The mighty figures of the Jiang Family had been subdued.
The Jialan Empress had already been a top-tier powerhouse at the Third-Life Emperor Realm before her seclusion. Now, having emerged, she was half a step into the Immortal Realm, and with the protection of her ancestral immortal artifact, the Jialan Trident, even ordinary immortals wouldn’t dare oppose her.
After all, she could summon the Immortal Tribulation at any moment. Though, given her current state, attempting to endure it would be a death sentence.
But the sheer terror of the Immortal Tribulation, coupled with its karmic weight, meant that if other immortals were caught in it, even Second-Tribulation Immortals risked annihilation.
At the level of an immortal, conventional means could hardly kill them—only forces like karma or the power of the Heavenly Dao could do so.
Even if the Jiang Family’s immortals weren’t afraid, this was their territory. If the tribulation were unleashed… their descendants wouldn’t be able to evacuate in time, suffering devastating losses.
The Jiang Family indeed had many immortal ancestors, but most of them slumbered within the Immortal Sources of their ancestral tombs. The Third-Life Emperor Realm and Half-Immortal Realm were the limits of their active combat strength.
Very few were as reckless as the Jialan Empress, daring to storm the Jiang Family for a suicidal showdown!
Ahem. “Empress Jialan, your daughter’s matter was indeed our Jiang Family’s fault. But our Jiang Family’s Imperial Scion, Jiang Che, possesses the rare Dual Immortal Physique—hardly unworthy of your royal bloodline! A union between Dual Immortal Physique and royal blood could birth a supreme genius with both traits, securing your Jialan Clan’s prosperity for millennia!”
Yet, no matter how much the emperors pleaded, the Jialan Empress remained unmoved.
“You seem to have forgotten one thing—I came here as a mother demanding justice!”
“A human trafficker who abducted my daughter dares to think of her bearing his children? Is he worthy?!”
Her words sent chills down the spines of the Jiang Family’s emperors.
This woman… was utterly unreasonable!
Jiang Hong and the others exchanged glances, their scalps tingling with dread.
Truly, one should never provoke a woman—especially a tigress like the Jialan Empress… no, a tyrannical dragon!
She’d self-destruct at the slightest provocation, and reasoning with her was impossible.
“What do you want?!” Jiang Hong was at his wit’s end. Even when he’d attained the Emperor Realm, he’d never been this exasperated—yet now, a woman had broken him.
The empress sneered. “That shameless wretch must die by his own hand!”
“Bullshit!” Jiang Hong laughed in fury.
Jiang Che, kill himself? After all the resources they’d poured into him? He’d nearly spent his entire fortune on that investment!
Moreover, Jiang Che now had an even more monstrous descendant—a supreme genius born with the Heavenly Dao Physique.
If a Half-Immortal madwoman forced their Imperial Scion to his death… where would the Jiang Family’s dignity go? They might as well rename themselves the Coward Clan instead of the Eternal Family.
“Empress Jialan, I respect you as a Half-Immortal powerhouse, but you’ve repeatedly insulted our Jiang Family… Do you truly take us for pushovers?”
From a misty cliff within the Jiang Family, an elder riding a crane slowly approached, his voice laced with anger.
And the crane he rode—was an Emperor-Realm demon beast!
“Family Head!!”
Jiang Hong’s confidence surged at the elder’s arrival.
Jiang Zhentian, the Jiang Family’s patriarch, had reached the Half-Immortal Realm ten thousand years ago and was their strongest active combatant.
The Jialan Empress’s eyes flickered with caution at the sight of Jiang Zhentian—especially when she noticed the unassuming wooden ruler in his hand.
The Ruler of Heaven and Earth, the Jiang Family’s immortal artifact, was no less formidable than her Jialan Trident.
“Empress Jialan, you wish to summon the Immortal Tribulation? Go ahead!”
“Our Jiang Family has an Immortal-grade clan-protection array. Why not test whether your tribulation is stronger, or our array?”
Jiang Zhentian’s words made the empress’s pupils shrink.
A clan-protection array!
She truly didn’t know which would prevail.
But as an Eternal Family, the Jiangs’ ancestors must have included supreme immortals.
If the array had been set up by a First or Second-Tribulation Immortal, it might not withstand a True Immortal’s tribulation.
But what if it was Third or Fourth-Tribulation?
If she summoned the tribulation only to perish without avenging Ling’er, her daughter would be left to suffer endless humiliation.
No!
She couldn’t act so rashly!
Blinded by rage earlier, she now realized—if she fell, Ling’er would lose her last protector, and the Jialan Clan wouldn’t risk annihilation to shield her.
“Patriarch Jiang, my stance remains unchanged. I demand justice—Ling’er is my only daughter.”
Jiang Zhentian chuckled. “Our Imperial Scion is at fault, but are you blameless? We never forced your daughter to descend to the lower realm. Her legs were her own—if she got lost or abducted, who’s to blame?”
“Isn’t this your Jialan Clan’s own failing?”
“The Jiang Family neither seeks trouble nor fears it. If you insist on mutual destruction, then come!”
The empress seethed, but just as she prepared to strike—
“Your Majesty, no! Patriarch Jiang speaks reason! Mutual destruction benefits no one—if we perish here, what becomes of the Jialan Clan?”
A Jialan Clan emperor intervened.
What a joke! They’d come to support their empress in her quest for vengeance, only to find she planned to summon the tribulation and blow them all up?
They’d be caught in the tribulation and wiped out!
Had they known, they’d never have come!
“You—!”
The empress was left isolated, her allies abandoning her.
“Fine! Since the Jiang Family colludes in shielding a criminal, I’ll settle this my own way!”
With that final threat, the Jialan Empress turned and left.
Watching her retreat, Jiang Hong muttered, “Family Head… we can’t let her go! Should we join forces to kill her here?”
Jiang Zhentian shook his head. “Pointless. With her immortal artifact, only an immortal could stop her. But our ancestors cling to the last wisps of their lifeforce—using their immortal energy would kill them. Not worth it.”
“What if she targets our descendants?”
“Unlikely. Knowing her, she’ll focus solely on Jiang Che. Under the Heaven-Severing Edict, her options are limited. It’s fine.”
“What a madwoman! To think she’d dare threaten our Jiang Family with the Immortal Tribulation… Thankfully, our clan-protection array scared her off. Otherwise, the consequences would’ve been dire.”
“No.” Jiang Zhentian suddenly spoke.
“No what?” Jiang Hong was puzzled.
"There is no clan-protecting grand formation. The golden age is about to arrive, and our clan's grand formation must be preserved until the day the immortal realm descends. Our immortal formation was jointly established by the six most powerful Six Tribulation Immortal Emperors of ancient times—a supreme defensive array created precisely for the day when the immortal realm coalesces... to safeguard our clan's peace. It must not be used lightly!"
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ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
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.
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
