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Hearing Chen Jun ask him how he wanted to die, Huang Yu's consciousness drifted in endless pain and humiliation…

He could not understand! Absolutely could not understand!

Both were at the Early River of Stars level, and he had even ascended to an Acquired Venerable Body from an Innate Radiant Body, possessing a deep foundation. Why, then, was he so vulnerable before this person?!

That was not merely a gap in power; it was an absolute suppression at the level of life itself!

"Wh…why…" A hoarse Soul fluctuation, filled with extreme unwillingness, squeezed out from Huang Yu's shattered throat. "Both are at the Early River of Stars level… You… what kind of monster are you?!"

Chen Jun held his broken, tattered body, which looked like a ragdoll. The flames of madness within his black-hole-like eyes flickered slightly, but he had no interest in explaining anything.

Explain? Explain the source of his power to an enemy who was about to be tortured to death by the most cruel means? He had neither the leisure nor the obligation to do so.

"Hum—!" Space distorted once again.

The next moment, Chen Jun, carrying Huang Yu, appeared above the plaza of the Pillar of Leaders on Kunlun Star.

Below, the ten Galaxy Level High-tier Venerables, including Brilliant Light and Thunder Punishment, were still uncontrollably kowtowing and repenting over and over again. Their foreheads were already a bloody mess, with their ghastly white skulls even exposed!

But! They could not stop, their Souls tormented in endless shame…

Chen Jun tossed the lump of rotten meat in his hand, known as "Huang Yu," in front of those ten people as if throwing away trash.

"Thud!" The dull sound struck the hearts of every living being witnessing this scene.

Huang Yu's remaining consciousness sensed those ten familiar yet incredibly humiliating auras, and his Soul trembled violently!

Those were his subordinates! They were the pillars of his Yaoqiong Divine Kingdom! Yet at this moment…

Before he could recover from this extreme humiliation, that irresistible power of "authority" that had once been imposed upon the ten Venerables surged over his broken body and Soul like a cold cosmic undercurrent!

"No!!!" Huang Yu let out a despairing roar.

He felt his majestic power, which belonged to the Star River Level and should have been capable of ruling a galaxy, being forcibly stripped away and sealed by an absolute, overbearing will!

His connection to the Origin Laws of the Universe was severed! His control over his own energy was stripped away!

Even his recently ascended, pride-inducing Acquired Venerable Body Aptitude was tightly shackled by an invisible force, becoming no better than common iron!

From a Supreme existence who ruled a galaxy and possessed a Lifespan of one hundred billion years, he instantly fell into… a useless person who possessed the essence of a Star River Level life but had no power whatsoever, unable to even move a finger?!

What was worse than the ten Venerables was that he could not even maintain a kneeling posture; he could only collapse like a literal pile of mud in front of his former subordinates, feeling their gazes—a mix of fear, despair, and a hint of… indescribable complexity…

Immediately afterward, that power controlling the "repentance," like the most malicious virus, invaded the core of his Soul!

His mouth opened uncontrollably, and a confession—more detailed, more heart-wrenching, and more subversive to his own self-perception than that of his ten subordinates—was forcibly extracted, amplified, and transformed into a grand yet twisted Dao sound that resounded through the heavens and earth:

"I, Huang Yu… Dominator of the Yaoqiong Divine Kingdom… ascended from an Innate Radiant Body to an Acquired Venerable Body… ruler of one billion spiral arms… viewing the Liuli System as private property… slaughtered countless civilizations… self-proclaimed Supreme of the galaxy… unique throughout the ages…"

His voice was filled with endless pain and self-denial; every word felt like scraping away his own pride with a Soul-piercing knife:

"Today… only today do I realize… I am the frog at the bottom of the well… a toad watching the sky from the bottom of the well!! The power I relied upon… before a true powerhouse… is vulnerable!! My pride… my dignity… it is all bullshit!!! All illusions and foam!!!"

…

He was forced to personally admit his insignificance, ignorance, cruelty, and arrogance!

He was forced to dissect his own dirty and ugly Soul in front of the Chen clan members he had regarded as "playthings" and "collectibles"! In front of the Federation masses he had wantonly slaughtered!

Especially when he "saw" Yun Qinglan… the woman whose will he had wantonly insulted and attempted to twist… now watching him with that cold, vengeful, and deeply hateful gaze…

Huang Yu felt his Soul being sliced inch by inch under that gaze! It was ten million times more intense than physical pain!!!

"Ahhh—!!! Kill me! If you have the guts, kill me!!!" Huang Yu's Soul roared madly, yet in reality, he could only emit an even more miserable and humiliating sound of repentance!

This scene of extreme heart-punishment plunged the entire Federation into dead silence, only for it to erupt into an even more thunderous, tsunami-like roar of ecstatic cheers!

"Ancestor Chen's Divine Might!!!" "Retribution! This is retribution!!" "Hahaha! Bullshit Divine Kingdom Dominator! In front of Ancestor Chen, he is just a maggot!!" "Repent! Keep repenting! Say all your sins out loud!!"

…

The fanatical roar almost overturned the atmosphere of Kunlun Star.

Just then, several streams of light cautiously approached. It was Yun Qinglan, Lin Wei, Yun Xi, Su Yuan, Yue Xi, Xuan Sha, Liu Qing… and others.

They looked at the eleven figures on the plaza repenting in various humiliating postures, and at the man standing before them, his back radiating an aura that made the galaxy tremble. Their feelings were complex to the extreme…

The joy of surviving a disaster, the gratification of having their great revenge fulfilled, the relief that their loved ones were unharmed… and a trace of worry for Chen Jun's current state, along with an uncontrollable curiosity about their father's (husband's) true strength.

"Father…" Yun Qinglan spoke first. Her voice still carried a hint of weakness, but her eyes had already recovered their usual coldness and firmness, though a touch of lingering shock was hidden deep within. "You… what are you now…"

Chen Jun turned around slowly. On his face, the crazed and twisted expression seemed to have calmed down slightly, but the black holes deep within his eyes remained dead silent, as if he had just devoured the pain of ten billion death Reincarnations and had not yet fully digested it.

He looked at his daughter, then at his wife and other daughters who had gathered around, his gaze sweeping across their concerned yet curious faces.

"Strength?" Chen Jun's voice was still hoarse, but it lacked some of the previous madness, replaced by a flatness as if he were stating a fact. "Early River of Stars level."

"Early River of Stars level?!" Su Yuan could not help but exclaim, her beautiful eyes widening. "But… but that Huang Yu was also Early River of Stars level, and he was an Acquired Venerable Body ascended from an Innate Radiant Body. Why, before you…"

Her question voiced the doubts in everyone's hearts. Both were at the Early River of Stars level; how could the gap be so large? It was an absolute suppression, like an adult man beating an infant!

Chen Jun did not answer, but instead cast his gaze toward Yun Qinglan, sending a thought— "1.2 times Innate Venerable Body".

Yun Qinglan instantly understood her father's meaning. She took a deep breath, suppressed the waves in her heart, and explained to everyone in her clear, ethereal voice:

"Aptitude is not a simple classification by name. Its essence represents the affinity, carrying capacity, and growth limit of a life level in relation to the Origin of the Universe."

Her gaze swept over everyone and finally landed on the pile of mud named Huang Yu on the plaza, her tone carrying a calmness that saw through the essence of things:

"Taking the most basic 【Innate Martial Body】 as the '1x' standard unit."

"The 【Acquired Star Body】 is 10 times that of the Innate Martial Body."

"The 【Innate Star Body】 is 100 times."

"The 【Acquired Moon Body】 is 1000 times."

"The 【Innate Moon Body】 is 10,000 times."

"The 【Acquired Sun Body】 is 100,000 times."

"The 【Innate Sun Body】 is 1,000,000 times."

With every Aptitude and multiplier she reported, everyone's breathing grew more rapid. Especially when they heard that the Innate Sun Body was actually one million times that of the Innate Martial Body, they felt a suffocating sense of shock!

Yun Qinglan continued, her voice carrying a hint of gravity that she herself had not noticed:

"And above this, the 【Innate Radiant Body】, which benchmarks against the seeds of a Level 4 Star River Level civilization, has a base multiplier of 100 million times the Innate Martial Body!"

"Hiss—!" Everyone gasped, 100 million times?!

Her Highness Qinglan is actually 100 million times the Innate Martial Body in base Aptitude?! No wonder she is so terrifying!

"That Huang Yu," Yun Qinglan looked toward the pile of mud, "was an Innate Radiant Body. After successfully breaking through to the Star River Level, his life essence underwent a transformation, and his Aptitude simultaneously upgraded to an 【Acquired Venerable Body】."

"The base multiplier of the Acquired Venerable Body is 1 billion times the Innate Martial Body."

Ten times that of the Innate Radiant Body! Everyone's hearts were shaken once again; no wonder Huang Yu was so arrogant—he truly had the capital for it!

"However," Yun Qinglan changed the subject, her gaze falling back onto Chen Jun, her cold eyes filled with indescribable shock and reverence, "Father…"

She paused, as if confirming that incredible number, and finally said clearly, word by word:

"Father's current Aptitude is not a simple Acquired Venerable Body."

"It is… 1.2 times the Innate Venerable Body."

"Innate… Venerable Body?!" Lin Wei covered her mouth, her beautiful eyes filled with confusion. This was a term she had never heard of.

Yun Qinglan nodded heavily, her tone carrying a solemnity as if revealing the truths of the Universe:

"According to some ancient fragments of information I captured from the Ocean of Universal Laws when I broke through to the Galaxy Level, it is inferred… that above the 【Innate Radiant Body】, there truly exists a more Supreme Physique—the 【Innate Venerable Body】!"

"Its base multiplier is 10 billion times the Innate Martial Body!"

"It is 100 times that of the Innate Radiant Body! It is 10 times that of the Acquired Venerable Body!"

"And Father is 1.2 times the Innate Venerable Body… which means Father's base Aptitude is 12 billion times the Innate Martial Body!"

12 billion times!!! This number exploded in everyone's minds like a cosmic singularity!

Everyone was left dizzy by this astronomical figure, their minds going blank!

What kind of concept is 12 billion times?! This had completely exceeded the limits of their imagination!

Yun Qinglan looked at the expressions of everyone, stunned into silence, and explained further in the most intuitive way:

"This means that, while both are at the Early River of Stars level and the total energy might not differ much, Father's life level, affinity for Laws, energy quality, physical strength, Divine Sense speed, Soul resilience… and all other elements that constitute 'strength,' have a base value 12 times that of Huang Yu!"

Her gaze became sharp: "This is not a simple 1+1=2. When the base quality comprehensively exceeds 12 times, the resulting gap in strength is exponential!"

"It is like two ordinary people fighting; one has a speed of 5 meters per second and a punch force of 100 kilograms; the other has a speed of 60 meters per second and a punch force of 1200 kilograms. Adding physical strength, neural reaction speed, physical recovery speed… etc., all differ by 12 times. Faced with the former, the latter is an absolute, no-nonsense suppression! They could easily beat one thousand, ten thousand of the former! Not just 12!"

"This is also why I was able to easily crush eleven Star Arm Level Peak-tier individuals of the Free United States when I was at the Star Arm Level Peak-tier! And why I could briefly contend with ten Galaxy Level High-tier individuals when I was at the Galaxy Level Early-tier, relying on the advantage of the Innate Radiant Body. Because my basic quality far exceeds theirs—those who are Acquired Radiant Bodies ascended from Innate Sun Bodies!"

"And the gap between Father and Huang Yu is even greater than that! It's not ten times! It's twelve times! It's an essential, fundamental difference! That's why Father can crush him like a bug, and even… swallow his full-power strike alive!"

This explanation was like parting the clouds to see the sun, making everyone completely understand why, even though both were at the 'Early River of Stars level', their combat power was worlds apart!

Foundations determine the lower limit! Aptitude determines combat power!

Ancestor Chen's 1.2x Innate Venerable Body compared to Huang Yu's Acquired Venerable Body is nothing short of a dimensional strike!

It is the absolute dominion of a dragon over an ant!!!

"So… so that's how it is…" Su Yuan murmured to herself, looking at Chen Jun's back, her eyes filled with endless worship and fanaticism.

The other daughters and wives also looked at Chen Jun with expressions of immense shock and pride.

Their husband (father) was actually such a Supreme existence!

Just as everyone was immersed in the shock of Chen Jun's terrifying Aptitude—

Chen Jun's dead, silent gaze slowly shifted once again, like the most precise death ray, landing on the eleven enemies on the plaza who were currently "repenting".

The madness and distortion that had just subsided slightly surged back onto his face like a tidal wave!

The painful memories of a hundred billion death cycles roared once more in the depths of his Soul, like lit dynamite!

The humiliating scene of his loved ones being frozen and abducted!

The tragic scenes of his descendants rushing forward one after another, annihilating themselves like moths to a flame!

The desperate cries of Federation citizens being erased while praying!

The shrill Soul-piercing scream of Qinglan as her will was forcibly twisted and the slave brand was imprinted upon her!

…Each and every one of them was like a red-hot branding iron, searing fiercely into his Soul!!!

"Haa… haa…" A terrifying sound like a bellows emanated from Chen Jun's throat.

His black-hole-like eyes stared fixedly at the eleven people, including Huang Yu, Venerable Hui Guang, and Venerable Lei Fa; the flames of madness in his eyes grew increasingly intense, almost erupting outward!

"My wife and daughters understand now…" Chen Jun's voice was hoarse, like two pieces of rusted metal rubbing together, carrying a cold, dead silence that froze the Soul:

"Now…"

"It's time to think about…"

"How to make you…"

"Regret ever coming into this world…"

His words, like a cold wind from the Nine Nether Hells, instantly swept across the entire plaza!

The Souls of the eleven enemies who were "repenting" simultaneously trembled in extreme terror!

They could feel that the cold and absolute will enveloping them was changing!

From mere "punishment" and "humiliation", it began to slide toward something darker, crueler, and more despair-inducing…!!!

Chen Jun slowly raised his hand.

Not toward the eleven people, but toward… the Void Realm.

His five fingers spread slightly, as if grasping something invisible in the Void Realm, and then… he gave a gentle tug!

"Sshh—!" It was as if some invisible "curtain" had been torn!

The next moment, in the horrified eyes of everyone, the scene on the plaza suddenly changed!

The eleven enemies were still kneeling there, but above their heads, images appeared—incredibly clear, rapidly flashing… dynamic scenes?!

Was that… memory regression?! No! It wasn't just regression!

It was… extracting all of the deepest sins they had committed, the most extreme pain they had inflicted upon others, and the bloodiest slaughters they had caused throughout their long lives!!!

And projecting them forcibly in the clearest, most intuitive, and immersive way, and then… perfectly connecting them to their own senses!!!

"No! Don't!!!" Venerable Hui Guang was the first to let out a scream so shrill it became distorted!

He "saw" in the image above his head that he had once casually ignited a life-bearing planet with quadrillions of living beings just to test a forbidden light-element technique, the scene showing countless beings wailing and carbonizing in the stellar flames!

And this scene was not just something he "saw"; the terrifying high temperatures generated when the planet was ignited, the waves of despair emitted when countless beings were instantly annihilated… everything was fed back 100%, as if he were personally experiencing it, to his currently powerless and fragile senses!!!

"Hot! So hot!!! Save me!!!" Venerable Hui Guang let out a howl that didn't sound human, as if he were being scorched by the flames of that planet, his Soul being roasted!

But he couldn't move; he could only endure this "backlash" originating from his own sins!!!

Next was Venerable Lei Fa!

Above his head appeared the scene where he had once summoned billions of thunder dragons to completely blast the home planet of a non-submitting 2.4-level civilization into cosmic dust!

That destructive thunder, the crumbling mountains and rivers, the annihilated Souls… all the destructive energy and aura of despair surged like a tidal wave into his current perception!

"Aah—!!! My Soul! It's going to be shattered!!!" Venerable Lei Fa convulsed, foaming at the mouth, as if he were being repeatedly torn apart and annihilated by the billions of thunder dragons he had once summoned!

Above Venerable An Ying's head appeared the scene of him manipulating conspiracies, inciting two friendly civilizations to slaughter each other, ultimately leading to billions of fleets bombarding each other and countless warriors bleeding out in the starry sky!

The bitterness of betrayal, the cruelty of war, the sorrow of compatriots killing each other… eroded his Soul like the most malicious curse!

Above Venerable Bing Po's head was the scene of him freezing an oceanic civilization, turning the entire planet into a dead, icy prison!

The cold of absolute zero, the dead silence of frozen life… made him feel as if he were being dragged into an eternal frozen Hell right now!

Earth-Thick, Wind-Howl, Wood-Spirit… every Venerable was being forced to "enjoy" the most extreme pain they had once inflicted upon others! And from the victim's perspective, experiencing it personally!!!

This was ten thousand times crueler than any physical punishment! This was not just a slow slicing of the Soul! It was the ultimate judgment of conscience!!!

And Huang Yu… the image that appeared above his head was even grander, bloodier, and more heinous!!!

It was the vast history of war where he led the Yaoqiong Divine Kingdom fleet on campaigns, slaughtering countless civilizations that refused to submit and refining their home planets into resources!

Countless civilizations turned to ashes under his will! Trillions of Zhao Jing living beings turned into cosmic dust under his orders!

Planets crumbled! Galaxies were stained with blood! The dirge of civilizations echoed throughout the sea of stars!!!

And the destructive energy, waves of despair, and the sorrow of civilization collapse contained in these images… roared like a cosmic tsunami, frantically battering Huang Yu's currently fragile Soul!!!

"No!!! Stop! Stop it now!!!" Huang Yu let out a howl beyond his limits, like a Universe dying!

He felt he was being torn apart by hundreds of… hundreds of millions of vengeful spirits! Being crushed by countless destroyed stars! Being drowned in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood he had created with his own hands!!!

The history of conquest he once viewed as an achievement and took pride in had now become the most malicious curse upon him! The cruelest punishment!!!

However, this… was just the beginning!

Chen Jun's mad gaze swept over these eleven bodies struggling and wailing frantically in the Soul punishment; the arc of his grin grew wider and wider, and the black hole in his eyes spun faster and faster!

"Painful… is it?"

"This… is just an appetizer."

"The pain you inflicted… I want you to… taste it a thousand times! Ten thousand times!!!"

He raised his hand again, toward the Void Realm, and made a gesture of… "copy" and "loop"!

"Wum—!!!" In an instant, the eleven light curtains projecting their respective scenes of sin suddenly split! They multiplied into hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands… countless!!!

Every light curtain was simultaneously, repeatedly, and endlessly… playing the most painful, regretful, and unbearable moments of sin in their lives!!!

Furthermore, the "pain" and "despair" fluctuations played by these light curtains were no longer just simple feedback, but began to… stack! Multiply!!!

"Aaaaaaaaaah—!!!" The eleven people simultaneously let out a shriek so shrill and beyond the limits of Soul endurance that it was indescribable!

Their bodies were uncontrollably twitching and twisting violently; what seeped from their eyes, ears, mouths, and noses was no longer blood, but pale gold and dark red light mist containing the Origin of the Law of Pain!

Their Souls seemed to have been cast into an endless Hell of painful Reincarnation composed of their own sins!

Every second, they were enduring extreme torture, like being sliced by a thousand knives, having their hearts eaten by ten thousand ants, or having their Souls burned by stars and torn apart!!!

And this torture, accompanied by the sound of their "repentance", would continue forever!

Until their Souls completely collapsed, or… Chen Jun's anger was appeased?

No!!! Chen Jun's anger seemed endless!!! It was as if this anger could not be extinguished even if it burned the entire Universe!!!

He looked at the enemies struggling in the endless cycle of painful Reincarnation, and in those black-hole-like eyes, a trace of… extremely subtle, twisted satisfaction finally flashed?

But this satisfaction was fleeting, replaced by an even deeper madness and hatred, as if it were about to devour the entire Universe!

"Not enough… still far from enough…"

"The blood of a hundred billion descendants… the tears of trillions of clansmen… the hatred of my wife and daughters being humiliated…"

"This little bit of pain… how could it be enough to repay… far from enough!!!"

[PS: Continuing to update more!!!]

The cosmic barrier was wailing! The structure of space-time was disintegrating! Ancestor Chen's Universe was trembling again!

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This was no longer an ordinary donation; this was the primordial power that ignites the fire of civilization!

When the torrent of Power Of Will pierced through the Universe where Chen Jun was! The Laws of the entire Liuli System were being reconstructed!

The Pillar of Leaders burst forth with unprecedented light! The Yaoqiong Divine Kingdom was already trembling under this power!!!

This little brother sits in front of the computer screen, watching the Power Of Will list extend like a river of stars, hands trembling!

This is not just being moved; this is the resonance of the Soul!

The Power Of Will injected by every reader turns into real stars in Chen Jun's Universe!

What you cast is not a donation, but the spark of civilization!

What you sent is not a gift, but the power of Law that rewrites the trajectory of fate!

How to relieve worries? Only by updating more! How to repay? Continue updating more!

When Ancestor Chen wields the authority of the River of Stars! What he carries is not just the blessing of a hundred billion Multiple Benefits! It is the vast Power Of Will poured in by all you Fellow Daoists!

This sea of stars exists because of you! This story is wonderful because of you!

Old friends! New comrades! Please accept this little brother's highest respects—continuing to update more! Twenty thousand words updated daily!!!

(All the readers who sent gifts today, and the readers who sent gifts before, are already kept in my heart. I really cannot list them all, this little brother kneels in gratitude again!)