If You Refuse to Accept It, You Can Only Endure It; If You Are Unwilling, You Must Swallow It Down

Law Enforcement Peak, Sin Domain Prison.

"Eldest Uncle, Grandfather died far too unjustly. I refuse to accept this even in death."

Inside the prison, Ye Fan roared hoarsely. Covered in blood, he dropped heavily to his knees before Ye Tianxiong.

He kowtowed without stop.

"The peerless Divine Medicine and those sect treasures were clearly stolen by Chu Tian himself. Even if Grandfather Hongwu had leaked information behind the scenes, it was not entirely his responsibility. Chu Tian was the principal culprit most responsible, and the Chu Family also bore responsibility for failing to supervise him."

"Why? Why did Uncle have to commit suicide to atone for his crimes, while I was thrown into this Sin Domain Prison, yet Chu Tian remained safe and sound, and the Chu Family was completely unscathed?"

"And Brother Ye Qiang was ambushed by Chu Tian for no reason within Hengtian Hall. He was beaten so badly that more than half his bones were broken, left gravely injured and on the verge of death, yet Chu Tian does not have to bear even the slightest responsibility."

"Ye Fan refuses to accept this."

"I beg Uncle, for my father's sake, please help your nephew."

Ye Fan's eyes were filled with bloodshot veins as he frantically kowtowed to Ye Tianxiong.

"Please give the order to let me out. Your nephew needs to go out and care for my elder brother, and Liu Yun too. Because she helped me, the Liu Family is now under enormous pressure as well. Your nephew still has too many things to do. I cannot die in this Sin Domain."

"Please, please, save me."

Bang, bang, bang...

Ye Fan smashed his forehead wildly against the black stone floor. Blood streamed down his face, while the heavy impacts echoed across the empty, dark land.

"After all these years, you have finally been willing to open your mouth and beg this eldest uncle of yours."

Ye Tianxiong stood with his back to Ye Fan, his hands clasped behind him. His voice was imposing yet low. "I know you feel wronged. You feel unconvinced and unwilling?"

"But if you refuse to accept it, you can only endure it now. If you are unwilling, then you must swallow it down for me."

"Your life was bought with Uncle's life. Otherwise, no one in the entire Sacred Heaven Sect could have saved you—not even me."

"And even now, you still do not understand what it means for that little brat Chu Tian to have reached first place on the Earth Ranking."

Ye Tianxiong's voice grew increasingly low and heavy.

"Our Sacred Heaven Sect has been passed down for a million years. Through those long ages, it has risen and fallen, declined countless times, yet it has always been able to rise again. Why is that?"

"Because the creed of our Sacred Heaven Sect has always been that strength and talent reign supreme. So long as someone has sufficient strength, even our two Founding Families must make way for him."

"The progenitors of the three top sect families—Saint Ancestor Duanmu, Gu Mozu, and Su Shenzu—were once rising talents of the sect. They did not belong to our Founding Families, yet so long as they possessed enough strength, our two Founding Families had to let them sit in the position of Sect Master."

"And those Three Revival Ancestors of the sect had all once ranked first on the Hengtian Earth Ranking."

"Do you understand now?"

Bang!

Ye Fan's face turned deathly pale, and he collapsed onto the ground. Only at this moment did he understand why, upon learning that Chu Tian had reached first place on the Earth Ranking, his eldest uncle had not even cared that Ye Qiang, who had merely squeezed onto the bottom of the Earth Ranking, had been grievously wounded. Instead, he had hurriedly bound Ye Fan and taken him to Chu Tian to apologize with thorny branches strapped to his back.

What kind of concept were the Three Revival Ancestors?

Without them, the Sacred Heaven Sect might no longer exist today. They had pulled the sect back from the brink, saved it from peril and desperation, and led it to rise again.

And when they were young, they too had reached first place on the Earth Ranking.

The Three Top Families were now also families within the Sacred Heaven Sect second only to the Ye Family and the Chu Family. They were qualified to possess a mountain peak exclusively their own within the sect.

Yet Chu Tian, though only eight years old, had already reached first place on the Earth Ranking. He could be compared to those Three Revival Ancestors.

For such a monster, even without the Chu Family as his backing, stealing a few peerless Divine Medicines and treasures would likely amount to nothing.

But trash like himself had nearly affected the cultivation of such a monster. That was the truly heinous crime, utterly unforgivable.

If Chu Tian killed him, no one would say a word.

Ye Hongwu had used his own life to shoulder the greatest blame.

"I killed Uncle. I am nothing but trash." Ye Fan's eyes were crimson as he wailed aloud.

Ye Tianxiong's voice was heavy as a great hammer. He slowly turned around and stared into Ye Fan's bloodshot eyes. "Remember this: this is a world where strength reigns supreme. Strength is the foundation of everything. Has all your concealment, restraint, and low profile ever been of any use?"

"This eldest uncle will tell you right now: it has been of no use at all."

"Cry? What use is crying?"

"You swallowed so many Divine Medicines and sect treasures. You clearly already possessed such strength, yet you stayed low-key, endured in silence, hid behind the scenes, neither fought nor competed. You did not even have a name on the Hengtian Ranking."

"If that is not being trash, if that is not cowardice, then what is it?"

"Looking across all of ancient and modern times, among all those heroic Emperor Venerables, which one did not become famous in youth, command the winds and clouds, and crush everything in their path until they reached the summit?"

Ye Fan wiped away the tears on his face and slammed his head down hard. With a bang, blood energy surged skyward from his body as he stopped concealing his strength. "Eldest Uncle, your nephew was wrong. I beg you, help me and point your nephew toward a clear path."

"After your nephew gets out, I will challenge the Hengtian Earth Ranking and the Bone Forging Ranking. I will never again conceal my strength and play the pig to eat the tiger."

"Your nephew will challenge Chu Tian and defeat him with my own hands."

"I will avenge Grandfather and my elder brother."

"I will save Liu Yun. Chu Tian is so vicious in both temperament and methods. If Liu Yun stays with him, she will meet no good end."

"Blood and qi like a dragon—strength nearing eight hundred thousand jin."

Seeing Ye Fan's vast blood and qi, deep as an abyss, Ye Tianxiong sighed and bent down to help him up. "Uncle chose to end his own life to preserve you. But with strength like yours, you have at least done him proud and lived up to his sacrifice."

"You were born with a Primordial Sacred Bone in your brow. In terms of talent, you may not even be inferior to that brat Chu Tian's Chaos Demon God Body. You are a genius that appears once in a million years within our Ye Family. Yet while you were still in your mother's womb, a treacherous person harmed you with a divine ability. After you were born, you were poisoned again, and all the meridians in your body were crippled. Your parents died while seeking peerless Divine Medicine to save you."

"For more than ten years, this eldest uncle secretly investigated. I searched through the experts of the Ye Family and even those of the great clans, including the Chu Family, but I never found that treacherous person."

"These years, the reason Uncle did not look after you was that I feared you would draw that person's attention again and be harmed. I could only entrust Uncle Hongwu to care for you in secret."

"Eldest Uncle, you..." Ye Fan's body trembled at once, and his eyes reddened.

"Time is short. Do not speak. Listen to what this eldest uncle has to say."

Ye Tianxiong's expression turned grim. He turned around, hands behind his back. "Everything this eldest uncle has done was for the future of the Lineage, to protect the gifted child of our Ye Family."

"But this time, although Uncle is the Sect Master, the Law Enforcement Hall is territory controlled by the Chu Family. I cannot directly overstep my authority and release you."

"Within this Sin Domain Prison, spiritual energy is exhausted. Even a peerless mighty expert would swiftly become crippled here."

"But you are different. Many Divine Medicine energies are hidden within your body. Take this opportunity to temper your strength properly and absorb the power within your body."

"This eldest uncle will seek an opportunity outside to release you."

Ye Tianxiong turned and fixed his gaze on Ye Fan's eyes, his voice solemn. "But you must remember that the only thing that can truly save you is your own powerful strength."

Ye Fan fell silent for a moment, then lightly tapped between his brows. In an instant, a violet sacred radiance flashed past.

"Eldest Uncle, over these past ten-plus years, your nephew actually encountered a fortuitous opportunity as well. I obtained the Heavenly Profound Divine Ring, a supreme treasure passed down from the Primordial Era. With its help, the Primordial Sacred Bone between my brows has already shown signs of revival."

"That is why your nephew's strength improved so quickly."

"But your nephew only just discovered that when Chu Tian crushed my arm, he actually seized the Heavenly Profound Divine Ring."

Upon hearing this, Ye Tianxiong froze. The scene of Chu Tian suddenly crouching down, tormenting Ye Fan, and crushing his arm flashed rapidly through his mind.

At the time, he had thought Chu Tian was merely taking revenge on purpose and torturing Ye Fan. He had not paid much attention to it.

Divine Medicine power resided within Ye Fan's body. Even if every bone in his body were shattered, so long as he did not die, he would soon recover completely.

"So that little brat Chu Tian's goal was the divine ring on your finger." Ye Tianxiong's face darkened incomparably.

"What a crafty and vicious little brat."

"Eldest Uncle, the Heavenly Profound Divine Ring is extremely precious. You must help your nephew retrieve it." Ye Fan spoke urgently, his heart bleeding.

Ye Tianxiong shook his head. It was already too late. Had he discovered it on the spot, he could have taken it back with a casual move. But now, this was a conflict between juniors, and he could not interfere. Otherwise, the experts within the Chu Family would intervene as well.

"As for that little girl from the Liu Family, you need not worry too much. She will not die. At most, her family will be implicated and suffer some losses and sacrifices. The Chu Family also needs that little girl to shield their face."

Ye Tianxiong began to persuade Ye Fan. Since the Primordial Sacred Bone had already begun to revive, he should not remain burdened by too many concerns. His current task was to seize every moment to increase his strength.

He had originally believed Chu Tian to be absolutely invincible in the Bone Forging Realm, and that they could only slowly scheme to suppress him.

But he had not expected Ye Fan's Primordial Sacred Bone to have already begun reviving. Perhaps Ye Fan truly had a chance to suppress Chu Tian in the Bone Forging Realm.

"So long as you can prove that you are stronger than Chu Tian, nothing will be a problem." Ye Tianxiong encouraged Ye Fan before finally leaving.

"Only one and a half million jin of strength—I can achieve that too. Uncle believes in me. I will take revenge with my own hands!" Ye Fan's hysterical roar rang throughout the Sin Prison.