Wiping Out the Household, Settling Karmic Ties

A hundred miles away from Ting City, in a dark cave hidden among towering mountains, Wusheng sat cross-legged in meditation, his aura rising and falling like the tides.

He was surrounded by Spiritual Qi, and his originally restrained aura was visibly rising rapidly.

From its initial calm and stillness, it gradually became surging and powerful, like a thunderclap that had been building up for a long time, suddenly breaking through an invisible bottleneck.

With a deafening roar, the aura surged like thunder, causing rubble to tumble down from the cave walls.

An hour later, the surging spiritual energy slowly subsided and returned to his body.

Wusheng slowly opened his eyes, a flash of shrewdness appearing in them, a smile playing on his lips.

In an instant, his gaze was replaced by a chilling glint, a murderous intent flashing between his brows, his voice icy:

"Finally, I've reached the Golden Core Realm! Chu Household, Li Household, the humiliation you inflicted upon me in the past, I will wash away with the blood of your entire families!"

Three days later, on a dark and windy night, the sky was completely obscured by thick, inky clouds, and the stars and moon were all hidden.

Above the Chu residence, a dark shadow hung like a ghost.

Wusheng's eyes were icy as he looked down at the brightly lit mansion below, his eyes churning with resentment that had been suppressed for many years.

Immediately, he flipped his palm, and eight ancient array flags appeared out of thin air, their surfaces covered with mysterious runes.

He swiftly formed hand Method Formula, uttered a low shout, and eight beams of spiritual light shot out from his fingertips, landing precisely on the array flags.

In an instant, the eight array flags transformed into eight streaks of light, scattering like shooting stars chasing the moon, and landing steadily in the eight corners of the Chu residence.

Immediately afterwards, a black light curtain rose from the ground, instantly enveloping the entire Chu residence and completely isolating it from the outside world.

"The Chu Household, my feud with you will be settled tonight!"

He swayed and swooped down like an arrow, landing steadily in the courtyard of the Chu residence.

He drew his spirit blade with a backhand motion; the blade gleamed coldly, reflecting his murderous expression.

Instead of using wide-range attacks, he moved swiftly, his figure blurring into a blur.

He killed anyone he saw, blood splattering everywhere, and shrill screams instantly shattered the tranquility of the Chu mansion, waking everyone who was fast asleep.

The guards rushed over hastily, weapons in hand, their leader shouting at the top of his lungs:

"A wicked thief has broken into the mansion and committed violence! Everyone, follow me to surround and capture him! We must take this villain down!"

However, even though these guards had some basic martial arts training, they were Wusheng for Wusheng, who had already reached the Golden Core Realm stage.

The figure Wusheng like a ghost, and wherever the blade flashed, blood splattered and limbs flew everywhere.

Screams, the clanging of weapons breaking, and pleas for mercy mingled together; in just a few moments, the Chu residence was littered with corpses.

Apart from Chu Xiao and Wang Yue, everyone else lay Wusheng in pools of blood.

Chu Xiao trembled violently, staring in horror at the slowly approaching Wusheng.

The oppressive aura unique to the Golden Core Realm cultivators was like Mount Tai pressing down, making it extremely difficult for him to even breathe.

He could no longer maintain his former haughty demeanor, and with a thud, he knelt down, his forehead repeatedly hitting the ground, his voice trembling with sobs as he begged for mercy:

"Hero, spare my life! Hero, spare my life!"

If you spare my life, all the gold, silver, jewels, land deeds, and farmland of the Chu Household will be yours to keep!

Wang Yue, who was standing to the side, was already pale with fright. Her hair was disheveled and her clothes were covered in dust. Seeing this, she immediately knelt down as well, kowtowing repeatedly and pleading incoherently:

"Great hero, have mercy! Please spare me! I'll do anything for you, even be your slave!"

Looking down at the two kneeling figures begging for mercy, Wusheng's cold face broke into a gleeful smile.

Back then, these two were high and mighty, treating him like dirt, wantonly humiliating him, and trampling his dignity underfoot. Now, they wag their tails and beg for mercy like stray dogs.

Years of pent-up resentment and hatred were released at this moment, and he couldn't help but throw his head back and let out a hearty laugh, full of mockery and pleasure:

"Hahaha... Chu Xiao, Wang Yue, you two beasts, don't you really recognize who I am?"

Chu Xiao was taken aback upon hearing this, stopped kowtowing, and slowly raised his head with trembling hands. In the dim light, he carefully examined Wusheng's face.

Although his face looked more sharp and weathered than it had been back then, the contours of his eyes and brows were still vaguely familiar.

His pupils contracted sharply, his face drained of color, his finger trembled as he pointed at Wusheng, his voice stammering with disbelief and horror:

"You... you are... Chu Sheng?"

Wang Yue also hurriedly looked up, repeatedly confirming Wusheng's appearance. The humble figure who had been bullied by them back then gradually overlapped with the murderous person in front of her.

She was so frightened that her whole body went limp, and her voice trembled uncontrollably:

"You are... you are that good-for-nothing Chu Sheng? No... impossible! How could this be!"

"Hahaha... You finally recognized me!"

Seeing the mixture of shock and fear on their faces, Wusheng let out a hearty laugh, but his eyes flashed with a chilling light.

"I deliberately left you until the end so that you would die knowing exactly what happened."

Oh, by the way, Chu Sheng died the day you kicked him out of the house.

From that day on, there was only Wusheng in the world!

Provoked by his madness, Chu Xiao's eyes turned bloodshot, and he roared fiercely but weakly:

"You beast! How dare you slaughter your own family and harm your own brothers! Now you intend to kill your father as well?"

Such acts, which defy human ethics, will surely be condemned by the world!

"You beast, how dare you! You actually dared to kill me, kneel down and accept your death!"

Wang Yue was also blinded by hatred and stood up, wanting to pounce on Wusheng.

A murderous glint flashed in Wusheng's eyes, and he kicked out.

With a muffled thud, Wang Yue flew backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into the wall.

She fell to the ground, spitting out blood, and her breath quickly faded.

"Even now, do you still think I'm the Chu Sheng you used to bully at will?"

Wusheng stepped forward slowly, a mocking smile playing on his lips, "Chu Xiao, you've finally remembered you're my father?"

But back then, when I was in the Chu Household, I lived worse than a dog, bullied and humiliated by servants.

When have you ever fulfilled even half of your responsibilities as a father?

You discarded me like a worn-out shoe, yet now you use my father's name to bind me—it's utterly ridiculous!

Besides, you have already expelled me from the Chu Household.

The Chu Sheng of the past is dead; I am now Wusheng.

Today, I will raze the Chu residence to the ground so that your blood can wash away the humiliation I suffered years ago and settle this score.

Chu Xiao was terrified and quickly pointed to the dying Wang Yue on the ground:

"Chu Sheng! No... Wusheng!"

Parricide is a heinous crime that cannot be tolerated by heaven and earth! I am your biological father!

That vicious woman was the one who humiliated you back then, it has nothing to do with me! If you want revenge, go after her!

Upon hearing this, Wang Yue convulsed with rage, vomited another mouthful of blood, and pointed a trembling finger at Chu Xiao.

He could only utter broken, breathy sounds like "You... you...", his eyes filled with resentment and despair.

"Now that things have come to this, are you still trying to shift the blame?"

Wusheng had lost all interest in continuing the nonsense; his spirit blade traced a chilling arc in the night.

I told you, none of you will survive today!

The blade flashed, and blood splattered.

Chu Xiao and Wang Yue both fell into pools of blood.

With his enemy brought to justice, Wusheng felt the resentment and anger that had been building up in his heart for many years dissipate like a receding tide.

With a clear mind, spiritual energy flowed spontaneously throughout his body, and his State of Mind was elevated to another level without him even realizing it.

He closed his eyes and concentrated for a moment, and when he opened them again, his eyes were clear.

He enveloped the entire Chu residence with his Divine Sense, and after confirming that there were no more living people, he turned around and went straight to the Chu Household's treasury.

He raised his hand and summoned a storage Law Treasure. Streaks of spiritual light swept across it, collecting rare medicinal herbs and some valuables.

After doing all this, he made hand Hand Seals to deactivate the formation and stored the eight formation flags into his storage Law Treasure.

"The Chu Household has been destroyed; next up is the Li Household."