Fated to Die, Every Last One of Them

The Southern Domain of Qitian.

The Dongfang Family.

The Discussion Hall.

"Patriarch, Elder Shengxiong, good news! We found Muxue in the secret realm!"

Dongfang Yanyu swept into the Discussion Hall in a streak of light and reported to Dongfang Huayu and Dongfang Shengxiong.

"Where? Where is she? Did you bring her back?"

Dongfang Huayu asked urgently.

"No." Dongfang Yanyu shook her head regretfully. "A powerful suction force pulled us out of the secret realm. Once outside, we were scattered..."

"How could that happen?"

Dongfang Huayu's spirits sank.

"Patriarch, there's worse news. Muxue killed every Wang Family member and Moon-Reflecting Sect disciple in the secret realm, including Wang Chenjue and Feng Quchu!"

Dongfang Yanyu continued her report.

"What?"

Dongfang Huayu jolted, unable to believe it.

"Yanyu, is this true? Wasn't Muxue only at the Qi Refinement Third Layer? How could she have killed Wang Chenjue and Feng Quchu?"

Dongfang Shengxiong asked doubtfully.

"It's true!" Dongfang Yanyu nodded. "Word had already spread through the secret realm. This is what happened..."

"I saw Muxue with my own eyes when I left the secret realm. She really has reached the Foundation Establishment Realm Sixth Layer!"

"Huh? What kind of fortuitous encounter did Muxue have? How did she go from the Qi Refinement Third Layer to the Foundation Establishment Realm Sixth Layer in just over a month?"

Dongfang Shengxiong was astonished.

A moment later, he murmured to himself, "Come to think of it, if Elder Feng Lian hadn't suppressed her with a Runic Formation, she should have reached this level already."

"Muxue killed Wang Chenjue and Feng Quchu. The Wang Family and Moon-Reflecting Sect will certainly retaliate against the Dongfang Family!"

"Elder Shengxiong, activate the clan-protecting formation and have everyone ready to fight at any moment!"

Seated at the head of the hall, Dongfang Huayu gave the order in a grave voice, his brow furrowed.

"Yes, Patriarch!"

Dongfang Shengxiong left to carry out the order.

"Yan Yu, go and rest."

Dongfang Huayu waved a hand, worry written across his face.

"Yes, Patriarch!"

The Wang Family.

The Discussion Hall.

A figure staggered into the Discussion Hall, pale and desperately weak. He stumbled and nearly fell.

"Chen Jue?!"

Everyone in the hall cried out and hurried to support him.

"Chen Jue, what happened to you?"

They looked at the dying Wang Chenjue with concern and confusion.

"Jue'er, quickly, take this Healing Pill!"

Wang Chenjue's mother, Du Huaiyu, was so anxious she burst into tears. She took out a Healing Pill and held it to his lips, urging him again and again. "Jue'er, take it! It's a supreme-grade Healing Pill. It will heal you!"

"There's no need, Mother."

Wang Chenjue weakly pushed her hand away and forced a faint smile. "I bought this life with the Rot-Piercing Sacred Immortal's Life-Devouring Talisman, but I still can't keep it."

He had spent three days recuperating and absorbed the blood and cultivation of hundreds of people, recovering more than halfway. Yet as he left the secret realm, the suction force had gravely injured him.

Perhaps I, Wang Chenjue, was fated to die. Ha, hahaha...

Wang Chenjue laughed bitterly to himself.

"No! We can save you. We must be able to!"

Du Huaiyu desperately drove her Source Power, but not the slightest trace of Source Qi could flow into Wang Chenjue's body.

"How can this be? How can this be?"

Du Huaiyu sobbed, unwilling to believe it.

"It's no use, Mother."

Wang Chenjue's voice grew weaker.

"Tell me who did this to you. I'll tear them to pieces!"

Seeing him like this, Du Huaiyu wiped away her tears and spoke with bloodshot eyes.

"It was Dongfang Muxue!"

Wang Chenjue's reply was soft, but the hatred in it was boundless.

"Dongfang Muxue?"

Everyone in the Discussion Hall found it hard to believe.

"Wasn't Dongfang Muxue only at the Qi Refinement Third Layer?"

Wang Huyong's eyes widened.

"No. She... cough..."

Wang Chenjue coughed up a mouthful of blood, then continued, "I don't know what fortuitous encounter she had, but she's reached the sixth layer of the Foundation Establishment Realm. This is what happened..."

"She has fellow disciples, so she must belong to some Sect. Mother, Patriarch, elders, you must find her Sect and avenge me..."

Wang Chenjue's voice faded. Before he could finish, he died with hatred in his heart.

"Jue'er! No, Jue'er!"

Du Huaiyu clutched his body and wept uncontrollably.

"Madam, my condolences."

"Dear sister, please try to come to terms with it."

Everyone was equally downcast as they tried to comfort her.

"Jue'er, I will avenge you!"

After a long while, Du Huaiyu let go of Wang Chenjue. Her eyes turned icy, and her long hair stirred without wind. "Dongfang Muxue, the Dongfang Family—every last one of them deserves to die!"

"Patriarch, please give the order to destroy the Dongfang Family!"

She turned to Wang Hansheng, the Wang Family patriarch, and made her request.

"All right!" Wang Hansheng nodded and ordered sternly, "Great Elder, send people to find Dongfang Muxue's Sect at once. Contact the Moon-Reflecting Sect as well. Together, we'll march on the Dongfang Family!"

"Yes, Patriarch!"

Wang Jingyuan, the Wang Family's Great Elder, departed in a streak of light.

"What a pity about Dongfang Muxue's Sacred Ice Spirit Body."

Wang Huyong sighed inwardly.

The Southern Domain of Qitian.

"Disciples from our Sect returned and reported that Dongfang Muxue's group of three seized a great many heavenly treasures in the secret realm. They even obtained the realm's supreme treasure!"

"Our clansmen reported the same thing, though we can't be sure that black object was the secret realm's supreme treasure."

"Dongfang Muxue? Which Dongfang Muxue?"

"Dongfang Muxue of the Dongfang Family, of course!"

"The Dongfang Family? Why don't we join forces and plunder them?"

"Are you mad? The Dongfang Family ranks tenth. You can't just decide to plunder them!"

"Exactly. Besides, Dongfang Muxue may not even be with the Dongfang Family. She's thought to be in some Sect in Eastern Search."

"What? Which Sect?"

"No one knows yet. It was chaos when the cultivators left the secret realm. Nobody noticed where Dongfang Muxue and the other two went."

"I heard Dongfang Muxue's group killed Wang Chenjue and Feng Quchu in the secret realm. I expect the Wang Family and Moon-Reflecting Sect will search for them."

"Once the Wang Family and Moon-Reflecting Sect find the three people's Sect, should we join forces to wipe it out?"

"If the Wang Family and Moon-Reflecting Sect find them first, what would be left for us?"

"True. But Dongfang Muxue killed Wang Chenjue and Feng Quchu. I'm afraid the Dongfang Family's destruction can't be far off!"

"It's only a matter of time. Just wait and watch the show!"

Search Province.

The Azure Feather Sect.

Within the Sect.

The Sect Discussion Hall.

"Shiwei, did you gain anything from this trip to the Qigu Secret Realm?"

Seated at the head of the hall, Jin Pingqi asked with concern.

"Sect Master, we did. It's all in here."

Xie Shiwei took out a Storage Bag and presented it to Jin Pingqi.

Jin Pingqi accepted the Storage Bag and glanced inside. Beaming, he praised them. "Good. There are plenty of heavenly treasures."

"You've worked hard. Every disciple who entered the secret realm this time will receive five High-Grade Source Stones and one Low-Grade Cultivation-Enhancement Pill."

"Thank you, Sect Master!" Xie Shiwei hastily expressed his thanks, then changed the subject. "Sect Master, there's something else I need to report."

"Oh? What is it?"

Jin Pingqi raised an eyebrow.