Who Said It Was Meaningless

"Insolence."

"Chu Tianyun, who gave you the authority to seal off the Sacred Heaven Elder Secret Realm?"

Ye Tianxiong's face darkened to the extreme. He bellowed furiously, "Heavenly King, it is not that your eldest brother refuses to give the Chu Family face. It is that some people have gone far too far."

"To preserve the sect's unity, your eldest brother has no choice but to act this way."

Hah!

Ye Tianxiong stretched out a massive hand that blotted out the sky and covered the earth. Heaven and earth twisted, as though an entire world lay within his palm, directly engulfing Chu Tianyun.

Seeing this, Chu Tianwang's expression shifted unpredictably. His fists clenched and loosened again and again, Sha Qi rolling off him.

But at that moment, an aged voice resounded through the heavens:

"After plotting against the Chu Family's young master, you still want to flee?"

Old Tuo walked out of the main hall, a sharp glint flashing through his cloudy eyes. He thrust out his hand, reaching past Ye Tianxiong's and grabbing fiercely at the void.

Boom!

The void for ten thousand miles collapsed, plunging into darkness. The terrifying might of an Emperor Venerable divine ability ran rampant, destroying heaven and earth.

Pfft!

In the void, a tall, robust old man with white hair and beard spat out blood. His hair hung in disarray as he fell viciously from the depths of space onto Sacred Emperor Peak.

This man was Ye Hongwu. Who knew when he had learned of the news, but he had already fled beyond the Sacred Heaven Elder Secret Realm and was preparing to escape the sect.

"After harming the Chu Family's young master, if I let you escape the sect, where would the Chu Family's dignity be?"

Old Tuo spoke softly, then turned and walked back into the main hall.

At this moment, however, the entire sect was suffocatingly silent. Countless experts were dumbfounded.

Aside from Chu Tianwang and Ye Tianxiong, the sect actually had another Emperor Venerable—and he had been hiding within Sacred Emperor Peak.

"Old Tuo is actually a hidden Emperor Venerable? Heavens!"

"I have visited the Chu Family and seen Old Tuo more times than I can count, yet I never realized he was an Emperor Venerable."

"Using an Emperor Venerable to guard the gate... the Chu Family..."

Within the sect, who knew how many experts' mouths twitched wildly, their shock beyond words.

Now, the Chu Family had three Emperor Venerable experts in the open.

And among them was Jian Kongzhu, that heaven-defying Sword Emperor, the strongest expert on the present-day Hengtian Continent.

At this moment, within the Ye Family on Sacred Emperor Peak, there was not a sound. It was deathly silent.

A Ye Family Grand Elder had been severely wounded and struck down. Terrifying auras flickered continuously within the Ye Family.

Throughout the sect, countless people trembled with fear. Were the two great Founding Families really going to fight?

"Heavenly King, does your Chu Family truly have no regard for the sect rules or for me, the Sect Master?" Ye Tianxiong withdrew his hand with a dark expression and directly questioned Chu Tianwang.

"Without my permission or the Elder Council's consent, what right did your Chu Family have to directly suppress a Grand Elder and surround the Sacred Heaven Elder Secret Realm?"

Although Ye Tianxiong continued questioning him, his momentum had clearly weakened considerably. He did not attack Chu Tianyun again. Obviously, Old Tuo's move and the Chu Family's emergence of yet another Emperor Venerable had greatly intimidated him.

"Grandpa Hongwu, are you all right?!" Ye Fan's eyes were bloodshot as he looked at the white-haired old man lying on the ground and vomiting blood. His entire body trembled.

That cowardly old man really was useless. Good thing Old Tuo recovered from his injuries.

Chu Tian's gaze was icy, and the corner of his lips curled slightly as he prepared to step forward and answer Ye Tianxiong.

But at this moment, Chu Tianwang did not answer his eldest brother Ye Tianxiong's questioning. Instead, he came before Ye Hongwu, gripped his neck, and lifted him one-handed. Sha Qi surged in his eyes as he said, "Uncle Hongwu, tell me. Why did you plot against my son? Was someone directing you from behind the scenes?"

His words carried a hidden meaning. Clearly, Chu Tianwang had already developed certain suspicions.

Upon hearing this, Ye Tianxiong's body gave an imperceptible tremble, and his face darkened further, as though water could drip from it.

He truly had not expected things to develop this way, completely beyond his control.

This was not the Chu Tianwang he knew. He had acted with such thunderous speed and such decisiveness, charging into the Liu Family, capturing Ju'er, and directly Soul Searching her.

The Chu Family had even been so overbearing as to directly suppress Ye Hongwu, a Grand Elder, without even seeking Chu Tianwang's approval.

What change had occurred here?

"Vice Sect Master, a man must bear the consequences of his own actions. I simply could not bear to see a Ye Family genius crippled for life, so I took the risk. Ye Fan is a once-in-a-million-years monster of the sect. Please do not pursue this matter against him."

Ye Hongwu's cloudy eyes turned with difficulty. He glanced at Ye Tianxiong, and flames suddenly began burning in his aged eyes.

"Big Brother, he is burning his own Soul Flame! He wants to commit suicide! Stop him quickly!" Chu Tianyun's furious shout came from beyond the peak as he sped toward them.

But it was already too late!

Bang!

Suddenly, the flames in Ye Hongwu's eyes extinguished. His life force dissipated, and the spiritual energy and laws throughout his body scattered into chaos. His head tilted to one side, and he died just like that in Chu Tianwang's grasp.

"Bastard!"

Chu Tianyun flew over, enraged beyond measure. He shouted, "Big Brother, his suicide must be to conceal the person behind him! Acquiring all manner of the sect's top-secret information and plotting against the sect's Holy Son and our Chu Family's monster is not something a mere Grand Elder who withdrew from the sect's core of power and entered the Sacred Heaven Secret Realm for secluded cultivation could have accomplished."

"Investigate. This must be investigated to the very end." Chu Tian stepped forward and said coldly, though inwardly, he could not help feeling some regret.

They had been just one step away from following the vine to pull out the true big fish behind the scenes.

Though Chu Tianwang had erupted, he had clearly still held onto some illusions in his heart.

But Ye Hongwu had obviously long prepared to commit suicide. A powerhouse of this level was not Ju'er. If he wholeheartedly sought death, Soul Searching him was simply impossible.

"Congratulations, Host. Ye Hongwu's death has dealt a major blow to the destiny of the Son of Destiny, Ye Fan. Reward: 2000 Destiny Points."

"Of course it must be investigated. This Sect Master will also pursue this matter to the very end."

Ye Tianxiong said with a dark expression, though it was clear that Ye Hongwu's death had eased him somewhat. He said to Chu Tianwang, "Heavenly King, your eldest brother will not let this matter end here.

"If we discover that someone was framing Uncle Hongwu from behind the scenes, I will certainly not let it rest."

"Big Brother, I will pursue it to the very end as well." Chu Tianwang raised his head forcefully and met Ye Tianxiong's gaze. He said word by word, "Little Tian is my bottom line. Big Brother had better tell certain people in the family to know when to stop."

Ye Tianxiong regained his composure and smiled faintly. "All right."

"Heavenly King, your eldest brother will still say the same thing. As long as we brothers pull in the same direction, no one can interfere with the unity and development of the Sacred Heaven Sect."

Chu Tianwang's expression remained gloomy, but he still nodded.

"Grandpa, Grandpa..."

"Bastard, you killed my grandfather! I'll fight you to the death!"

At that moment, Ye Fan's eyes were scarlet like a beast's. He suddenly threw himself at Chu Tianwang and began biting and tearing at him madly.

His blood and Qi surged, incomparably dense, while his bones let out explosive cracks. He was even more terrifying than Ye Qiang, having clearly reached the peak of the Bone Forging Realm. His strength had even surpassed six hundred thousand jin.

Of course, with that little strength, even if Chu Tianwang stood still and let him attack, Ye Fan would only shake himself to death.

"So he had been hiding his strength all along." A cold glint flickered in Chu Tian's eyes.

Ye Fan being able to cultivate did not surprise him.

The reason Ye Fan had kept it hidden was clearly because he wanted to use Liu Yun to squeeze more Divine Medicines and precious treasures out of him.

Ye Hongwu, and perhaps even the people behind him, had likely never expected him to suddenly tear away all pretenses and pursue the matter all the way through.

"After wasting so many of the sect's Divine Medicines and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, he has not even reached seven hundred thousand jin of strength. Trash." Chu Tianyun descended from the heavens, killing intent in his eyes.

"Big Brother, kill this trash directly. Let everyone in the sect see the fate of anyone who plots against the Holy Son."

Buzz!

Ye Tianxiong, whose emotions had just settled, suddenly turned his head. Terrifying Sha Qi erupted from his eyes as he said coldly, "Chu Tianyun, Uncle Hongwu has already paid for this matter with his life and taken all responsibility upon himself. Ye Fan is only a child. Is there a need for this?"

"Heavenly King, what do you think?" Ye Tianxiong stared at Chu Tianwang. "Ye Fan's meridians are completely ruined, and he has already swallowed the many Divine Medicines. There is no meaning in pursuing the matter further."

Chu Tianwang remained silent. In truth, he also felt there was no meaning in pursuing this trash further. It was better to go with the flow; the sect's stability came first.

"Who said there was no meaning?"

At this moment, Chu Tian stepped forward with a smile. "Uncle Tianxiong, so many Divine Medicines have been wasted on a piece of trash. If word spreads, none of the sect disciples will be convinced.

"Moreover, Ye Fan is merely in the Bone Forging Realm and is currently at the stage of tempering his muscles and bones. Most of the Divine Medicines' power remains hidden within his body.

"Your nephew believes we might as well throw him into the Sin Domain. The spiritual energy there is cut off, preventing Ye Fan from continuing to refine the medicinal power of the Divine Medicines within him.

"Second Sister has cultivated under Desperate Poison Venerable for many years and possesses profound attainments in studying the human body. She will surely have methods to extract those medicinal properties.

"Even if they cannot be extracted, Second Sister can directly refine him into a pill. With the medicinal properties of so many Divine Medicines, it would certainly become an unparalleled Divine Pill."

Hiss!

The moment these words fell, the surrounding heavens seemed to echo with sharp intakes of breath.

Refining a living person into a pill?

And these words had come from the Holy Son of a righteous great sect. It was simply suffocating.