The Forged Innate Dao Body, the Hidden Truth Unearthed

The next day, nearing noon.

"Young Master, Third Master sent word asking you to make a trip to the Liu Family. He said there is something major and urgent he needs to discuss with you—an emergency beyond all measure."

Xing Nu's voice came from outside the door.

"Also, First Master sent servants to inform you that powerful figures from several families within the sect have arrived with their descendants, bearing generous gifts to pay a visit. There are also experts from many great sects, elder powerhouses from across the continent, and others. They ask that you go as soon as possible."

Buzz!

Chu Tian opened his eyes. A sharp gleam flashed within them, boring two small holes through the wooden door, leaving it pierced from side to side. Sunlight streamed in from outside and shone upon Chu Tian's body, his skin reflecting a heavy radiance like Chaos Demon Iron.

His body now seemed like a piece of Chaos Demon Iron that had been hammered millions upon millions of times.

"Understood."

Chu Tian replied, rose from the wooden tub, and stood before the full-length mirror.

The youth in the mirror still had a childish face, but an utterly discordant icy gleam flickered in his eyes, wholly at odds with his immature appearance.

After forging his body through the night and circulating the Chaos Creation True Scripture, Chu Tian had unexpectedly grown another five centimeters. Though still young, he had already reached one meter sixty-five, no different from some shorter adults.

Xing Nu entered the room to dress Chu Tian. When she saw his physique suffused with Chaos Divine Light, her cheeks reddened slightly. Lowering her head, she helped him put on his clothes.

"Young Master, where will you go first?" Xing Nu asked softly as she fastened his belt.

Chu Tian frowned slightly and considered it before saying, "Leave the social niceties to Father. Tell the servants I'm at a critical juncture in cultivation."

"We'll go to the Liu Family first. Since Third Uncle said it's an emergency beyond all measure, it must be something important."

Chu Tian understood that this was merely the aftermath of his ascending to first place on the Hengtian Earth Ranking. These people had come to congratulate the Chu Family, while also hoping to let their younger generations become acquainted with him and continue the relationship and friendship between their families and the Chu Family's next generation of leaders.

Whether it was the wealthy aristocratic clans of his previous life or the ancient families of this world, they were all the same—intermarriage, friendship, shared resources, and so on.

It was only because Chu Tianwang had kept a low profile and yielded ground that they had gradually drifted away from these people.

Now that he, the Chu Family's Young Master, had ascended to first place on the Earth Ranking, many saw it as a signal that the Chu Family's attitude had changed. Naturally, it drew those friendly with the Chu Family, as well as those seeking to curry favor, to come calling.

As for the experts from other sects and those old antiques, there was naturally no shortage among them who wished to probe for information and see for themselves just what his Chaos Demon God Body was capable of.

Chu Tian had no desire to deal with this sort of hypocritical snake-like nonsense that wasted time and energy. He could throw it all to his father, Chu Tianwang, to handle.

His task was to grow stronger, stronger, and stronger still—to seize every Son of Destiny's resources and fortune.

"Yes, Young Master."

"This servant will arrange it immediately."

Not long after.

Chu Tian boarded the palace carriage arranged by Xing Nu. Drawn through the skies by nine Nine Blazing Lion Beasts, it swiftly left the sect and arrived at the Liu Family, a hundred li away.

What greeted his eyes was a vast, sprawling estate of palace complexes.

The moment they reached the entrance, a thick stench of blood flooded his nostrils, enough to make one vomit.

More than a hundred Law Enforcement Hall experts stood in two rows at the entrance, long sabers at their waists and faces as cold and rigid as sculptures. Around their feet lay countless scattered corpses, while blood spread like streams into the distance.

Some Liu Family members who had not yet fully died lay on the ground, their mouths continuously releasing faint cries for help.

With a casual sweep of his gaze, Chu Tian saw that more than a hundred Liu Family members had been killed at the entrance alone.

Xing Nu, who was driving the carriage, turned pale. Though she was a death warrior trained by the Chu Family, this was still the first time she had seen such a brutal scene.

Chu Tian stepped out of the carriage and swept his gaze around, expressionless, not even furrowing his brow.

He had seen far too many scenes like this.

Compared to the sight of countless heavy cannons firing in unison and blasting flesh and blood everywhere, this was weaker in visual impact by more than a hundredfold.

Yet he keenly sensed that something was wrong.

Even if Chu Tianyun wanted to vent his anger on the Liu Family, he should not have arrived and immediately begun slaughtering them like this. Following the sect's rules and procedures, it would not have been difficult to destroy the Liu Family.

Something unexpected had likely happened.

"Little Tian, it's an emergency beyond all measure. Let's talk as we walk."

Chu Tianyun wore a grave expression as he strode out of the estate. Blood splashed beneath his feet, while terrifying Sha Qi and killing intent filled his eyes. He directly took Chu Tian and flew into the depths of the Liu Family.

"I'll cut the nonsense. This is of great importance. Third Uncle has not yet reported it to your father or the sect—I wanted to hear your opinion first."

With a solemn expression, Chu Tianyun said, "Third Uncle led men into the Liu Family to search it and discovered that your fiancée Liu Yun's Innate Dao Body was forged. The Liu Family deceived our Chu Family."

Chu Tian's heart jolted.

This was something absent from the original plot he knew. By following the clues, they had actually unearthed such hidden truth.

As his words fell, they landed before a palace over a thousand meters tall in the deepest part of the Liu Family.

The ground around the palace had been dyed dark red with blood, and a thick reek of blood struck their noses. One could imagine that a battle a hundred times more brutal than the one at the entrance had taken place here. The Liu Family's resistance had been exceptionally fierce.

A terrifying pressure still permeated the heavens, mixed with Chu Tianyun's aura. Chu Tianyun himself must have acted and slain the Liu Family's strongest experts.

"Little Tian, Little Tian, you're here!"

At that moment, a beautiful middle-aged woman in an ornate, low-cut palace gown suddenly began wailing loudly at the entrance. She shouted at the two Law Enforcement Hall disciples restraining her, "Let go! Let go of me! My son-in-law is here! You're finished!"

She was Liu Yun's mother, Luo Yushan.

Since childhood, Chu Tian had treated Luo Yushan with great respect. Whenever he came to the Liu Family, he addressed her as Auntie.

"A forged Innate Dao Body?"

Chu Tian frowned slightly and followed Chu Tianyun into the palace. Hearing the shouting, he casually raised his head for a glance. He saw the budding beauty Liu Yun standing beside Luo Yushan. Everyone else around them had disheveled clothes or wounds and bloodstains on their bodies, yet only her snow-white dress remained spotless and intact.

As someone with an Innate Dao Body, and with the Chu Family having never proposed canceling the engagement, no one naturally dared touch even a hair on her head with those titles protecting her.

When Liu Yun saw Chu Tian appear, she seemed slightly startled. Then a flash of anger passed through her eyes. Her lips pouted in grievance before she gave a soft huff and turned her head away, seemingly waiting for Chu Tian to come over of his own accord.

Usually, even if she and Chu Tian had some unpleasantness between them, Chu Tian would take the initiative to make up with her early the next morning.

But this time, he had taken so long to come apologize, and he had even allowed her family to suffer such enormous losses. It was too late.

Liu Yun decided to leave Chu Tian hanging for a while.

Girls might mature early and understand things sooner than boys.

But she did not understand the gravity of the situation.

"Third Uncle, Innate Dao Bodies are nurtured by heaven and earth, in harmony with the Dao Principles of heaven and earth. Can something like that be forged too?"

Chu Tian asked. After glancing only once at the mother and daughter, he withdrew his gaze. Even as he passed by them, he did not look at them again, instead entering the palace with Chu Tianyun, his expression solemn.

A forged Innate Dao Body was absent from the original plot. Perhaps there was a deeply hidden truth behind it.

Liu Yun's little face turned pale. In bewilderment, she raised a hand toward Chu Tian's retreating back as though trying to grasp something. Her lips parted as if she wanted to speak.

But Chu Tian had already disappeared into the palace.

The palace gates were shut by the Law Enforcement Hall disciples as well.

Liu Yun felt deeply wronged.

She had clearly been ready to apologize. As long as Chu Tian had taken the initiative to speak to her and give her a way out.

Why?

Why would Chu Tian not even look at her properly?