Strike First, Exterminate the Family and Plunder Its Treasures

The Zhao Family mansion, the council hall.

Zhao Tianxiong, the patriarch of the Zhao Family and a powerful cultivator at the peak of the Perfected Earth Immortal, was listening to the report from his scouts below with a gloomy face.

"What did you say?! The elder... was beaten to death in the street?!"

"Absolutely true! Patriarch! That man only used one punch! One punch and he..."

"You bastard!"

Zhao Tianxiong slammed his fist on the table in front of him, shattering it in a fit of rage!

"How dare he kill members of my Zhao Family in Wuhe Immortal City! This person is utterly lawless!"

"Issue my order! Summon all elders! Follow me to the City Lord's Mansion! I beg the City Lord to uphold justice!"

Although he was furious, he wasn't stupid. Someone who could kill Mid-Stage Earth Immortal with a single punch was definitely not to be underestimated. To be on the safe side, it was best to involve the City Lord's Mansion in the attack.

However.

The very moment he gave the order.

"BOOM--!!!"

A deafening roar came from the gate of the mansion!

The entire Zhao Family mansion trembled violently under this terrifying impact!

"What's going on?!" Zhao Tianxiong exclaimed in shock.

"Master! Something terrible has happened! Someone... someone has broken in!"

A guard covered in blood rushed in, shouting in terror.

Before Zhao Tianxiong could react...

A figure in blue walked leisurely into the hall, stepping over the rubble and blood.

"You... it's you?!"

Zhao Tianxiong recognized the person at a glance—it was the murderer in the portrait!

"You actually dare to come knocking on my door?!"

Dongfang Yueming glanced at him indifferently, as if he were looking at a dead man.

I'm in a hurry.

"Sending you on your way."

"Arrogant!"

Zhao Tianxiong laughed in fury, "You have a path to heaven but choose not to, you've chosen the gates to hell! Kill him! Chop him into mincemeat!"

More than a dozen elders at the Early Earth Immortal roared in unison, unleashing their respective immortal artifacts and attacking Dongfang Yueming!

"Snort!"

Dongfang Yueming snorted coldly.

[Innate Supreme Dao Bone - Fully Unlocked!]

"Buzz--!"

A terrifying, suffocating pressure instantly swept across the entire area!

The elders who rushed forward felt as if they were carrying an ancient divine mountain on their backs, and their movements instantly became extremely slow!

But Dongfang Yueming had already transformed into a blur and rushed into the crowd!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

There are no fancy moves at all!

Only the purest, most extreme... violent aesthetics!

With every punch, a Earth Immortal elder is blasted to pieces!

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen of the Zhao Family's core members had perished!

"This... how is this possible?!"

Zhao Tianxiong was completely dumbfounded!

His family's wealth and prestige, which he was so proud of, were so utterly vulnerable in front of this young man?!

"Now you."

Dongfang Yueming turned her head, her icy gaze locking onto him.

"No! I am Perfected Earth Immortal! I am the head of the Zhao Family! You cannot..."

"Noisy."

The Dongfang Yueming circulates [Origin Immortal Art], immortal power is added to the fingertips, and a single point is made in the air.

[Perfection - Nine Firmaments Lightning Control True Art!]

A bolt of pitch-black lightning pierced through the Xukong in an instant, and to Zhao Qiankun's horrified gaze, it pierced directly into his brow.

There was no explosion, no screams.

This patriarch, Perfected Earth Immortal, had his Primordial Spirit melted by lightning under this single finger strike, his physical body instantly carbonized, and he vanished with the wind.

The head of the Zhao Family has fallen!

After eliminating all resistance forces, Dongfang Yueming headed straight for the Zhao Family's treasure vault.

"Boom!"

The restriction was broken by force.

Looking at the mountain of resources inside, Dongfang Yueming finally revealed a satisfied smile.

"5000 low-grade immortal stones..."

"And so many magical artifacts, elixirs, and spiritual materials..."

"This wave has made us rich!"

With a wave of his hand, he looted everything.

He then moved with lightning speed, rushing into the Zhao Family's scripture pavilion, his divine sense sweeping through like a whirlwind.

[The Great Wilderness Earth-Bearing Scripture... entered!]

[The Taiji Thick Earth Art... entered!]

[The Falling Thunder Invocation... entered!]

He frantically absorbed the Zhao Family's resources, filling the system with one Earth Immortal technique after another, and one Heaven Immortal technique after another.

In his mind, the system's notification sounds rang out like a dense raindrop:

[Ding! The progress of the deduction of "Origin Immortal Art: Earth Immortal Chapter" has increased by 15%...30%...53%!]

[Ding! The deduction progress of "Origin Immortal Art: Celestial Heaven Immortal Chapter" has increased by 10%...15%!]

"Call--"

Dongfang Yueming exhaled a long breath.

Wuhe Immortal City, the underground black market.

This is the most chaotic and darkest place in the entire Immortal City, but also the place brimming with opportunity. As long as you have Immortal Stones, you can buy almost anything you want here—even human lives.

Dongfang Yueming, draped in a black robe that blocked divine sense, strode down the dimly lit street.

"Received."

He casually tossed out a storage bag containing hundreds of low-grade immortal artifacts and various other odds and ends that he had looted from the Zhao Family and were of no use to him.

The black market appraiser took the storage bag, scanned it with his divine sense, and his hand trembled slightly.

"This... is all from the Zhao Family?"

He glanced at Dongfang Yueming in shock, but his professionalism prevented him from asking further questions; he simply gave her a number.

"Round it down to three thousand low-grade immortal stones."

"Make a deal."

Dongfang Yueming put away the immortal stones and his gaze swept aimlessly across the stall.

Sudden!

His gaze was drawn to an inconspicuous, broken jade slip in the corner.

The jade slip was charred black, as if it had been struck by lightning, but under his [Innate Supreme Dao Bone] perception, it faintly exuded a... chilling Daoist aura of thunder!

How much is this?

The stall owner was an old man who was blind in one eye. He glanced at the jade slip and said lazily, "Fifty immortal stones, no bargaining."

"I'll take it."

Just as Dongfang Yueming was about to pay.

"Wait! I'll offer one hundred!"

An arrogant voice came from behind.

A young man dressed in brocade robes, with two alluring female cultivators in his arms, swaggered over.

Wang Teng, the young city lord of Wuhe Immortal City! He possesses the cultivation level of Late-Stage Human Immortal!

He glanced sideways at Dongfang Yueming, a mocking look on his face. "Kid, I've got my eye on this. If you know what's good for you, then..."

"Roll."

Dongfang Yueming didn't even turn his head, but simply uttered a single word.

"What... what did you say?!"

Wang Teng was furious!

In this Wuhe Immortal City, no one has ever dared to speak to him like that before!

"He's asking for it! Men! Cripple him! Take the stuff!"

"Yes!"

Several fierce-looking guards pounced on them with savage grins.

A cold glint One Flash in Dongfang Yueming's eyes.

"Court death."

He slowly raised his right hand and tapped it lightly with his index finger.

[Perfection - Nine Firmaments Lightning Control True Art!]

"Sizzle--!"

A tiny arc of purple electricity danced at his fingertips.

Though subtle, it contains terrifying power capable of destroying everything!

"Go."

The electric arc One Flash and disappeared!

The guards didn't even have time to scream before their bodies were instantly charred and carbonized, turning into ashes!

Immediately afterwards, the electric arc continued its momentum, piercing straight through Wang Teng's forehead!

"Puff!"

Wang Teng's arrogant expression froze instantly, and he fell straight down, Vitality!

The entire hall was deathly silent!

Everyone stared in horror at the black-robed man who remained standing there, as if he had only done something insignificant.

One finger... and the young city lord is instantly killed?!

What kind of strength is this?!

Ignoring the fear of the crowd, Dongfang Yueming casually tossed down fifty immortal stones, picked up the tattered jade slip, and turned to leave.

No one dared to stop them.

Even the black market's administrators were cowering in the shadows, trembling with fear.

After leaving the black market, Dongfang Yueming found a secluded spot and eagerly probed the jade slip with his divine sense.

"This is..."

His pupils suddenly contracted!

[The Nine Heavens Lightning Punishment Dao Scripture (incomplete)!]

[Grade: Low-grade Daoist Technique (Incomplete)!]

[Description: This is a Dao technique created by an ancient master of the Thunder Dao! The complete version requires the fusion of '1 high-grade Thunder-type Immortal Technique', '3 mid-grade Thunder-type Immortal Techniques', and '9 low-grade Thunder-type Immortal Techniques' to master!]

[Current Status: Severely incomplete, only the core inheritance remains—the superior-grade immortal technique [World-Destroying Lightning Punishment]!]

"It's actually... a fragment of a Daoist technique?!"

Dongfang Yueming was overjoyed!

Although it is incomplete, as long as he masters the core [World-Destroying Lightning Punishment], he can collect the remaining mid-grade and low-grade immortal techniques on his own!

[Once all the puzzle pieces are complete...]

[I can recreate this... world-destroying Dao technique!]

He took a deep breath and looked at the panel.

[Superior Immortal Technique: World-Destroying Lightning Punishment (0/50, Not Yet Entry)]

"It Immortal Points to Entry..."

"But it was worth it!"

His eyes burned with a fierce ambition.

"Thunder Path... I'm determined to have it!"

After leaving the black market, Dongfang Yueming immediately found a safe place to take stock of her spoils.

[The young city lord possesses... 200 low-grade immortal stones, a mid-grade defensive immortal artifact, the ' Black Tortoise Shield,' and three mid-grade life-saving immortal talismans.]

[Recycle!]

[Ding! Immortal Points +8150!]

[Current Immortal Points: 10987!]