Old Ancestor (Cave Heavens and Paradises)

Old Ancestor is the title given to the 9th Rank Open Heaven Realm Supreme Human Race leaders of the 36 Cave Heavens and 72 Paradises. Therefore, they are almost exclusively referred to by this name (the exception being when they talk amongst each other), and the name of the Cave Heaven or Paradise that they belong to. The Old Ancestors lead the Human Race war efforts against Ink on Ink Battlefield. Due to this, Old Ancestors historically have exclusively resided in Ink Battlefield, along with most of the top powerhouses of the Human Race, leaving the 3,000 Worlds virtually free of any 9th Rank Human Race presence.

## Ink Battlefield

### Human Race Leaders

All the Old Ancestors of the Cave Heavens and Paradises run their own Mountain Pass in Ink Battlefield. Some Mountain Passes even hold more than one Old Ancestor. Therefore, for most of the war, there has been over 100 Old Ancestors in Ink Battlefield.

### Source Area War

Thanks heavily to Yang Kai’s presence and efforts in the War, the Human Race Old Ancestors eventually mounted an expedition to finally defeat Ink. Upon arriving in the source area, they met with the last of the Human Race Great Antiquity Experts, Cang (Dark Green). After learning the known history of the Outer Universe and Ink, the Old Ancestors would decide to wage a final war with this primordial being. The Human race would engage in a long conflict with Ink, until the latter eventually managed to summon half a Black GSG. This indomitable half-a-being took over a dozen Old Ancestors to keep contained, causing the Human Race to fall leeward during the war.

Cang would sacrifice himself after summoning a projection of the strongest Antiquity Expert, Mu (Herd), in order to put Ink to sleep as he resealed the Heavenly Beginning Great Restriction, in which Ink has been trapped for over 1,000,000 years. After Yang Kai is chased away from the battlefield by a Royal Lord, another, and this time complete, Black GSG shows up on the battlefield and instantly destroys a Mountain Pass. Defeated, the Old Ancestors ordered the Human Race forces to retreat to No-Return Pass.

### Spatial Territory

Over the next 200 years, most of the Old Ancestors were killed, along with most of their pursuing Royal Lords, as they sacrificed themselves to aid the Human Race retreat, leaving only dozens of each to remain. Eventually, the Human Race forces would give up No-Return Pass to retreat into Spatial Territory, the true last defense line of the 3,000 Worlds from Ink. Here, Smiles Old Ancestor of Yin-Yang Heaven learns of Yang Kai’s survival and presence on the battlefield due to the sensation of one of his wives, Su Yan. However, Yang Kai quickly returns to No-Return Pass to seal up the gateway connecting it to the Spatial Territory before any living Old Ancestor can meet with him.

### New Era

Despite the Human Race's best efforts, the Ink Clan eventually overwhelms them in the Spatial Territory War, and almost all the remaining Old Ancestors sacrifice themselves in order to take down nearly all the Ink Clan's Royal Lords. Yin-Yang Heaven's Smiles Old Ancestor and Wu Qing Old Ancestor would be the only survivors based on an agreement made by the other Old Ancestors before their sacrifice.

## Examples (Old Generation)

* Yin-Yang Pass - Wu Qing Old Ancestor
* Great Evolution Pass - Smiles Old Ancestor
* Myriad Demons Pass Old Ancestor(deceased)
* Blue Sky Pass Old Ancestor(deceased)
* Wind and Cloud Pass Old Ancestor(deceased)
* Azure Nether Pass Old Ancestor (deceased)
* Azure Void Pass Old Ancestor (deceased)
* Red Clouds Pass Old Ancestor (deceased)
* Bright King Pass Old Ancestor(deceased)
* Great Battle Pass Old Ancestor(deceased)
* Langya Pass Old Ancestor (deceased)
* Pure Yang Pass Old Ancestor (deceased)(oldest of this generation)

## Examples (Current Generation)

* Smiles Old Ancestor - Yin-Yang Heaven
* Wu Qing Old Ancestor - Red Clouds Paradise
* Luo Ting He Old Ancestor - Yin-Yang Heaven
* Wei Jun Yang Old Ancestor - Great Battle Heaven
* Ouyang Lie Old Ancestor
* Xiang Shan Old Ancestor- Blue Sky Paradise
* Mi Jing Lun Old Ancestor
* Yang Xue - High Heaven Cave Heaven
* Zhao Ya - High Heaven Cave Heaven
* Zhao Ye Bai - High Heaven Cave Heaven
* Xu Yi - High Heaven Cave Heaven
* Tang Tao - Gold Antelope Paradise
* Sun Ke
* Gong Lian

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 5481
2. ↑ Chapter 5384
3. ↑ Chapter 5385
4. ↑ Chapter 5752
5. ↑ Chapter 5799
6. ↑ Chapter 5850
7. ↑ Chapter 5865
8. ↑ Chapter 5919
9. ↑ Chapter 6003