Wipe out my entire clan?

The Pan Lineage.

Inside a room in a secluded courtyard.

"The Li Lineage is riding high these days, and our Pan Lineage's business has suffered considerably. Elders, what do you think?"

At the head of the table, a middle-aged man with a full beard tapped his index finger against the tabletop as he spoke.

"Patriarch, the Li Lineage's ancestor, Li Yijian, has already reached the peak of Quasi-Saint. I'm afraid..."

One of the elders spoke.

The Pan patriarch snorted coldly.

"Li Yijian has indeed reached the peak of Quasi-Saint, but does our Pan Lineage not have an ancestor of its own?"

"Our ancestor recently gained an insight and is in seclusion attempting a breakthrough. Once he succeeds, won't that paltry Li Lineage be ours for the taking?"

The Pan patriarch stood up and said with a smile.

At his words, all the elders felt a jolt.

Once the Pan ancestor broke through, he would be in the Saint King Realm. This gave them tremendous confidence.

"Then, Patriarch..."

One of the elders smiled sinisterly and drew a hand across his throat.

"Kill them. Kill them until not a scrap of armor remains. Since we're doing this, we'll do it thoroughly. Exterminate all nine degrees of their kin. Leave no one alive. Go and make the arrangements."

The Pan patriarch spoke cruelly.

Suddenly, the hairs on his body stood on end, and he turned around as though facing a formidable enemy.

"Who's there?"

Li Xiao emerged from the darkness and shook his head helplessly.

Was this the cultivation world, where the weak were meat for the strong?

I only intended to intimidate them, yet now they actually want to exterminate all nine degrees of my kin.

Then there was no need for him to hold back.

Li Xiao snapped his fingers at the empty air, and the elders below suddenly felt an immense pressure.

The next instant.

Bang, bang, bang!

A series of muffled explosions rang out.

All the elders' heads instantly burst like watermelons, and the thick stench of blood filled the air.

"You... who are you?"

At the sight, the Pan patriarch's face turned pale, his body trembling uncontrollably as he stammered.

What kind of monster was this?

When had this young man in blue robes appeared before him? Even he, an Ancient Emperor Realm cultivator, hadn't noticed.

Every elder down there had been at least a mid-stage Profound Emperor.

And they had all been killed instantly, just like that?

Li Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly and answered coldly,

"Weren't you going to exterminate all nine degrees of my kin? Who do you think I am?"

The Pan patriarch instantly understood and shouted.

"Quick, summon the ances-"

Before he could finish, his head exploded, scattering red and white matter across the floor.

An Ancient Emperor expert had been killed instantly.

Having finished, Li Xiao shook his hands and flashed high into the sky above the Pan Lineage.

"Since you want to wipe out my clan, don't blame me."

Li Xiao blasted a palm strike down at the Pan Lineage.

An enormous palm imprint carrying boundless power blotted out the sky and sun as it crashed down toward the Pan Lineage.

In the Pan Lineage's forbidden grounds, the Pan ancestor, who was in the midst of his breakthrough, abruptly opened his eyes and looked up into the sky.

His expression changed drastically.

He had only just broken through to the Saint King Realm. How had such a catastrophe befallen him already?

"Who? Who the fuck provoked this god of slaughter?"

The Pan ancestor roared in despair.

"Fellow Daoist, please show mer-"

Before he could finish, the sky-obscuring palm imprint came crashing down.

"Mercy? Mercy, my ass!"

High in the sky, Li Xiao cursed. Still not finding it satisfying enough, he struck with another palm.

The two palm strikes overlapped, and a tremendous crash instantly rang out. The Pan Lineage was reduced to ruins, and every member present was as dead as could be.

The vast Pan estate was now covered by nothing but a deep palm imprint, with no trace of its former splendor.

Having finished, Li Xiao cast a cold glance at the ruins below, then tore open space and vanished into the horizon.

The Pan Lineage had been annihilated.

The Li Lineage.

A scout hurried in, his face pale.

"Reporting, Master! The Pan... the Pan Lineage has been wiped out."

The servant spoke shakily, as though he had witnessed something utterly terrifying.

Li Kuangfeng waved a hand to indicate that he knew.

The next instant, the surrounding space trembled, and Li Xiao stepped out of it.

Li Kuangfeng and the others quickly approached.

"The Pan Lineage is gone?"

"Gone."

Li Xiao answered indifferently, as though he had done something insignificant.

"Good. Wonderful! So be it. Now that you're in the peak Saint Realm, we no longer need to bow to anyone's whims."

Li Yijian murmured.

Li Chen patted Li Xiao on the shoulder.

"That's my son! You have your father's flair from back in the day."

"You? Have you no shame?"

Ye Linglong tugged Li Chen's ear and scolded him with a laugh, then turned a doting gaze toward Li Xiao.

"My son has made something of himself. Good. Wonderful."

Ye Linglong, who had thought she would never see her son again, could not help wiping the corners of her eyes.

The past few days had been far too overwhelming for her. Everything had turned around too quickly.

"Xiao'er, I've never hoped for you to reach some lofty realm. I only want you to be safe."

"I know, Mother. No one can hurt your son now."

Li Xiao offered her a word of reassurance.

"Big bwother~"

"Big bwother~"

Suddenly, a little girl in a pink bellyband came charging toward Li Xiao. With her puffed-up, bun-like cheeks, hair tied in two braids, and large, innocent eyes, she looked like a porcelain doll.

Thump!

Li Tong crashed into Li Xiao's arms.

Li Xiao rubbed his stomach and picked up the little girl before him, feeling somewhat surprised.

Just then, a string of information appeared before his eyes.

"Li Tong"

"Age: three"

"Heaven-Devouring Saint Physique (unawakened)"

"Ability: eating"

"Heaven-Devouring Saint Physique: loves eating before awakening and is born with boundless strength. After awakening, can eat an extraordinary amount, devouring the heavens, the earth, and the air."

Li Xiao looked in surprise at the little girl in his arms.

My little sister actually has a saint physique. Incredible.

No wonder I, at the peak Saint Realm, felt a fluctuation in her presence.

Li Xiao pinched the little girl's plump, bun-like cheeks and said to Li Yijian,

"Ancestor, I'm going to make the Li Lineage the number one power in the Upper Realm."