Xiao Yuting's Fury

Xiao Wanqing sighed. "You've sensed some of the differences between the World-Creation Continent and the Lower Planes, haven't you? A Dou Emperor is the strongest being in a Lower Plane, yet here, they are the weakest. No one knows how many Lower Planes there are, but there are at least a thousand. Once someone from each Lower Plane becomes a Dou Emperor, they come to the World-Creation Continent through special passages. Then comes the first problem: every one of them was the strongest on their own continent. After arriving on the World-Creation Continent, how do we reconcile the relationships between people from different continents?" Xiao Wanqing sensed their hostility but paid it no mind, instead explaining some of the World-Creation Continent's basic principles. After taking the medicinal pill, Xiao Yan was gradually recovering as well. With the Flame Formula, his recovery ability far surpassed that of others. He listened carefully to Xiao Wanqing's words, wanting to know what kind of explanation this woman would give them.

"Perhaps it is the law of heaven and earth. Among all Lower Planes, there are three special planes known as the Super Lower Planes. Those three planes possess abundant cultivation resources and surpass other planes in every aspect. For example, they have records concerning the World-Creation Continent. Their battle skills also have one more category beyond Heaven-Tier Battle Skills than other continents do: Emperor-Tier Battle Skills. After people from those three continents arrive on the World-Creation Continent, they become its nobility. Every lineage has its own way of managing clansmen from different continents. Now, I will explain the Xiao Clan's method." Xiao Wanqing swept her gaze over the group, lingering briefly on Xiao Yan before continuing.

"I will not speak of the Xiao Clan's origins. As for Dou Emperors from other planes who come to the Xiao Clan, the Xiao Clan's attitude is this: either join the Heavenly Spirit Continent and become a noble, or have your memories erased and become the Xiao Clan's lowest-level laborers." Xiao Wanqing had finally spoken words that enraged Xiao Yan and the others. The slight favorable impression they had formed of her because she lacked a noble's arrogant and overbearing manner vanished completely. The dignity of their continents was their own dignity.

"You need not be so agitated. This was the unanimous decision of the Xiao Clan's Elder Hall. On the surface, the Xiao Clan's Elder Hall contains only people who came from the three Super Lower Planes—the Heavenly Spirit, Dragon Spirit, and Phoenix Spirit Continents. But in truth, more than half of them, like you, came from relatively remote Lower Planes. Yet through their own talent, they became Xiao Clan elders. The love in their hearts for their original continents may not be any less than yours, but when faced with the choice of whether to join the Heavenly Spirit Continent, they all chose to accept it. As for why, you will have to find out yourselves." Sensing their anger, Xiao Wanqing explained.

"You keep saying that some members of the Elder Hall come from outside the three Super Planes, but why would they join the Heavenly Spirit Continent? Being together with that bunch of trash is simply a disgrace to their original continents!" one man said, glaring furiously at Xiao Wanqing.

"Stop arguing. First tell us why, when we clearly do not share the surname Xiao, you insist on treating us as members of your Xiao Clan," another person said unhappily.

"No, I think your questions can wait. First tell us what gives you the right to erase our memories. Could it be that everyone on this continent can erase another person's memories at will? What meaning would there be in living like that?" someone said.

"Little girl, I think you'd better get lost while you can. If that Xiao Ming fellow were the one explaining things to us, we might listen carefully. But isn't your strength the same as ours, like a Dou Emperor who just arrived here? Don't think you're so great just because you're a noble. If you push me too far, before I die, I'll force myself on you to make up for this beating I took." The speaker was a burly man, the one who had been beaten most severely among them. His strength was not weak, but he had played earth emperor for too long, and his temper could not be changed.

"You court death! How dare you insult the young lady?" the people who had been standing beside Xiao Wanqing said to the burly man.

Xiao Yuting's Fury

The burly man immediately flew into a rage upon hearing that. With a disdainful snort, he said, "Isn't she only relying on her status? If you people weren't protecting her, who knows how many men would have forced themselves on her by now? What is she putting on airs for in front of us? When I was getting beaten, why didn't this little bitch come explain things then?"

The burly man's words were sharp and venomous. Even with Xiao Wanqing's good temper, she nearly could not endure them.

Xiao Wanqing was about to explain something when she saw Xiao Yuting standing behind the burly man. She hurriedly said, "Yuting, stop."

Xiao Yuting raised her right hand, ignoring Xiao Wanqing as she said to the burly man, "By the time my sister reached the Emperor Sovereign realm, you probably had not even been born. I once said that the only task remaining in my life was to protect my sister. Since you dared insult her, then go die."

With only one palm strike, blood sprayed everywhere. Before everyone's eyes, a person died. Though they had undoubtedly killed countless people before becoming Dou Emperors, seeing a woman kill someone with such brutality still made them unable to stomach it.

"Yuting, you..." Xiao Wanqing came to Xiao Yuting's side, pointing at her without knowing what to say.

"Someone like him deserved to die. He was not even worthy of having his memories erased and becoming a servant." Xiao Yuting looked at Xiao Wanqing stubbornly.

"Shut up. Have you forgotten what you promised me?" Xiao Wanqing directly slapped Xiao Yuting across the face. She was furious. She had doted on this younger sister in every possible way, yet because of what had happened a year ago, Xiao Yuting had become cold and distant, keeping everyone a thousand miles away.

"I did promise my sister not to kill people, but in my eyes, he was not human. Anyone who insults my sister must die. I do not blame my sister for hitting me, because I owe her that." After speaking, Xiao Yuting turned and walked toward a room. Yet two streams of tears slipped from the corners of her eyes and fell to the ground.

"Yuting." Xiao Wanqing called out, but received no reply. She sighed, then said to a man behind her, "Huang Feng, explain things to them. One on one—so long as their questions do not involve Xiao Clan secrets, you may tell them." Then she gave Huang Lin and the others a slight bow. "I'm sorry. This matter was Wanqing's fault. I will report it to the Elder Hall and request punishment myself. As for him, I will arrange for someone to bury him properly." After saying that, a trace of weariness appeared on her face as she walked toward Xiao Yuting's room.

Huang Feng glanced at the group. After ordering someone to carry away the corpse, he said, "You people are really something. You even dared offend the Xiao Clan's goddess. If not for that incident, Miss Wanqing might have become the youngest person in Xiao Clan history to step into the Supreme Emperor realm. Right, aren't you all so impressive? Don't you look down on us nobles? Fine. Let's go." After speaking, Huang Feng led the remaining people into the inner room.

Xiao Yan paid them no attention. He closed his eyes and began cultivating the Flame Formula. During cultivation, he discovered that the Otherworldly Flame within his body seemed to be undergoing a transformation. Moreover, this transformation required a vast amount of Emperor-Origin Qi. There was no Emperor-Origin Qi on the Battle Qi Continent, so the Otherworldly Flame within him had shown little reaction. But the World-Creation Continent was different. Emperor-Origin Qi was abundant here, and the transformation had begun.

While Xiao Yan cultivated, the others were not faring well either. They had medicinal pills for healing, but theirs were pills below the Emperor Tier and did not do much for them. Huang Lin, however, was different. His complexion was much better. Clearly, that woman's pill was extraordinary. He fixed his gaze on Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan had left far too deep an impression on him today.

An opportunity to learn about this continent had been ruined just like that. The group could neither say they pitied nor hated the dead man. What interested them more was what exactly had happened between those two sisters.