Devouring his mentor! Ye Xuan falls into the demonic path, his strength skyrocketing against all odds!

Meanwhile.

In a certain unknown, gloomy underground secret room.

A thick, bloody stench mixed with the smell of herbs permeated the air, making one nauseous.

On two cold stone beds.

Ye Xuan and Li Xuan'er were lying side by side.

Their complexions were as pale as paper, their breathing was extremely weak, and their bodies were wrapped in thick bandages like two mummies.

Their bodies had been shredded by that Sword Intent from Lin Yuan.

Their Divine Souls had almost been shattered by the aftermath of Lin Zhan's world-destroying palm strike!

As they were now, let alone moving, even breathing was accompanied by heart-wrenching pain!

"Lin... Yuan..."

Ye Xuan gritted his teeth and squeezed these two words out of his throat.

His eyes were filled with endless resentment and... despair.

He had lost.

He had lost miserably!

He had lost so badly that there wasn't even a shred of luck left!

That man was like an insurmountable Divine mountain reaching into the clouds, pressing down heavily on his heart!

It made even breathing feel like a luxury!

Want to take revenge?

Want to defeat him?

Stop dreaming!

He was now a complete and utter piece of trash!

A pathetic wretch who couldn't even move!

Beside him, Li Xuan'er was trembling all over; on that once enchanting and charming face, only bone-deep Fear remained.

She didn't even dare to hate anymore.

Just then.

A cold figure appeared like a ghost, standing quietly beside the stone bed.

It was Ye Canglan!

He looked at his son, who was like a dead dog.

The eyes under his hood were burning with monstrous rage!

Not just towards the Lin family father and son!

But even more so towards his own useless son!

Trash!

Truly a piece of trash!

The gap in cultivation could be bridged, but if one's spirit was crushed, then that was truly as stupid as a pig!

He couldn't even withstand this little bit of a blow!

He suppressed the anger in his heart and spoke slowly in a voice so cold it carried no emotion.

"Xuan'er."

"Do not be discouraged."

Upon hearing this, a trace of self-mockery flashed in Ye Xuan's dead-gray eyes.

Not discouraged?

How could he not be discouraged?!

Everything he had was destroyed!

However.

Ye Canglan's next words made him feel as if he had been struck by lightning!

"This is just the... beginning of you truly becoming strong!!!"

Beginning?

Ye Xuan moved his eyes with difficulty, looking at his body, which was tightly wrapped in bandages and whose Meridians were severed.

Strong?

He was now a piece of trash who couldn't even move his fingers!

A pathetic wretch whose dignity, spirit, and everything else had been completely crushed by Lin Yuan, and by that monster of a grandfather of his!

What could he use to become strong?

What could he use to start?

Endless despair, like cold seawater, completely submerged him.

However, the moment his heart turned to ash and he was about to be completely swallowed by this despair!

An ancient voice boomed in his Divine Sense!

"Ye Xuan! Wake up! Do not listen to his nonsense!"

It was Ultimate Ancestor!

He finally couldn't hold back anymore!

"Your current injuries, while appearing severe, have not destroyed your Foundation! As long as you recuperate with a calm mind, in time, you may not lack the possibility of returning to your Peak!"

"But once you listen to your father's incitement and walk down that evil path, you will truly... be beyond redemption!"

Ultimate Ancestor's voice was filled with unprecedented solemnity and...

Fear!

He could feel it.

That man, Ye Canglan, was like a bottomless dark vortex. What he was pointing out to Ye Xuan was definitely not a path to becoming stronger!

That was a road of no return, leading to an endless abyss!

"Shut up!"

Ye Xuan roared hysterically in his heart.

His dead-gray eyes were instantly replaced by endless resentment and madness!

"Do you think I will still listen to you?!"

"Old thing! I respected you as my mentor! But what about you?!"

"When have you ever truly helped me?!"

"Where were you when I was humiliated? Where were you when I was mocked as trash?!"

"Where were you when I was stepped on by that scum Lin Yuan like an ant?!"

"You only told me to endure! To wait! To be a coward!"

"Now, I don't want to endure anymore! And I don't want to wait anymore!"

"I want to walk my own path! I want to obtain power! Power at any cost!"

...

His Divine Thought, like a crazed beast, rampaged wildly in his sea of Divine Sense.

Ultimate Ancestor's illusory remnant Soul flickered under this impact, as if it would dissipate at any moment.

"You... you are crazy! You are truly crazy!"

Ultimate Ancestor's voice was filled with disbelief.

"Crazy?"

Ye Xuan let out a neurotic sneer.

Then, he made a decision that made Ultimate Ancestor's Soul tremble in terror.

He suddenly raised his head.

Those eyes, filled with madness and determination, stared fixedly at the figure standing by the bed, who looked like a Demon God.

"Father!"

He roared with all his might, "I... I want to tell you a secret of mine!"

"Oh?"

Under Ye Canglan's hood, those deep eyes moved slightly.

"Speak."

"In my sea of Divine Sense, there resides a remnant Soul!"

Ye Xuan's voice was full of vindictive pleasure!

"He is called... Ultimate Ancestor!"

Boom!!!

The four words "Ultimate Ancestor" were like a thunderclap.

For the first time, Ye Canglan's eternally cold aura fluctuated violently.

"What did you say?!"

He took a step forward, appearing instantly in front of Ye Xuan, and one hand, like iron pincers, clamped onto Ye Xuan's head.

An extremely cold Divine Thought forced its way into Ye Xuan's sea of Divine Sense.

"You brat! You dare!!!"

Ultimate Ancestor let out a roar of extreme shock and anger.

He desperately tried to hide his aura.

But in front of Ye Canglan's vast Divine Thought, which was like a boundless ocean, his meager remnant Soul power was like a firefly in the dark, nowhere to hide.

"Heh heh..."

"Indeed... it really is Ultimate Ancestor!"

"The old guy who fought the previous God Lord a hundred years ago and was blasted into oblivion, actually left behind a remnant Soul and hid it in my son's body?"

Ye Canglan let out a chilling, eerie laugh.

"Truly... Heaven is helping me!"

"Xuan'er! You truly are the most perfect gift Heaven has given me!"

"By refining this remnant Soul, not only will your injuries be fully healed, but your cultivation will also be able to reach the sky in a single step! It is not impossible to directly Breakthrough to the God Realm!"

"No!!!"

Ultimate Ancestor was completely desperate.

He never imagined that after hiding for so many years, he would end up exposed in this way.

"Ye Canglan! You dare touch me! I will not let you go!"

He issued his final threat.

"You? A mere remnant Soul, how dare you be so presumptuous?!"

Ye Canglan sneered disdainfully.

As the words fell.

He stomped his foot violently.

Hum—!

Countless scarlet runes instantly lit up on the walls and floor of the entire underground secret room.

A massive Formation was activated with a boom!

"Blood Refining Formation, activate!"

Ye Canglan's cold voice echoed in the secret room.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Two figures, also wearing wide black robes, appeared silently behind him like ghosts.

Divine Court, Twelve Divine Officials!

Besides Ye Canglan, two more had appeared!

This was the Divine Court's top combat power in Dragon Xia Kingdom!

"The two of you, lend me a hand!" Ye Canglan said decisively, "Refine this monster and help our Divine Court's grand plan succeed early!"

"Very well!"

The other two Divine Officials gave the same hoarse response.

The next second.

The three Divine Officials stood in a triangular Formation.

They simultaneously reached out and pressed their hands onto the top of Ye Xuan's head!

Boom—

Three distinct yet equally powerful and terrifying forces instantly poured into Ye Xuan's body.

"Ahhhhhhh—!!!"

Ye Xuan let out a shrill, inhuman scream.

He felt as if his head were about to be crushed alive by three giant mountains!

In his sea of Divine Sense, a monstrous wave was set off!

A blood-colored furnace constructed from three evil energies appeared out of thin air, trapping Ultimate Ancestor's illusory remnant Soul tightly in the center!

"No! Let me go! Ye Xuan! You unfilial beast who betrays his mentor! I will not let you go even as a ghost!!!"

Ultimate Ancestor issued the most vicious and desperate curse.

However.

Ye Xuan's response was only a more crazed, more twisted laugh!

"Hahaha! Old thing! Just rest assured and become the nourishment for me to grow stronger!"

Boom!

The blood-colored furnace contracted violently!

Endless blood-colored evil fire burned Ultimate Ancestor's remnant Soul crazily!

"Ah—!"

The screaming stopped abruptly.

That remnant Soul, which had once dominated the world, was completely refined into the purest, masterless Soul Origin.

The next second.

This energy, like a bursting dam, rushed madly into Ye Xuan's limbs and bones.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The broken Meridians and shattered bones in his body actually began to reorganize and heal at a speed visible to the naked eye!

A terrifying power, ten times, a hundred times stronger than his Peak, was growing wildly within his body!

"Haha... hahahahaha!"

Ye Xuan sat up abruptly from the stone bed.

Feeling the unprecedented surging power in his body, he let out a laugh that was crazy to the extreme and utterly refreshing.

"Good! Such powerful strength!"

He slowly clenched his fists, feeling the power that could crush mountains and rivers, and a morbid intoxication appeared on his face!

"Lin Yuan!"

"You just wait!"

"Next time we meet, I will definitely tear you into ten thousand pieces!!!"