On the Beast Soul Continent, cultivation was divided from weakest to strongest into the Mortal Spirit Realm, Strong Spirit Realm, Frenzy Spirit Realm, Super Spirit Realm, Demon Spirit Realm, Earth Spirit Realm, and Celestial Spirit Realm.
Each realm was further divided into nine layers.
Even the strongest expert of the Ye Family, Ye Zeyun, had just broken into the Strong Spirit Realm and was far from being a match for the Eighth Elder.
“Eighth Elder!
This is a misunderstanding!
A complete misunderstanding!” Ye Zeyun grit his teeth, bowing deeply as he tried to explain.
However, the Eighth Elder gave him no chance to speak.
A streak of crimson Spiritual Qi abruptly slammed into Ye Zeyun, sending him flying backward.
He coughed out a mouthful of blood, his complexion instantly growing considerably weaker.
The members of the Ye Family watched in trembling fear, none daring to utter a single word.
Ye Zeyun coughed up a few more mouthfuls of blood.
Dropping straight to his knees, he pleaded once more, “Eighth Elder, it truly is a misunderstanding.
We were just about to hand the murderer over to the Fang Family!”
Faced with the Fang Family’s expert, Ye Zeyun had no other choice but to beg for mercy.
The Eighth Elder frowned.
“What do you mean?
You didn’t kill him?”
“Even if I were given a hundred times the courage, I still wouldn’t dare lay a finger on Young Master Fang!”
“Then who is the murderer?!” the Eighth Elder demanded, his gaze turning vicious.
“It was him…
He was the one who killed Young Master Fang.” Ye Zeyun pointed directly at Ye Xuan, his eyes completely apathetic and devoid of any emotion.
“Brother…” Ye Ling’Er clung to Ye Xuan’s arm, terrified that something would happen to her own flesh and blood.
She wondered how things could have turned out this way when she had finally reunited with her brother.
She blamed herself.
If only she had just agreed to Fang Shaohan’s demands, none of this would have happened.
Ye Xuan turned to her with a smile, patting her hand to reassure her that he was fine before speaking up.
“Are you really planning to hand me over?
I am also a member of the Ye Family.
The same blood flows through my veins.”
Wherever Ye Xuan’s gaze swept, no one dared to meet his eyes.
“Is no one brave enough to even look at me?” Ye Xuan shrugged, chuckling with indifference.
“But I don’t blame you.
I know you fear the Fang Family.
Still, I stand by my words—even if you hand me over, do you think they will just let this go?
Everyone who knows Fang Shaohan died here is currently present.
We might as well go all the way, slaughter them all, and destroy the corpses to erase all evidence!”
Destroy the corpses to erase all evidence!
Ye Xuan’s voice echoed continuously throughout the surroundings, resonating with a soul-stirring intensity.
His words only drew bitter smiles from the Ye Family members.
Slaughter them all?
The Ye Family didn’t have that kind of capability!
Being slaughtered themselves was far more likely.
Ye Zeyun opened his mouth to say something, but the Eighth Elder suddenly let out a cold shout.
“Such arrogance!
So, you’re the one who killed Shaohan?
And now you want to kill me?
Hah!
You don’t know the meaning of death!
Ye Zeyun, this boy is also a member of the Ye Family, right?
Since Shaohan died at the hands of your Ye Family, your entire clan can accompany him in death!
I can promise you with utmost certainty—every single person here today must die!”
Hearing this, the faces of the Ye Family members twisted in sheer terror.
Ye Zeyun immediately begged for mercy.
“Eighth Elder, please don’t do this!
The Ye Family has worked like dogs for the Fang Family all these years.
Even if we lack great achievements, our hard work must account for something, right?”
“Hmph, you’re nothing but dogs raised by my Fang Family!
If a dog dies, we simply replace it with another.”
“You!” Ye Zeyun’s face turned ashen.
Ultimately, feeling immensely aggrieved, he pointed an accusing finger at Ye Xuan.
“What kind of cursed fate is this?!
Ye Xuan, look at what you’ve done!
Now our entire Ye Family has to die with you!
Tell me, you’ve been missing for thirteen years, so why did you have to come back now of all times?!”
“Exactly!
We all thought you died years ago.
How are you still alive?!”
“Sigh, we never should have wasted our medicinal herbs to save you over the past few days.”
The Ye Family members were utterly overwhelmed by despair.
Yet, Ye Xuan’s expression remained unchanged as he spoke again.
“Elders, as I said, not a single person in the Ye Family has to die.
As long as we kill them, no one will ever know about this.”
Having already died once, Ye Xuan would never cower or flinch in the face of anything.
It didn’t matter who they were—if someone provoked him or his family, his answer was a single word: kill.
Hearing this, Ye Zeyun almost laughed out of sheer fury.
“Kill?
How are we supposed to kill him?” If he had the ability to defeat the Eighth Elder, he would have rebelled the moment the man threatened to wipe out the entire Ye Family.
He would have killed the Eighth Elder and fled with their clansmen.
The problem was, he simply wasn’t a match!
“Exactly, it’s more like we’re the ones about to be killed!”
“Ye Xuan, you’ve completely doomed us!”
“My poor youngest son just turned a month old…
No, I don’t want to die!”
Some members of the Ye Family had already suffered emotional breakdowns.
Standing to the side, the Eighth Elder of the Fang Family also found the situation somewhat amusing.
“Boy, you actually think you can kill me?” he couldn’t help but ask.
“How exactly do you plan on doing that?”
Ye Xuan raised his fist.
“It’s simple.
I’ll blow your head off!”
“Hahaha!
A nameless junior actually dreams of blowing this old master’s head off!
Even if I just stood right here, you wouldn’t have the capability!
Forget it, I have no patience to waste breath on you lot.
I’ll blow your head off first, then slaughter your clansmen!”
The Eighth Elder withdrew his Beast Soul and released fiery Spiritual Qi from his entire body.
Like a giant formed of flames, he threw a lethal punch toward Ye Xuan.
In his eyes, killing a mere junior didn’t require the augmentation of his Beast Soul Power.
Before the fist even arrived, a terrifying, suffocating pressure surged forward.
“Ye Xuan is dead for sure!”
“Sigh, the arrogance of youth.
Not only did he doom himself, but he also dragged the entire Ye Family down with him.”
The Ye Family members were completely engulfed in despair.
On the opposite side, facing the Eighth Elder of the Fang Family’s attack, Ye Xuan neither dodged nor retreated.
Instead, he similarly raised his own fist.
He activated the Heaven-Defying Battle Intent Technique!
At that moment, Ye Xuan’s body erupted with a resplendent golden light.
Bathed in the radiance, he looked like a divine child as his aura rapidly skyrocketed!
The golden light spiraled around him, faintly taking the shape of a Golden Dragon.
But this was not a Beast Soul.
Ye Xuan hadn’t utilized any Beast Soul Power at all.
“Hmm?”
By the time the Eighth Elder sensed something was wrong, Ye Xuan’s fist had already struck.
BAM!
With a dull thud, brain matter splattered across the air.
Ye Xuan had instantly killed the Eighth Elder of the Fang Family with a single punch.
The older man hadn’t even had the chance to react!
In that instant, the entire crowd was thrown into an uproar.
Everyone’s eyes widened and their jaws dropped.
Their breathing quickened as they stared in utter disbelief.
“This…
Ye Xuan didn’t die!
The Eighth Elder is dead!”
“Heavens!
The Eighth Elder was instantly…
instantly killed by him!”
“How is this possible?”
“Ye Xuan, how did you do that?
After thirteen years apart, just what level of cultivation have you reached?!”