Keep a low profile? How am I supposed to keep a low profile? With such an invincible mother and the Supreme Physique, the Chaos Demon God Body, keeping a low profile was impossible.
Chu Tian continued to grumble inwardly about his father, Chu Tianwang.
In the original storyline, the Great Vengeance Demon Lord bore much of the blame for his impotent rage, but for the Chu Family's downfall, the greatest responsibility lay with this father of his.
He had been dealt a splendid hand, yet had played it into ruin, even restricting the potential of his wife, Jian Kongzhu, and his son, Chu Tian.
If a genius kept a low profile for too long, that genius truly became mediocre.
Which heavenly prodigy had not revealed their extraordinary nature from childhood?
Chu Tian looked down beneath the Hengtian Ranking.
First on the Earth Ranking: Hui Lian Saintess of the Cihang Sacred Sect, possessing the Saintess Physique. She had been born with immortal qi in her mouth, reached Blood Condensation at one, Bone Forging at two, Spirit Refining at four, and had once ranked first in the Blood Condensation Realm, second in the Bone Forging Realm, first in the Spirit Refining Realm, first in the Body Integration Realm...
Further down was an entire string of astonishing achievements.
Chu Tian skipped past her directly. Though she was indeed formidable and exceptionally beautiful—a very important female character—
her nemesis by destiny, the Son of Destiny Ye Fan, was probably still a good-for-nothing at this moment. It was not yet time for her to emerge.
He would deal with her later.
Fourth on the Earth Ranking: Ye Feng, son of the Heavenly Xiong Emperor. He had once ranked third in the Blood Condensation Realm, fifth in the Bone Forging Realm, Spirit Refining...
"Ye Feng."
A cold glint flashed through Chu Tian's eyes. This man was the fiancé of his eldest sister Chu Yunshang, who possessed an Innate Sacred Bone. He was also the very embodiment of harshness, ruthlessness, and cold-blooded ingratitude.
His eldest sister Chu Yunshang would later be known as the Heartless Demoness, reviled throughout Hengtian Continent and hunted by every major sect—all because of him.
Yet in the end, Chu Yunshang had also died at his hands. By righteously exterminating his own kin and slaughtering his Dao Companion, he had instead elevated his own reputation.
"In this life, I will never allow such a tragedy to happen to my family."
Chu Tian stared at Ye Feng's name, terrifying killing intent flickering in his eyes. Then his gaze finally settled on the fifth place of the Bone Forging Ranking, on a name: Ye Qiang.
Ye Qiang, Ye Fan's biological elder brother.
Ye Fan was such a useless fellow, yet he could remain in the Ye Family without being expelled entirely because this elder brother supported him from behind the scenes.
Later, when the Heavenly King Emperor died miserably and the Chu Family was exterminated, it was Ye Qiang—known for being honest, simple, fierce, and resolute—who killed the most viciously. He did not even spare the Chu Family's infants, telling Ye Fan, "If you do not pull up the weeds by their roots, the spring breeze will bring them back to life. Leave this dirty work to me."
Ye Qiang was also currently the strongest Bone Forging Realm cultivator in the Sacred Heaven Sect. At twelve years old, he was at the ninth level of Bone Forging, possessed the strength of three hundred thousand jin, and could slaughter ten Primordial Mammoth Elephants in one minute.
First on the Bone Forging Ranking: Hui Mei of the Cihang Sacred Sect, tenth level Bone Forging, strength of nine hundred thousand jin, one minute...
Sixth on the Bone Forging Ranking: Liu Yun of the Sacred Heaven Sect.
Ninth: Ye Tian of the Sacred Heaven Sect.
Thirteenth: Ye...
The names of Ye Family disciples appeared frequently across the various rankings, and there were also many other Sacred Heaven Sect disciples. Yet the Chu Family, the Founding Family of the Sacred Heaven Sect, had remarkably few descendants listed—almost none.
To avoid provoking the Ye Family's wariness, Chu Tianwang had not only made his own son keep a low profile, but had also forbidden the many Chu Family descendants from showing themselves or competing with the Ye Family.
The rumors outside that the Chu Family had declined were not without cause.
Cold light flickered in Chu Tian's eyes. When a beast put away its fangs and claws, people would certainly think it had grown old.
This situation was extremely dangerous. It absolutely could not continue.
After forming an initial plan for the future,
Chu Tian strode into the sect. Rather than returning to the Chu Family, he headed for Hengtian Hall.
Hengtian Hall.
The moment Chu Tian stepped into the palace, he heard a chorus of sharp intakes of breath ahead, followed by wave upon wave of praise.
"Only thirty seconds, and Ye Qiang has already killed fifteen Primordial Mammoth Elephants!"
"Forty seconds, twenty!"
"Is Ye Qiang going to challenge the first place on the Bone Forging Ranking?"
"Other than that worthless Ye Fan, everyone from this generation of the Ye Family is terrifyingly strong."
"Could it be that the Sacred Heaven Sect's rule of taking turns in the position of sect master will be broken, with the Ye Family continuing to hold the seat?"
"The sect master's son Ye Feng is already monstrous enough, and Ye Qiang's momentum in catching up is just as fierce."
"Fifty seconds, twenty-five mammoth elephants, only ten seconds left..."
"Twenty-eight already!"
Chu Tian looked up and saw that behind Ye Qiang's name, ranked fifth on the Body Tempering Ranking, the numbers kept jumping. Before the one-minute countdown had ended, the number of Primordial Mammoth Elephants slain had already reached thirty.
However, Chu Tian did not pay it much mind. He merely stood there and quietly waited for Ye Qiang to emerge.
Ye Qiang was not his target in coming here, nor did he have the time or energy to trouble such a supporting character right now.
At last, when the minute ended, Ye Qiang's total number of mammoth elephants slain had reached thirty-three.
Almost every two seconds, he slaughtered one Primordial Mammoth Elephant with the strength of one hundred thousand jin. He was already infinitely close to the realm of an instant kill.
Ye Qiang's ranking also shot instantly to third on the Bone Forging Ranking.
Ye Qiang, ninth level Bone Forging, strength of five hundred thousand jin, thirty-three Primordial Mammoth Elephants slaughtered in one minute.
Suddenly, the Earth Ranking on the Hengtian Ranking also began to glow, and Ye Qiang's name appeared in the final ninety-ninth position.
Ninety-ninth on the Earth Ranking: Ye Qiang, twelve years old, formerly fourth in the Blood Condensation Realm and third in the Bone Forging Realm.
"Gasp!"
Inside the palace, countless Sacred Heaven Sect disciples cast looks filled with envy and jealousy.
The Sacred Heaven Sect had a million inner disciples alone. Fewer than one in ten thousand could make it onto a ranking, while someone reaching the Earth Ranking appeared only once every several years.
Making the Earth Ranking meant entering the scope of the sect's key cultivation.
Even the last place was an immense honor, along with an endless supply of resources.
A vortex appeared on the golden boulder, and a robust young man dressed in coarse gray cloth, with a buzz cut, stepped out from it.
"Pseudo Son of Destiny Ye Qiang detected." A gentle, pleasant notification sounded beside Chu Tian's ear.
"System, what is a Pseudo Son of Destiny?" Chu Tian asked.
"The Son of Destiny possesses immense destiny. Those close to him are also shrouded in the overflowing destiny, growing alongside the Son of Destiny, and are therefore classified as Pseudo Sons of Destiny," the system explained, then added.
"Targeting a Pseudo Son of Destiny also falls within the scope of suppressing the Son of Destiny, and will deal a tremendous blow to the Son of Destiny's destiny."
At that moment, Ye Qiang, who had just stepped out of the Golden Vortex, immediately noticed Chu Tian at the entrance. A cold glint flashed through his eyes. "Chu Tian, you slandered my younger brother. Instead of hiding in the Chu Family, you actually dared come to Hengtian Hall."
Dense killing intent flickered in Ye Qiang's eyes. He had rushed to Hengtian Hall to test himself after learning that his younger brother had been arrested by the sect.
After all, only if he was outstanding enough would the clan spare his younger brother Ye Fan for his sake.
But what he hated even more was Chu Tian.
His younger brother's meridians had all been severed; he was already pitiful enough. Yet not only had this fellow shown no sympathy, he had even slandered his biological younger brother like this and placed him in danger.
The reason he recognized Chu Tian was that, on one occasion when Chu Tian had gone to the Liu Family to see Liu Yun, he and his younger brother Ye Fan had also happened to be there. He had seen Chu Tian from afar then.
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