As soon as these words were spoken, the lively atmosphere instantly fell into dead silence.
What kind of occasion was this?
How could anyone dare to speak so insolently at such a time?
The Chen Family? Which Chen Family?
Many people didn’t react immediately, their faces blank with confusion.
However, when the words "Chen Family" reached their ears, the members of the Liu Family were struck with shock.
They’re here!
Had the people of the Chen Family actually come?
The Liu Family Head glanced at the Third Elder, only to find his expression equally grim. Clearly, even he hadn’t anticipated such an unexpected turn of events.
The Lord of the Great Zhou Kingdom, however, remained composed, as if this situation was within his expectations.
"Outrageous!"
"Who dares to speak so disrespectfully?"
"Do you even know what occasion this is? How dare you interrupt?" The Chief Eunuch immediately stepped forward and rebuked angrily.
"If I hadn’t come,"
"How would the Liu Family’s eldest young lady regain her chastity and freedom?"
Chen Yunxuan’s words caused an uproar—chastity and freedom?
There was far too much implied in that statement. Could it be that the Liu Family’s eldest young lady had already…
"Nonsense!"
"Whoever you are, have the guts to step forward!" The Fifth Prince’s face was filled with fury.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, whether these words were true or false, they would have a significant impact on Liu Mengyan—and on him as well.
In the future, he would inevitably be the subject of endless gossip.
No one cared about the truth; they were only interested in the juiciest details.
With a flash, Chen Yunxuan moved from the crowd to the front of the stage.
Seeing his youthful appearance, everyone was stunned. A single person, and so young at that? Did he have a death wish?
"Chen Yunxuan, it’s actually you."
"Why are you insulting me like this?" Liu Mengyan’s eyes burned with rage as she glared at him.
"Oh? Was I wrong?"
"Have you forgotten the contract between your Liu Family and my Chen Family so quickly?"
"You, Liu Mengyan, as the daughter of the Family Head, were bound by that contract to marry into the Chen Family."
"Yet now, you’re engaged to another man. What does that make you?"
"An unfaithful woman?"
"A traitor to your word?"
"If that weren’t the case, why would you have gone to my Chen Family that day to demand the return of the contract?" Chen Yunxuan sneered.
"The Chen Family… So it’s that Chen Family. I had almost forgotten about this matter."
"Yes, I remember now. Back then, the Liu Family was a vassal of the Chen Family. To strengthen their ties, they made a contract stipulating that the eldest daughter of each generation’s Family Head must marry into the Chen Family."
"But hasn’t the Chen Family already declined? Does this contract still hold?"
"Who knows what really happened? Maybe the Liu Family simply forgot about it."
"Who would’ve thought the Chen Family would show up under these circumstances? This is hardly a wise move. This kid’s momentary bravado could bring about the Chen Family’s utter ruin."
"Hmph, just a reckless youngster who doesn’t know his place!"
In the eyes of the crowd, the Chen Family was no longer what it once was, and a junior like Chen Yunxuan couldn’t possibly stir up any waves.
Acting on impulse was far from a wise decision.
Even if he vented his anger, could the Chen Family bear the consequences?
"Hahahaha!"
"Who would’ve thought the Chen Family would produce such an interesting young man in this generation?"
"What’s your name?"
The Lord of the Great Zhou Kingdom laughed heartily, though no one could discern his true emotions.
"Chen Yunxuan."
"Oh? Did you come alone?"
The Lord was probing—how many from the Chen Family had come, and what exactly were they planning?
After all, the whereabouts of the Chen Family’s members remained unknown, and even his own people hadn’t been able to track them down.
Most importantly, had the legendary Chen Family Ancestor and that talking dog arrived in the capital?
Chen Yunxuan met the Lord’s gaze, his eyes unwavering and fearless.
"Just delivering a gift. I alone am enough," Chen Yunxuan replied with a smile.
"So, what is this gift you’re delivering?"
"That contract between the Liu Family and the Chen Family?" the Lord asked.
"Of course not."
"What I’m delivering… is a letter of divorce!"
The moment these words left his mouth, everyone was dumbstruck.
Madness! This kid had absolutely lost his mind!
Returning the contract might not have provoked the Great Zhou royal family too much, but a letter of divorce?
Presenting a letter of divorce at an engagement celebration? Was he trying to get himself killed?
"What did you say?"
"A letter of divorce?"
"There was never any marriage agreement between me and your Chen Family. How dare you—"
Liu Mengyan’s words trailed off mid-sentence. While there was no formal marriage agreement, the contract was very much real—effectively the same thing.
"Chen Yunxuan, did you come here today just to humiliate me and my Liu Family?" Liu Mengyan gnashed her teeth, her gaze filled with hatred as if she wanted to tear him apart.
"Those who humiliate others shall be humiliated in turn."
"Your Liu Family betrayed its word first, and you, Liu Mengyan, abandoned your virtue afterward."
"Such a woman is unworthy of my Chen Family—we wouldn’t stoop so low as to take you."
"This letter of divorce is my gift to celebrate your engagement!"
"I hope you don’t mind—after all, it’s the thought that counts."
"Wouldn’t you agree?" Chen Yunxuan smirked coldly.
"You’re dead!"
The Fifth Prince could no longer hold back. With a leap, he charged straight at Chen Yunxuan.
"You? You think you’re qualified to fight me?"
Chen Yunxuan gave the Fifth Prince a disdainful glance before throwing a single punch, sending him flying.
"What?"
"How is this possible?"
"The Fifth Prince is only in his youth, yet his cultivation has already reached the ninth level of the Core Formation Realm. Among the younger generation of the Great Zhou Kingdom, he’s one of the very best."
"Chen Yunxuan looks to be around the same age, yet he defeated the Fifth Prince with a single punch?"
"What kind of cultivation does this kid have? I can’t even see through it."
"Damn it, I just realized—I can’t see through him either."
"At just over ten years old, could he have already reached the True Qi Realm?"
"Impossible. I’m in the True Qi Realm myself, and even I can’t gauge his strength."
"What? Even a True Qi Realm cultivator can’t see through him?"
Chen Yunxuan’s display left everyone in shock. No one had expected the Chen Family to produce such a monstrous talent.
"Transcendent Realm, first level?"
"How old are you?"
Wei Tianfeng, one of the Supreme Elders of the Shangqing Sect and the Fifth Prince’s maternal grandfather, spoke slowly.
"Sixteen."
Sixteen?
A sixteen-year-old in the Transcendent Realm?
How was that possible?
Just how had he cultivated? To reach such a level at merely sixteen?
Liu Chengfeng was even more astonished. That day at the Chen Family, he remembered clearly that Chen Yunxuan’s cultivation had only been at the Core Formation Realm.
How long had it been? Two months?
Breaking through from the Core Formation Realm to the Transcendent Realm in just two months?
"Am I… dreaming?"
"Damn it, a sixteen-year-old in the Transcendent Realm—I’ve never even heard of such a thing in my life."
"Not just within our Great Zhou Kingdom, but even across the entire Northern Domain, he is one of the rarest geniuses."
"If Chen Yunxuan reaches his full potential, who in the Northern Domain could possibly stand against him?"
"A pity—he revealed himself too soon."
"The imperial family would never let a tiger return to the mountains!"
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e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
