264: The flawed jade is the king (Part 3)

The night was deep.

In the Yu Family, the sleeping quarters of the Qingmu Lineage's Daozi were heavily guarded.

Dozens of guards with impressive cultivation bases stood like statues in every corner of the courtyard. Their Divine Thoughts intertwined into an invisible net, ensuring not even a fly could enter.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps were heard.

"This is bad! That Madam from the Main Lineage... the Madam suddenly fainted over at the main courtyard!"

A maid ran over, stumbling in her haste, her expression panicked.

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the stewards and senior guards responsible for guarding the sleeping quarters changed drastically.

Yu Tianheng's mother held an exalted status in the Main Lineage. If anything happened to her here, they would never be able to atone for their negligence even with ten thousand deaths.

"You lot, follow me to take a look!"

The guard commander in charge made a split-second decision, immediately taking most of the personnel and rushing toward the main courtyard.

A commotion, neither too large nor too small, was thus easily created.

A brief opening appeared in the defenses of the sleeping quarters' perimeter.

It was at this moment.

A figure walked over leisurely from the other side of the courtyard.

The newcomer was dressed in gold-threaded luxurious robes and had a handsome face. He was none other than the outstanding Genius of this generation in the Yu Family's Main Lineage, Yu Tianheng.

He held an exquisite rattle carved from warm jade, smiling gently.

"You've all worked hard."

Yu Tianheng nodded slightly to the remaining young guards.

"I heard my younger brother was born and that auspicious omens descended from the heavens. As his elder brother, I have specially prepared a small gift and come to visit."

How could those young guards dare to block this "Little Sage" of the Family? They hurriedly bowed, their expressions overwhelmed by the unexpected favor.

"Young Master Tianheng is too polite."

Yu Tianheng smiled and waved his hand, walking straight into the brightly lit sleeping quarters.

The main doors slowly closed behind him.

Inside the sleeping quarters, sandalwood incense curled in the air.

The gentle smile on Yu Tianheng's face vanished the moment he turned around.

It was replaced by undisguised greed and fanaticism.

He walked step by step toward the crib made of thousand-year-old warm jade.

On the bed, a cute baby boy was sleeping soundly, completely unaware of the impending danger.

"My dear cousin."

Yu Tianheng's voice was hoarse, filled with twisted excitement.

"You shouldn't have come into this world, and even more so... you shouldn't possess this bone that doesn't belong to you."

He reached out and gently pressed his hand against the infant Yu Yun's chest.

The next moment.

Boom!

A surge of pitch-black Devilish Qi erupted from Yu Tianheng's palm.

Countless eerie runes swirled in his palm, transforming into deep black vortices.

Heaven-Devouring Demonic Technique!

The sleeping Yu Yun's body suddenly jerked.

A sharp pain radiated from the deepest part of his chest, instantly spreading throughout his entire body.

"Waa—!"

A shrill cry echoed through the sleeping quarters.

That was no ordinary infant's cry.

It was the most painful and desperate wail of a life's Origin being forcibly stripped away.

Under Yu Tianheng's palm, a faint golden radiance containing the highest dao rhyme was being forcibly extracted from Yu Yun's chest bit by bit, merging into the black vortex.

The Origin of the Supreme Bone was being plundered!

Just then.

A young woman dressed in a simple maid's uniform was carrying a brocade box, walking quickly toward the sleeping quarters.

Her name was Xiao Cui, the most trusted personal maid of Yu Yun's mother.

Before the mistress left, she had solemnly handed over an ancient divine jade, said to nourish the skeletal foundation, and told her to make sure the young master wore it tonight.

Before she even got close, she heard that heart-wrenching cry.

Xiao Cui's heart tightened suddenly.

Something happened!

Her heart racing, she no longer cared about protocol. Lifting her skirt, she rushed toward the sleeping quarters like mad.

Bang!

She pushed open the doors and was stunned by the scene before her.

"Young Master Tianheng! What... what are you doing?!"

Yu Tianheng slowly turned his head. Looking at the maid who had suddenly barged in, a flash of impatience crossed his face.

"A mere servant dares to ruin my plans?"

He didn't even stand up, simply waving his hand casually.

A majestic surge of spiritual power swept out. Xiao Cui didn't even have time to react before she was sent flying, crashing heavily against the wall.

"Pfft!"

She spat out a mouthful of blood, severely injured.

But she ignored her injuries. She stared fixedly at the crib shrouded in Devilish Qi, watching the golden radiance that was about to be completely extracted, her eyes filled with despair.

She wanted to call for help, but found her throat as if gripped by an invisible hand, unable to make a sound.

It was a soundproofing Restriction.

This demon had already made perfect preparations.

"It's useless."

Yu Tianheng sneered, intensifying the circulation of his Demonic Technique.

"This Supreme Bone should rightfully be mine!"

Seeing the golden light about to be completely extinguished, Xiao Cui's gaze became resolute.

She remembered the mistress's entrustment and the great kindness the mistress's Family had shown her in giving her a second life.

She glanced at the brocade box she was clutching tightly.

The divine jade... this was the last chance!

This time, she didn't charge at Yu Tianheng.

Instead, using every ounce of her strength, she threw herself without hesitation into the black Devilish Qi vortex that was devouring everything!

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

The moment she contacted the Devilish Qi vortex.

Her flesh, her bones, and her Divine Soul were all being crazily devoured and decomposed by that domineering power.

It was unimaginable pain.

But in Xiao Cui's eyes, there was no fear, only determination.

Enduring the agony, she reached out with her hand, which had already begun to dissolve, desperately reaching for the infant whose cries had grown weak.

"Stop!"

Yu Tianheng finally noticed her intention. His expression changed, and he tried to stop her.

But it was too late.

Just a moment before Xiao Cui's body was completely devoured, she used the last of her strength to press the ancient divine jade against Yu Yun's chest.

At that same moment, Yu Tianheng let out a wild laugh.

"It's done!"

The last wisp of the Supreme Bone's Origin was forcibly stripped by him and merged into his own body.

The infant's crying stopped abruptly, and his life aura became extremely weak.

However.

The moment the Supreme Bone was stolen, the divine jade that had just been pressed against Yu Yun's chest produced a strange resonance with the trace of Bloodline Origin remaining in his body.

Buzz!

An incomparably brilliant seven-colored radiance erupted from the divine jade.

A powerful force of the Space Law instantly filled the entire sleeping quarters.

"This is... spatial power?!"

Yu Tianheng's wild joy turned to horror.

Crack!

A corner of the divine jade shattered.

The next moment, a highly unstable pitch-black spatial vortex formed above the crib.

A powerful tearing force emanated from it.

Yu Yun's tiny, unconscious body was instantly swallowed by the spatial vortex and vanished.

As for the loyal maid Xiao Cui, she had already been completely annihilated in that spatial storm, leaving not even a bone behind.

Boom!

Violent spatial turbulence swept out, and the entire sleeping quarters shook violently and collapsed.

Yu Tianheng was violently sent flying by this force, crashing into a broken wall. He had already sustained significant internal injuries from forcibly fusing the Supreme Bone, and now his injuries were compounded as he spat out another mouthful of blood.

Clutching his aching chest, he felt the bone that belonged to someone else merging with him. Looking at the empty crib, his expression twisted with resentment.

"He escaped?"

"Hmph, so what if he escaped? One who has lost their Supreme Bone surely won't live long."

"This bone is mine now!"

Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, he stumbled to his feet, his eyes filled with ambition and madness.