Fang Yueheng Wipes Out His Clan, Heavenly Secrets Value Settlement

"How could this be?! How could this be! How dare the Liu family? How dare they?!"

After receiving the message, Fang Yueheng was struck as if by lightning. For a moment, he simply couldn't believe it.

It took a long while for him to confirm the message was real. His heart sank.

He was filled with rage over his mother's death, and with hatred for Su Li!

Su Li had been able to divine the disaster of the giant stele descending from the sky, and so stopped Hua Yunxiao and Yun Wanchu from taking their disciples to the Blazing Wasteland for training! So yesterday, Su Li must have been able to divine that his mother would face this calamity, too. Yet Su Li hadn't told him? He hadn't explained it clearly?

This was truly unforgivable!

At that moment, Fang Yueheng's very nature became twisted.

His mother had been beaten to death by the Liu family, yet he didn't hate them first. Instead, he turned his hatred on Su Li!

After remaining silent for a long while, Fang Yueheng completely reined in his rage and killing intent, regaining his composure.

His eyes cold, he glanced at the placid Lishui Lake. His series of insights into the "spiritual essence of water" had also been completely interrupted.

The lake's surface was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting Fang Yueheng's figure as he hovered above it.

"Boom—"

Suddenly, Fang Yueheng swung his palm at the lake, shattering his reflection into pieces.

Water exploded upward, splashing in every direction.

"Whoosh—"

The next moment, his figure became a streak of light and sped away into the distance.

In the lake, Fang Yueheng's shattered reflection slowly gathered itself together again. A cold, sinister grin appeared on its pale face.

Then the figure gradually blurred, until it finally vanished without a trace.

Wuyue City, Junlin Town, the Fang family.

Fang Yuanhao gazed at his wife, Qin Xiangwen, whose life force had completely faded. His heart was shattered with grief.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Tears blurred Fang Yuanhao's eyes.

Over the years, he had been so busy cultivating that he had completely neglected Qin Xiangwen—not to mention the matter of Fang Yueyu, which had once humiliated his wife and made her endure years of grievances.

All these years, his wife had worked tirelessly, managing the entire household and giving so much, yet she had hardly enjoyed any of it.

Whatever good food or drink there was, whatever decent cultivation resources they had, she had given them all to him and the children. Although the Fang family was wealthy and powerful, the leading family in Junlin Town—a town where most people were ordinary—she couldn't even bear to buy herself a decent set of clothes.

"Xiangxiang, Xiangxiang."

Holding Qin Xiangwen's corpse, Fang Yuanhao finally broke down and wailed.

After a long time, when he had cried himself dry, he rose like a walking corpse.

"Xiangxiang, I won't let anyone wrong you again. I'm going to get justice for you right now!"

"Acheng, Afu, Xiangxiang is asleep. Watch over her carefully, and don't make a sound, understand?! If you wake her, I'll kill you, your whole family, your whole clan!"

Choking with sobs, Fang Yuanhao spoke those cold, vicious words.

The Fang family steward, Fang Cheng, and Qin Xiangwen's maid, Fang Fu, both went pale with terror. They nodded again and again, like chicks pecking at grain.

Fang Yuanhao soon arrived at the Liu family to seek revenge on Zheng Xueyan, the culprit.

But the Liu family was nearly as powerful as the Fang family, ranking second in Junlin Town.

Fang Yuanhao barged his way in. After injuring several Liu family servants, he finally came face-to-face with Zheng Xueyan.

Grief showed on Zheng Xueyan's face, and she apologized to Fang Yuanhao of her own accord. She didn't fight back at first.

So Fang Yuanhao's punch caved in her chest, breaking six ribs. One of them nearly pierced her heart.

A single punch nearly killed Zheng Xueyan.

"Something about this is strange. Fang Yuanhao, you've already avenged Qin Xiangwen. Let's end it here! Besides, I wasn't the one who killed Qin Xiangwen—"

Zheng Xueyan struggled up from the ground, coughing up mouthfuls of blood, yet remaining remarkably calm.

She had already sensed something was wrong, which was why she hadn't fought back when Fang Yuanhao attacked.

"End it here? Today, I'm going to kill your whole family! Your whole clan!"

Fang Yuanhao's expression turned vicious. He cut Zheng Xueyan off, then spoke as if possessed, vowing to kill her entire family and clan.

Zheng Xueyan's expression darkened. By then, Fang Yuanhao was already charging at her like a madman.

Seeing that the situation could no longer be salvaged, a ferocious look appeared on Zheng Xueyan's face as well.

She stopped holding back. The overwhelming gap in cultivation and strength allowed her to utterly crush Fang Yuanhao.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

In no more than three moves, Fang Yuanhao's bones were all shattered. He collapsed in a pool of blood like a dead dog.

"Stubborn fool, you don't know what's good for you! I gave you a chance, and you refused it. Then go meet Qin Xiangwen in the underworld!"

"Someone, throw him into the public cesspit! Let him get his head straight!"

Less than half an hour later, Fang Yueheng returned to the Fang family.

There, he saw his older brother, Fang Yueyu.

When Fang Yueyu saw Fang Yueheng return and sensed his cultivation level, a flicker of astonishment appeared deep in his eyes.

But even more than that, he felt indescribable joy and excitement.

"Soon, soon."

That was what Fang Yueyu thought. But in an instant, his expression grew heavy, and intense grief appeared in his eyes. "Yueheng, Yueheng, you're finally back! The Liu family has gone too far, far too far! Father, Father, he also..."

As Fang Yueyu spoke, his eyes reddened, and tears spilled uncontrollably down his cheeks.

"Brother, are you afraid to die?"

Fang Yueheng had seen his dead mother. He had seen his father, every bone broken, reeking from head to toe and lying like a dead dog. The viciousness in his eyes could no longer be suppressed.

He spoke each word distinctly.

"If it weren't for Father, Mother, and you, Yueheng, how could I, Fang Yueyu, have lived this long? Yueheng, I'm afraid I won't amount to anything, afraid I won't bring honor to our family, and even more afraid I'll embarrass you. But I'll never be afraid to die!"

Fang Yueyu spoke each word with unshakable resolve.

"Good. Today, you and I will avenge Father and Mother! Aside from Liu Songquan, who's cultivating in seclusion at Xuanming Holy Land, the rest of the Liu family are nothing but clay chickens and pottery dogs, no match for us!"

"Even Liu Songquan isn't my match. Killing him will be like slaughtering a dog—without the slightest effort!"

Fang Yueheng took a deep breath, making no attempt to conceal his killing intent.

Then the two brothers charged at the Liu family.

What followed was a river of blood at their hands.

Even Zheng Xueyan, who had just emerged from the cultivation chamber after recovering from her injuries, was caught by Fang Yueheng. He then completely crippled her cultivation.

Zheng Xueyan's bones were all broken, and she was hung naked from a pillar at the Fang family gate for passersby to gawk at.

At that very moment, Liu Songquan, who had received his mother's message earlier, happened to return from Xuanming Holy Land. He arrived just in time to see his mother, Zheng Xueyan, being humiliated like that.

In that instant, Liu Songquan flew into a rage.

At the same time, after the Liu family suffered such heavy casualties, its chief steward weighed the situation and rang the alarm bell. The Liu family's strongest member, Liu Sansi, emerged from seclusion.

In the midst of his fury, Liu Songquan challenged Fang Yueheng to a Life and Death Duel and signed a life-and-death contract: no matter the outcome, neither side would involve the other's family.

The battle was no easy one.

Fang Yueheng couldn't win effortlessly, and Liu Songquan couldn't lose without a struggle.

Still, Liu Songquan's strength truly fell short of Fang Yueheng's. Before long, he was caught in mortal danger.

As Liu Sansi watched the fight, he tried to interfere at a crucial moment.

But Fang Yueheng had been prepared. He forced Liu Sansi back and landed a fatal blow on Liu Songquan.

Unexpectedly, seeing there was no chance of survival, Liu Songquan unleashed his ultimate killing move. Fang Yueheng was wounded at the same time.

Just then, Liu Sansi rushed back onto the platform, hoping to save Liu Songquan. But Fang Yueyu charged out on his own and unleashed an extraordinarily terrifying technique. In the blink of an eye, he struck with a lethal blow.

The strike split into two ghostly shadows, piercing Fang Yueheng's and Liu Songquan's brows on the spot.

Both men's brows burst open at once. Their souls were pierced and shattered, and they died on the spot.

Liu Sansi screamed in horror, but Fang Yueyu immediately branded him the murderer who had assassinated the two men. He grabbed Liu Sansi by the throat and brought his palm down on his forehead.

Liu Sansi's whole body shuddered. Blood ran from his seven orifices, and he died beyond any doubt.

At that point, Fang Yueyu had finally gathered the Five Elements Spirit Body and its spirit blood. Then he suddenly burst into a mad, sinister laugh and stormed into the Liu family estate, slaughtering wildly.

From the eighty-year-old elders down to infants of three or four, not one was spared.

Afterward, Fang Yueyu returned to the Fang family and began slaughtering its people as well.

He showed no mercy throughout.

Those with cultivation were cruelly tortured by Fang Yueyu before dying in despair; those without cultivation endured the same torment, wasting away in misery.

In less than half an hour, the Fang family was completely wiped out.

Afterward, Fang Yueyu gathered up all the Fang family's resources as well, then changed his appearance and headed straight for the Nine Desolations Tower in Changhe Town.

There, he had already collected the Yin Yang and Five Elements Array Diagram, along with the soul of the Yin Yang Spirit Body.

Now he had also gathered the souls of the Five Elements Spirit Body. Soon, he would be able to activate the Nine Desolations Altar and bring his master, Yaolan, into the world.

On September 3, 3030, at 4:43:28 p.m. of the Yunhuang Calendar.

Yunxiu Peak, Yunxiu Courtyard.

Su Li's gaze rested on Mu Yuxi outside the courtyard. Using Fang Yueheng's name in Mu Yuxi's Life Archive, he had traced Fang Yueyu's name and seen the events Fang Yueyu had experienced so far.

"Truly, he deserves to die."

"Fang Yueheng, do you regret it now?"

"Still, even if your Soul of Demise is 'born from death,' I won't give you the chance! Although, once it revives, you won't be you anymore."

"Even so, I won't let Yaolan's transformation fail and allow your Soul of Demise to revive, becoming a peerless evil soul!"

"For me, no matter how things turn out, they can't get worse than they are now."

Su Li murmured to himself.

Then, using the events in Fang Yueyu's Life Archive, he found Yaolan's name and locked onto her.

"Lock onto Yaolan and spend Heavenly Secrets Value to divine!"

Su Li murmured to himself.

Divining Yaolan again would surely bring a deadly threat.

But it didn't matter. This time, he had an additional goal—as long as Yaolan didn't strike immediately, there was still a glimmer of hope.

The system's light-shadow panel opened.

Since he had locked on through a series of "indirect" connections, divining only the current information cost a full 2,000 points of Heavenly Secrets Value!

And that wasn't even a divination of the next seven days.

The moment the divination began, the awful sensation he had experienced before returned.

The terrifying sensation of being watched by a pair of icy eyes surged over him, growing stronger by the moment!

At the same time, Su Li could even clearly sense that those sinister, bloodthirsty scarlet eyes had grown enormous and appeared behind him, as if they would swallow him whole the very next moment.

The Five Emperors Ancient Coin once again gave off a faint, hazy glow. Its warmth brought him a little comfort, while also easing the feeling that he was falling into an abyss ten thousand zhang deep, pinned down like a victim of sleep paralysis, unable to move.

Su Li immediately activated a jade slip he had prepared with a thread of faint spiritual energy.

At once, some of Yaolan's information appeared on the jade slip.

"Yaolan, I'm a Heavenly Secrets Master. I mean no offense. I've already divined that tonight, at midnight, you'll succeed in manipulating Fang Yueyu, but your transformation into an infant soul will fail.

"The reason is that the heavenly secrets surrounding the Nine Desolations Altar will be thrown into chaos, and an unknown change will occur. As a result, the dead Fang Yueheng's Soul of Demise will revive.

"If that happens, calamity will descend. A peerless evil soul will awaken, bringing about a Soul Calamity of Demise.

"You'll be the first to be destroyed.

"Next, the nearby towns will be wiped out. Finally, the peerless evil soul will be used and refined by Hua Lingshang, the ancestor of the Hua Clan.

"This is no idle threat!"

At this crucial moment, Su Li sent out this message.

Sure enough, the blood-red eyes froze for a moment, as if weighing whether his words were true.

A moment later, the icy sensation throughout Su Li's body vanished.

Just as he was beginning to breathe a little easier, the jade slip in his hand suddenly shattered with a soft pop.

All the information vanished in an instant.

Then Yaolan's blood-red eyes seemed to appear again.

"Thank you for the kind warning, big brother, but it seems you're no good person either."

"To show my gratitude, I'll eat you first, so you won't have to keep suffering in this world."

"Look how considerate Yaolan is! Isn't she especially kind?"

Yaolan giggled, her voice utterly alluring, bewitching and sweet, as though it rang out from within Su Li's heart.

Just hearing her voice gave Su Li the terrifying feeling that his bones were going soft.

But instead of steeling himself, Su Li felt as if he'd fallen into an ice cellar.

"When you eat me... hurry, all right? Better yet, swallow me in one bite without chewing. That way, you can make it quick—consider it... repayment for my warning."

Despair welled up in Su Li's heart. In the end, he let out a mournful sigh, as if resigning himself to his fate.

At the same time, he silently removed the Five Emperors Ancient Coin from his left wrist and clasped it in his palm.

He squeezed hard. The ancient coin dug into his palm, breaking the skin, and blood began to stain it.

The Five Emperors Ancient Coin grew hotter and hotter, until it was almost unbearable to hold.

At the same time, Su Li's heart stirred, and he suddenly looked at the system panel.

By then, lines of Heavenly Secrets Value settlement information had already spilled across the system panel, dense and countless.