"Endless epochs have passed, I suppose my name has also been forgotten by the world."
Mu Changqing sighed inwardly, his purple eyes emitting an indescribable aura as he scanned the entire Yunyu Realm.
Suddenly, his brows twitched, and a strange smile appeared on his sinister, charming face.
"Interesting, the Son of Destiny? What trick are you playing now?"
...
Yunyu Realm.
Beneath the Fengtian Immortal Dynasty, there were three great ancient clans.
One of them was the Nalan family.
Originally, the ancient and vast Nalan family dominated one side of the Yunyu Realm, possessing peak cultivators of the Mortal Realm's Mingdao realm.
In the territories they ruled, all forces obeyed and submitted.
Yet today, the ancient hall of the Nalan family collapsed, its elders were killed and wounded, and corpses littered the ground.
The ancestor of the Mingdao realm was being stepped on by a young man with handsome features and extraordinary temperament.
Although the young man was only at the peak of the Body Integration realm, numerous Great Dao phenomena appeared behind him, and his destiny was exceptionally strong.
He was followed by many powerhouses from the Ye family, one of the ancient clans.
Amidst the corpses, a once arrogant and overbearing young man knelt on the ground, his aura decaying, his face haggard.
"Nalan Yong, did you ever imagine a day would come when I would tread upon you, and your entire Nalan family would be destroyed? Do you regret your relentless pursuit, stealing my fiancée, humiliating me, and annihilating my Ye family branch?"
Ye Yu was originally from a branch of the ancient Ye family, located in a remote small town.
He possessed a talent rarely seen in the Ye family for a thousand years, and was highly valued by his family, having a beautiful fiancée from childhood.
However, ten years ago, everything changed drastically with the appearance of Nalan Yong.
Nalan Yong accidentally discovered the exquisite beauty of Ye Yu's fiancée and was instantly captivated.
Furthermore, his fiancée possessed the innate Extreme Yin Dao Body, making her an ideal partner for dual cultivation.
Thus, he used his family's power to annihilate Ye Yu's clan, leaving no one alive.
But who would have thought that Ye Yu's destiny was so heaven-defying that he escaped the calamity?
Nalan Yong, adhering to the principle of eradicating all threats, ceaselessly dispatched family powerhouses to hunt him.
Ye Yu, however, evaded one hunt after another, and instead grew rapidly amidst Nalan Yong's pursuit, encountering countless fortuitous encounters.
From an ant in the Five Palaces realm, he grew into a Body Integration realm expert in just ten years.
He even gained the recognition of the ancient Ye family, returned to his clan, and led numerous powerhouses to the Nalan family, slaughtering countless Nalan family members.
Including Nalan Yong's father, mother, uncles, and brothers...!
The Nalan family's Mingdao realm ancestor emerged from seclusion, only to be defeated by Ye Yu, who crossed realms to defeat him, stepping on him and severely humiliating him.
Nalan Yong's meridians were all废 (fèi - destroyed/废了 - rendered useless), his knees were shattered, and he knelt on the ground.
"Cough, cough, hahaha, Ye Yu, I regret it. I regret not directly asking the ancestor to suppress you. You destroyed my Nalan family; how are you any different from me?"
Nalan Yong raised his pale, bloodless face and glared fiercely at Ye Yu.
He truly couldn't comprehend how Ye Yu could escape from the many powerhouses he sent, time and again.
Why did Ye Yu possess endless heaven-defying fortunes, reaching the Body Integration realm in just ten years?
He was unwilling, he resented the unfairness of Heaven's Dao.
But it was all in vain; it was too late.
What good did his regret do?
Ye Yu's gaze indifferently looked down at Nalan Yong, who was kneeling on the ground. Remembering the tragic deaths of his clansmen and the desperate, beautiful state of his fiancée, his anger erupted completely.
He saw spiritual energy flow beneath his feet, and his boundless aura surged outwards, with Great Dao phenomena surrounding him.
Bang!
Ye Yu stomped on the head of the Nalan ancestor, splattering white matter everywhere, a tragic end.
The dignified Mingdao realm ancestor, a peak Mortal Realm expert who had lived for tens of thousands of years, was actually stomped to death by a young man.
The damage was immense, but the insult was even greater.
Ye Yu signaled the Ye family powerhouses behind him to retreat.
He then walked slowly to Nalan Yong's side, his right hand lifting Nalan Yong's broken body into the air from a distance.
With an arrogant and condescending demeanor, he said,
"What, your Nalan family bullied others and casually slaughtered small sects? Now karma has befallen your Nalan family. I, Ye Yu, am destined by heaven. What can your Nalan family use to fight me? I ask you again, do you regret it?"
Nalan Yong showed a half-smile, spat out blood from his mouth, and chuckled eerily.
"She... was very moist. What a shame, she died too quickly. I could only take her while she was warm. No response, no resistance, boring."
"Ahhhhh! You deserve to die, you deserve to die! Not only will you die, but all branches of your Nalan family will die! Nalan Yong, all of this is because of you! I will tear out your soul and scourge it with lightning until it is scattered, making you utterly perish and never be reborn."
Ye Yu was enraged. A sinister black energy appeared in his right hand, and he forcibly extracted Nalan Yong's soul.
He then summoned heavenly lightning, which rumbled and utterly shattered it.
Bang!
Ye Yu kicked Nalan Yong's corpse into pieces, scattering them amidst the ruins of the Nalan family.
"Young Master."
The Ye family powerhouses behind him bowed respectfully, not daring to show the slightest disrespect.
Who would have thought that the young man once looked down upon by the Ye family would now become the number one prodigy of the Yunyu Realm?
Even the Fengtian Immortal Dynasty had extended an olive branch to him, offering him the position of a Holy Son of the Immortal Dynasty.
Ye Yu's gaze calmly swept over the Ye family members. His expression returned to indifference, and he slightly nodded as he departed, surrounded by the crowd.
After the cultivators left, the surrounding onlookers sighed.
"An ancient clan that has been passed down for tens of thousands of years has been destroyed like this. How lamentable, how pitiful."
"Heh, it's all because Nalan Yong bullied others, leading to this situation."
"I heard that the new young master of the ancient Ye family, Ye Yu, is the Son of Destiny, blessed by heaven, protected by the Great Dao, with extraordinary fortune, and constant fortuitous encounters. In just ten years, he has surpassed the cultivation of others for millennia."
"Let's disperse, let's disperse. The Nalan ancient clan has met a tragic end, bringing it upon themselves. That Ye Yu has gained the favor of the Fengtian Immortal Dynasty, his future is boundless. Like a dragon soaring from a shallow pond, he will rise to the heavens. He cannot be offended, he cannot be provoked."
The crowd dispersed, and spring rain fell from the sky, washing away the bloodstains of the Nalan ancient clan members.
What met the eye was gruesome, and resentment filled the air.
Just then, the void of the Nalan ancient clan froze, the spring rain stopped, the surrounding spiritual energy turned into nothingness, and the Great Dao retreated.
A figure in a black robe appeared out of thin air, his purple, ethereal eyes calmly surveying the scattered remains.
Though present, he seemed to exist outside of this temporal space.
There were no spiritual energy fluctuations or Dao rhythm flow around him; he appeared like an ordinary person.
Mu Changqing's face held a faint smile as he entered the Nalan ancient clan.
"Tsk tsk tsk, a stepping stone for the Son of Destiny? They say Heaven's Dao is unmerciful, treating all things as straw dogs. Nothing more than this."
With a sneer, Mu Changqing extended his long, fair finger and lightly tapped the void.
In an instant, wisps of black soul energy condensed from the surroundings, converging to form a young man's appearance – the soul-scattered Nalan Yong.
"Villain? Interesting. If you wish it so, I shall not disappoint you."
Mu Changqing muttered to himself, as if provoking Heaven's Dao.
A vast and strange power emanated from all around, and Nalan Yong's torn body was once again condensed out of thin air, lying on the ground.
"Go back. When you wake again, reversing destiny is not impossible."
The soul of Nalan Yong slowly entered his body, and a trace of color returned to his pale, bloodless face.
"It's not enough. You are too weak."
Mu Changqing extracted the bloodlines of the entire Nalan ancient clan, refining and purifying them with supreme methods, removing impurities.
He then integrated them into Nalan Yong's body.
"Nalan ancient clan, by my command, I summon your souls back. At the cost of entering no reincarnation for generations to come, aid Nalan Yong in defying fate, regaining new life, and achieving the Extreme Demon Body. From now on, you can grow by killing, and defy heaven to slay the Son of Destiny."
The aura that contained the essence beyond the Dao permeated outwards, gathering countless resentful spirits and lost souls, forming a hundred-zhang extreme darkness Dharma image, which merged into Nalan Yong's body.