Lin Ran had also learned how to use this meme and found it quite amusing.
Lin Tianba stared blankly at Lin Ran, unable to comprehend why Lin Ran wasn’t clinging to his leg, weeping and pouring out his longing for his father. Instead, Lin Ran kept verbally attacking him.
"No matter what, we’re still father and son. I was good to you once. After your mother left, I was the one who raised you."
At the mention of "mother," Lin Ran sighed.
"What saddens me now isn’t for you, but for my mother, who’s long gone. It’s tragic that she met a beast like you, the one who ended her life with his own hands."
Lin Tianba’s eyes widened as long-buried memories resurfaced in his mind.
Back then, he was alone and struggling, having finally graduated and secured a stable job, only to offend his boss, get sidelined, and blacklisted in the industry.
With no other choice, he ended up laboring at a construction site, surviving on plain steamed buns, when a beautiful figure stepped into his path.
"Lin Tianba, hello. Let’s get acquainted. My name is Su Yanyan. Would you like to join my team?"
At the time, Lin Tianba was deeply grateful to this woman, believing her to be his benefactor, his angel.
Later, he realized he had fallen in love with her and pursued her relentlessly.
To his surprise, his boss actually reciprocated his feelings. But one day, Lin Tianba discovered a horrifying truth.
Su Yanyan’s possessiveness became suffocating, driving Lin Tianba to seek escape. It was during this time that he took notice of Liu Yuemei—this "beautiful," "kind," and "gentle" woman.
The two of them soon began an affair, something Su Yanyan remained unaware of, especially since she was pregnant at the time.
Then, one day, Su Yanyan said something that shattered him completely.
"Tianba, remember this—if you ever betray me, I’ll kill you first, then myself. I’ll hunt you down for eternity."
Terrified, Lin Tianba decided to strike first. Over the years, he orchestrated Su Yanyan’s slow, deliberate demise.
Of course, Liu Yuemei knew about it, though she wasn’t the mastermind.
After Su Yanyan’s death, Lin Tianba grew to despise Lin Ran more and more because the boy resembled his late wife too much, a constant source of discomfort.
He began beating Lin Ran, berating him, allowing his wife and other children to bully him.
But how did Lin Ran know all this?
Lin Ran glared hatefully at Lin Tianba. This was a wound he had never intended to reopen—after all these years, he had no proof.
In his previous life, just before he fell from the rooftop, Liu Yuemei had confessed it herself.
"Your mother, that wretched woman, was killed by your father. And you, little bastard, were pushed by the person you loved most. You and your mother are both fools in love, doomed by the wrong people."
Before Lin Ran plummeted, his fingers clung to the rooftop’s edge as he stared at Liu Ruxue in disbelief.
He couldn’t believe this "fragile" girl could do such a thing—especially after he had just signed the equity transfer agreement.
But when he saw the viciousness in Liu Ruxue’s eyes, even felt her stomp on his clinging fingers in panic, his heart turned to ice. All will to survive vanished, and he fell.
He had no evidence, and too much time had passed.
So, apart from a brief mention in Chapter 36, he had never spoken of it again. He didn’t want to dishonor his mother.
His mother may have been blind in love, but she had never wronged him.
He, too, had been blind—and had wronged Luo Yao.
That was why, even though Lin Tianba wasn’t the direct cause of his death, Lin Ran hated him most of all.
Lin Tianba had killed his mother with his own hands and indirectly caused his own demise.
How could Lin Ran let him die so easily?
Lin Tianba wasn’t suffering enough yet. Lin Ran wanted him to live in torment for the rest of his life.
"You—you’re lying!"
Lin Ran stood up. "You know the truth, Lin Tianba. I will never let you go, not in this life or the next."
Lin Ran turned to leave. He had planned Lin Tianba’s fate years in advance.
He had even prepaid Lin Tianba’s taxes up to 2050. All Lin Ran hoped for now was that Lin Tianba would live long—very, very long.
Seeing Lin Ran about to leave, Lin Tianba panicked.
"Son, I won’t make you kneel and apologize anymore. Take me with you!"
Lin Ran paused. Lin Tianba thought he had a chance.
"Abu, leave him breathing. Don’t kill him."
Today, Abu felt like he’d truly seen it all—a father so despicable it defied belief.
So, with no tools at hand, he employed the most effective method of torture he knew on Lin Tianba.
One hand muffled Lin Tianba’s screams while the other, using just two fingers, snapped his minor joints one by one, rendering him a complete cripple.
Even if the entire Yi family intervened, he’d never recover.
With this matter settled, Lin Ran felt refreshed.
Gazing at the sky, he wore an expression of longing for the first time since his rebirth.
"Mom, are you watching? I’ve avenged you."
Lin Ran knew Lin Tianba wouldn’t stay locked up for long. Whether it was abuse, unlawful confinement, or illicit activities—he was the victim in all of them.
As for other charges, Lin Ran had no intention of pursuing them. That would keep Lin Tianba imprisoned for life.
Prison food might be terrible, but it was still edible. Lin Ran wanted him to taste something far worse.
A broken man, a penniless deadbeat—what could he do after his release?
Maybe begging on the streets would earn him some pity.
Assuming no one recognized him.
"Young Master Lin, it’s done. Lin Tianba is finished."
Lin Ran nodded. Right now, he just wanted to say to any bleeding hearts out there: If this made you uncomfortable, you still read it all. So spare me the lectures.
A quick death was never what Lin Ran wanted. Otherwise, he could’ve stormed the Lin Family with Luo Yao on the first day of his rebirth.
Abu reminded him, "Young Master Lin, what about that Lv Renqi?"
"He’s a nobody. Not worth my time. Besides, I’m almost grateful to him. Let him be. But he’s got a son, Lv Jian—now that’s someone I can’t stand. Next time, I’ll take you to ‘get acquainted.’"
"Understood."
Lin Ran noticed Abu seemed to enjoy this kind of work. Was this really the mindset of someone who claimed to be a "role model"?
Back at the estate, Luo Yao was already waiting for him.
She seemed to be in a good mood.
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
end. Thus one must continue to cultivate, and become a saint or great emperor, in order to prolong one's life. Chen Xia, however, completely reversed this. Since his transmigration, he has gained immortality, and also a system that awards him with attribute points for every year he lives. Thus between the myriad worlds, the legend of an unparalleled senior appeared. "A gentleman takes revenge; it is never too late even after ten thousand years." "When you were at your peak I yielded, now in your old age I shall trample on you." - Chen Xia
