The Ding Family, Annihilated

Xiang Tian kicked Ding Yang to the ground right in front of them.

"Ugh... ugh..."

Ding Yang, his head pinned beneath a foot, struggled in agony and whimpered, his limbs flailing wildly. The sight shattered both their hearts.

"Yaaah!"

Driven mad by his love for his grandson, Ding Heshan charged at Xiang Tian.

Bang!

With a dull thud, he was sent flying backward. He was not injured, but that damned invisible barrier was still there.

Then Xiang Tian raised his foot and brought it down directly on Ding Yang's hand.

Crack, crack.

The sound of shattering bones rang clearly in the air, accompanied by Ding Yang's heart-rending screams. The pain made tears and snot stream down his face.

"Stop! Xiang Tian, what grudge does our Ding Family have against you that you must be so ruthless? How can you be this vicious?!"

Ding Chongshan berated him, yet there was nothing he could do.

Xiang Tian stopped and looked at him in confusion. "What grudge? Clan Head Ding, don't you know?"

Then he continued on his own, "Back then, your precious son beat my pet until it was covered in blood and mangled flesh. I only wanted to teach him a simple lesson, but Ding Yang wanted to kill me. I had no choice but to crush his Life Immortal Sword."

"And then, you went to Black Abyss and put me on display. You didn't think I wouldn't know about that, did you? I just didn't expect Gu You to die by my hand as well. Now that I've provoked Jade Pool and Riyao, you think I'm surely dead too, don't you?"

Xiang Tian looked at the two of them, then smiled faintly. "But it doesn't matter. Whether it's them or you, none of you are worth mentioning in my eyes."

Then came another stomp. Ding Yang's right arm was crushed directly into pulp. He screamed madly, writhing on the ground in pain, half dead and half alive.

Ding Heshan and his son's eyes turned bloodshot. They had gone mad too. They could not bear such torment!

With a thunderous roar, spiritual power surged wildly from their bodies. Billowing shockwaves ripped the house apart, throwing the entire Ding Family into chaos.

All manner of techniques and magical treasures crashed toward Xiang Tian, but every one of them was blocked by that invisible barrier.

"Charge! All of you, get up there! Today, you must save the young master!"

Ding Chongshan shrieked, his voice torn with grief. More and more people joined in. Around the mountain where the secret realm lay, all kinds of radiance flashed, strange phenomena appearing one after another, quickly drawing the attention of nearby people.

Yet no matter what methods they used, the barrier did not budge in the slightest. Xiang Tian was clearly right before their eyes, but they had no way to harm him at all.

Ding Heshan had begun to doubt himself. After cultivating for such long years, could he now not even save his own grandson? Could he only watch helplessly as someone ravaged him?

At that thought, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and the spirit within him rapidly ebbed away.

"Father!"

Seeing this, Ding Chongshan cried out. He could no longer hold back. Tears slid from the corners of his eyes. This was the second time.

The second time Xiang Tian had harmed his child, and the second time he had indirectly injured his father.

A sudden illusion came over him. He began to question himself. Was he a qualified father? Was he a qualified head of the Ding Family?

By now, Ding Yang's limbs had become a pool of bloody pulp. A nauseating stench filled the air, but Xiang Tian's expression remained calm, without the slightest ripple, and his heart was even more still.

Evil people would meet those even more ruthless than themselves. Why should others be allowed to run wild by relying on the backing behind them?

Ding Yang had already fainted more than once, yet each time, the pain woke him again. Everyone saw this clearly, and it twisted Ding Heshan and his son's hearts in agony.

Ding Yang was now barely clinging to life beneath Xiang Tian's foot. He no longer even had the strength to scream, his eyes vacant as he lay with his mouth open, gasping heavily.

A fierce sense of guilt rose in Ding Chongshan's heart. He had failed his child, failed his father, and failed the entire Ding Family.

They had used countless trump cards and magical treasures, yet none could get near Xiang Tian. From beginning to end, the two people behind Xiang Tian had not made a single move.

Seeing Xiang Tian place his foot on Ding Yang's face, Ding Chongshan fell into despair. He broke down.

"No!"

With a shout, he charged forward. Spiritual power surged through his entire body, making his robes whip violently in the wind.

Ding Heshan sensed something wrong with his son and was startled. He roared, "Chongshan, come back!"

Unfortunately, Ding Chongshan did not listen. He still charged ahead like a madman.

Taking one last look at Ding Yang, Ding Chongshan closed his eyes. He could no longer hold back his tears. He only hoped that this time, he could shake the barrier even a fraction, giving the Ding Family a chance to save his child.

Boom!

The entire Ding Family shook as mountains and earth quaked. Even the small mountain outside the secret realm split into four pieces.

The sky filled with brilliant colors. The secret realm collapsed outright, and the Ding Family's entire immortal estate was exposed as shattered walls and broken ruins. The sight gave the many figures watching from the shadows a terrible fright.

The self-destruction of a half-step True Immortal was terrifying to such a degree.

Fortunately, Ding Chongshan still retained some clarity and focused the direction of the explosion on Xiang Tian. The Ding Family also used their methods to barely withstand the blast.

When the smoke and dust dispersed, everyone despaired. Xiang Tian remained completely unscathed, his shoe still resting on Ding Yang's face. The faint smile on his lips seemed to mock their helplessness, mock Ding Chongshan's wild fantasy and overestimation of himself.

At this sight, Ding Heshan could no longer endure it. He raised his face to the sky and wept bitterly, grief beyond measure. At his age, his son had died before his very eyes, and he still could not save his grandson.

"Heaven wants to destroy my Ding Family!"

Tears streamed down Ding Heshan's aged face as powerlessness overwhelmed him. Looking at that young man, he could not understand what his Ding Family had done wrong to suffer such a calamity.

Xiang Tian looked at Ding Yang on the ground and said, "Go keep your father company. I can tell he loved you dearly."

After saying that, he exerted force beneath his foot, and Ding Yang's head exploded before everyone's eyes.

Ding Heshan trembled as he pointed at Xiang Tian. His lips quivered, but he could not force out a single word.

Xiang Tian looked at the old man, who had aged countless years in an instant, and shook his head. "From this day on, there will be no more Ding Family in the Nine Heavens."

As soon as he finished speaking, a pillar of light shot up from the ground. The hundreds and thousands of people of the Ding Family turned to dust before Xiang Tian, not a single one left behind.

He turned and looked into the distance. There were quite a few people there, and quite a few more lay hidden in the shadows.

Xiang Tian glanced back at Yellow Springs Bai Si.

Bai Si understood instantly. Whether in the open or in hiding, a ball of white light flew out from the crown of every person's head. These were human souls. Soul Hooking was effortless for them.

Afterward, Black Si acted, directly erasing a piece of every soul. They forgot everything they had just seen, clean as a whistle.

Xiang Tian let out a long breath. Ning Rong had angered him badly before, but after making this trip to the Ding Family today, his mood had improved considerably.

Very soon, the entire Nine Heavens realm erupted into an uproar. The Ding Family, one of the few Aristocratic Clans of cultivators, had been exterminated outright. There were not even more than a few corpses left behind, and the people nearby had no impression or awareness of it whatsoever.