Beneath the Xuanhuang Star Domain, the Myriad Races stood in great numbers, while the major Dao Lineages vied fiercely against one another.
Archaic Desolate Realm, Destiny Imperial Clan, Chen Clan!
"Sixteen years have passed. I wonder if Little Wen has been doing well."
A noble and breathtakingly beautiful middle-aged woman stood there with a face full of sorrow, blaming herself in anguish.
At that moment, a tall and extraordinary-looking man gently patted her shoulder. "Madam, actually..."
Chen Badao had only just opened his mouth when Ye Chenyan abruptly turned her head, fury and anger flashing across her face. "Actually what? Are you trying to fob me off with that same old nonsense again?"
"I..."
Seeing that Chen Badao still wanted to explain himself, Ye Chenyan grew even angrier.
"What do you mean, 'I'? If you hadn't been useless, would our mother and son have been separated for sixteen years, unable to see each other even once?"
"You're the dignified patriarch of an Imperial Clan, yet you couldn't even protect your own son. Tell me, what use are you? What use are you!"
By the end, Ye Chenyan had become somewhat hysterical.
"Sob, sob, sob..."
Watching his wife break down into quiet sobs after venting all her emotions, Chen Badao silently drew her into his arms.
Chen Badao's eyes were calm, yet they contained ten thousand layers of thunder, as if he too were suppressing towering fury.
This matter had to be traced back sixteen years.
When their youngest son, Chen Wen, had been born, he had encountered a Fate Tribulation.
That Tribulation Lightning had swept across hundreds of millions of miles, drawing forth countless forbidden phenomena.
In this world, a Fate Tribulation was not a good thing. It was said that once a Child of Destiny like this grew up, he would surely bring about a world-destroying calamity.
Especially since they were the Destiny Imperial Clan, inheritors of the Heavenly Mandate and beneficiaries of Heaven and Earth Protection.
Later, this disturbance had caught the attention of the major powers and Dao Lineages.
They immediately demanded that Chen Wen be put to death.
Even a vicious tiger would not devour its cub, much less a human being.
Under Chen Badao's insistence, the Chen Clan had still managed to save Chen Wen through every possible avenue.
However, Chen Wen had to be banished to the Lower Realm and placed under supervision.
As for the Chen Clan, although they could ensure that Chen Wen lived out this life in peace, they absolutely could not provide him with support of any kind.
All sorts of thoughts flashed through Chen Badao's mind. Only after a long while did he say, "Madam, don't worry. With me here, nothing will happen to Little Wen."
"It had better be that way. If anything happens to Little Wen, I will never forgive you." Ye Chenyan spoke bitterly.
"Alright, alright. Little Wen's situation is entirely under my control. If anything had happened, someone would have reported it long ago. Rest assured."
Chen Badao chuckled softly and patted Ye Chenyan's shoulder.
"Patriarch, this is bad! This is bad!" Just then, a hurried voice rang out.
Chen Badao could no longer smile, and Ye Chenyan abruptly raised her head, her eyes blood-red.
The newcomer was called Chen Nu, and he was specifically tasked with monitoring Chen Wen's situation.
Seeing Chen Nu in such a state, they could not help but think the worst.
Chen Badao patted Ye Chenyan's shoulder and comforted her. "Everything will be fine. Don't worry."
Chen Nu's entire body trembled without stop.
This expression on Chen Badao's face was the most terrifying thing of all.
"Speak. What happened?" Chen Badao raised his head to look at Chen Nu, hundreds of millions of thunderbolts raging in his eyes.
"Reporting to the Patriarch, the young master's... his, his Soul Tablet has cracked!" Chen Nu lowered himself and said in a trembling voice.
"What did you say?!"
At that moment, Chen Badao completely lost control.
Endless Killing Intent instantly swept out like a colossal wave that blotted out the heavens, nearly overturning the entire Destiny Imperial Clan.
At the same time, that suppressed domineering aura erupted without restraint, and the entire hall instantly exploded into dust that filled the sky.
At that moment, it seemed as though hundreds of millions of stars were about to collapse.
Chen Nu knelt there trembling, saying nothing.
But that silence explained everything.
"To hell with the rules! To hell with the restrictions!"
"This time, whoever dares stop me, I'll kill them!"
Chen Badao roared savagely, piercing Killing Intent shooting from his eyes.
Ye Chenyan was no longer as frail as before.
A towering domain of fire surged behind her, instantly burning half the sky into flying ash.
The next moment, she took out two Tokens and roared savagely, "Xiao Di, Xiao Mian, your little brother has been harmed."
"I don't care where you are. Get over there right now, immediately."
"Even if you turn the Lower Realm upside down, I'll bear it all on my shoulders. Do you understand me?!"
"Understood!"
"Good!"
Two voices brimming with boiling Killing Intent immediately came from the two Tokens.
"Come on. Let's go fuck them up." Ye Chenyan crushed the Tokens in one grip and roared savagely.
At the same time, Ancient Yuan Realm, Qingshi Town, Chu Clan!
At this moment, in the Chu Clan's Grand Arena, a youth dressed in blood-stained robes and with disheveled hair was bound to a stone rack.
Blood dripped down from his limbs and clothes, striking the ground incessantly with soft dripping sounds.
The foul stench of blood filled the entire Grand Arena, making people want to vomit.
Meanwhile, atop the high platform, the Chu Clan members stared coldly at the youth below.
Before long, Chu Clan Patriarch Chu Beiqiong stood up.
Facing everyone present, he declared coldly, "After investigation, it has been determined that Chen Wen, an outsider disciple of our clan, pursued Taiyi Dao Palace disciple Cheng Qingxue but failed, and thus harbored resentment."
"While she was cultivating, he first violated her, then brutally murdered her."
"This act was cruel beyond measure, a violation of human decency, and an unforgivable crime."
"After deliberation by our clan, we have decided to sentence him to beheading, to demonstrate the iron laws of our clan."
As soon as those words were spoken, waves of furious roars erupted from the crowd.
"It's over. A Taiyi Dao Palace disciple died in our Qingshi Town. We might be implicated too!"
"Kill him! He must be killed!"
"Right, right, right! If he doesn't die, our entire Qingshi Town will be buried with him!"
"I think simply killing him won't be enough to earn Taiyi Dao Palace's forgiveness. We must send him to Taiyi Dao Palace and let them execute him personally."
"Right, right, right! Only then can we obtain their forgiveness."
"..."
Hearing the crowd's furious shouts, Chu Beiqiong silently nodded.
His goal had been achieved.
This way, the Chu Clan would have a justified cause.
In the Ancient Yuan Realm, who did not fear Taiyi Dao Palace?
It was a subordinate force of a supreme Dao Lineage that had been passed down from the Upper Realm.
So long as no one from the Upper Realm came, few people could withstand the wrath of Taiyi Dao Palace.
And their Chu Clan could not only use this opportunity to establish ties with Taiyi Dao Palace, but might even soar into the heavens in a single leap.
Thinking of this, he became increasingly excited.
Mm!!!
Amid the noisy jeering of the crowd, Chen Wen slowly regained consciousness.
What was going on with me?
I wasn't killed by that car?
No, I transmigrated.
In an instant, memories belonging to the original owner surged toward him like a tidal wave.
Ever since he could remember, he had been taken in by an elder of the Chu Clan.
That elder had neither sons nor daughters and had treated him as his own son.
Later, after that elder died during an expedition, he had once again been left all alone.
However, due to his exceptional talent, he had made quite a name for himself in the Chu Clan.
But the original Chen Wen had fallen in love with Chu Youwei of the Chu Clan at first sight.
Toward Chu Youwei, he had held nothing back, telling her everything he knew.
To help Chu Youwei improve her Cultivation Level as much as possible, he had entered forbidden grounds more than once, all to obtain heavenly treasures capable of tempering her body.
Beyond that, he had not hesitated to use the spiritual blood unique to his own Desolate Slaughter Body as medicine, solely to help Chu Youwei break through.
There had been far too many such sacrifices.
To put it bluntly, even Chu Youwei's biological parents might not have been able to do this much.
Gradually, Chu Youwei had stopped being satisfied with such a level of improvement.
After she met Luo Hao, who had come to train, the two secretly conspired and laid a trap to frame him.
They first crippled his Cultivation Level, then excavated his Divine Body Origin, and afterward stripped him of all his precious treasures.
In the end, he had fallen to the point of being publicly executed by the Chu Clan.
Holy shit, wasn't this a Great Emperor-level simp?!
What a talent.
I was fairly well-traveled in my previous life, but I'd truly never seen such a supreme specimen.
Most hateful of all, this guy hadn't even gotten a bite of the meat.
For fuck's sake, what use was trash like you?
At this point, even he, a latecomer, could not help wanting to slap that Chen Wen.
But insults aside, Chen Wen had no choice but to face the situation before him.
Once his thoughts settled, he could not help swearing again.
For fuck's sake.
When other people transmigrated, even if they weren't born into an Ancient Desolate Aristocratic Family, they could at least pull off a "thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river."
But me? This was a fucking dead end.
Trying to turn this around was no different from crossing my name off the Book of Life and Death.
How the hell was I supposed to play this?!
How could this even be played?!
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