"Are you certain it was this person who killed the Matriarch of the Meng Family?"
"Could there be any mistake?"
"No mistake. It was definitely him."
"To think it was actually him!"
After thorough investigations, the Meng Family had finally identified the killer of their Matriarch. Unfortunately, they only knew his appearance, not his name.
The Meng Family had been searching for Chen Chang'an's whereabouts. Initially, they hadn’t considered Tianjiao City, but after finding no leads elsewhere, they decided to try their luck there.
Meng Xiaohui had originally been scheming ways to persuade the family head to take action against Chen Chang'an. But when he saw the portrait, he couldn’t help but laugh.
"Young Master, why are you laughing?"
"Do you know this man?"
"You’ve just arrived in Tianjiao City, so it’s understandable you wouldn’t recognize him. Ask the others—see if they know who this is."
At Meng Xiaohui’s words, the Meng Family members stationed in Tianjiao City came forward to examine the portrait.
The moment they saw it, their hearts trembled.
"This… this can’t be real, can it?"
"How could Chen Chang'an be the one who killed the Matriarch?"
"It’s really him? What do we do now? Chen Chang'an is the one who cleared all ninety-nine floors of the Tianjiao Tower!"
"We’re doomed. The Meng Family has just made a formidable enemy."
"Even worse, Chen Chang'an has the backing of the City Lord’s Manor. They won’t stand by and watch him be killed."
Upon learning that the murderer was Chen Chang'an, the Meng Family members panicked. They lacked the courage to oppose him.
"What did you just say?"
"Ninety-nine floors of the Tianjiao Tower?"
"This man is Chen Chang'an, and he cleared all ninety-nine floors?"
"Exactly. It happened just yesterday. The entire Tianjiao City is buzzing about Chen Chang'an. Haven’t you heard?"
"No, I wasn’t paying attention. I just noticed the city seemed livelier than usual."
"If that’s the case, does that mean we can’t take revenge?"
"Revenge? First, we should figure out why Chen Chang'an killed the Matriarch and whether there’s some irreconcilable grudge between him and our family."
"I think we should find a way to reconcile with Chen Chang'an and turn hostility into peace."
"Yes, we must do this."
Hearing their words, Meng Xiaohui’s expression darkened, and he let out a cold snort.
"Hmph!"
"Look at you all. Have you forgotten that the Meng Family is the overlord of the Xuantian Domain?"
"If Chen Chang'an dared to kill one of ours, what else wouldn’t he do?"
"If we do nothing, people will think the Meng Family is weak, that we fear him."
"Such a person must be eradicated, or he’ll bring endless trouble."
"Chen Chang'an… cannot be allowed to live," Meng Xiaohui said coldly.
Cannot be allowed to live?
Easier said than done. How do you kill him?
Are you going to do it? Do you even have the ability?
The name "Chen Chang'an" alone made the Meng Family members in Tianjiao City feel utterly powerless to resist.
This was a monstrous genius who had cleared all ninety-nine floors of the Tianjiao Tower. Instead of trying to recruit or ally with him, the Meng Family wanted to kill him?
Forget the consequences—did the Meng Family even have the strength to do it?
"What are you all afraid of?"
"So what if he cleared the Tianjiao Tower?"
"Don’t forget, our Meng Family has two peak Heavenly Immortal Realm experts and one half-step Immortal King."
"Do you really think we can’t handle one Chen Chang'an?" Meng Xiaohui said coldly.
"But… what about the City Lord’s Manor?"
"Have you all lost your minds?"
"Tianjiao City remains neutral and never interferes in the affairs of the Xuantian Domain."
"Would they really break their own rules just for Chen Chang'an?"
"Now is the best time to kill him. If he leaves, finding him again won’t be so easy."
"I’ll personally explain this to the family head. Your only task now is to monitor Chen Chang'an’s every move."
"Let’s hope he doesn’t leave before our reinforcements arrive."
"Fine… understood."
As the Meng Family’s Young Master personally appointed by the Ancestor and the most likely to break through to the Immortal King Realm, Meng Xiaohui’s words carried great weight.
Since he had made this decision, the others, despite their unease, dared not disobey.
Tianjiao Pavilion
"What are your plans next?" Chen Chang'an asked Shen Yunfei and Yun Zhilan.
"I… I plan to stay in Tianjiao City, cultivating while challenging the Tianjiao Tower for experience."
"With my current ranking and the resources from that list you gave me, I shouldn’t have to worry about cultivation materials."
At the mention of the list, Shen Yunfei shot Chen Chang'an a resentful look. That ridiculously long list of resources, and he had only given him a tiny fraction?
"And you?" Chen Chang'an ignored Shen Yunfei and turned to Yun Zhilan.
"Originally, my goal was to claim the top spot on the Tianjiao Rankings."
"But now, forget first place—I can’t even reach second anytime soon."
"I hadn’t planned to leave the Xuantian Domain so soon for training, since I thought my Golden Immortal peak cultivation was still lacking."
"But now, I’ve changed my mind."
"If I want to go further, I must leave the Xuantian Domain. Staying here would just be wasting time."
"Without seeing the wider world, I’ll never understand how far behind I truly am."
"My past pride was nothing but self-deception."
Chen Chang'an had shown Yun Zhilan what a true prodigy looked like, what real strength meant. His once-prized talent and power were a joke in comparison.
Only by stepping out of his comfort zone could he truly grow.
"Good mindset. It’s time for you to explore."
"Shen Yunfei still needs more work, though," Chen Chang'an said approvingly.
"Brother Chen, you asked about us, but what about you?" Yun Zhilan asked curiously.
"What are your plans?"
Plans?
Yun Qingluan and Da Huang were still in seclusion, so leaving anytime soon wasn’t an option.
"I’ll wait until they finish their cultivation first."
"Oh, Brother Yun, I wanted to ask you something."
"Have you ever seen this before?"
Chen Chang'an took out a fragment of law. Yun Zhilan examined it but shook his head in confusion.
"What is this? I’ve never seen it before."
"Your Yun Family doesn’t have it? What about the Meng Family?"
The Meng Family?
Yun Zhilan smiled bitterly. "Our Yun Family and the Meng Family are like strangers—no interaction at all. How would I know if they have it?"
Hearing this, Chen Chang'an nodded. Since Yun Zhilan didn’t know, perhaps it was time to pay the Meng Family a visit himself.
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?!
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.
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