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Chapter 158: The Dreadfulness of Lv Yang
Chapter 158: The Dreadfulness of Lv Yang
At this moment, the Heaven-Mending Peak Master’s expression was one of stunned disbelief.
Chen Shuqian’s awakening, he could still rationalize as Lady Ruoxiang’s doing. Though unexpected, the method was understandable.
But Chen Xin’an was different!
Chen Xin’an bore no spells from Lady Ruoxiang. Logically, he should’ve been entirely incapable of breaking free from the Divine Consciousness Suppression Art!
Could it be… he’s been someone else’s man all along?
“Could it be—” the Heaven-Mending Peak Master suddenly turned, only to see Lv Yang standing there with one arm around Lady Ruoxiang and the other suppressing Chen Shuqian. His smile was cold and chilling.
“N-no, this can’t be!”
In an instant, a preposterous thought exploded in the Heaven-Mending Peak Master’s mind: “I rescued him even before he Foundation-Built!”
“There’s nothing impossible,” Chen Xin’an shook his head. “I’ve always been my master’s man. Without his orders, why would I pretend to cooperate with you all this time?”
The Heaven-Mending Peak Master felt his bones turn to ice.
It wasn’t just Chen Xin’an’s betrayal—it was the shadowy figure behind him. The depth of their scheming, the scale of their planning, left him shivering like he’d fallen into a frozen abyss.
“What terrifying mastery!” the Heaven-Mending Peak Master sighed bitterly.
Even he couldn’t help but admire the audacity. If Chen Xin’an spoke truthfully, this person had dared to plot against him even before reaching the Foundation-Building stage!
Yet the more he pondered, the less sense it made.
Why? Did we have such bitter enmity?
With no time for thought, the Heaven-Mending Peak Master turned to Chen Xin’an again. “Xin’an… you can’t do this to me! Haven’t you always understood your father best?”
“I must break through to the Foundation-Building Later Stage! I have so much left to accomplish—becoming a True Man, gaining influence in the Holy Sect, earning a True Monarch’s favor. I’ve prepared for so much! The Millennium Cataclysm is near. With careful planning, I still have a chance to seize golden opportunities!”
“Xin’an, please…”
The Heaven-Mending Peak Master refused to believe it. Unlike Chen Shuqian, Chen Xin’an was his own disciple, raised by his own hands. How could familial bonds be weaker than loyalty to some Lv Yang?
Yet with his last flicker of hope, he heard only a cold, indifferent reply:
“Farewell, Father… and farewell to my weakness.”
Boom!
In the next instant, Chen Xin’an, still suppressed in divine consciousness, sacrificed his body in an explosive burst. Layers of karmic causality visibly dissipated into the air.
In an instant, the Foundation-Building Stage was empty except for the Heaven-Mending Peak Master. As he opened his mouth to speak, the long-accumulated Heavenly Tribulation roared down, swallowing him whole. A piercing, venomous scream echoed:
“Lv Yang—!!!”
Below, within the Heaven-Mending Peak, a white aura descended and solidified into Chen Xin’an’s form before Lv Yang. He knelt respectfully, bowing to the ground.
Everyone was stunned into silence.
Even Chongguang True Man from the Holy Flame Cliff—who once praised Lv Yang as a future pillar of the Holy Sect—had never expected him to orchestrate something like this.
“Man, Old Chen really got wrecked!”
“Wife, daughter, son—all of them turned out to be Slaughter’s men! Who could survive such betrayal? How did Slaughter pull it off? Mind-control techniques?”
“Impossible. No mind-control could work on a True Man.”
“Could it be… genuine loyalty?”
“Whatever it was, it was masterful.”
For a time, the True Men of the Holy Sect murmured amongst themselves. As they glanced at the Heaven-Mending Peak Master struggling under Heavenly Tribulation, they instinctively took a few steps back.
Truthfully, no one felt sympathy for him.
Partly, it was his own poor reputation. Partly, it was the unease over his actions crossing a line.
Using a Foundation-Building True Man as a pawn?
In the Holy Sect, the distinction between Foundation-Built and not was absolute. Once Foundation-Built, one transcended pawnhood and gained the right to choose.
But if even a True Man could be treated as a pawn, that boundary blurred. And if the Heaven-Mending Peak Master used such methods to break into the Foundation-Building Later Stage, wouldn’t other Mid-Stage True Men follow suit? Would they target even those of the Foundation-Building Early Stage?
Thus, many secretly welcomed the Heaven-Mending Peak Master’s fate.
“Chen Taihe, you died well!”
Especially with Chen Shuqian and Chen Xin’an breaking free to betray him, the incident solidified the transcendent status of Foundation-Building True Men.
This outcome would quell the ambitions of many restless cultivators.
And in the Holy Sect’s harsh hierarchy, many now looked at Lv Yang with newfound approval.
Meanwhile, the elder True Man who’d earlier boasted of his wisdom wore an expression of stunned revelation. His gaze at Lv Yang was akin to staring at a demigod, until a younger True Man beside him snapped him back to reality.
“Never provoke Slaughter again,” he warned, exhaling deeply. “This man is devilishly cunning. With only the Foundation-Building Early Stage, he’s eliminated two Mid-Stage True Men.”
“You’re exaggerating,” the younger man scoffed. “One died of old age, the other was sabotaged by his own family. None were fair fights.”
“That’s what makes him terrifying!” The elder shook his head. “You see his schemes, but not the foresight and karmic manipulation needed to pull them off.”
“Without precise calculation of heavenly fate and mastery over karmic chains, he couldn’t have reached this level. Either he holds a heavenly treasure, or his talent far surpasses his realm. Either way, his combat strength is unmatched!”
“And he’s not even one to shy from battle.”
“Decades ago, didn’t he crush a Divine Martial Gate True Man at Skull Mountain? I heard that fight was utterly decisive.”
“While minor, the Divine Martial Gate still possesses an upper-tier spirit treasure. Their Huan Wu opponent had refined his life-essence, a formidable figure even among Early Stage Foundation-Builders.”
“And yet now, who thinks of Slaughter’s strength first? They think of his methods!”
A cultivator of such power being perceived not by might but by cunning—that was the true terror.
To mask one’s brilliance with another form of brilliance: this was subtlety few could perceive.
For a moment, the elder True Man dared not voice his conclusions, fearing Lv Yang’s notice. At 800 years old, nearing the end of his third life, he had no desire to provoke a peer as ruthless as this.
And he was not alone in this fear.
Meanwhile, Lv Yang watched the Heavenly Tribulation dissipate over the Foundation-Building Stage, leaving the Heaven-Mending Peak Master reduced to ashes. A trace of regret lingered in his heart.
“What a waste. Such fine material for refining swords.”
Even the Subduing Dragon Arhat would’ve been valuable. But the Avici Sword’s divine essence required combat victories to strengthen—surrender without a fight counted for nothing.
Otherwise, two Foundation-Building Mid-Stage cultivators could’ve elevated the Avici Sword to truly terrifying power.
(End of Chapter)
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