Seeking Vengeance for My Son

The only thing that worried him slightly was that the young man's displayed strength had indeed caught him off guard. Still, it was merely a powerful Martial Skill—it didn't necessarily mean he had a formidable background. If he truly had backing, he would have long since pulled out some treasure to crush him and the others.

Feng Xing was thinking this when a friend beside him raised a toast. He set aside his thoughts and happily drank with the group, just about to say something...

After you had taken Feng Xing and the other man into the Small Space, you immediately left Jingzhou Prefecture and arrived at Qingzhou in Sui State. Once at the tavern, you spotted a late-stage Spirit Condensation Realm Martial Artist drinking. With a wave of your hand, he vanished from where he stood and entered the Small Space within your palm.

After you crushed the last early-stage Spirit Condensation Realm Martial Artist to death within the Sleeve Universe, you finally flew toward the Flowing Sand Sect. Upon reaching its territory, you saw Luo Cheng, dressed in gray robes with a brazen expression, waiting for you outside the sect.

"Ye Feng of the Ye Family, I'm not wrong, am I? We meet again." Luo Cheng said with a sneer.

"Since you know I'd come to the Flowing Sand Sect, you should also know what I'm here to do." Seeing Luo Cheng's sneer, you suddenly felt less angry than before, growing calmer instead.

"If you want to take back the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, I suggest you turn around. You're not getting that thing." Luo Cheng stated firmly, then paused for a moment. He continued, "After all, I did take it from your family. I can compensate you with something, but this strand of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi originally belonged to the Quicksand Land. It should be my Flowing Sand Sect's. So I'm not really stealing from you—I'm just saying someone from your family took it from mine, and I'm simply taking it back."

You remained utterly calm at Luo Cheng's rambling words and said flatly, "Are you done? If you're done, let's fight. Only one of us is walking away today. Either you die, or I... well, I'm definitely not dying, so you'll have to be the one to die!"

With that, you activated your domain. Within a ten-mile radius centered on you, snowflakes instantly blanketed the area. It was as if deep winter had descended—the world fell silent, the temperature plummeted sharply, and heavy snow began to fall from the sky.

Seeing you open your domain, Luo Cheng couldn't believe you dared to attack him. But this wasn't the time to dwell on it. He immediately activated his own domain. Within a seven-mile radius around him, quicksand gradually spread, though it stopped just short of your vicinity. Clearly, your domain was stronger than his. Still, it couldn't directly cripple his strength—only suppress part of his Mental Energy.

"How is this possible!"

Luo Cheng found it hard to believe. He had stepped into the Half-Saint realm over ten thousand years ago—how could his domain be inferior to yours? But the truth was right before his eyes, undeniable. Pulling himself together, he was about to say something to you...

Before Luo Cheng could speak, you had already taken out the Heavenly Mechanism Chessboard and activated its second ability, the 'Heavenly Mechanism Predicament.' Instantly, a massive chessboard appeared where Luo Cheng stood. White and black pieces began falling from the sky around him. Whenever a white piece connected with a black one, a fierce wave of energy surged toward Luo Cheng.

These waves slowed Luo Cheng's movements, and his consciousness gradually grew sluggish. By the time he snapped out of it, he saw an enormous palm before him. In the center of that palm was a pitch-black void, releasing a powerful suction that tried to pull him inside.

Clearly, entering that void would bring nothing good. Luo Cheng had no intention of waiting for death. He immediately produced a High-grade Heaven Grade treasure shaped like a Buddhist wooden fish. When he activated it, a pale golden bowl-shaped light shield appeared around him. With this shield, the suction weakened noticeably, and he breathed a sigh of relief. But the chessboard's waves kept battering the shield—it looked like it would only hold for a few more strikes.

At that moment, you flew straight toward him. A massive three-zhang-long blade had appeared in your hands, its hilt alone longer than a man. It looked somewhat absurd, yet also overwhelmingly domineering.

Though you held a three-zhang-long blade, it felt weightless in your hands. You looked at Luo Cheng in the distance, his face now filled with terror. You felt no pity. You swung the blade, sending out a white Blade Light—so white it was blinding, the purest white imaginable. The chilling aura it radiated matched its color: cold, emotionless, and heart-stopping.

Two hours later, you looked down at Luo Cheng's severed head at your feet and found it somewhat dull. You had thought a Half-Saint could put up more of a fight, but he turned out to be all flash and no substance—impressive-looking but useless. The man didn't even have a single Half-Saint Artifact, making this trip feel like a waste.

What you didn't know was that Luo Cheng originally had two Half-Saint Artifacts, but he had traded both for the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. Using that Spiritual Qi's power, he had broken through to Half-Saint. In the ten thousand years since, he had never encountered another stroke of fortune or obtained any decent treasures.

Moreover, most Half-Saint Grade Great Powers—except those from Holy Lands—didn't all possess Half-Saint Artifacts. For an Artifact Refiner to create a Half-Saint Artifact, they had to imbue the item with a spirit. If the spirit-forging failed, even if the materials were Half-Saint Grade, the result would only be a Heaven Grade treasure, not a Half-Saint Artifact.

In battle, as long as a sliver of Mental Energy was left in a Saint Artifact or Half-Saint Artifact to supply it with a trace of Qi, the Half-Saint Artifact could usually fight independently. It was like having an extra companion in combat, which had a huge impact on the flow of battle.

After gathering all of Luo Cheng's belongings, you carried his head to the Flowing Sand Sect and forced its disciples to swear a Martial Oath that they would not seek revenge against the Ye Family for Luo Cheng's death. Once that was handled, you ordered the Sect Master to take you to the sect's treasury.

At first, the Sect Master was unwilling to lead you there. But after seeing Luo Cheng's head in your hand and fearing you might make him meet the Grand Elder, he finally relented. Even knowing this was a betrayal of the sect, he valued his own life far more.