Chapter 157: Despicable Wretches!
Chapter 157: Despicable Wretches!
True Man Chongguang was meditating in seclusion at Holy Flame Cliff.
Yet suddenly, the thunderous voice of True Man Yinshan rumbled through the air, barely containing his agitation—though he clearly hadn’t mastered his emotions completely.
“Senior Brother! Come out and watch the spectacle!”
Chongguang opened his eyes slowly, shaking his head. “How many times have I told you, Yinshan? A cultivator must remain composed amidst chaos. Don’t be so impulsive.”
“It’s just Chen Taihe breaking through to Foundation Building’s late stage.”
“The third Celestial Vanguard already belonged to him for ages. Now that he’s perfected the Replaced Calamity Art, what’s so surprising about his advancement?”
Though his words were calm, his expression held no reproach—only a faint wistfulness. After all, once he too had been like Yinshan—naïve and easily startled by the smallest occurrences. But now, time had worn him down, leaving him indifferent to most things.
Nothing could stir his heart anymore.
Solitude, loneliness, monotony—this was the path every Foundation Building cultivator walked. The bittersweet trials of cultivation and the myriad mortal hardships were all contained within.
“No, it’s Lv Yang seducing the Heaven-Mending Peak Master’s wife!”
“…What?”
In an instant, Chongguang’s composed demeanor shattered. He instinctively questioned what he’d just heard.
Lv Yang? Seducing her?
The Heaven-Mending Peak Master’s wife?!
He immediately extended his divine consciousness beyond Holy Flame Cliff, gazing toward Heaven-Mending Peak. What met his eyes was a shocking scene.
Outside the grand Heaven-Mending Peak, its master was mid-tribulation. Inside, however, Lv Yang and Lady Ruoxiang had already entered a grand hall together, their voices amplified by an array art that thundered across the skies.
The surrounding Holy Sect elders watched in stunned silence.
“Not serious… they’re actually doing this?”
Inside the Foundation Building realm, Heaven-Mending Peak Master’s face turned livid. Never had he imagined Lv Yang and Ruoxiang would stoop to such bestiality.
Yet in the next breath, he purged all distractions.
“Focus on the tribulation first!”
The Heaven-Mending Peak Master had always been a ruthless fiend—his rage cooled as swiftly as it rose. Even now, he couldn’t suppress a flicker of disdain.
Did these dogs truly believe such despicable tactics could disrupt his cultivation?
A cold glint flashed in his eyes. “Yuan Tu… So he knows about my alliance with Fulong?”
This must be revenge!
Failing to strike me directly, so they target my wife instead?
What beasts!
For a moment, Heaven-Mending felt a grudging admiration for Lv Yang’s audacity. No wonder Chongguang valued him so highly—his recklessness knew no bounds.
“Enough. Continue the tribulation.”
He steeled his mind, ignoring the provocative voices echoing around him, and focused on the heavenly calamity before him.
But then he froze.
Chen Shuqian, whose divine consciousness he’d sealed, suddenly trembled. Her previously hazy eyes cleared in an instant!
“This is… Dual-Soul Unity Cultivation!?”
“Vile woman!”
Now truly enraged, Heaven-Mending finally understood Ruoxiang’s motives. Dual-Soul Unity allowed two cultivators to share experiences and insights. Ruoxiang had planted this technique within Shuqian to circumvent prenatal amnesia upon reincarnation, enabling Shuqian to later aid her rebirth.
Yet now, Ruoxiang had reversed its application—using it to awaken Shuqian’s suppressed consciousness, breaking the amnesia’s grip.
“Mm…”
Within the Foundation Building realm, Shuqian’s expression relaxed as her halted thoughts resumed.
“Ahhh!”
A scream pierced Heaven-Mending Peak. Almost simultaneously, Chen Shuqian’s eyes snapped open!
She was awake!
In that moment of clarity, she acted without hesitation. Before Heaven-Mending’s bloodshot gaze, she detonated her physical body!
“No—!”
Her flesh disintegrated into a crimson mist, staining Heaven-Mending’s vision red. As her karmic bloodline shattered, he felt his Replaced Calamity Art dissipating—his safeguard against heavenly tribulation lost!
“Unfilial wretch!” His teeth ground together like steel. “If not for my efforts securing resources, could you have ever reached Foundation Building? Is this your gratitude?”
“Father, you’ve misunderstood,” Shuqian’s soul drifted from the Foundation Building realm, her voice echoing behind. “I never wished to speak so plainly between us.”
“But let me state this clearly—I’ve never felt joy in our time together.”
As her words faded, Heaven-Mending watched Shuqian’s soul gently descend to the peak. The peak’s gates swung open, revealing the grand hall where Lv Yang and a disoriented Lady Ruoxiang emerged, supporting each other.
All of this had been Ruoxiang’s scheme—a desperate act of vengeance. How deep her hatred must run.
“Chen Taihe, those words are mine to speak.” Ruoxiang’s scarlet lips curled as she faced Heaven-Mending. “I’ve never felt such joy with you as I did just now with Yuan Tu.”
Next moment, Shuqian descended, bowing respectfully before Lv Yang. “Thank you, Senior Yuan Tu, for saving my life. I shall repay this debt in full.”
Heaven-Mending Peak Master: “….”
Lv Yang watched the peak master’s face flush crimson, white vapor visibly rising from his seven apertures.
“Good! Good! Good!”
He inhaled deeply, suppressing his rage—for hope remained.
He’d prepared two children for this tribulation, ensuring absolute safety. Now both Ruoxiang and Shuqian had betrayed him, costing him one safeguard. Yet with his strength, he still had a six-in-ten chance of surviving!
‘Once I break through to late stage… none shall escape!’
He’d slaughter these three despicable wretches—Holy Sect elders be damned.
Indeed, if he succeeded…
At this critical moment, he finally shed all pretense of paternal affection, revealing his greedy, frenzied visage. As he cackled, he activated the Replaced Calamity Art once more, redirecting the raging heavenly tribulation toward Chen Xin’an.
Then he witnessed something that nearly shattered his soul.
“Sorry, Father. I’ve belonged to the old master all along.”
Chen Xin’an—who should’ve been as suppressed as Shuqian—suddenly opened his eyes without warning, sighing bitterly toward him.
(End of Chapter)
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