"H-how is that even.." Tian Yunchen stumbled upon his words, his eyes showing a hint of disbelief, suspicion and at last, guilt.
"It may be hard for you to believe, but I know, as I heard about both you and second brother from our mother many times back then. Back when...she was still here." Although his face was expressionless, Tian Yongheng’s emotions betrayed him as his fists clenched without his knowledge as the memories of how brutally his entire family had been slaughtered came flooding back into his mind.
Of how lifeless his father’s body looked, of how cold his mother’s corpse was.
Speaking of it, since that day, he had lost all his emotions after getting struck by the lightning struck which caused the activation of the system. At least on the surface level.
He couldn’t weep, or even lament about his parents’ death. He couldn’t show those emotions to others even if he wanted to. It was just not possible. He was no different than a emotionless rock on the outside.
[Tian Yunchen has developed favorability towards you.]
[Current favorability: 2-Star]
He looked up in front of him to once again see the floating panel displaying Tian Yunchen’s information, albeit now more clear than before.
[Tian Yunchen: Ninth Stage of Innate Realm.
Former eldest young master of Jiangnan Tian Family Branch. He was a genius of his time who had a Single-Elemental Spiritual Root or a Heavenly Spiritual Root, and also possessed the Holy Whirlwind Constitution.
However, when he had just entered the Acquired Realm, both he and his younger brother were ordered by the main branch of Tian Family to participate in a demonic cultivator subjugation taking place in the East Coast, which lead to a very tragic ending as they lost more than a 100,000 cultivators of the righteous path.
His younger brother was killed and he was severely injured, later falling into Qi Deviation and having no choice but to become a demonic cultivator to survive. He thinks of you as his benefactor, but is still skeptical of your claim of being his youngest brother since you were not born yet when he was in the Tian Family.]
Reading the description, Tian Yongheng’s fists clenched even tighter.
Tian Family...they really don’t care about anything else other than themselves, huh?
"What else happened...during my absence?" At this moment, Tian Yunchen finally asked, his eyes on the surface.
"Our branch was destroyed by the schemes of both Qin Family and Tian Family. Father, mother, everyone else died. I was the only one fortunate enough to be able to escape."
"What about...grandfather?"
"His whereabouts...were unknown then, and I still don’t know even now."
"...So we’re the only ones remaining of our branch..?"
"That seems to be the case." Saying this, Tian Yongheng hesitated before asking, "Can you explain to me what happened to both you and...second brother back then?"
As soon as he said this, Tian Yunchen’s expression became full of guilt, his eyes showing regret as he began to explain slowly.
"Hundreds of years ago, I was hailed as the great genius of Jiangnan’s capital, the prodigy who possessed the Holy Whirlwind Constitution. As a result, my combat prowess were far beyond normal cultivators and my cultivation was also way faster than my peers. I established my foundation before turning a hundred years old, and entered the Acquired Realm before turning 250.
In a sense, I was well on my way to becoming a Golden Core Realm cultivator before a thousand years of age, then a Tribulation Transcendence Realm almighty being in less than 10,000 years and surpassing all the past generations of my family line while also standing side by side with the supreme geniuses of our generation such as the eldest senior brother of Mount Kunlun.
In a way, my ascension to immortality was set in stone." At this moment, Tian Yunchen stopped for a moment before continuing.
"But, as a rule of the universe everyone knows about, everything has an opposite effect. If there is light, there are shadows, if there is good, there is evil too. My talents not only brought praises and expectations, they also brought about jealousy and hatred.
Although normal people couldn’t do anything but only curse me in their hearts because of my status, I still hoped that no higher ups go against me. But then, the day finally came when higher ups began to take notice of me, the ones who couldn’t be suppressed by my status.
The younger generations of multiple top tier major factions, even the Tian Family’s younger generation, started to get envious of my potential as it was on par with the prodigies like the War God of the Great Jiang Immortal Dynasty, Path Seeker Daoist of the Great Path Holy Land and the Serene Night Sword Saintess of the Seven-Star Sword Sect.
In the end, both me and our second brother were invited to participate in a demonic cultivator subjugation. An invitation from the main family that we couldn’t refuse.
Even though the subjugation should only have had cultivators at least in the Golden Core Realm, we were still sent under the guise of training the younger generation with the direct descendants of the major factions and their main branches.
However, before we could even reach the East Coast, a beast tide appeared out of nowhere, with Demon Beasts in the Innate and even Golden Core Realm appearing. While those descendants of major factions all had their own powerful Dharma Artifacts which they used to fend off the Demon Beasts and in case anything were to happen, their Dao Protectors were also watching over them to ensure their safety.
Although there were other cultivators from similar backgrounds as us, such as the branches of major factions, they all received help from those direct descendants of major factions while they didn’t even bother to look at us, or the ones who weren’t connected to any major faction.
It was also during that time our second brother, Tian Yunxiao, who was only in the Foundation Establishment Realm at that time, died when he was attacked by a Innate Realm Demon Beast. Even when I survived at that time, those heartless bastards didn’t even give time for me to be able to pick up his corpse after the beast tide ended, and I had to quickly follow them to the East Coast.
The casualties in the East Coast were way too big, and we lost more than a hundred thousand cultivators. But not a single descendant of any major faction was even slightly injured, nor were the people who they protected.
I was severely injured by a fatal wound to my chest by the flying sword of a demonic cultivator, but they didn’t help me, instead just laughed at me and gave me looks. Then, using a special treasure, the youngest son of Tian Family’s current head forcibly snatched the Providence of my Holy Whirlwind Constitution and even the entire Constitution itself.
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I got even more severely injured than before, and was one step away from death when I realized that all of this was a plot to get my Constitution. The death of all those people didn’t matter to them at all. There is no difference between the righteous path and the demonic path at all.
Those guys just left me to die there, and the East Coast was temporarily declared as a forbidden grounds.
When I tried to recover my injuries by cultivating, the loss of my Constitution had already impacted me very much, and I fell into Qi Deviation, which led me to become a demonic cultivator.
Because of the East Coast being forbidden, no one came to my rescue, and eventually I was forgotten." By the end, Tian Yunchen let out a soft sigh full of sorrow.
Hearing his story, Tian Yongheng’s rage was evident across his apathetic face.
How could they...?
"I won’t ask the origins of your powers, but...what do you intend to do now?" Tian Yunchen asked, raising his head and looking straight at Tian Yongheng’s face.
"I will...
Destroy them all."
[Tian Yunchen’s favorability towards you has increased.]
[Current favorability: 4-Star]
Hearing him say that, Tian Yunchen felt somewhat good, but he still couldn’t help but say, "Are you sure you can avenge our family? You may be strong, but that is still not enough to challenge the major cultivation factions. They have millions or even tens of millions of cultivators with strength similar to your own. The Golden Core Realm is only powerful among at most Second-Rate forces.
But to First-Rate factions, they’re not even considered ants. Not to mention we’re talking about the top tier forces even among First-Rate ones, the Qin Family and Tian Family. These major factions literally rule the world. Even Tribulation Transcendence Realm mighty figures are in thousands in these factions-"
"A thousand years." Cutting him off, Tian Yongheng suddenly said with a domineering voice.
"Huh...? What do you-"
"A thousand years, and there will be no more Tian Family or Qin Family in the Second Great Mortal World."