Defiing fate

High above the nameless village, Jiang Wang watched Chu Fan's performance and clicked his tongue in wonder.

"It is truly a pity that this kid did not start practicing the Demonic Path Cultivation Technique sooner."

"He was even able to lay a hand on a two-year-old child; is this his true nature, or has he been influenced by the Remnant Soul of Taotie again?"

Continuing to observe Chu Fan's masterpiece, Jiang Wang was very excited.

No matter how one looked at it, Chu Fan was a rising star of the Demonic Path.

The small village had a total of about a hundred people, and in just an hour or two, Chu Fan had slaughtered the entire village.

Throughout the entire process, he kept recalling the words Jiang Wang had spoken in his mind.

He did not have any hesitation regarding his actions.

He did not ponder why a bandit stronghold would have the elderly, women, and children, nor why the most common weapons here were kitchen knives, hoes, and shovels instead of swords.

Now, within the entire small village, only the sound of Chu Fan's heavy breathing remained.

Standing in the pool of blood, Chu Fan did not feel any discomfort.

On the contrary, a sense of intoxicating pleasure welled up in his heart.

That was the pleasure of spiritual power passing through his body and continuously strengthening his cultivation.

Whenever he killed someone, his Spirit Devouring Body Forging Art would automatically operate, turning the Qi and blood of the slain into nourishment for Chu Fan.

Combined with the 'taotie feast spirit', his cultivation finally returned to the Transcendent Realm.

Realizing this, Chu Fan was incomparably joyful; if he continued at this speed, he would be able to return to the Longevity Realm in at most seven days.

Jiang Wang landed beside him and asked in a concerned tone: "Little Friend Chu Fan, how are you feeling? Do you feel any discomfort? If you do, you must tell me immediately."

The other party's concern warmed Chu Fan's heart; having just lost his Master Ye Nantian, what he lacked most was such care.

"Many thanks for your concern, Senior Qi. I feel better than ever! Look, my cultivation has already returned to the Transcendent Realm!"

"That is good. Now that you have stepped into the Transcendent Realm, you have the ability to deal with some Yao Beasts on your own. I just observed that there is a Yao Beast lair to the west, filled with Yao Beasts at the first or second level of the Transcendent Realm, which is just right for you to practice."

"Really?! Many thanks, Senior Qi."

Eager to improve his cultivation, Chu Fan did not think much and headed directly in the direction Jiang Wang pointed.

As for Jiang Wang himself, he remained in place to handle the cleanup for Chu Fan.

It would not be good if things here were discovered by others.

...

On the other side, Su Ming felt the constantly increasing spiritual power in his body and knew that this guy Chu Fan had definitely obtained some benefits again.

"Chu Fan, whether you can successfully step into the Longevity Realm Eighth Layer before reaching the heaven-reaching pagoda depends on how hard you work. You must not disappoint me..."

As Su Ming thought of this, an injured Yao Beast crashed down beside him.

Judging from its aura, it was clearly a Star Realm Yao Beast.

Su Ming was already accustomed to all this; he reached out and tapped the Shen Ming on his wrist, signaling it to wake up.

During this time, Su Ming had also discovered that this guy, Shen Ming, was a super lazy bug.

Unless he proactively took out the 'chaos spirit liquid', this guy would remain in a state of silent slumber the whole time, almost turning into a real bracelet.

Even Qu Xiangyang did not realize at first that the thing on Su Ming's wrist was the Reincarnation Dragon Centipede that their ancestor had gone to great lengths to domesticate.

The Sect had raised this cabbage for a thousand years, only for it to be taken away by Su Ming like this, which made him feel somewhat bitter.

This time returning, besides clearing up the misunderstanding, he also intended to tame the Reincarnation Dragon Centipede and take it as his war pet.

With no hope of breaking through to the Creation Realm himself, changing his mindset to cultivate a Creation Realm war pet was not impossible.

However, none of this was possible to achieve now.

Fortunately, he realized that Su Ming's cultivation of the Reincarnation Dragon Centipede was lacking, so he took the initiative to tell him the method of cultivation, hoping to gain Su Ming's favor in exchange.

The food of the Reincarnation Dragon Centipede clan was very special; besides things that normally contained spiritual power, they could also eat the time within other living organisms, which was their lifespan.

Shen Ming slowly crawled onto the body of this Star Realm Yao Beast, then inserted the translucent siphon on its feet into its body, beginning to absorb the remaining lifespan of the other party.

A Star Realm Yao Beast could live for thousands of years, which to Shen Ming was comparable to 'chaos spirit liquid'.

Feeding Shen Ming early meant it would not have to share the 'chaos spirit liquid' with him, which could be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Watching the Reincarnation Dragon Centipede eating, Qu Xiangyang suddenly turned his gaze to another place.

"Lord Su, it seems another Star Realm Yao Beast is approaching..."

"I have said it before, you do not need to report such matters to me. Once you discover them, just go and beat them into critical condition and bring them back."

Su Ming waved his hand indifferently.

Qu Xiangyang opened his mouth slightly, wanting to say something, but in the end, he did not say it.

After all, everything was happening too coincidentally, so coincidental that one might think there was some conspiracy involved.

From the time Su Ming broke through to the Longevity Realm Seventh Layer until now, the two of them had already been besieged by five Star Realm Yao Beasts.

This was not the chaotic Northern Territory; most of the Star Realm Yao Beasts that wreaked havoc had long been wiped out.

Those that had not been dealt with either had self-awareness and hid early, or were well-behaved good Yao.

As a result, they had encountered six of them in just a few short hours, which simply did not make sense.

Qu Xiangyang could not understand, but Su Ming knew very well what the reason was.

Everything stemmed from the targeting of Destiny.

Just like in the Secret Realm when he threatened Chu Fan's life, and Destiny caused countless Yao Beasts to take the initiative to attack Su Ming.

Because Chu Fan had developed monstrous hatred for Su Ming, Destiny, in order to cater to this protagonist, also began to secretly target Su Ming.

Perhaps because of the previous time when he forced out the heavenly dao realm will, this targeting by Destiny was very restrained.

The situation from last time, where a great army pressed upon the border, had not happened at all.

However, the current situation was less like Destiny targeting Su Ming and more like Destiny was sending him growth.

After all, Su Ming had two Half-step Void Realm level Protectors by his side; no matter how many Star Realm Yao Beasts came, they were just throwing their lives away.

The Shen Ming, which was originally only at the Transcendent Realm, had now been fed all the way to the Longevity Realm.

Furthermore, the Reincarnation Dragon Centipede only absorbed lifespan and would not cause any damage to the value of the Yao Beast's corpse.

Therefore, as soon as the critically injured Star Realm Yao Beast had its lifespan drained, it was immediately refined by Su Ming using the 'chaos spirit transformation bottle' into 'chaos spirit liquid' for him to absorb.

More importantly, these Yao Beasts were originally experience babies arranged by Destiny for Chu Fan, and now that they died at Su Ming's hands, he could naturally extract destiny points.

This was simply not targeting, but helping Su Ming develop as quickly as possible.

"Destiny, your targeting is a bit too gentle; can you bring something more intense?"

Su Ming looked up at the sky and issued his provocation.