chu Feng was about to reveal himself, a hand grabbed his arm — it was Long Xiaoxiao.
Long Xiaoxiao shook her head, signaling Chu Feng not to show himself.
And at that very moment, those people had already surrounded Saint Light Xuanye.
They sized him up, and among them was a middle-aged man with an overwhelming aura and extravagant attire. Despite his relatively youthful appearance, he radiated the aura of a first-level Half God.
Ultimately, the middle-aged man's gaze settled on the token at Saint Light Xuanye's waist. On the token… the four characters "Saint Light Clan" were clearly inscribed.
"The Saint Light Clan? I've never heard of this faction. Where are you from?" the middle-aged man asked.
More and more people gathered around.
They looked at Saint Light Xuanye with hostility in their eyes. Complete strangers — so why the animosity?
It was all because Saint Light Xuanye had spoken up to defend the Ancestral Martial Galaxy.
"This old man hails from the Saint Light Galaxy," Saint Light Xuanye said.
"The Saint Light Galaxy? Never heard of it." The crowd exchanged confused glances.
"The Saint Light Galaxy was formerly known as the Ancestral Martial Galaxy," Saint Light Xuanye explained.
"Oh, the Ancestral Martial Galaxy was renamed to the Saint Light Galaxy?"
"But renaming a galaxy — isn't that something only a galaxy's overlord can do?"
"Well now, this Saint Light Clan of yours… could you be the ones who renamed it? Could it be that your clan is the overlord of the Ancestral Martial Galaxy?"
"No wonder you're defending the Ancestral Martial Galaxy — you're its overlord, aren't you?"
"My, how terrifying! Here I am, facing a galaxy overlord!"
"Everyone, what do we do? We just said some insulting things about his galaxy. Are we all going to die?"
"I'm so scared, I'm so scared! Hahahaha…"
The middle-aged man wore a face full of mockery, his expression positively contemptible.
At the same time, everyone else burst into derisive laughter.
Saint Light Xuanye — who had once commanded the winds and rains across the Ancestral Martial Galaxy — did not lose his temper this time. Instead, he wore a smile and addressed the crowd:
"This old man has shown himself with no ill intentions. I only hope that all of you can choose your words more carefully and refrain from going too far."
"Even if the Ancestral Martial Galaxy is truly weaker than the galaxies you come from, the people of the Ancestral Martial Galaxy have done nothing to offend you. There is no need for such disrespect."
"We are all living, breathing people. We are all martial cultivators. Does having a weaker cultivation mean we should be treated like vermin?"
"That is clearly disrespectful," Saint Light Xuanye said.
"Heh…" Seeing this, Chu Feng let out a cold laugh. "So even Saint Light Xuanye can put on this kind of act."
He found it deeply ironic.
Chu Feng knew full well that back in the Ancestral Martial Galaxy, if anyone had dared speak to him like that, Saint Light Xuanye would have killed them on the spot — provided they were weaker than him, of course.
The reason Saint Light Xuanye was acting so softly now was that he understood perfectly well: having left the Ancestral Martial Galaxy and arrived here, he was no longer a figure of authority ruling over a galaxy.
He was… nothing.
A true nobody.
The principle that strength was everything — Saint Light Xuanye not only understood it, he had always believed in it more fervently than anyone.
Back in the Ancestral Martial Galaxy, when he was in charge, he had ruled through sheer tyranny and refused to reason with anyone.
And now he was here, trying to reason with these people. Not only would they find it laughable — even Chu Feng thought it was ridiculous.
"Hahahaha…" Sure enough, the crowd erupted in laughter again, each person louder and more arrogant than the last.
They looked at Saint Light Xuanye as though he were a clown.
At that moment, the smile on Saint Light Xuanye's face began to stiffen.
After all, he had once been a galactic overlord. Being mocked like this — no matter how composed he tried to appear, it naturally didn't sit well with him.
BOOM—
Suddenly, a fist slammed directly into Saint Light Xuanye's face.
The one who threw the punch was the middle-aged man — the first-level Half God.
Saint Light Xuanye, who was only at the Martial Venerable realm, could not withstand a single blow from that kind of opponent. Just one punch, and his entire face was caved in.
But even that was with the man holding back. If he had wanted to kill him, Saint Light Xuanye would have been dead long ago.
And after that first punch, the man did not stop. He seized Saint Light Xuanye by the collar and then violently slammed him downward.
Saint Light Xuanye was smashed hard against the ground.