190: Shura Academy

Desolate Mountain, Execution Ground.

Lin Fan stood at the center, with all the people captured from the five Secret Realms behind him.

Red Dragon Old Ancestor, Ice Phoenix Old Ancestor, Ancestor Lei Ting, Ancestor An Ying, and Ancestor Mo Yuan—five Late Stage Martial Emperors—lay on the ground like dead dogs, covered in wounds and barely breathing.

Behind them were hundreds of Secret Realm Disciples, each pale-faced and trembling.

"What's going on?! My phone!"

"The TV changed channels by itself?!"

"Is this... a live broadcast? Who is that person?!"

"Wait... those on the ground... are they dragons?! Monsters?!"

Across the globe, seven billion people were simultaneously dumbfounded at this moment.

China, a certain conference room.

A group of high-ranking officials was urgently holding a meeting.

"Report! Satellites have detected abnormal energy fluctuations! Right outside Donghai City!"

"The live broadcast signal cannot be cut off! The technical department is working at full capacity to crack it, but... the other party's technological level far surpasses ours!"

"The person in the footage... seems to be Lin Fan?"

"Lin Fan?! The Genius Martial Artist who disappeared a year ago?!"

"He's back?!"

Countries around the world were also plunged into Chaos.

But everyone's gaze was firmly fixed on the live broadcast footage.

On the Desolate Mountain.

Lin Fan looked up at the invisible camera floating in the air and slowly spoke:

"Fellow Earthlings, hello."

"I am Lin Fan."

"A year ago, I was hunted down by the Old Ancestors of the five Secret Realms, severely injured and on the brink of death, forced to leave Earth."

"Today, a year later, I have returned."

His voice spread to every corner of the globe through the live broadcast equipment.

Calm, yet carrying a terrifying pressure.

"Today, I am here to publicly judge the five Secret Realms."

"To judge them... for their crimes of bullying the weak, indiscriminately killing the innocent, monopolizing resources, and obstructing the progress of human civilization."

As his words fell, Lin Fan took out a Memory Extractor.

He walked up to the Red Dragon Old Ancestor and pressed the Crystal Ball against his forehead.

"First, the Red Dragon Secret Realm."

Hum!!!

The Crystal Ball emitted light, projecting a series of images in the air.

The Red Dragon Old Ancestor massacred an entire Ancient Martial Family, not even sparing three-year-old children, to seize a treasure.

Disciples of the Red Dragon Secret Realm bullied men and women, plundered and extorted in the outside world, with local governments too afraid to intervene.

The Red Dragon Old Ancestor secretly manipulated the regime of a small country, starting wars just to collect the Blood and Killing Qi from battlefields to Cultivate a Demonic Technique... one incident after another, shocking and horrifying!

Global viewers were stunned.

"Is... is this real?!"

"I know about that Ancient Martial Family! They were wiped out overnight ten years ago—it was him who did it!"

"Beast! Not even sparing children!"

The Barrage instantly exploded!

[Beast!!!]

[Kill him!!!]

[Brother Fan is mighty!!!]

Next, the Ice Phoenix Old Ancestor, Ancestor Lei Ting, Ancestor An Ying, Ancestor Mo Yuan... each one's memories were extracted, and their crimes were exposed to the public.

Massacres, plundering, manipulation, conspiracies... the dark side of the five Secret Realms was completely exposed to the light.

Across the globe, fury boiled.

"Judge them!"

"Kill them!"

"Brother Fan, rid the people of this scourge!"

On the Desolate Mountain.

Lin Fan retrieved the Memory Extractor and looked at the five Old Ancestors lying on the ground.

"Now, do you have anything to say?"

The Red Dragon Old Ancestor, pale-faced, hissed, "Lin Fan... you... you can't kill us... we are Earth's protectors... if you kill us, what will happen when alien races invade..."

"Protectors?" Lin Fan laughed. "Scum like you dare call yourselves protectors?"

"Alien races invade?"

He raised his hand and pointed at the sky:

"Don't worry."

"From today onward, Earth's protector..."

"Is me, Lin Fan."

As his words fell, he formed his fingers into a sword.

"First crime, indiscriminately killing the innocent."

Swoosh!

A Sword Qi flashed by.

The Red Dragon Old Ancestor's left arm was severed at the root!

"Ah!!!" A scream echoed across the Desolate Mountain.

"Second crime, plundering resources."

Swoosh!

His right arm was severed.

"Third crime, obstructing civilization."

Swoosh!

Both legs were severed.

The Red Dragon Old Ancestor was reduced to a Human Stump.

Too gruesome to look at.

But global viewers watched with boiling blood!

[Satisfying!!!]

[That's how it should be!]

[Brother Fan is awesome!!!]

Next, the Ice Phoenix Old Ancestor, Ancestor Lei Ting, Ancestor An Ying, Ancestor Mo Yuan... each received four sword strikes, all reduced to Human Stumps.

The five Martial Emperor Old Ancestors writhed and wailed on the ground like five maggots.

"Finally..."

Lin Fan looked at the camera, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes:

"I declare"

"From today onward, the five Secret Realms are disbanded."

"All of Earth's cultivation resources will be distributed uniformly by me, Lin Fan."

"No force or individual may monopolize them or bully the weak."

"Violators..."

He paused, his voice icy:

"Will be executed without mercy."

As his words fell, he waved his hand.

The Chaos Domain expanded, enveloping the five Old Ancestors.

"Chaos Return to Origin."

Hum!

Grayish Chaos currents swept by.

The five Old Ancestors, along with the hundreds of Disciples behind them, all... turned to ashes.

Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, leaving no trace of their bodies.

The globe fell silent.

Three seconds later.

The Barrage went completely wild!

[It's over?!]

[The five Secret Realms... are gone?!]

[Brother Fan is invincible!!!]

On the Desolate Mountain.

Lin Fan looked at the camera and slowly said:

"I know many people will be afraid, doubtful, uneasy."

"But I want to tell you"

"From today onward, Earth enters a new era."

"I will publicly release Cultivation Techniques, establish academies, and train Martial Artists."

"I will set up grand formations to protect Earth and resist external enemies."

"I will lead humanity... toward the stars."

His voice spread across the globe, shaking hearts and minds.

"A year ago, when I left, I was a fugitive being hunted down."

"A year later, I return as Earth's... guardian deity."

"Remember my name"

"Lin Fan."

As his words fell, the live broadcast ended.

The footage disappeared.

But the globe was already completely boiling.

China's high-ranking officials immediately issued a statement: fully supporting Lin Fan and jointly building the new era.

Countries around the world responded one after another.

And Lin Fan... he put away the live broadcast equipment and looked at the World Ring.

Qin Yue, Su Muyu, Jin Gang, and Li Yan came out and stood behind him.

"Brother Fan... just now..." Qin Yue's voice trembled.

"It's over." Lin Fan said calmly. "From today onward, Earth is under my command."

He looked into the distance, a profound glint flashing in his eyes.

The five Secret Realms were just the beginning.

Earth's secrets, the truth behind the Spiritual Qi resurgence, the crisis of alien invasions... and the threat of Fifth Sir within the Enforcers... the road ahead was still long.

But at least for now

He had returned.

The king had returned.

[Ding! Global live broadcast judging the five Old Ancestors, declaring your return, prestige value +100,000!]

[Current prestige value: 102,000 points!]

[Blood Prison Battlefield Dungeon · End]

[Earth Arc · Begins]

Three days after the live broadcast ended.

In Donghai City, the original site of Asura City, now renamed "Asura Academy," a complex of buildings was rapidly rising at a visible pace.

Not ordinary buildings, but an academy constructed using Cultivation Methods combined with modern technology.