Huo Yun Xie Shen

Just as Qin Anlan was devising a vicious scheme for Ye Qingyun, waiting only for Ye Qingyun to take the bait.

Inside Heavenly Firmament Academy's death row.

This was a terrifying place steeped in the stench of death, with damp air and the reek of countless rotting corpses permeating the surroundings—enough to make one avert one's eyes.

Ye Qingyun lay in the death cell with a vacant expression and a wooden face, like a walking corpse.

His cultivation had been completely sealed, and he even wore handcuffs and shackles.

Humiliation!

To Ye Qingyun, this was simply the greatest humiliation.

Even now, Ye Qingyun had yet to recover from such humiliation.

He, Ye Qingyun, might have been born in poverty, but his ambitions had soared high, and his talent had been exceptional.

Ever since he obtained that mysterious ring three years ago, his entire life had completely taken flight.

Then, relying on his outstanding talent, he had caught the eye of True Person Ziwei, the Number One Female Expert of Heavenly Firmament Academy, who had even accepted him as an inner disciple.

From then on, Ye Qingyun's life had seemed as though he had activated cheats.

No matter where he went, he became the focus of everyone's discussions and envy.

No matter how great the difficulties he encountered, he could always turn danger into safety and misfortune into good fortune.

However.

What he encountered today had completely overturned Ye Qingyun's understanding.

Ye Qingyun had grown accustomed to smooth sailing over the past three years.

This sudden, devastating blow had left him utterly dumbfounded.

"Qin Anlan!"

"Damn Qin Anlan!"

"You dog of a thief, I'll kill you! I'll definitely tear you into ten thousand pieces!"

Blood filled Ye Qingyun's eyes as he gnashed his teeth, venting the endless unwillingness and hatred in his heart.

The moment he thought of Qin Anlan's lofty, contemptuous expression, as though he regarded all things beneath heaven as mere dogs and grass.

Ye Qingyun grew increasingly frantic, and the agitation in his heart intensified.

The grievance and hatred in his heart were beyond words, utterly unbearable.

Pfft!

Unable to bear it any longer in his fury, Ye Qingyun spat out another mouthful of tomato juice. At that moment, his spirit visibly withered.

"Kid, you can't even endure such a tiny setback."

"What right does someone like you have to become a powerhouse, to become an existence that looks down upon all living beings?"

At that moment, a deep voice suddenly came from Ye Qingyun's ring.

Hearing that voice not only failed to quell Ye Qingyun's anger; the unwillingness and hatred on his face grew even stronger.

The fury around him had nearly taken physical form.

"Huo Yun Xie Shen, where the hell did you go earlier?"

"When I called for you to step forward and lend me a hand, why didn't you respond at all?"

Ye Qingyun simply vented all the resentment in his heart upon the remnant-soul powerhouse inside the ring.

That remnant soul was named Huo Yun Xie Shen.

As for what strength he possessed and what terrifying power he wielded.

Even Ye Qingyun did not know.

According to him, before his death, he had been a top-tier great power at the mid Saint Lord Realm.

He had originally obtained a heaven-defying opportunity, only to be targeted by the experts of Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate.

When they shamelessly ganged up on him and launched a sneak attack, the experts of Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate had beaten him to death alive.

Fortunately.

Even the heavens seemed to believe that Huo Yun Xie Shen had died too grievously.

Although his physical body had been destroyed, a wisp of his Remnant Soul remained, allowing him to narrowly escape disaster and hide within this specially made ring.

Ye Qingyun had obtained this ring through a fortunate coincidence.

It was precisely with Huo Yun Xie Shen's help that Ye Qingyun had achieved what he had today.

Without exaggeration, Huo Yun Xie Shen was one of the greatest benefactors in Ye Qingyun's life.

Yet during everything that happened in the main hall today, Huo Yun Xie Shen had not stepped in to help him.

This had already bred much dissatisfaction in Ye Qingyun's heart, even chilling his heart.

This was the true portrayal of a Child of Destiny's character.

Help him a hundred times, and he would consider it only natural, without feeling the slightest gratitude toward you.

But the moment you failed to help him even once.

Those Children of Destiny would grow dissatisfied with you, and might even turn against you as enemies.

So-called Children of Destiny were all self-centered, selfish people.

Ye Qingyun was naturally no exception.

In his view.

Huo Yun Xie Shen usually bragged about how majestic and imposing he had been in his prime, how he had made tens of thousands fear him.

Even Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate had supposedly feared him by three parts.

But what happened when it truly mattered?

When facing Qin Anlan, he had been so frightened that he did not even dare let out a fart.

Inside the ring, Huo Yun Xie Shen's Remnant Soul felt a trace of anger rise within him upon hearing Ye Qingyun's dissatisfaction.

He was the mighty Huo Yun Xie Shen, a powerhouse at Saint Lord Peak.

An existence who had shaken the entire Heavenly Flame Empire tens of thousands of years ago.

Yet now, he was actually being lectured by a tiny ant.

Had this been back then.

For an ant like Ye Qingyun, he could have crushed a whole handful to death with a casual pinch.

Unfortunately.

Huo Yun Xie Shen's physical body had been destroyed, and now only this wisp of Remnant Soul remained.

Though he still possessed the power to kill Ye Qingyun, he did not dare act rashly.

There was no other reason.

Ye Qingyun still held extremely important value for Huo Yun Xie Shen.

Before recovering his strength, he could not afford to become enemies with Ye Qingyun.

"A mere Qin Anlan, naturally I do not regard him as anything."

"But at that time, an extremely terrifying powerhouse was present in the main hall. That person's consciousness had spread throughout the entire hall."

"I am exceedingly familiar with his aura. I even suspect that my death back then may have had something to do with this person."

"Before my strength has recovered, I do not dare act rashly either."

Huo Yun Xie Shen forcefully suppressed the anger in his heart and offered an explanation.

At present, only a wisp of his Remnant Soul remained.

Though he still possessed powerful soul force, he did not dare reveal himself lightly.

If he were careless and found by an enemy from those days.

This wisp of Remnant Soul would likely be beaten until his soul scattered and dispersed, leaving him unable to reincarnate for all eternity.

After venting for a while, Ye Qingyun gradually calmed down.

His eyes widened as his face filled with shock.

"Right, I heard you say that you were ambushed by experts from Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate, which was why you fell."

"Qin Anlan is the Young Lord of Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate. Perhaps the person he brought is one of the masterminds who harmed you back then."

Ye Qingyun naturally knew Huo Yun Xie Shen's origins.

Tens of thousands of years ago, Huo Yun Xie Shen had been an existence who shook the entire Heavenly Flame Empire.

Only because he had acquired a treasure did he suffer pursuit from numerous experts of Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate.

In the end, only a wisp of Remnant Soul remained, attached to this ring.

Then, through a fortunate coincidence, it had fallen into Ye Qingyun's hands.

Thinking of this, Ye Qingyun fell silent.

Even Huo Yun Xie Shen, a great power at the mid Saint Lord Realm, had been killed by Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate.

The power possessed by Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate had already far exceeded his imagination.

Could a weakling at the Violet Palace Realm like him possibly contend against the enormous Divine Marquis of Zhenguo's Estate?

If he did nothing, the Liu Ruyan and Liu Ruxue sisters would likely fall into Qin Anlan's clutches and suffer endless torment.

For Ye Qingyun to watch all of this happen with his own eyes.

His heart was filled with unwillingness, and even more so, fury.