Enough, Shut Up

"Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding? Go explain it to King Yama. My big brother may be easy to talk to, but I won't put up with your nonsense." Chu Tianyun's killing intent surged as he sneered repeatedly. "You rushed over in such a hurry for that Emperor corpse, didn't you? My Chu Family has already decided to refine it into a weapon."

"As for you lot, every last one of you can forget about leaving the Sacred Heaven Sect. Otherwise, if word gets out, my Chu Family might as well stop showing our faces on the Hengtian Continent."

"Third Uncle, let's hear how the Cihang Sacred Sect explains itself before refining the Emperor corpse into a weapon." Chu Tian's expression remained calm. With the instincts of someone who had lived two lives, coupled with his knowledge of the original plot, he always felt there was a deeper reason behind this.

"The Little Holy Son is truly magnanimous and broad-minded. His future accomplishments will surely be limitless."

Elder Chu let out a breath of relief. Only after flattering Chu Tian did he continue, "Hall Master Tianyun, please calm your anger first and listen to this old man's explanation. The Emperor corpse of Ancestor Destiny Dao Venerable was indeed one of the reasons I came. After all, the upper ranks of our Sacred Sect all felt that this was truly strange beyond belief. The Little Holy Son has no karmic connection with our Sacred Sect, nor was there any entanglement between us in the unseen realm, yet he obtained all of our ancestor's inheritance. It was genuinely bizarre. But since the Eye of the Heavenly Dao had already acknowledged the Little Holy Son and fused with him, and since the Chu Family and our Sacred Sect have enjoyed friendship for a million years, we only wished to find a way to resolve this matter—one that would solve the problem while preserving the friendship between us. Beforehand, the higher-ups of the sect held a meeting to discuss it. In truth, most of them were unwilling to become enemies with the Sacred Heaven Sect, and the Sacred Land Master shared that view. Only a small group believed the Eye of the Heavenly Dao should be dug out, on the grounds that it was a divine artifact condensed from the essence and painstaking efforts of our Sacred Sect's ancestor. Yet it was your sect master who sent word to contact the Sacred Land Master, stating that this matter could be discussed so long as the Cihang Sacred Sect was willing to pay a sufficient price. After considering it, the Sacred Land Master believed that since Heavenly Xiong Emperor and Heavenly King Emperor were sworn brothers who would die for one another, this must also have been Heavenly King Emperor's intention. That was why he personally sent a projection to negotiate, prepared to pay any enormous price in exchange for the Eye of the Heavenly Dao. After the Sacred Land Master raised the proposal, he never expected Heavenly King Emperor's attitude to be so violently enraged that he would speak of going to war with our Sacred Sect. Even Severing Sword Divine Venerable projected himself down from beyond the endless Starry Sky. Thus, the Sacred Land Master immediately sensed that something was wrong, abandoned the idea of digging out the eye, and later apologized to Heavenly King Emperor."

Holding Hui Mei, Elder Chu looked at Chu Tian with a bitter smile. "Little Holy Son, Hall Master Tianyun, it was precisely because the Sacred Land Master sensed afterward that something was amiss that he urgently sent me to explain this to you, lest your family take excessive action and damage the relationship between your Chu Family and my Cihang Sacred Sect."

"Digging out the eye was truly not the Cihang Sacred Sect's original intention. There really was a misunderstanding."

Hui Mei's shoulders still trembled faintly. He was young, and he had yet to recover from the fright; tears as large as beans clung to the corners of his eyes. Yet he raised his head and ground his teeth. "Elder Chu, that bastard Ye Tianxiong wanted to get me killed. Once I grow up, I'll split him alive!"

He had known it. His master loved him so dearly. He had been at Sacred Emperor Peak, so how could his master have suddenly gone to negotiate with the Chu Family about digging out Chu Tian's glabella? Wasn't that trying to get him killed?

Boom!

"Ye Tianxiong! I knew that bastard was always spouting righteousness while harboring evil intentions in private, his belly full of schemes and conspiracies. Only Big Brother was foolish enough to treat him as a sworn brother who would die for him." Chu Tianyun's Sha Qi soared into the heavens, his fury like a volcano on the verge of eruption.

"Our own sect master took the initiative to propose digging out the divine eye in his own sect's Holy Son's glabella. If this gets out, the Sacred Heaven Sect will become the laughingstock of the entire continent."

So after all the commotion throughout the night, the true root of it had been within the Sacred Heaven Sect itself—and it had come from their own sect master.

Chu Tian's expression remained calm. Just as expected, he had sensed from the beginning that something was abnormal.

His parents were both Emperor Venerables. No matter how deep the Cihang Sacred Sect's foundations were, no matter how arrogant and lawless it was, it could not possibly have been so outrageous as to come and negotiate over digging out the Eye of the Heavenly Dao from between his brows.

In the original plot, Heavenly Fortune Dao Venerable had been able to teach two monstrous geniuses like Hui Mei and Hui Lian, turning clouds with one hand and rain with the other. No matter how one looked at it, he should not have been this foolish.

That was why Chu Tian had immediately felt there were hidden circumstances.

Ye Tianxiong had probably wanted to use this opportunity to dig out his Eye of the Heavenly Dao if possible, while incidentally making the Cihang Sacred Sect and the Chu Family completely fall out.

At that moment, the corner of Chu Tian's mouth curled slightly. Was this Heavenly Fortune Dao Venerable really so naïve and innocent that he only realized afterward this had been Ye Tianxiong's scheme, regretted it bitterly, and hurried to apologize?

A hero of a generation who was foolish enough to let Ye Tianxiong treat him as a chess piece could never have risen to the position of Cihang Holy Lord.

More likely, he had merely been sowing discord, turning the scheme back on its schemer, and trying to divide the two great Founding Families of the Sacred Heaven Sect.

Still, from this angle, Chu Tianwang's repeated compromises and concessions, his swallowing humiliation to preserve Ye Tianxiong's authority as sect master, had indeed made the Sacred Heaven Sect's might soar to the heavens. Even a hero like Tianyun Dao Venerable feared it deeply and wanted to seize the chance to sow discord.

Of course, Chu Tianwang's constant compromises and retreats came at the expense of the Chu Family's interests, and in the end, they had pushed the Chu Family onto the road to ruin.

I can turn their scheme back on them too. A cold glint flickered in Chu Tian's eyes. Ye Tianxiong likely never imagined that Heavenly Fortune Dao Venerable would strike back and lay everything out in the open.

The sect master had colluded with outsiders to dig out the glabella of his own sect's Holy Son. The entire sect would surely be shaken!

But this matter still needed to be completely nailed down.

"The Sacred Land Master himself lamented that it was fortunate Severing Sword Divine Venerable returned at the final moment and interrupted the negotiations. Otherwise, if they had truly acted, the consequences would have been unimaginable." Elder Chu said in a low voice, "The Sacred Sect and the Chu Family would have become irreconcilable enemies, with no room left for reconciliation..."

"This is only your side of the story. Do you have any evidence?" Chu Tian suddenly asked calmly. "Uncle Tianxiong is my father's sworn brother. He watched me grow up. How could he possibly do such a thing? I have reason to suspect that your Cihang Sacred Sect wants to sow discord between the two great Founding Families of my Sacred Heaven Sect."

Using contradictions to borrow strength against strength, moving four ounces to shift a thousand pounds—Chu Tian was far too familiar with such methods.

Ye Tianxiong wanted the Chu Family and the Cihang Sacred Sect to become enemies. Then Chu Tian would make Ye Tianxiong hate the Cihang Sacred Sect.

"Injustice! What an injustice, Little Holy Son! How can you say that? Even if this old man had the courage of heaven itself, I would never dare speak nonsense about a matter like this."

Elder Chu smiled bitterly again and again. "Sect Master Tianxiong transmitted the message through a secret divine technique. Where could there be evidence? But Little Holy Son, you may ask Heavenly King Emperor to visit our Sacred Sect and seek out the Sacred Land Master. The Sacred Land Master's divine abilities reach the heavens; he can reverse time and space to recreate the conversation from that time."

Chu Tianyun sneered repeatedly. "Little Tian, what evidence do you need? The facts are right there. Didn't you target him twice, drive Ye Hongwu to his death, imprison Ye Fan, and then take first place on the Earth Ranking? He thought you posed too great a threat and wanted to use this chance to cripple you."

"What facts? Third Brother, don't talk nonsense in front of outsiders." At that moment, Chu Tianwang's voice came from outside the door. He had just returned from Sacred Emperor Peak, and his face bore a trace of exhaustion, as though he were utterly drained.

"Little Tian, you already know, don't you?"

Chu Tianwang smiled at his son. "Don't worry. It's fine. It's all over now. With your mother and me here, no one will be allowed to harm even a single hair on your head.

"But don't blame Uncle Tianxiong either. Like me, he only has the sect's future at heart..."

"Big Brother, at a time like this, he wanted to dig out your own son's eye, and you're still speaking for him?" Chu Tianyun roared, directly cutting Chu Tianwang off.

Pointing at Elder Chu, Chu Tianyun said with chilling Sha Qi, "Damn it, old man from the Cihang Sacred Sect, repeat every word you just said to my big brother. Let him understand exactly what good deeds his sworn brother has been doing behind his back."

Elder Chu smiled bitterly. He also understood that the Sacred Land Master had assigned him a thankless task.

But there was nothing he could do. Their ancestor's Emperor corpse was in the other party's hands, and his own side had been at fault first. He immediately recounted the matter to Chu Tianwang once more.

"Sect Master Chu, the Sacred Land Master also said that his true body is currently in seclusion and cannot leave it for the moment. If you do not believe this, you may visit our Sacred Sect. He can use a divine ability to reverse time and space for you, and the truth will become clear then..."

"Enough!"

Chu Tianwang suddenly roared. His terrifying Emperor Venerable aura directly blasted Elder Chu into vomiting blood and flying backward. After landing, Elder Chu staggered back dozens of steps, his face deathly pale.

Dense bloodshot veins coiled around Chu Tianwang's eyes as he stared at Elder Chu. "What a Cihang Sacred Sect. First you wanted to dig out my son's eyes, and now you have come to sow discord within my sect, hoping to make my two great Founding Families fight each other until both sides are wounded, so that your Cihang Sacred Sect can reap the fisherman's profit and return to the position of the continent's number one sect. Is that it?"