"Shut your mouth! What right do you have to judge me, Xuan Aotian?!"
Xuan Ning took a deep breath and shouted.
"Xuan Aotian, you brought every step that led you here upon yourself!"
"Do you know what Father said to me last before he died?"
Xuan Aotian roared in utter fury.
"What do you know about me, Xuan Aotian?!"
"Since childhood, I hid and fled through that bitterly cold land. I thought they had no choice, but after I returned to the clan, I discovered that all the love I should have received had been taken by you, Xuan Ning!"
"Xuan Ning! You won. You can enjoy the satisfaction of a victor and kill me!"
"But I, Xuan Aotian, will always look down on you!"
Xuan Ning's entire body trembled. Upon hearing this, he could not help throwing back his head and laughing aloud.
"Hahaha! What a 'favoritism'!"
"Xuan Aotian, so this was what you believed all along!"
"Then open your dog eyes wide and look carefully now!"
He directly crushed the Imprint Stone.
The final scene Xuan You had left behind before his death was displayed before Xuan Aotian without reservation.
Within the Imprint Stone, every heartfelt word from his father filled Xuan Ning's face with grief.
As he spoke,
"You never once considered why Father sent you away. You merely stubbornly believed that I had taken everything from you."
"I, Xuan Ning, was born a hostage. Father had wanted to abandon me several times."
In my memories, Mother was sorrowful every day, endlessly murmuring your name, Xuan Aotian!"
"I thought they simply did not like me, their youngest son. So I trained desperately and had to be the best at everything, all because I wanted them to notice me!"
"But what about you? All the effort I had made turned into bubbles and phantoms the moment you returned to the clan!"
"Even after you blamed Father and severed ties with my Xuan Family, every time you caused trouble outside, did you know that Father was the one secretly cleaning up after you?!"
Xuan Ning's eyes were bloodshot as he poured out all the oppression he had kept buried in his heart for twenty years.
"Did you know that even when Father was dying, his final words were to beg the patriarchs of every clan to spare your life!"
"Xuan Aotian, you turned a blind eye to everything Father did for you! You destroyed my Ancient Clan Xuan Family, and you were the one who caused Father's death!"
Staring at the image within the Imprint Stone,
Listening to Xuan Ning's reproaches by his ear...
After learning the truth, Xuan Aotian fell silent for a time.
He had never known any of this.
His mind recalled Father's excited, affectionate face when he had first returned to the clan.
Xuan Aotian lay on the ground, trembling all over, his face streaked with blood or perhaps tears.
Even the pain of ten thousand ants gnawing at his heart could not compare to even a fraction of what he felt now.
"Father..." Xuan Aotian gasped heavily.
As though he had exhausted every ounce of strength in his body, he rasped with bloodshot eyes.
"Kill me, Xuan Ning."
Xuan Ning stared at him for a long while, his gaze gradually turning cold.
"Fine."
"Knowing your nature, I suppose that even now, you still will not admit your mistakes or regret them!"
A terrifying force of yin and yang gradually condensed in his hand.
"Goodbye, Xuan Aotian."
Xuan Aotian closed his eyes, his expression seeming almost relieved.
Boom.
Ding! Destined Protagonist Xuan Aotian has fallen! Congratulations on hunting the Destined Protagonist Xuan Aotian, "Heartless Evil Emperor"! The remaining opportunities of Destined Protagonist Xuan Aotian have been unlocked! Congratulations, Master, for obtaining all items belonging to the Destined Protagonist: Heartless Sword Scripture, Heaven Slaying Sword Art, Nameless Sword Art (Fragment), Unwarranted Star Chart... Current Hunt Destined Protagonist count: 2 Current Villain Points:
After personally finishing off Xuan Aotian, Xuan Ning looked at the corpse on the ground with an exceptionally calm expression.
After an unknown amount of time, he came to Su Chenxiao's side and paid his respects.
"Young Master."
"It's over?"
"Mm."
"People always regret too late when death is upon them. What use is that?"
Su Chenxiao chuckled.
More than 300,000 Villain Points.
Once this place was dealt with, he could go on a wild, satisfying draw spree!
No matter what, he had to get several universe-grade supreme treasures.
The dust settled.
Thousand Mechanisms Peak was a complete mess.
Corpses lay everywhere. Of the original ten thousand-plus people, fewer than a thousand had survived by sheer luck.
Every one of them was still shaken, lingering fear etched in their hearts.
"Is it over?"
"Xuan Aotian is dead?"
After dealing with the cultivators who had been eroded by the strange force and turned into monsters, Qi Kong and the other three clan heads approached from afar.
They looked somewhat fearfully at the Black Ancient Scripture in Su Chenxiao's hand, not daring to get too close.
After all, they did not possess a Chaos Divine Body.
Qi Kong layered True Qi around his body for protection, then braced himself and stepped forward cautiously, cupping his hands.
"Thank you, Young Master Su, for lending us your aid this time!"
"But Young Master, how do you intend to deal with this Black Ancient Scripture?"
One had to know that even Great Emperors could not deal with those strange creatures from the Dark Era.
No matter where it was placed, it would be enough to make everyone panic.
Su Chenxiao smiled faintly and directly stored it in the system's Storage Space before saying,
"This Black Ancient Scripture will be handed to the Emperor Lords of my clan after I return."
"You need not worry about it."
Qi Kong's eyes lit up at those words, and he let out a long sigh of relief.
Over the following period, everyone cleaned up Thousand Mechanisms Peak.
The corpses were thoroughly destroyed by several clan heads using supreme Saint Force, leaving not even dregs behind.
Once everyone had rested and recovered, the surviving ancient clan geniuses gradually composed themselves as well.
Other than a very small number who abandoned the venture because those close to them had died, most were unwilling to give up this hard-won chance to enter the Crimson Meteor Burial Ground.
Meanwhile, Su Chenxiao was examining Xuan Aotian's remaining fortunes.
Destined Protagonist Xuan Aotian, "Heartless Evil Emperor" Deceased Remaining opportunities (7): Crimson Meteor Burial Ground, Great Emperor inheritance (red), Imperial Dao Crimson Meteor Burial Ground: Myriad Beast Blood Pool
Once he obtained the Azure God Refining Ancient Scripture within the Crimson Meteor Burial Ground and Xuan Aotian's opportunities,
everything would be settled, and it would about be time for him to return to the clan...
Su Chenxiao's eyes flickered as he thought to himself.
"Elder Qing, wait here for this Young Master's return."
Only those below the King Sealing Realm could enter the Crimson Meteor Burial Ground.
With that said, Su Chenxiao leaped into the Crimson Meteor Burial Ground and vanished from sight.
Only then did the ancient clan elders who had come to their senses all freeze.
"Young Master Su?!"
"That young master went in."
"Clan Head, what do we do now?"
Qi Kong pondered for a moment before saying,
"The Crimson Meteor Burial Ground remains open. Send my Qi Family disciples inside."
"After entering the secret realm, have them find Young Master Su immediately. They must ensure that young master's safety within the secret realm!"
The other three ancient clan heads nodded in agreement.
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